faculty awards
![Christy Byrd](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2018/08/Christy_byrd-copy.jpg)
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology Christy Byrd Receives Chancellor’s Creating Community Outstanding Faculty Award
![Paola Sztajn and Crystal Chen Lee](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/04/Crystal-and-Paola.png)
Associate Professor of English Education Crystal Chen Lee Receives College of Education’s Inaugural Faculty Strategic Excellence Award
![](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/04/Ela-Castellanos-Reyes.png)
Assistant Professor of Learning, Design, and Technology Ela Castellanos-Reyes Wins May Kay Sommers Dissertation Award from Purdue University
![](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/12/Maria-Coady.png)
Goodnight Distinguished Professor in Educational Equity Maria Coady Receives Leadership Through Research Award from AERA Second Language Research SIG
![NC State College of Education Assistant Professor Lam Pham](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/07/Lam-Pham.png)
Assistant Professor of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis Lam Pham Receives NC State’s 2023-24 Outstanding Teacher Award
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Department Head, Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of Higher Education Joy Gaston Gayles Receives 2024 Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award, Induction into Research Leadership Academy
![Bonnie Fusarelli with NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/02/Fusarelli-Woodson-1-copy.jpg)
Professor Bonnie Fusarelli Receives UNC System’s 2022 Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award
![Hollylynne Lee in front of Poe Hall](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/01/Hollylynee-Lee-_-Robert-Foster-Cherry-Award-Winner-Announcement-_-Quote-graphic-a.jpg)
NC State College of Education Distinguished Professor Hollylynne S. Lee Receives Cherry Award for Great Teaching
Cherry Award Lecture with Hollylynne Lee, Ph.D.
![DeLeon Gray, Ph.D., an associate professor of educational psychology at the NC State College of Education](https://ced.ncsu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2019/06/Deleon-GrayKM3_6748-e1560457885350.jpg)