Awards

2023 National Science Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and the Walton Family Foundation’s Visionary Interdisciplinary Teams Advancing Learning (VITAL) Prize- our team won the Discovery Round award ($20,000 for further development of Storiza)

2021 Educational Researcher of the Year- Florida Educational Research Association

2020-2023 University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship Award

2019 Winner of the Distinguished Paper Award- Florida Educational Research Association

2017 Winner of the Distinguished Paper Award- Florida Educational Research Association

2017-2020 University Term Professorship Recipient

2017 Winner of the Diane E. Haines Teaching Excellence Award- College of Education- University of Florida

2016 Winner of the Distinguished Paper Award- Florida Educational Research Association

2016 Advisor for the Student Winner of the 2016 Joe E. Covington Award from the National Conference of Bar Examiners

2016 Nominee for the Best Paper Award- American Educational Research Association- TACTL SIG

2015 Winner of the Best Paper Award- American Educational Research Association- TACTL SIG

2014 Winner of the Pacesetter Award- College of Family and Consumer Sciences- University of Georgia

2013 Winner of the Distinguished Paper Award- Florida Educational Research Association

2013 University of Florida Internal Nominee for the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award