Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2019 - 2021 | Capacity Building Grants 2 of the Gulf Research Program |
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
Okefenokee: Understanding real-world relevance through Suwanee Watershed assessment and monitoring project (OUR2 SWAMP) | |
Role: PI | |
Colleague(s): Heather Scott, Jose C. Colon-Gaud, Shainaz Landge, and Kania Greer | |
$763,897 | |
2018 - 2019 | Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP) Georgia |
DoEd Gear Up Georgia | |
GearUp Georgia teacher professional development in STEM and culturally responsive teaching | |
Role: PI | |
Colleague(s): Robert Mayes, Alma Stevenson, Kania Greer, and Lisa Stueve | |
$129,854 | |
2017 - 2019 | Google for Education |
Google Certification Training for MAT Students | |
Role: Co-PI | |
$1,950 | |
2018 | Georgia Southern University Faculty Travel Grant |
Georgia Southern University | |
$864 | |
2017 - 2018 | Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP) Georgia |
DoEd Gear Up Georgia | |
GearUp Georgia teacher professional development in STEM and culturally responsive teaching | |
Role: Co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Robert Mayes, Alma Stevenson, Kania Greer, and Lisa Stueve | |
$119,705 | |
2016 - 2018 | National Science Foundation |
National Science Foundation - AISL #1114558 | |
Supplemental funding for longitudinal research of HERP Project participants in HERP Project grant | |
Role: Research Consultant | |
$270,000 | |
2016 - 2017 | College of Education innovation incentive grant |
Georgia Southern University | |
P-20 partners learning together | |
Role: Co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Michelle Riedel, Melony Allen, Sally Brown, Kitty Crawford, Christine Draper, Lucy Green, Kymberly Harris, Catherine Howerter, Juliann McBrayer, Kathleen Tootle, Dawn Tysinger, and Amanda Wall | |
$10,000 | |
2016 | Georgia Southern University Faculty Travel Grant |
Georgia Southern University | |
$1,000 | |
2016 | Georgia Southern University I2STEMe |
Georgia Southern University | |
Girls: Hop to it with STEM!. | |
Role: Co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Melony Allen and Katie L. Brkich | |
$4,069 | |
2016 | Georgia Southern Vice President of Research Travel Grant |
Georgia Southern University | |
$500 | |
2016 | Partnership Council grant |
Georgia Southern University | |
Stipends for edcamp Georgia Southern leadership team | |
Role: Co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Michelle Riedel | |
$450 | |
2015 - 2016 | College of Education research seed grant |
Georgia Southern University | |
Developing Scientific Literacy: A socioculturally responsive and ecological approach to science learning | |
Role: Co-PI | |
Colleague(s): Alma Stevenson | |
$7,062 | |
2008 | Wake Forest University Beginning Teacher Grant |
Wake Forest University | |
$500 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2019 - Present | Representative, Research Faculty Advisory Board, GSU | 2017 - Present | Coordinator, Effingham County Teaching as Profession Field Trip, GSU | 2017 - Present | Co-Collaborator, MAT Middle Grades and Secondary Google Certification | 2016 - Present | Member, College of Education Technology Committee, GSU | 2016 - Present | Co-founder, Edcamp Georgia Southern | 2016 - Present | Member, Scholarship Selection Committee, GSU | 2019 - 2020 | Co-Chair, College of Education Technology Committee, GSU | 2019 | Instructor, STEMfest with I2STEMe | 2018 - 2019 | Representative, Effingham County Future Teachers’ Signing Day, GSU | 2018 - 2019 | Event Supervisor, Science Olympiad with I2STEMe | 2018 | Member, Search Committee for Assistant Professor in Science Education, GSU | 2017 - 2018 | Member, BSED in Secondary Education OWG | 2017 - 2018 | Co-Chair, College of Education Technology Committee, GSU | 2017 - 2018 | Member, MAT in Secondary Education OWG | 2017 - 2018 | Coordinator, Teaching as Profession Professional Development | 2016 - 2018 | University partner, Effingham County Schools Homegrown Teacher Initiative | 2017 | Representative, Community Engaged Teaching PD, GSU | 2017 | Representative, USG STEM Summit Institution | 2016 | Representative, Universal Design for Learning PD, GSU | 2015 - 2016 | Member, Search Committee for Assistant Professor in Middle Grades, GSU |
Honors and Awards
- Baush and Lamb Honorary Science Award (1997)
- Georgia Delegate for National Youth Science Camp (1999)
- Lee University Biology Department Senior Award (2003)
- Lee University Charles Paul Conn Senior Award for Most Promise in Higher Education (2003)
- Golden Key International Honor Society (2012)
- Kappa Delta Pi National Honor Society (2012)
- North American Association of Environmental Educators Educator Scholarship (2014)
- Outstanding Graduate Research Award UNCG School of Education (2014)
- Nominated Outstanding UNCG Alumni (2019)
- NSTA Learning Center Top Aggregator June and August (2019)
- #NSTAchat Twitter Chat Featured Author (2019)
- Lee University College of Science and Mathematics Alumni of the Year (2020)
- Georgia Southern College of Education Jack Miller Educator of the Year (2020)
Courses
- SCED 3237 Teaching Science in Secondary Schools
- SCED 5799 Student Teaching in Secondary Education
- MSED 6120 Introduction to the Middle and Secondary School
- MSED 6123 Middle and Secondary Practicum
- MSED 6237 Science Methods
- SCED 6738 Supervised Practicum in Secondary Education
- MGED 6738 Supervised Practicum in Middle Grades
- SCED 6739 M.A.T. Internship I: Secondary
- MGED 6739 M.A.T. Internship I: Middle Grades
- SCED 6799 Supervised Internship: Secondary
- MGED 6799 Supervised Internship: Middle Grades
- EDAT 7133 Trends, Issues, and Research in Education
- ECED 7430 Advanced Science Methods
- MSED 8231 Trends in Middle and Secondary Science
- MSED 8331 Trends in the Content Area
2015 | Ph.D. Teacher Education and Development, University of North Carolina at Greensboro | |
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2008 | M.Ed. Biology Education, Wake Forest University | |
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2003 | B.S. Biology and Ecology, Lee University | |
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