2022 - Present | Provost Faculty Research Fellow, Georgia Southern University | |
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2021 - Present | Associate Professor, Georgia Southern University ‐ College of Education | |
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Present | Associate Professor, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education | |
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2016 - 2021 | Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2023 | MyGeorgia COAST |
GA SeaGrant | |
Supporting local teacher professional learning in authentic contexts in coastal Georgia | |
Role: PI | |
$9,802 | |
2021 | GS Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program |
Robert Noyce Scholarship Program Track 1, National Science Foundation - 2151023 | |
Role: Co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Gregory Chamblee (PI), Gwendolyn Carroll (Co-PI), Tuyin An (Co-PI) and Ha Nguyen (Co-Pi) | |
$1,198,404 | |
2016 | Academy for Future Teachers-Eagle Expedition |
Georgia State University Grant | |
Role: Pedagogical Content Consultant | |
$24,874.20 | |
2016 | Learning Evolution Through Human and Non-Human Case Studies |
National Science Foundation - NSF-1621194 | |
Role: Co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Briana Pobiner (PI) | |
$1,082,238 | |
2014 | An apprenticeship model for Texas. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
Texas Teacher Residency Program (TRes) | |
Role: Consultant | |
$1,290,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2023 - Present | Member, Faculty Grievance Committee, GS | 2022 - Present | Faculty Fellow, Provost Research Council, GS | 2022 - Present | Provost Research Liasion, Research Symposium Advisory Committee, GS | 2022 - Present | Provost Research Representative, Undergraduate Research Committee, GS | 2020 - Present | Member, COE Elections, College of Education, GS | 2022 - 2023 | Member, Tenure & Promotion Appeals Committee, College of Education, GS | 2020 - 2022 | Member, Faculty Executive Committee, College of Education, GS | 2020 - 2021 | Member, COE Assessment & Accreditation, College of Education, GS | 2020 - 2021 | Chair, Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities Committee, College of Education, GS | 2019 - 2021 | Member, Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities Committee, College of Education, GS | 2017 - 2021 | Member, Academic Assessment Steering Committee, GS | 2017 - 2021 | Faculty Advisor, Children’s Miracle Network Dance Marathon, GS | 2017 - 2021 | Alternate Senator, Faculty Senate, GS | 2020 | Search Committee Member, Search committee for Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading position | 2019 - 2020 | Committee Chair, Faculty Research Committee, GS | 2019 - 2020 | Member, GSU Paid Residency Planning Committee, College of Education, GS | 2019 - 2020 | Coordinator, Undergraduate Field Experience (I & II), Middle Grades & Secondary Education Department, GS | 2017 - 2019 | Member, Scholarship Review Committee, College of Education, GS | 2016 - 2019 | Member, STEM Endorsement Development, Middle Grades & Secondary Education Department, GS | 2018 | Chair, Key Assessment Subcommittee, Middle Grades & Secondary Education Department, GS |
Honors and Awards
- Recipient, Dissertation Research Award, The University of Alabama (2012)
- Recipient, A.R.E. (Advisors Recognizing Excellence) Faculty Excellence Award, Southern New Hampshire University (2014)
- Recipient, First Place Paper - Science Education, Alabama Academy of Sciences (2014)
- Recipient, Top Ten, University-Wide Outstanding Dissertation Award, The University of Alabama (2015)
- Recipient, M. Ray Loree Most Outstanding Dissertation Award, The University of Alabama (2015)
- Recipient, Faculty Development Travel Award, Georgia Southern University (2016)
- Recipient, Faculty Development of Instruction Award, Georgia Southern University (2016)
- Recipient, Faculty Research Award, Georgia Southern University (2016)
- Recipient, Faculty Research Award, Georgia Southern University (2017)
- Recipient, Faculty Development Travel Award, Georgia Southern University (2018)
- Recipient, Evolution Education Award, National Association of Biology Teachers (2018)
- Recipient, Nominee Four-Year College & University Research Award-National Association of Biology Teachers (2019)
- Nominated & Accepted for Full Membership-Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society (2019)
- Recipient, Fellowship-Sinai & Synapses (science and religion), The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (2020)
- Recipient, Jack Miller Scholarship Award, Georgia Southern University (2020)
- Nominee Harold J. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education, Penn University (2020)
- Recipient, Biology Education Research Award-National Association of Biology Teachers (2020)
- Recipient, Jack Miller Educator of the Year Award Nominee (2021)
- Recipient, Georgia Southern University Research Excellence Award Nominee (2021)
- Recipient, University of Alabama 40 Under 40 Nominee (2021)
- Presidential Nominee (Elected)-National Association of Biology Teachers (2022)
- Recipient, Emerging Scholar Award, American Educational Research Association, Religion & Education Special Interest Group (2023)
Courses
- ISCI 2001 Life & Earth Science
- ISCI 2002 Physical Science
- MGED 3232 Methods of Teaching Science in the Middle Grades
- MGED 3712 Practicum II Science & Math
- MGED 3722 Practicum III Science & Math
- MGED 3731 Field Experience I Middle Grades
- MGED 3732 Field Experience II Middle Grades
- MGED 5799 Student Teaching
- EDAT 7131 Enhancing Student Performance
- ESED 7133 Trends, Issues & Research in Education
- ESED 8130 Research on Current Trends and Issues
- ESED 8131 Teacher Leadership
- ESED 8132 Curriculum & Instruction
- ESED 8839 Seminar & Field Study (Capstone)
2009 - 2013 | Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Alabama | |
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2008 - 2009 | Ed.S. in Secondary Science Education, Jacksonville State University | |
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2005 - 2008 | M.S.Ed in Secondary Science Education, Jacksonville State University | |
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2002 - 2004 | B.S. in Criminal Justice/Political Science, Jacksonville State University | |
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Links
Contact Information
Department of Middle Grades & Secondary Education
College of Education
Georgia Southern University
PO Box 8134
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: w. (912) 478-8408
Email: