The JALT Awards and Recognition Committee is proud to announce the winners of the JALT Awards for 2025! The JALT Awards Ceremony took place during the JALT2025 Annual International Conference.

• The JALT 2025 Award for Early Career Excellence: Mahboubeh Rakhshanderhroo; Phil Nguyen
• The JALT 2025 Mid-Career Scholar Award (Teaching): Jenny Morgan
• The JALT 2025 Mid-Career Scholar Award (Research): Theron Muller
• The JALT 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award: Rudolf Reinelt

Nomination Letters:

• Mahboubeh Rakhshanderhroo
• Phil Nguyen
• Jenny Morgan
• Rudolf Reinelt

About the awards:

JALT Award for Early Career Excellence*
JALT アーリー・キャリア優秀賞

The Early Career Excellence Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of language teaching by individuals within JALT. This award is bestowed annually upon a JALT member who demonstrates an example of excellence early in their career which has a broad impact on and implications for the language teaching field. Nominees for this award likely have up to ten years of experience or are re-entering the field after an extended period, or are recent graduates of degree programs (bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral).
* Note that in 2025, there were two winners of the Award for Early Career Excellence

JALT Mid-Career Scholar Award (Teaching)
JALT ミッド・キャリア研究者賞（教育部門）

JALT Mid-Career Scholar Award (Research)
JALT ミッド・キャリア研究者賞（リサーチ部門）

The Mid-Career Scholar Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of language teaching or research by individuals within JALT. This award is bestowed annually upon a JALT member who demonstrates an example of excellence in teaching or research midway through their career which has a broad impact on and implications for the language teaching field. Nominees for this award likely have over ten years of experience.

JALT Lifetime Achievement Award
JALT 特別功労賞

The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of language teaching by individuals within JALT. This award is bestowed annually upon a JALT member who has demonstrated excellence in teaching and/or research throughout their career and has a broad impact on and implications for the language teaching field.

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