Recognition

Grants, awards, fellowships, and microcredentials. Collaborative recognitions name the team; individual ones include the citation.

2026 Team award

Outstanding Commitment to Excellence and Innovation in Digital Learning

Texas Distance Learning Association

Statewide award recognizing the Department of Educational Development's leadership in digital learning innovation.

2026 Team award

Credential Innovation Award

UPCEA

National award to the Division of Academic Innovation for credentialing innovation.

2024 National

Delta Omega Innovative Curriculum Runner-Up

Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society

For the interactive lecture redesign of EPID 5300 Principles of Epidemiology, with Battaglia and Neelamegam.

Funded grants

  • 2025
    Promoting Pedagogical Wellness Through a Community of Practice: A Scalable Faculty Development Model POD Network Early Researcher Grant · $1,000
  • 2025
    Professional Development Award Research Enhancement Assistance Program (REAP), UNT Health · $5,000

Nominations & board service

  • 2025
    Nominated — TxDLA Outstanding Commitment to Excellence and Innovation in Digital Learning Award Texas Distance Learning Association
  • 2023
    Nominated — OLC Board of Directors, 2024–2026 Online Learning Consortium
  • 2023
    Nominated — Excellence in Faculty Development Award Online Learning Consortium

Institutional recognitions

  • 2024
    UNT System Way to Go Honoree — Regional Simulation Center UNT System / UNT Health
  • 2024
    UNT System Way to Go Honoree — Office of Culture and Experience UNT System / UNT Health
  • 2021–22
    Project of the Month, five-time awardee UNT Health Division of Academic Innovation

Fellowships & microcredentials

  • 2025
    IELOL Fellow — Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning Online Learning Consortium
  • 2024 & 2025
    ID2ID Advisory Committee Member EDUCAUSE / Penn State University
  • Ongoing
    Certified Quality Matters Coordinator Quality Matters