Each year, College of Education faculty, staff, and students present their research to local, regional, national, and international audiences. The College of Education funds a competitive travel award process. As a condition of the award, recipients share their research and information about the conference with the public. The award recipients' summaries appear below.

2021-2022

Linsay DeMartino, EAF, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Diego, CA

Yun-Ching Chung, SED, Annual Conference of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), Jacksonville, Florida 

2019-2020

Christy Borders, Lauby Teacher Education Center, Council for Exceptional Children International Conference, Portland, OR

Lara Handsfield, TCH, Association of Teacher Educators Conference, Atlantic City, NJ

Yun-Ching Chung, SED, 2019 TASH Conference, Phoenix, AZ

Miranda Lin, TCH, International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain

Cathy Taylor, EAF, Midwest Regional Educational Association Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio

Heather Sandy, U-High, Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ICTFL) Fall Conference, Naperville, IL

Courtney Hattan, TCH, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Francisco, CA (Did not attend)

2018-2019

Yun-Ching Chung, SED, Annual Conference of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD), Twin Cities, MN

Alice Lee, TCH, Critical Race Studies in Education Association (CRSEA) Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA

Miranda Lin, TCH, 21st International Conference on Education, Research, and Innovation, Prague, Czechia

Sonia Kline, TCH, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Toronto, Canada

Molly Turner, Metcalf, Association of College Educators - Deaf/Hard of Hearing Conference, Chicago, IL

Grace Kang, TCH, Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA

Courtney Hattan, TCH, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Toronto, Canada

Sherry Sanden, TCH, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Toronto, Canada

Benjamin R. Wellenreiter, TCH, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Toronto, Canada

Denise Fountain, SED, 34th Annual PAC RIM International Conference on Disability and Diversity, Honolulu, Hawaii

Allison Kroesch, SED, 20th International Conference on Autism, Intellectual Disability & Developmental Disabilities, Maui, Hawaii

2017-2018

Cody Pullium, SED, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Annual Convention, Tampa, Florida

Do-Yong Park, TCH, 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Education, Hokkaido, Japan

Karen Douglas, SED, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri

Becky Beucher, TCH, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, New York, New York

Yun-Ching Chung, SED, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Annual Convention, Tampa, Florida

Miranda Lin, TCH, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, New York, New York

Erin Mikulec, TCH, 2nd International Conference Paulo Freire: The Global Legacy, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Anna Smith, TCH, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, New York, New York

Sandra L. Osorio, TCH, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, New York, New York

Paul Hartman, TCH, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, New York, New York

Benjamin R. Wellenreiter, TCH, Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada

Thomas Lucey, TCH, Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators Conference, Rogers, Arkansas

2016-2017

Virginia Walker, SED, IASSIDD Americas Regional Congress, Melbourne, Australia

Grace Kang, TCH,  American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas

Thomas P. Crumpler, TCH, The Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Conference, Orlando, Florida

Maria Zamudio, TCH, 3rd International Conference on Bilingual Education in a Globalized World, Alcala de Henares, Spain

Miranda Lin, TCH, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas

2015-2016

Yojanna Cuenca-Carlino, SED, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Annual Convention, St. Louis, Missouri

Karen Douglas, SED, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Annual Convention, St. Louis, Missouri

Do-Yong Park, TCH, 2016 Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Liz Sattler, TCH, Sports Marketing Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia

Linda Haling, TCH, 6th Pacific Rim Conference on Education, Chonburi, Thailand

Patricia Valente, EAF, Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Carlsbad, California

Stanley Gillespie, TCH, Conference for Middle Level Education, Columbus, Ohio

Virginia Walker, SED, 13th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support, San Francisco, California

Sandra L. Osorio, TCH, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Aline Biazotto André, TCH, Literacy Research Association Annual Conference, Carlsbad, California

2014-2015

Wendy G. Troxel, EAF, 2015 Academic Chairpersons Conference, Austin, Texas

Christopher Hansen, TCH, 5th Pacific Rim Conference on Education, Taipei, Taiwan

Karen Douglas, SED, Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Annual Convention, San Diego, California

Jay C. Percell, TCH, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada

Liz Sattler, TCH, Sport Marketing Association Pedagogy Symposium, Sport Marketing Association Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gabe Estill, EAF, Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Do-Yong Park, TCH, Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Erin Mikulec, TCH, Critical Questions in Education Conference presented by the Academy for Educational Studies, San Diego, California

Tami Dean, U-High, American Reading Forum Conference, Sanibel Island, Florida

Colin Stewart, EAF, Midwest Regional Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Bloomington, Indiana

Maria Zamudio, TCH, 2nd International Conference on Bilingual Education in a Globalized World, Alcala de Henares, Spain

Rachel Webb, EAF, Midwest Regional Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Bloomington, Indiana

Brittney Henson, EAF, Midwest Regional Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Bloomington, Indiana

Michelle Schwartze, TCH, Annual Conference for Middle Level Education, Nashville, Tennessee

Jennifer Davidson, EAF, Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Evanston, Illinois

Anni Krummel Reinking, TCH, National Association of the Education of Young Children, Dallas, Texas

Sara McCubbins, TCH, National Science Teacher's Association Regional Conference, Richmond, Virginia

Yojanna Cuenca-Carlino, SED, Australian Association of Special Education National Conference, Manly, Australia

2013-2014

Julie McGaha, TCH, Association for Teacher Education Europe Winter Conference, Budapest, Hungary

Stacy Otto, EAF, American Educational Research Association Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Venus E. Evans-Winters, EAF, The White House Research Conference on Girls, Washington, D.C.

Jillian Havard, EAF, Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference, St. Louis, Missouri

Sandra Osorio, TCH, American Educational Research Association Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Do-Yong Park, TCH, STEM Workshop at Burapha University, Thailand

Cynthia Thompson, TCH, National Association for Bilingual Education Conference, San Diego, California

Patricia Watson, TCH, Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Toronto, Canada

Lori Pluchrat, TCH, National Youth Leadership Conference, Washington, D.C.

Ashley Olson, TCH, SoTL Commons Conference, Savannah, Georgia

Do-Yong Park, TCH, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Conference,  Toronto, Canada

BreAnna Evans-Santiago, TCH, National Association of Multicultural Education (NAME) Annual Conference, Oakland, California

Jacob Chacko, TCH, Pacific Rim Conference on Education, Gyeongju, Korea

Miranda Lin, TCH, Pacific Rim Conference on Education, Gyeongju, Korea

Brandon Hensley, EAF, Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Evanston, Illinois

2012-2013

Christina Borders, SED, Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, San Antonio, Texas

Tami Dean, UHS, International Reading Conference, San Antonio, Texas

Karen Douglas, SED, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Nicholas Hartlep, EAF, American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, California

Anni Krummel, TCH, Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association Conference, San Francisco, California

Erin Mikulic, TCH, American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, California

Phil Parette, SED, Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, San Antonio, Texas

Sherry Sanden, TCH, Association of Teacher Educators Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia

Rena Shifflet, TCH, Early Education and Technology for Children Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah

Brent Showalter, CTEP, American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, California

Katie Smith, SED, Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, San Antonio, Texas

George Torres, COE, First International Conference on Bilingual Education in a Globalized World, Alcala de Henares, Spain

Linda Wedwick, TCH, American Reading Forum Conference, Sanibel Island, Florida

Eurvine WIlliams, TCH, Comparative and International Education Society Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana

Maria Zamudio, TCH, First International Conference on Bilingual Education in a Globalized World, Alcala de Henares, Spain