02/19/2025
By Jonathan Silverman
This award honors an empirical research publication in the previous two years that most advances the mission of the organization or the needs of the profession. The CCCC is a constituent organization within the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
This year’s selection committee noted:
"Flowers’ comprehensive, compelling research illuminates in rich detail how local communities write, revise, circulate, and resist English-only language policies. The committee was impressed by the study’s scope: its mixed methods narrate the history of English-only policies and make visible the people who draft, promote, and challenge them. Flowers’ critique of the English-only policy is directly related to CCCC's mission statement of supporting linguistic diversity and translingualism to promote equity in writing curriculum. Flowers’ argument is timely and convincing, an important disciplinary contribution for both those who study language policy and those called to create and challenge these policies."
Professor Flowers is an assistant professor in the English Department, where she is interim director of first-year writing. She teaches first-year writing, journalism and professional writing and courses about language and literacy. "Making English Official" is her first book.
Flowers will be announced as a recipient of a CCCC Research Impact Award during the CCCC Awards Presentation on Friday, April 11, during the 2025 CCCC Annual Convention in Baltimore, MD.