Faculty and Program Awards

Alyson J. Adams

• Awarded “Exemplary” course designation for my online course, EDG 7359 Professional Development and Teacher Learning, based on a review by the UF Center for Teaching Excellence using the Quality Matters + UF standards. This is the top award for online courses.
• Our article remains on the top list for most downloaded article in the international journal, Teaching & Teacher Education, 11 years after publication: Vescio, Ross, & Adams (2008) (see website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/teaching-and-teacher-education)
• Recipient of the 2017-18 Rosser Educator Excellence Award (college-wide award).
• Co-author on a publication from 2008 that is still listed as the most downloaded article from Teaching & Teacher Education International Journal (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/teaching-and-teacher-education/most-downloaded- articles)
• Top Ten Most Cited Articles, Teaching and Teacher Education Journal, 2010
• Nate Gage Prize for Best Article in Teaching and Teacher Education, 2010, Teaching and Teacher Education Journal, 2010

Thomasenia L. Adams

• Mary L. Collins Award, Florida Association of Teacher Educators, 2007
• Outstanding Service Award, Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System Administration Project, State of Florida, 2007
• Provost Faculty Fellow, Provost’s Office, Spring 2004
• Faculty Development Award, Academic Technology, 2003-2004

Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko

• UF Research Foundation Professorship
• AERA 2018 SIG-IT Best Paper Award. Antonenko, P., Schneps, M., Lamb, R., Keil, A., Pomplun, M., Dawson, K., Koh, D., H., Saunders, K., Wang, J., Burgess, A., Cheng, L., Xu, Z., Li, J., Hardy-Pieczarka, K., Okundaye, A. O., Calhoun, C., Stieglitz, K., & Miller, S. (2018). Sex differences in mental rotation performance using 2D and 3D molecular representations. Presented at the 2018 Conference of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
• Faculty Fellow, Thompson Institute of Earth Systems (2018-2020). University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship (2018-2021).
• Davis, R. & Antonenko, P. (2017). Effects of pedagogical agent gestures on social acceptance and learning outcomes with elementary foreign language learners. Poster session presented at the Korean Society of Educational Technology, Seoul, South Korea. Best Poster Award.
• Diane Haynes Teaching Excellence Award (2016). University of Florida.
• Innovative Scholar Award, Other, Center for Learning Sciences and Technologies, the Netherlands, Summer 2012

Kristen Appriaz

• Nominated for Undergraduate Mentor/Advisor of the Year for the College of Education Undergraduate Teacher of the Year for the College of Education

Christopher L. Busey

• 2020 Diversity & Inclusion Award, University of Florida, College of Education Superior Accomplishment Award for Service, University of Florida, Student Affairs Superior Accomplishment Award, University of Florida, Student Affairs
• 2018 Outstanding Paper Award
• American Educational Research Association (AERA) Social Studies Research SIG
• Presidential College Award for Scholarly/Creative Activities College of Education Texas State University

Magdalena “Magdi” Castaneda

• My Instructional Coaching Course was chosen for the Blue Ribbon Course Improvement Process Summer 2019

Suzanne Chapman

• Undergraduate Teacher of the Year 2019-2020 Nominated: Undergraduate Teacher of the Year

Maria R. Coady

• Awarded (2021-22). Fulbright Commission Distinguished Chair in the Humanities and Social Sciences (announced on April 8, 2021). Research and Teaching assignment, diplomatic work in Poznán, Poland at the Adam Mickiewicz University.
• Awarded. (2020). American Educational Research Association (AERA). Exemplary Contributions to Practice-Engaged Research Award.
• Awarded. Fulbright Specialist Scholar Roster. 2020-2023.
• Awarded (2020, March). Senior Scholar Reviewer Award.Bilingual Research Journal.
• Nominee (2019). Champion of Diversity of Graduate Education Award. University of Florida (nominated by doctoral students)
• Appointed. (2018-2-20). Irving and Rose Fien Endowed Professor of Education. (appointed by professional peer review)
• Awarded. (2018). University of Florida. Graduate Student Association. Faculty Advisor of the Year.
• Nominated for mid-career award, AERA Second Language Acquisition SIG. University of Florida Term Professorship (3 year award, 2017-2020).
• Nominee (2018). UF College of Education Faculty Advisor of the Year. 2016 Fulbright Specialist Scholar Grant Award to South Africa
• Fulbright Foundation Specialist Scholar, International Professional Association, Fulbright Foundation, 9-11 to 8-2016
• Outstanding Reviewer, Bilingual Research Journal, January 2009 Scholarship of Engagement , , College of Education , April 2007 Outstanding Faculty Advisor, , , 2004

