Honors

University of Alabama

  • 2019    Exceptional Service Award, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Culture, Learning and Technology Division
  • 2019    Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Teaching/Research Award 8044-WA, Namibia
  • 2018    McCrory Faculty Excellence Award for Service, College of Education, University of Alabama
  • 2018    Media, Culture and Learning SIG Top Paper Session Presentation (w/ J.Mills, Exploring digital natives academic use of technology). 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), NYC.
  • 2017    Dissertation Advisor, Dissertation of the Year (Student: Andrain Yeldell), Mid-South Educational Research Association (MSERA)​
  • 2017    Fulbright Specialist Roster, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State
  • 2017    James W. Brown Publication Award, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), for Benson, A.D., Joseph, R. & Moore, J.L. (Eds.). (2017). Culture, learning and technology: Research and practice.  New York: Routledge.
  • 2017    Dissertation Advisor, Excellence in Dissertation Research Award (Student: Kim Roberts), College of Education, The University of Alabama
  • 2016    Certificate of Recognition, Excellence in Academic Advising, Office for Academic Affairs and Academic Advisors Association, The University of Alabama
  • 2016    Certificate of Recognition, Development and Pilot Implementation of Learning in Action Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), The University of Alabama
  • 2013    Annual Achievement Award (for Outstanding Work in Culture, Learning and Technology), Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
  • 2012    Dissertation Advisor, Dissertation of the Year (Student: Jeremy Searson), Mid-South Educational Research Association (MSERA)
  • 2012    Finalist, Last Lecture Series Presenter, Graduate School, The University of Alabama
  • 2007    Faculty Fellow, McNair Scholars Program, The University of Alabama

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • 2006    Honorary Research Fellow, Faculty of Humanities, School of Education, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
  • 2005    Spitze/Mather Faculty Excellence Award, College of Education
  • 2003/5  Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, UIUC Center for Teaching Excellence

University of Georgia

  • Most Outstanding Doctoral Student, Department of Instructional Technology, 2001