EDRA BEST PAPER AWARD

All those who submit to the EDRA annual conference have the opportunity during the submission process to indicate if they would like to be considered for the Best Paper Award.

Full length papers that are accepted for publications are assessed based on the quality of the research, writing, and alignment of the project to EDRA's mission.

One or more winners are selected for the Best Paper Award each year and receives a certificate at the Awards Banquet during the Annual EDRA Conference.

2025 Winner

2024 Winner

Shreya Jaiswal, Martha Bohm, Korydon Smith, & Edward Steinfeld
"Sensory Engagement and Spatial Harmony: Unveiling the Role of Fire in Multisensory Design"

2023 Winner

Hoa Thi Vo, Ph.D., & Peter Huesemann
"Understanding Spatial Perception Via Virtual Reality and Interaction Geography"

2021 Winners

First Place
Majd Al-Homoud & Tameer Albattran
"“Whose Street? Marginalization of Hawkers: A Reflection of Local Merchants’ Defensibility in Downtown Amman”

Second Place (tie)
Mariana Garcia Junqueira
“Displacement and Replacements: Virtual Homemaking As a PlaceMaking Strategy Used By Woolsey Fire Survivors”

Lori Brunner
“When Home Becomes the Workplace: Sense of Belonging and Working from Home (WFH) Since COVID-19”

2019 Winner

First Place
Claudia Bernasconi, Libby Blume, Nicole Fricke, and Rachel Pisano
Service Learning in Design Education: The Ripple Effect

2018 Winners

First Place
Philip Speranza
Atmosphere InFormed: Design Awareness of Small-scale Differences of Atmosphere in Architecture and Urban Design

Second Place
B.D. Wortham-Galvin, Ph.D.
The Racial Production of the Built Environment

2017 Winners

First Place
Sharmin Kader
Environmental Characteristics that Enable Dying Patients to Exercise Choice and Personal Preference

Second Place
Hope Rising
Mitigating Stress-Inducing Effects of Viewing Urban Hardscapes with Water Sounds

2015 Winners

Emily Carlson & Mallika Bose
Wayfinding Design as a Tool for Community Empowerment and Storytelling: a Case Study from Central Appalachia
Landscape Architecture, Pennsylvania State University
Port Matilda, Pennsylvania, USA