External Faculty Honors and Awards

The College of Education is home to Award Winning faculty. In addition to numerous internal college and university-level awards, the following faculty members are recipients of prestigious regional, national, and international honors and awards, as listed below.

2023-2024

Paul Asunda

Fulbright US Scholar Award to Kenya
- U.S. Department of State
- See press release

Jasmine Begeske

VSA Peter J. Geisser Special Needs Art Educator of the Year Award
- National Art Education Association (NAEA), The Council for Exceptional Children
2024 Professor of the Year
- Indiana Council for Exceptional Children (INCEC)

Lynn Bryan

2024 Fellow of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)

Virak Chan

2023 Best of the Best in Higher Education Award
- Indiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (INTESOL)

Hua Hua Chang

Samuel J. Messick Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award
- American Psychological Association (APA) Division 5

Nadine Dolby

Hometown Hero from WLFI News 18 (Greater Lafayette)
- For her work with her community organization, Animal Advocates

Victoria Lowell

2023 Emerging Learning Technologies Award (2^nd place)
- Association of Educational Communications and Technologies (AECT), Division of Emerging Learning Technologies

Anne Traynor

Fulbright Specialist Award to Colombia
- U.S. Department of State

2022-2023

View 2022-2023 Awards

Jasmine Begeske

2022 President’s Award for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Service to the Organization
- Art Education Association of Indiana (AEAI)
2023 Community Partner Award
- Wabash Center, Lafayette, Indiana
2023 Outstanding Dissertation Award
- United States Society for Education Through Art (USSEA)

Virak Chan

2023 James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning.
- The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF)
- See press release

Janine Duncan

2023 Distinguished Service Award
- American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)
- See press release

Adrie Koehler

2023 Best Paper Award (2^nd place) Award
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
2023 Trendsetter – Bronze International Distance Learning Award
- United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)
2023 Best Paper Award
- American Education Research Association (AERA), Online Teaching and Learning SIG
2022 Reimagine Education Award – Gold Winner for North America Region
- Reimagine Education & the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Victoria Lowell

2023 Best Practice Award
- Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
  - See press release
2023 Outstanding Design Case Award
- American Educational Research Association (AERA), Design & Technology SIG

Sarah LaRose

2022 Postsecondary Professional of the Year
- National Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)
  - See press release
2022 Educator Award
- North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA)

Yukiko Maeda

2021 Paper of the Year
- Journal for the Education of the Gifted

Muhsin Menekse

2022 Research Worth Reading Award
- National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)
2022 Honorable Mention – William Elgin Wickenden Award
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

Nathan Mentzer

2022 Reimagine Education Award – Gold Winner for North America Region
- Reimagine Education & the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
2023 Best Paper Award (2^nd place) Award
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

Tim Newby

2023 Trendsetter – Bronze International Distance Learning Award
- United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)

Nielsen Pereira

2022 Marcia L. Gentry Special Populations Early Career Award
- National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
2021 Paper of the Year
- Journal for the Education of the Gifted

Jennifer Richardson

2022 Best Paper Award
- American Education Research Association (AERA), Online Teaching and Learning SIG
2022 Mildred B. and Charles A. Wedemeyer Award for Outstanding Scholar in Distance Education
- University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA)

Jennifer Smith

2022-2023 Outstanding Professor of the Year
- Indiana Council for Exceptional Children (INCEC)
- See press release

Wayne E. Wright

2023 James E. Alatis Prize for Research in Language Policy and Planning
- The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF)
- See press release

2021-2022

View 2021-2022 Awards

Brenda Capobianco

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award – Ireland
- U.S. Department of State
- See press release

Adrie Koehler

2021 Accepted Student Proposal Award
- Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Outstanding Research & Theory Division
2021 Technology Team Honorable Mention
- Northwest Managers of Educational Technology, Northwest eLearn, and eLearning Consortium of Colorado

Rebekah Hammack

2021 Outstanding Early Career Scholar Award
- School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA)
2022 Best Paper Award V: Implications of Research for Educational Practice
- The Association for Science Teacher Educators (ASTE)

Wanju Huang

2022 Excellence in Teaching Award
- University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA)
  - See press release
2021 Central Region Excellence in Teaching Award
- University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA)
2021 Central Region Excellence in Instructional Design Award
- University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA)

Victoria Lowell

2021 Presidential Special Service Award
- Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
2022 Journal Article (Application-Based) Award (2^nd place)
- Association of Educational Communications and Technologies (AECT), Division of Distance Learning

Jennifer Richardson

2021 Central Region Excellence in Instructional Design Award
- University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA)

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