Chair: Joshua C. Collins

The AHRD HRD Scholar Hall of Fame Award represents the highest recognition for individuals who have focused their scholarly endeavors in an exemplary manner and for an extended period of time on one or more definable areas related to human resource development. Beyond the expected levels of scholarly activity, individuals receiving the Award must have demonstrably advanced knowledge about the field and through their efforts have influenced the actions of other researchers and possibly practitioners as well.

Examples of demonstrably advancing human resource development may include one or more of the following instances. The individual's scholarly efforts have:

• Extended an established research topic in a new way, and has attracted other researchers to pursue the same or related topic.
• Identified an original line of research, or reinvigorated an established line not recently considered, and attracted other researchers to pursue it as well.
• Influenced practitioners to engage in new practices based on the implications of the research.
• Has developed significantly new research-based HRD-related products or processes, designed to influence some aspect of human resource development.

Recipients of the Award will be recognized at the AHRD International Conference in the Americas, receive a plaque and a place of honor on the AHRD website, and receive a complimentary AHRD membership and conference admission for the year of the Award.

In turn, the recipient will be expected to share reflections about their research journey through a brief presentation at the Conference and would be encouraged to share those reflections in greater depth as an article in the non-refereed Forum section of the Human Resource Development Quarterly.

Award Criteria

The following are the Award policies:

1. No more than two individuals can receive the Award annually.
2. A committee composed of past Hall of Fame Award recipients reviews the nominations.
3. The Committee votes on each nominee and reports the outcome to the AHRD Board. A favorable recommendation requires at least a 4/5th of Committee members participating in the nomination-review meeting.
4. Nominees recommended for the Award by must be approved by the AHRD Board, with at least a 2/3rd favorable vote.
5. All nominee materials must be submitted before the published deadline without exception.

Nominee Characteristics

To be considered, nominees . . .

• Have been employed as a university faculty member, a senior researcher in a public or private research institute, or a senior practitioner in a private-sector company.
• Is expected to have received the AHRD Outstanding Scholar Award as this suggests the trajectory of the nominee's career, but receiving the Award is not a necessary requirement for consideration.
• Lifetime contributions with an extended period of significant and influential impact in advancing HRD.
• Can be living or deceased.

Nomination Process

1. Complete list of citations, both refereed and non-refereed, that document the nominee's complete record of scholarship.
2. Narrative statement from the nominator, no more than three pages in length, that addresses the following questions:
   • What has been the nominee's research agenda?
   • How has the nominee pursued the agenda over the years?
   • What is the nominee's perspective about the importance of the research agenda?
3. Reprints, statements from others, impact information, and other documents that support how the nominee's scholarship has influenced the actions of other researchers or practitioners.