Kent J. Crippen

• Winner, Idea Competition on Imagining the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education, Athena—An Adaptive Socially Conscious AI Mentor for your Future STEM Selves, The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
• Selected as Irving and Rose Fien Endowed Professor in Education, 2020-2022
• Appointment to the Editorial Review Board, Handbook of Research on Student-Scientist- Teacher Partnerships, Published by IGI Global
• University Term Professorship, University of Florida.
• 2nd Prize, Outstanding Research Poster, 5th European Conference on Social Media, Limerick, Ireland.
• University Term Professorship, University of Florida.
• 3rd Prize, Social Media in Practice Excellence Awards, 4th European Conference on Social Media, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2017, Recipient, Outstanding Science Teacher Educator Mentor of the Year, Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE).
• Fellow, International Professional Association, Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011

Nancy L. Dana

• Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate 2020 Program of the Year Award (For EdD Program: Teachers, Schools and Society Program Area)
• Dissertation Advisor to Aimee Barber, Recipient of Association of Teacher Educators Distinguished Dissertation in Teacher Education Award: “Teacher Candidates’ Engagement in Equity-Focused Practitioner Inquiry: Navigating Complexities of Learning to Teach”
• Awarded Membership to UF Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars Finalist, Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching
• Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate, Program of the Year Finalist Finalist, Robert Foster Cherry Award (Baylor University)
• Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate, Program of the Year Award Finalist Recipient, 2018-2019 University of Florida Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award Association of Teacher Educators 2019 President’s Service Award Recipient
• Nominated for the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching (Baylor University)
• Duaine C. Lange Mentoring in Teacher Education Award, Association of Teacher Educators
• UF Online Education Excellence Award (with Domenic Durante, Christopher Gomez, and Vera Wei Ma) for EDG 7982: Practitioner Research – Theory and Practice
• Nominated, University of Florida Doctoral Student Advising Award Association of Teacher Educators 2017 President’s Service Award
• Dissertation advisor to award-winning dissertation by Angela Hooser. Angie won the 2016 AERA Doctoral Studies Across the Disciplines SIG Outstanding Dissertation Award for her dissertation research entitled, “Reconstructing the lived experience of practitioner scholars using third space theory: A phenomenological interviewing study.”
• Dissertation advisor for award-winning dissertation of Mickey MacDonald. Mickey won the 2017 AERA Teacher as Researcher SIG Outstanding Teacher Research Award for her dissertation research entitled “The role of differentiation and standards-based grading in the science learning of struggling and advanced learners in a detracked high school honors biology classroom.”
• Best Presentation Award (With Domenic Durante), UF Interface Conference on Innovations in Online Teaching, April 2016
• Florida State University Distinguished Alumni Award
• Dissertation advisor for award-winning dissertation by Ross Van Boven. Ross won the
• 2016 AERA Teacher as Researcher SIG Outstanding Teacher Research Award for his dissertation research entitled “Understanding how to meet the needs of gifted and talented learners within a middle school push-in model: A practitioner research case study of one middle school student”
• Association of Teacher Educators, President Service Award
• Nominated for University of Florida Mentoring Award, University of Florida, University of Florida, 2014
• University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship, University of Florida, UF, 2012- 2014
• University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship, University of Florida, University of Florida, 2012-2014
• University of Florida Doctoral Dissertation Advising/ Mentoring Award Nominee, University of Florida, University of Florida, 2013
• College of Education Graduate Mentoring Award Nominee, Other, College of Education, UF, 2013
• University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship COE Nominee, University of Florida, University of Florida, Spring 2012,
• Association of Teacher Educators, 2011
• New York State Teacher Impact Award, New York State Association of Teacher Educators and New York Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, October 2009
• Staff Development Book of the Year, National Staff Development Council, December 2008
• Outstanding Staff Development Practices, Florida Association for Staff Development, September 27, 2005
• Distinguished Research in Teacher Education, Association of Teacher Educators, 2005 Nancy Zimpher Award For Best Partnership, Holmes Partnership, 2004

