Jeanne Wanzek, a close partner with MCPER and former researcher with the Vaughn Gross Center, is one of two winners of the Distinguished Early Career Research Award, sponsored by the Council for Exceptional Children Division for Research and the Donald D. Hammill Foundation. The annual award “recognizes individuals who have made outstanding scientific contributions in special education, in basic and/or applied research, within the first 10 years following receipt of the doctoral degree,” according to the Division for Research website. Wanzek, currently a researcher with the Florida Center for Reading Research and assistant professor with Florida State University, will receive a $1,000 cash reward at the Council for Exceptional Children conference in April in San Antonio and lead a featured presentation at the 2014 annual conference.
