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Scholarship
Service
Selected Awards

Professional Scholarship: Selected Awards

In the past few years I have received awards that have recognized my academic work and scholarship in the fields of educational technology and science education. The following presents a selection of these awards as well as a summary of each award. AERA/Spencer Foundation Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, Spencer Foundation, June 2000 - June 2001. This fellowship supplemented my stipend and allows for my participation in the professional enhancement activities of the fellowship program. Additional travel funds ($4000) included support for attending the AERA Annual Meeting, the fall and summer AERA research institutes, and a meeting with a national mentor. My national mentor is Dr. Joseph Krajcik at the University of Michigan. Association of Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) Conference Intern, November 2001. This award was given to only five graduate students to support their attendance to the annual AECT conference. This award enabled me to participate in a leadership development workshop, exclusive seminars with leaders from the association and the field of educational technology, and the AECT Program task force meeting while at the conference. Early Career Researcher Fellowship, International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), June 2000. Awarded one of ten fellowships given to senior doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, research scientists, and new faculty. This fellowship supported my attendance at the ICLS conference in Ann Arbor, MI and allowed me to participate in the qualitative research methodologies and design experiment workshops taught at this conference. Kemp Instructional Systems Technology Fellowship, Indiana University, March 2000 - March 2001. This fellowship is given by the Instructional Systems Technology Department to support graduate students working on innovative projects using technology. The research and development project that was awarded this fellowship involves collaboration between the Indianapolis Children's Museum, local middle schools, and the Center for Research on Learning and Technology at Indiana University. The project is designed to support students' understanding of the nature of science and scientific inquiry by engaging students in authentic scientific activities and sharing of their results and interpretations with each other by leveraging the emerging technologies of the World Wide Web (WWW). Indiana University Fellowship, Indiana University, 1997 - 1998. Fellowship given to outstanding graduate students at Indiana University.