Doctoral Fellowships
DOCTORAL RESEARCH SUPPORT STIPENDS
Beginning in 2026, the Hammill Institute on Disabilities awards annual Doctoral Research Support Stipends to support doctoral students whose work benefits the field of special education and related disciplines. Each stipend provides $3,000 to help offset the costs of conference travel, research materials, and other professional development activities. Recipients are selected through a competitive application process.
The following is a list of Hammill Institute on Disabilities Doctoral Research Support Stipend recipients along with their supervising professors.
| Recipient | Award Year | Advisor | University |
| Tyler-Curtis C. Elliott | 2026 | Kevin M. Ayres | University of Georgia |
| Amanda Eiser Hess | 2026 | Bryan Cook | University of Virginia |
| Sheena Jennings | 2026 | Laura McCorkle | UNC Charlotte |
| Jacqueline Little | 2026 | Kristen Beach | UNC Charlotte |
| Gianna Marshall | 2026 | Allison Lombardi | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Natalie Morris | 2026 | Kevin M. Ayres | University of Georgia |
| Martin Odima Jr. | 2026 | Sam Choo | University of Minnesota |
| Gwendolyn H. Stout | 2026 | Douglas Petersen | Baylor University |
| Rossana Torres | 2026 | Sloane Burgess | Kent State University |
| Rebecca Townsend | 2026 | Karrie Shogren | University of Kansas |
DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS (2017-2025)
From 2017 through 2025, the Hammill Institute on Disabilities awarded Doctoral Fellowships to students enrolled in doctoral programs benefiting the field of special education. Fellows were nominated by faculty members identified by the Institute’s Board of Directors and received multi-year financial support for their doctoral work.
The following is a list of Hammill Institute on Disabilities Doctoral Fellowship recipients along with their faculty advisors.
| Recipient | Award Year | Advisor | University |
| Julie Danielle Atwood | 2025 | Brittany L. Hott | University of Oklahoma |
| Christy Flanagan Conway | 2025 | Moira Konrad | The Ohio State University |
| Jennifer Lee McKinney | 2025 | Michael S. Matthews | University of North Carolina, Charlotte |
| Kimberly McFadden | 2024 | Esther Lindström | Lehigh University |
| Travis Hammond | 2024 | Catharine Lory | University of Nevada, Los Vegas |
| Kira Alexander | 2021 | John Murphy | University of Central Arkansas |
| Allison Hancock | 2021 | Ronald Gillam | Utah State University |
| Zaira Jimenez | 2021 | Michael Solis | University of California, Riverside |
| Aya Shhub | 2021 | Michael Solis | University of California, Riverside |
| Frankie Norris | 2020 | Bertina Combes | University of North Texas |
| Virginia McClurg | 2020 | R. Steve McCallum | The University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Lydia Sollenberger | 2020 | John Hoover | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Alexcia Moore | 2019 | Margaret Flores | Auburn University |
| Fatmana Kara Deniz | 2019 | Kyle Higgins | University of Neveda, Las Vegas |
| Monique Matute-Chavarria | 2019 | Kyle Higgins | University of Neveda, Las Vegas |
| Heather Francis | 2019 | David Scanlon | Boston College |
| Lori Dunn | 2019 | David Scanlon | Boston College |
| Brenda de la Garza | 2018 | Steve Chamberlain | UT Rio Grande Valley |
| Leah M. Zimmermann | 2018 | Deborah Reed | University of Iowa |
| Tamla Lee | 2017 | Joe Boyle | Temple University |