Awards and Recognition
- Faculty Civic Engagement Award (2020-2021)
- College of Education Outstanding Researcher Award (2019-2020)
- Community, Advocacy, and Diversity Award (2011-2012) Awarded by Dr. Jeanne Morris, College of Education
- Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award (2010) International Reading Association
Media Highlights
- 2023 - الألعاب الإلكترونية لا تؤدي إلى نتائج سلبية على الأطفال بالضرورة | Radiosawa
- 2023 - Kids who play hours of video games each day test the same as non-players | The National Desk
- 2023 - Green Film Series | Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology | Illinois State (2021-2022)
- 2022 - Film highlights intersectional nature of climate change and 5 women making a difference | WGLT
- 2016 - ISU Marketing and Communication produced a video featuring the digital mapping study (link).
- 2016 - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign radio: The 21st: Can A Turtle Change STEM Education?
- 2016 - Redbird Scholar, ISU publication focused on faculty research: Digital mapping unlocks students’ STEM knowledge
- 2016 - The Vidette, Illinois State University local newspaper: ISU team brings cognitive skills curriculum to students
- 2013 - Illinois State University Stories (2013): New Grants: GIS use in Upper Elementary Grades