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S. Lynneth Solis Selected for AERA Dissertation Award in Early Education/Child Development

February 12, 2019
S. Lynneth Solis has been selected to receive the AERA Dissertation Award in Early Education/Child Development for her dissertation entitled, "Sociocultural Context of Play: Experiences of Indigenous Children in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia" completed in May 2018. Lynneth conducted a powerful ethnographic study employing a sociocultural lens to explore the influences on play experiences of Wiwa, Kogi, and Arhuaco children in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. She found a complex system of competing priorities and visions of childhood and that the children,... Read more about S. Lynneth Solis Selected for AERA Dissertation Award in Early Education/Child Development