Kara M. Dawson

• 2017-2018 Irving and Rose Fien Endowed Professorship Irving and Rose Fien Professorship (2nd of 3 years) 2015-2016 Irving and Rose Fien Endowed Professorship
• University of Florida Research Foundation Professor Award (Year 3 of 3) 2012-2013 Mentoring/Advising Award, University of Florida, UF, April 2013
• Scholarship of Engagement Award, University of Florida, College of Education, Fall 2011
• Smith Professorship, 2008-2010
• Faculty Enhancement Opportunity Award, Summer-Fall 2009
• Outstanding Paper Award, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 2008
• CITE/JTATE Technology Leadership Award (Honorable Mention), Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education, 2007
• ISTE’s Distinguished Award, International Society for Technology in Education, February 2003

Ester J. de Jong

• University of Florida Research Professorship (2019-2022) SEC Fellow (2019-2020)
• Senior Reviewer Award, Bilingual Research Journal
• ADTLE Exemplary Research on Bilingualism Award, National Professional Association, Association of TWo-Way and Dual Language Education, Summer 2013
• B.O. Smith Research Professor Award, University of Florida, n/a, June 2012
• B.O. Smith Research Professor, University of Florida, n/a, June 2012 Faculty Travel Support Program Award, , n/a, January 2003

Gayle N. Evans

• Undergraduate Teacher of the Year, College of Education, University of Florida, 2016

Zhihui Fang

• Awarded the Irving & Rose Fien Endowed Professorship (2019)
• Honorary Professor, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China (2019)
• Honorary Research Fellow, National Research Center for Foreign Language Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China.
• Our online Masters in Reading Education was ranked #1 by TheBestSchool.org, a leading resource for prospective students seeking a college or university degree. The ranking was based on several weighted factors that include academic excellence, course offerings, faculty strengths, and reputation.
• Received a UF Preeminence Term Professorship Award
• I was honored as a Distinguished Scholar in English Literacy Education by Yunnan Minzu University (China) in November, 2016.
• Chongqing Jiaotong University (China) awarded me Honorary Professor in December 2015 in recognition of my “outstanding scholarship in literacy and language education”.
• The Online Reading MEd program is ranked #2 in the nation. As the coordinator for — and the only tenure-track faculty member in — the program for the past 10 years, I am responsible for the recruitment and advisement of all masters students (now numbered over 30) in the program.
• Guest Professor, International Professional Association, Xiamen University, 2013 Distinguished Alum, , Xiamen University, 2010
• Ziqiang Honorary Distinguished Professor, , Shanghai University, China, 2010 Sabbatical, , UF College of Education, April, 2008
• Recognized for Outstanding Service and Dedication as a counselor of the Upsilon Chapter, Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education, November, 2005
• University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship, University of Florida, 2005
• Productivity Bonus Award, College of Education, 2003

Danling Fu

• Award of the Top-10 Best published books of the year 2020 in China for Fu. D. & Cao. Y. (co-eds.) 5 translated book series on Writing Instruction Theory and Practice in the US.
• Term Professorship Award 2019-2022
• As Co-PI, STL-IDC award for a collaborative research project (Dr. Kohnen as PI). International Educator of the Year, University of Florida, UF-International Center, 2014 FEO, University of Florida, Faculty Enhancement Opportunity, 05-15-08-15, 2011 Sabbatical, University of Florida, one-semester sabbatical, 01-5 – 05 – 05, 2011 Honorary Professorship, China Women University, Jinan, China, June 29, 2009 Doctor of Humane Letters, DePaul University , June 14, 2008
• Graduate Teacher of the Year, 2007, College of Education, University of Florida
• University Sabbatical Award, 2002-2003,
• Faculty Sabbatical Leave, fall, 2002
• Scholarship of Engagement, College of Education Faculty Award, April 29, 2003

Caitlin “Catie” Gallingane

• College of Education Undergraduate Mentor/Advisor of the Year, April 2018 Anderson Scholar Faculty Honoree – December 2015, double honoree College of Education Undergraduate Teacher of the Year, 2015-2016 Anderson Scholars Faculty Honoree, 2014-2015
• Undergraduate Teacher of the Year, Other, College of Education, University of Florida, 2012-2013

Gage R. Jeter

• 2020 Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate’s Program of the Year Award – Teachers, Schools, and Society EdD in Curriculum and Instruction
• 2020 College of Education Undergraduate Teacher of the Year
• Finalist for the 2019 and 2020 Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate’s Program of the Year Award – Teachers, Schools, and Society EdD in Curriculum and Instruction

Angela M. Kohnen

• B.O. Smith Research Professorship, University of Florida College of Education, 2019-2021
• Trust Consortium Scholar, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida, 2020-2021
• B.O. Smith Research Professorship, University of Florida College of Education, 2019-2021 Trust Consortium Scholar, University of Florida, 2020-2021
• Diane E. Haines Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Education, University of Florida.

Swapna Kumar

• 2020 Distance Education Best Practice Award for: Marull, C. & Kumar, S. Authentic Language Learning through Telecollaboration in Online Courses. TechTrends, 64, 628– 635. Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Division of Distance Learning, 2020.
• Best Qualitative Journal Article Award (2nd place) for: Kumar, S., Martin, F., Budhrani, K., & Ritzhaupt, A. (2019). Award-winning faculty online teaching practices: Elements of award-winning courses. Online Learning Journal, 23(4), 160-180. Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Division of Distance Learning, 2020.
• Rosser Educator Excellence Award 2019-2020. College of Education, University of Florida.
• Best Qualitative Journal Article Award from Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Division of Distance Learning, 2019 for: Martin, F., Budhrani, K., Kumar, S. & Ritzhaupt, A. (2019). Award-Winning Faculty Online Teaching Practices: Roles and Competencies. Online Learning Journal (23(4), 160-180.
• Fulbright Scholar Award 2016-2017. Council for International Exchange of Scholars, US Teaching Award for 4.5 months at the Central European University, Hungary, from January to May 2017.
• Fulbright Scholar Award 2016-2017. Council for International Exchange of Scholars, US
• Teaching Award for 4.5 months at the Central European University, Hungary, from January to May 2017.
• Superior Accomplishment Award, 2016. Division Three. University of Florida.
• TPACK SIG Best Paper Award for: Hart, M. & Kumar, S. (2014, March). Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)-Based Course Design in Preservice Social Studies Education. Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (pp. 2367-2375). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
• Best Paper Award for: Arnold, P. & Kumar, S. (2014, September). „Räumchen wechsle dich” Eigenräume und Raumwechsel beim Aufbau einer Online Community of Practice. Gesellschaft für Medien in der Wissenschaft (GMW) Annual Conference 2014, Zurich, Switzerland.
• Outstanding Paper Award, International Professional Association, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, October 2011

Mark Pacheco

• Bilingual Research Journal 2020 Early Career Reviewer Award from the National Association of Bilingual Education.

Rose M. Pringle

• Outstanding Faculty Position Paper: The Promise and the Peril: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in the Middle Grade. Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Education
• U-FUTuRES 2.0 – Finalist – ATE Distinguished Program in Teacher Education
• 2016 Outstanding Science Teacher Educator of the Year Level 2 from the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE)
• John Shrum Award for excellence and leadership in the education of science teachers from the Southeastern Association of Science Teacher Education (SASTE)
• Mary L. Collins Teacher Educator of the Year Award from the Florida Association of Teacher Educators (FATE)
• William R. Jones Outstanding Mentor Award from the Florida Education Fund Sabbatical, University of Florida, University of Florida, 08-24-2011 – 05-01-2012 College of Education Teacher of the Year, March 2006
• College of Education’s 2001-2002 Teacher of the Year, College of Education, Spring 2002

Albert D. Ritzhaupt

• Best Paper Award, SIG Instructional Technology, American Educational Research Association.
• Educational Researcher of the Year, Florida Educational Research Association, 2019.
• Presidential Service Award, Design and Development Division, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2019.
• Best Journal Article Award for Qualitative Research, Division of Distance Learning, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2019.
• Best Proposal Award, Teacher Education Division, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2018.
• Recognition Award, Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017.
• Distinguished Alumni Award, Valencia College, 2015. Outstanding Reviewer, Computers in Human Behavior, 2016 AERA Best Paper Award through SIG TACTL.
• Best Paper Award, International Professional Association, InSite, 2013

