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About Abraham Flanigan

My research focuses on three separate strands that all affect college student learning experiences in face-to-face classrooms and/or online learning environments. Specifically, I examine student digital distraction, student-instructor rapport, and note-taking strategies.

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2021 - 2022 Strategies to Initiate and Maintain Student-Instructor Rapport in Online Courses: Evidence from Student and Instructor Viewpoints
Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Committee, College of Education, Georgia Southern University
Role: PI
Colleague(s): Mete Akcaoglu and Emily Ray
$5,400
2015 - 2019 Computational Creativity to Improve Computer Science Education for Computer Science and non-Computer Science Undergraduates
National Science Foundation
Role: Contributor
Colleague(s): Leen-Kiat Soh (PI), Duane Shell (Co-PI), Brian Moore (Co-PI), Elizabeth Ingraham (Co-PI), and Stephen Ramsay (Co-PI)
$873,250
2018 Graduate Student Travel Grant
College of Education and Human Sciences, University of Nebraska
$200
2017 Bath Fellowship
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska
$2,000
2017 Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award
Office of Graduate Studies, University of Nebraska
$1,000
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2020 - Present IRB Committee Member, Georgia Southern University Social and Behavioral Institutional Review Board, GS
2019 - Present Educational Psychology Unit Representative, Ed.D. in Curriculum Studies Committee, GS
2020 - 2022 Workshop Presenter, Center for Teaching Excellence, GS
2020 - 2022 Department Representative, Student Affairs Committee, College of Education, GS
2021 Panel Member, The McNair Scholars Program, GS
2020 - 2021 Member, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology Search Committee, GS
2020 - 2021 Module Creator, Center for Teaching Excellence, GS
2019 - 2020 Member, Administrative Assistant Search Committee, GS
2019 - 2020 Member, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology Search Committee, GS
2017 - 2018 Vice-President, Cognition, Learning, and Development Student Organization, Department of Cognition, Learning, and Development, University of Nebraska
2017 - 2018 Graduate Student Ambassador, University of Nebraska
2013 - 2018 Board Member, Cognition, Learning, and Development Student Organization, Department of Cognition, Learning, and Development, University of Nebraska
2017 Moderator, McNair Scholars Research Colloquium, University of Nebraska
2016 Member, Associate Director of Graduate Student Development Search Committee, University of Nebraska
2016 Graduate Student Representative, Higher Learning Commission Accreditation, University of Nebraska
2015 - 2016 Treasurer, Cognition, Learning, and Development Student Organization, Department of Cognition, Learning, and Development, University of Nebraska
2014 - 2015 President, Cognition, Learning, and Development Student Organization, Department of Cognition, Learning, and Development, University of Nebraska
2014 - 2015 Moderator, McNair Scholars Research Colloquium, University of Nebraska
2013 - 2014 Vice-President, Cognition, Learning, and Development Student Organization, Department of Cognition, Learning, and Development, University of Nebraska
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Honors and Awards

  • Research Showcase, College of Education Spring Meeting, Georgia Southern University (2021)
  • Research Spotlight, Studying and Self-Regulated Learning Special Interest Group Spring Newsletter, AERA (2018)
  • Recipient, Exemplary Paper Award, SIGSCE Technical Symposium (2017)
  • Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students, UNL Parents Association, University of Nebraska (2017)
  • Division C Graduate Student Seminar, American Educational Research Association, (2017)
  • Fellow, Preparing Future Faculty, University of Nebraska (2016)

Courses

  • Educational Foundations 8135: Thinking and Problem Solving (Online)
  • Educational Foundations 8134: Models of Motivation
  • Educational Foundations 8130: Advanced Study of Learning Theories and Applications (online)
  • FRLT 7130, Learning Theories and Applications (Online)
  • Educational Foundations 7130: Learning Theories and Applications (Online)
  • Educational Foundations 3131: Assessment for Differentiated Instruction
  • Educational Foundations 3040: Child Development from the Prenatal Period through Adolescence (Online)
  • Educational Foundations 3040: Child Development from the Prenatal Period through Adolescence

Education

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2018 Ph.D. Psychological Studies in Education, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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2014 M.A. Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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2011 B.S. Psychology, Northwest Missouri State University
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Links

Contact Information

P.O. Box 8013
Statesboro, Georgia 30460
912-478-5648

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Peer Reviewed Articles (18)

Edited Books (1)

Book Chapters (5)

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings (7)