Vitae, Highlights:
  • Research: Received $3.0 million in externally funded awards as principal or co-principal investigator (Triangle Community Foundation, Gates Foundation, Burroughs-Wellcome Fund, NSF STEM+C, NSF-CNS, NC Department of Public Instruction)
  • Scholarship: Published 100+ book chapters, journal articles, conference proceedings, and technical reports
  • Teaching/Presenting: Developed and taught 8 different online courses for LDT programs; presented 120+ conference papers/posters/workshops; named a 2014 i3@UNC Faculty Fellow by UNC Online for online course development; awarded the 2015 NC State Gertrude Cox Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching & Learning with Technology; invited to serve as Visiting Lecturer by Charles University Faculty of Education, Department of Information Technology and Technical Education (November 2017)
  • Mentoring: Chaired or co-chaired 12 dissertation committees to completion, served on 19 additional completed dissertation committees; chaired 2 thesis committees to completion, advised more than 70 graduated master's students; currently chairing 8 active dissertation and 2 active thesis committees, and serving on 5 additional dissertation committees; finalist for university's 2018 outstanding graduate faculty mentor award
  • Leadership: Served as Coordinator of LDT programs for 7 years (2008-2015); current Coordinator of LDT doctoral program (2018-present); led effort to move master's program online with redesigned curriculum and online course development; lead developer of LDT doctoral program area of study (PAS) and curriculum; collaborating on a new undergraduate sub-plan in LDT
  • Entrepreneurship: Led a faculty team through NC State's NSF iCorps program to needs assess locative narrative applications with area educators (2018); founded start-up company Spatial Media through NC State's Sweat Equity Challenge program for software development, collaborated with Durham design firm Pathos/Ethos on preliminary wireframe development (2019)
  • Extension: Led 7 professional development study abroad programs for 128 in-service teachers in England, Finland, Sweden, and the Czech Republic (2011, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19); awarded a 2016 NC State Outstanding Extension Service Award; inducted into NC State Academy of Outstanding Faculty Engaged in Extension (AOFEE); three-time nominee for university's global engagement award (2017, 2018, 2019)
  • Service: Review for 3 editorial boards (ETR&D, Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Ed, Journal of Online Learning Research); served as the research chair for ISTE's Global Collaboration Professional Learning Network (2016-17); current committees--Building, Equipment, Safety, & Space (college-level), college RPT committee (elected), department awards committee (elected), and university Online Learning Environments working group (invited)
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Digital Version of Complete Vitae (last update, September 2019):
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