Present | Associate Professor, University of South Florida | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2013 - Present | Helios middle school residency program: Transforming STEM teacher preparation for the transition years implementation grant |
Helios Education Foundation Implementation Grant | |
Role: Principal Investigator & Project Manager (2016-current); Co-Principal Investigator (2013-2016) | |
Colleague(s): R. Potter, S. Campbell, M. Krajcevski, S. Thomas, G. Kersaint, A. Feldman, L. Plank | |
$2,736,313.56 | |
2019 | Hidden History: Using Socially- Engaged Art to Teach about Marginalized Peoples |
USF College of Education Anchin Center Bank of America Grant | |
Role: Project member | |
Colleague(s): B. Cruz, N. Smith | |
$2,000 | |
2019 | Novice Teachers' Conceptualization and Enactment of Responsive Middle Level Mathematics Teaching |
USF College of Education Anchin Center Bank of America Grant | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): E. Vomvoridi-Ivonivac | |
$2,000 | |
2017 | Using socially-engaged art to foster enlightened citizenship. |
USF College of Education Anchin Center Bank of America Grant | |
Role: Project member | |
Colleague(s): B. Cruz | |
$2,000 | |
2011 - 2012 | Helios STEM middle school residency program: Transforming STEM teacher preparation for the transition years planning grant |
Helios Education Foundation Planning Grant | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): G. Kersaint, B. Herman, L. Plank, R. Potter, M. Stewart | |
$430,000 | |
2011 - 2012 | simSchool open educational resource modules project |
EDUCAUSE and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | |
Role: Co-Principal Investigator | |
Colleague(s): M. Berson, T. Holfed | |
$36,000.00 | |
2010 | Center for 21st century teaching excellence iPad grant to implement the iPad in collegiate teaching |
Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence Teaching Grant | |
$1,000.00 | |
2008 | The middle to high school transition |
University of South Florida Internal Mini Grant | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$5,000.00 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2018 - Present | Program Chair (Chair-elect), AERA's Middle Level Education Research Group | 2018 - Present | Reviewer, Journal of Practitioner Research | 2017 - Present | Research Advisory Board Member, Association for Middle Level Education | 2017 - Present | Co-lead, MLER SIG International Research Project on Middle Level Educator | 2014 - Present | Reviewer, Leadership and Policy in Schools | 2013 - Present | Reviewer, High School Jouurnal | 2013 - Present | Reviewer, Teachers College Record | 2012 - Present | Secretary, Florida League of Middle Schools | 2012 - Present | Collegiate Advisor, Florida League of Middle Schools | 2011 - Present | Reviewer, Urban Education | 2010 - Present | Reviewer, Middle School Journal | 2018 | Tenure & Promotion External Reviewer, University of Memphis | 2016 - 2018 | Vice Chair, AERA's Middle Level Education Research Group | 2017 | Textbook Reviewer, Introduction to Middle Level Education (3rd edition) | 2015 - 2017 | Early Career Mentoring Program Coordinator, AERA’s Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group | 2015 - 2017 | School Structures Project Co-Lead, Middle Level Education Research SIG Research Agenda Project | 2011 - 2016 | Graduate Student Mentoring Program Coordinator, Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group | 2015 | Member of Constitution and By-laws Ad-Hoc Committee, National Association of Professors of Middle Level Education | 2013 - 2015 | Council Member, Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group | 2010 - 2012 | Reviewer, Middle Grades Research Journal |
Honors and Awards
- 2017, USF Research & Innovation Spotlight
- 2016, Paul S. George Award in Recognition of Leadership and Service for the Advancement of Middle School Level Education in the State of Florida
- 2010-2011, Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher of the Year
- 2004-2007, Alumni Fellowship
- 2004, Pi Delta Kappa International
- 2001, G. Ballard Simmons Scholarship
- 2000, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Courses
- Collegiate Teaching in Secondary Education
- Middle Level Education
- Classroom Management for a Diverse School & Society
- Teaching the Young Adolescent Learner
- Teaching the Adolescent Learner
2007 | MEd, University of Florida | |
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2007 | PhD, University of Florida | |
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2000 | MEd, University of Florida | |
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1999 | BA, Florida Southern College | |
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Contact Information
Phone: 813-974-3353
Office: EDU105
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