Grants and Awards
EXTERNAL GRANT FUNDING FOR RESEARCH
2019 | Steelcase Active Learning Center Grant ($67,000)
INTERNAL GRANT FUNDING FOR RESEARCH
Spring 2026 | KSU Office of Research, Research and Creativity Grant ($5,000)
2025-2026 | KSU Office of Undergraduate Research First Year Scholars Award ($2,000)
2024-2025 | KSU Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grant program funding ($10,000)
2023-2024 | Bagwell College of Education Research Grant Award ($2,500)
2021-2023 | KSU Bagwell College of Education Research Team Award ($2000)
2021-2022 | The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) Grant, Co-PI ($15,000)
RESEARCH AWARDS
2026 | KSU Tenured Faculty Enhancement Leave (Spring 2026 semester)
2025 | “Top Researcher” recognition by KSU’s Bagwell College of Education
2024 | AECT Research and Theory Division’s Outstanding Reviewer Award
2022-2023 | KSU Bagwell College of Education Early Career Award ($1000)
2021-2022 | KSU Bagwell College of Education Outstanding Junior Scholar Research Award ($1000)
2021 | AECT Research and Theory Division Young Researcher Award ($500)
2021 | AECT Division of Distance Learning Best Manuscript for Applied Practice
2020 | Michael Pressley Award for Promising Educational Researcher ($1000)
2017 | AECT Outstanding Research and Theory Division Accepted Proposal Award
2017-2018 | Kemp Research Award, Indiana University, Bloomington ($1,000)
2014-2015 | Kemp Research Award, Indiana University, Bloomington ($3,200)
2011-2012 | Kemp Research Award, Indiana University, Bloomington ($4,300)
TEACHING AWARDS
2025 | Bagwell College of Education Outstanding Dissertation Award (Jennifer Trail) ($250)
2025 | Instructional Technology Faculty Honoree selected by the SITI Ed.S. and Ed.D. Initial Certification Program Outstanding Bagwell College of Education Student Scholars
2024 | Instructional Technology Faculty Honoree selected by the SITI M.Ed. and Ed.S. Certification Track Outstanding Bagwell College of Education Student Scholars
2023 | Instructional Technology Faculty Honoree selected by ITEC Ed.D. Outstanding Bagwell College of Education Student Scholar
2022 | Instructional Technology Faculty Honoree selected by ITEC Advanced Ed.S. Outstanding Bagwell College of Education Student Scholar
2019-2021 | Instructional Technology Faculty Honoree selected by ITEC M.Ed. Outstanding Bagwell College of Education Student Scholar (awarded in 2019, 2020, and 2021)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
2026-2027 | USG Governor's Teaching Fellows Program, Academic-Year Program
2021-2022 | NSF Learning Analytics in STEM Education Research (LASER) Institute Participant ($1500)
2020-2023 | NSF Quantitative Research Methods Scholar Program Participant
2019-2020 | KSU R2 Research Success Faculty Learning Community ($1000)
2017-2018 | KSU Quick Starters Early Career Faculty Learning Community ($1000)
2018 | AECT Early Career Symposium Recipient
2014 | National Science Foundation AECT Early Career Symposium Recipient
ENTREPRENEURSHIP GRANTS, AWARDS, and SELECTIVE COHORTS
2025 | Bagwell College of Education Outstanding Innovation Award ($1,000)
2024 | University of Georgia Regional I-Corps Funding ($5,000)
2024 | Co-Winner of Truist Foundation Pitch Competition ($4,950)
2024 | University of Georgia Innovation Bootcamp Participant (Cohort 9)
2023 | KSU Innovation Launch Pad Invited Participant ($3000)
2022 | KSU Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center’s 2022 Entrepreneurship Fellow ($5000)
2017 | Indiana Economic Development Corporation Small Business Grant ($15,500)
2016 | Rose-Hulman Ventures/Eli Lily Grant funding through IURTC ($15,800)
2016 | Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation grant match ($7,500)
2016 | Semi-Finalist (University Pitch Competition), Indiana Innovation Showcase
2016 | Co-Winner of Clapp Idea Start-up Competition for Critique LLC ($8,000)
2015 | Winner of Bloomington Start-up Competition (B-Start) for Critique LLC ($3,000)
TRAVEL AWARDS
2026 | Bagwell College of Education Global Engagement Grant ($3,000)
2025 | Center for Teaching and Learning Conference Travel Funds Award ($2,000)
2012 | Graduate and Professional Student Organization Travel Award, IU ($500)
2009 | Larson Award, Indiana University, Bloomington ($200)
FELLOWSHIPS
2026-2027 | KSU Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Fellow (50% job reassignment)
2021-2023 | KSU Year of New Zealand Fellow ($3,000)
2022 | KSU Robin and Doug Shore Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center’s Entrepreneurship Fellow ($5000)
2007-2011 | School of Education Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington
