2025 TESOL Award Recipients
Published on March 14, 2025
Each year, TESOL International Association is honored to celebrate the incredible work of English language teaching professionals across the world. We hope you'll join us in congratulating the TESOL 2025 Award, Grant, and Scholarship recipients!
- TESOL Teacher of the Year Award: Osman Solmaz
- James E. Alatis Award for Service to TESOL: Suzanne Panferov Reese
- TESOL Award for Excellence in Research: Qing Ma, Hubert Lee, Xuesong (Andy) Gao, Ching Sing Chai
- TESOL Outstanding Advocate Honor Award: Özgehan Uştuk
- Ron Chang Lee for Excellence in Classroom Technology: Andy Nhu, Vanessa Virgiel, Fatima Aldajani
- TESOL Awards for International Participation: Aziza Benlamoudi, Chau Soryaly, Serdar Tekin, Siqi Song
- Meral Güçeri TESOL/TEFL Travel Grant: Hillary Bamukunda
- TESOL Leadership Mentoring Program: Anestin Chi, Enkhchimeg Sharav, Yasmeen Coaxum
TESOL greatly appreciates the support of members like you and our partners— Ron Chang Lee, the Güçeri Family, TOEFL Board of Educational Testing Service (ETS), and National Geographic Learning—who help make many of these awards, grants, and scholarships possible.
Visit the Awards, Grants, & Scholarships section of the TESOL website to learn more about each accolade and apply for next year.