Sevan G. Terzian

• University of Florida Term Professor, 2019-2022.
• Robert B. Primack Memorial Foundations of Education Faculty Award, 2020-2021. University of Florida Term Professor (2019-2022).
• Recipient, Primack Foundation Award. College of Education, University of Florida. 2019- 2020.
• Robert B. Primack Memorial Foundations of Education Faculty Award, 2016-2017.
• Robert B. Primack Memorial Foundations of Education Faculty Award, University of Florida, College of Education. 2015-2016.
• Robert B. Primack Memorial Foundations of Education Faculty Award, 2014-2015. Finalist. Teacher-Scholar Award. University of Florida, 2014-2015.
• Finalist. Distinguished Alumni Professor. University of Florida. 2015.
• Graduate Teacher of the Year, University of Florida, College of Education, 2013
• Robert B. Primack Memorial Foundations of Education Faculty Award, University of Florida, College of Education, University of Florida, 2013
• Robert B. Primack Memorial Foundations of Education Faculty Award, University of Florida, University of Florida, Fall 2012-Spring 2013
• University of Florida Research Foundation Professor, University of Florida, University of Florida Research Foundation, March-June 2013
• University of Florida Research Foundation Professor, University of Florida, UFRF, Summer 2009-Spring 2012
• University of Florida Research Foundation Professor, University of Florida, 2009-2012 University of Florida Research Foundation Professor, University of Florida, 2009-2012 College of Education Undergraduate Teacher of the Year, 2007-2008
• University of Florida Teacher of the Year, 2007-2008
• Finalist, Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award, College of Education, University of Florida, 2002

Vicki A. Vescio

• Awarded Program of the Year (2020) by the Carnegie Project for the Education Doctorate for our Online Profesional Practice EdD Program
• Most Downloaded Article, Other, Teaching and Teacher Education, Feb 2014
• Qualitative SIG Committee Member, International Professional Association, American Educational Research Association, Spring 2013
• Top Ten Most Cited and Downloaded Articles, International Professional Association, Teaching and Teacher Education – Journal, Spring 2013
• 2011 FASD Outstanding Professional Development Practices Award, State Professional Association, Florida Association of Staff Development, 2011
• Nate Gage Award for Best TATE Article, Teaching and Teacher Education Journal – Elsevier, 2010
• Teaching and Teacher Education Top ten most cited article, Teaching and Teacher Education Journal – Elsevier, 2010

Timothy M. Vetere

• 2021-2022, Rosser Educator Excellence Award

Rochelle “Shelley” Warm

• Received the Faculty Learning Community Certificate from the Passport for Great Teaching.
• Was recognized for the Innovation in Teacher Education Award by SRATE at the Fall 2019 meeting and conference.
• Received the Blue Ribbon designation to re-design course EDE6266.
• Received the Innovation in Teacher Education Award by the Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators (SRATE) for the University of Florida Site-based Implementation of Teacher Education (SITE) Program.
• Received the Mary L. Collins Excellence in Teacher Education Award from the Florida Association of Teacher Educators. The Mary L. Collins Award for Excellence in Teacher Education is presented each year to an educator who has made significant and substantial contributions to teacher education in Florida. It was received on October 14, 2017
• Senior Lecturer, University of Florida, College of Education, June 2012

Elizabeth A. Washington

• Teachers, Schools, and Society EdD student Carla-Ann Brown is the recipient of the 2021- 2022 Dennison Outstanding Manuscript Award for her manuscript titled, The power of the human voice in the difficult journey of democracy: A unit plan for a middle grades World Cultures course. This is the article I mentioned previously that Carla-Ann and I co-authored and published in Iowa Social Studies Journal.
• Awarded a sabbatical for the 2021-2022 academic year
• Applied to U.S. Fulbright Scholar Award Program for Masaryk University, Czech Republic, for 2020-2021. Recommended for award via peer review process, not selected by Fulbright Board as recipient of award.
• Named as Affiliate Faculty Member of the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, UF Sabbatical Award, Fall Semester of 2014
• The Florida Joint Center for Citizenship, for which I am a Senior Fellow and Pedagogy Specialist, was in charge of conducting the National Parent/Student Mock Election for the State of Florida in 2014. On March 10, 2015, FJCC was named the winner of the National Association of State Boards of Education Award for Outstanding Leadership in Voter Education.
• Sabbatical, University of Florida, University of Florida/College of Education, 2013
• Critics Choice Award, International Professional Association, American Educational Studies Association, 2013
• Knight Fellow, University of Florida, Bob Graham Center for Public Service, 2012
• COE Outstanding Doctoral Mentoring Award Nominee, University of Florida, UF Graduate School, 2011-2012
• Knight Fellow, University of Florida, Bob Graham Center for Public Service, Summer 2012