Showing posts with label Kawana Award. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kawana Award. Show all posts

September 10, 2026

50 ASHA journal publications

I have published 50 articles in American Speech-Language-Hearing Association journals. Here is a summary of these publications

 https://pubs.asha.org/action/doSearch?ContribRaw=McLeod%2C+Sharynne

I am very proud that more than one quarter (28%) are with my students as first authors. 


From Mike Cannon: Senior Director, Serial Publications and Editorial Services
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association 

Dr. Sharynne McLeod is a Distinguished Professor of Speech and Language Acquisition at Charles Sturt University in Australia. She has received honors from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and served six times on the ASHA Convention Program Committee. She has served as an editorial board member for ASHA journals, was the lead author on articles that received ASHA Journals Editor’s Awards in 2018 and 2019, and has received worldwide acclaim for transformative research on communication rights.

Dr. McLeod has authored or co-authored 50 articles in ASHA journals, dating back to 1994. Together, these articles have amassed more than 2,800 citations and have been read more than 700,000 times. One article, "Children's English Consonant Acquisition in the United States: A Review," which she co-authored with Dr. Kathryn Crowe and published in American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (AJSLP) in 2020, has recently surpassed 300,000 downloads,  and "Children's Consonant Acquisition in 27 Languages: A Cross-Linguistic Review," co-authored with Dr. Kathryn Crowe and published in the November 2018 issue of AJSLP) surpassed the 200,000-download mark.  

 Here is my acceptance speech

I am so grateful to ASHA for the honour of receiving the Kawana Award for Lifetime Achievement in Publications. This award has been previously won by people who have shaped my research and career including Larry Shriberg, Ray Kent, and Marc Fey. While most people who have won this award are from the United States, two of my Australian colleagues have also won this award in 2014: Mark Onslow and Ann Packman.

I’m proud to have published 50 articles in ASHA journals (so far…) including receiving ASHA Editor’s Awards – in JSLHR and AJSLP. I am honoured to have written these 50 papers with 110 different co-authors. My colleague, Kathryn (Kate) Crowe and I published two papers about children’s consonant acquisition that have had over half a million downloads influencing research, policy and practice around the world. Building research capacity is a focus of my work and 30% (15) of the papers have my PhD students as first authors. Other colleagues who have co-authored a number of ASHA journal articles include: Sarah Verdon, Elise Baker, Jane McCormack, Kate Margetson, Sarah Masso, Helen Blake, Suzanne Hopf, Ben Pham, Linda Harrison, Cen Wang, Van Tran, Nicole McGill, and Karla Washington. ASHA journals are such an important place to publish high quality evidence that can change children’s lives.  They have a substantial global reach across North America and the entire world. Thank you for publishing our work and for this important recognition.





July 19, 2026

ASHA Alfred K. Kawana Award for Lifetime Achievement in Publications

What an honour!

https://academy.pubs.asha.org/2026/07/2026-asha-journals-awards/

July 17, 2026
We’re pleased to announce the 2026 ASHA Journals Awards! As we have in the past, we’re announcing awardees in two categories: (1) The Alfred K. Kawana Award for Lifetime Achievement in Publications and (2) the Editor’s Awards. You can find more information on the ASHA Journals Awards, including present and past recipients, on the ASHA Journals Awards page on ASHAWire.

The Alfred K. Kawana Award for Lifetime Achievement in Publications
This award, named in memory of former Director of ASHA Publications Alfred K. Kawana, recognizes an ongoing history of exemplary publications. Awardees have authored articles in ASHA Journals with significant educational, scientific, or clinical value over a period of at least 10 years. For information on the Kawana Award, including present and past recipients, see the Kawana Award page on ASHAWire.

 

2026 Kawana Awardee: Sharynne McLeod, PhD

Dr. Sharynne McLeod is a Distinguished Professor of Speech and Language Acquisition at Charles Sturt University in Australia. She has received honors from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and served six times on the ASHA Convention Program Committee. She served as an editorial board member ASHA Journals, was the lead author on articles that received ASHA Journals Editor’s Awards in 2018 and 2019, and has received worldwide acclaim for transformative research on communication rights.

She has authored or co-authored 50 articles in ASHA Journals, dating back to 1994. Together, these articles have amassed more than 2,800 citations and have been read more than 700,000 times.

One article, “Children’s English Consonant Acquisition in the United States: A Review,” which she co-authored with Dr. Kathryn Crowe and published in American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (AJSLP) in 2020, has recently surpassed 300,000 downloads, and “Children’s Consonant Acquisition in 27 Languages: A Cross-Linguistic Review,” co-authored with Dr. Kathryn Crowe and published in the November 2018 issue of AJSLP) has surpassed the 200,000-download mark. These are two of the most downloaded papers from ASHA journals.

Alfred K. Kawana Award for Lifetime Achievement in Publications

https://pubs.asha.org/journals/Alfred_K_Kawana_Award_for_Lifetime_Achievement_in_Publications 

About the Award
Alfred K. KawanaThe Alfred K. Kawana Award for Lifetime Achievement in Publications is reserved for outstanding researchers/scholars who have a sustained history of exemplary publications in ASHA journals. Over a period of at least 10 years, recipients shall have authored ASHA journal articles that are meritorious in terms of educational, scientific, or clinical value, and thus contributed significantly to the discipline. This award is named in memory of the late Alfred K. Kawana (pictured), former director of ASHA publications.

Candidates for this award may be nominated by any member of the Journals Board, which discusses and selects recipients annually. This award is presented at the Researcher-Academic Town Meeting (RATM) of the ASHA Convention, and awardees are acknowledged during the Awards Ceremony.

There have been 25 Awardees (1989–2024) including Ray Kent, Laurence B. Leonard, Lawrence D. Shriberg, Mabel L. Rice, J. Bruce Tomblin, Marc E. Fey, Mark Onslow and Ann Packman, Karla K. McGregor