Awards
Honors, Recognitions, and Achievements
Awards & Recognition
Recognition for excellence in teaching, research, and professional service spanning over two decades of academic and professional achievement.
Teaching Excellence Awards
2024 Excellence in Online Teaching Award
Georgia College & State University
Encourages excellence in online teaching. Selected by the College of Business and competed with other schools.
2020 Excellence in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award
Georgia College & State University
Encourages and rewards excellence in the scholarship of teaching and learning. University's nominee for the Regent's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Excellence Award
2011 Laurie Hendrickson McMillan Faculty Award
Georgia College & State University
Recognizes excellence in teaching, research, and campus and community service. Awarded to College of Business or School of Nursing faculty member.
Professional Recognition Awards
2024 Excellence in Online Teaching Award
Georgia College & State University
Encourages excellence in online teaching. Selected by the College of Business and competed with other schools.
2020 Excellence in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award
Georgia College & State University
Encourages and rewards excellence in the scholarship of teaching and learning. University's nominee for the Regent's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Excellence Award
2011 Laurie Hendrickson McMillan Faculty Award
Georgia College & State University
Recognizes excellence in teaching, research, and campus and community service. Awarded to College of Business or School of Nursing faculty member.
Research Awards
2025 Outstanding Book Award
Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Systems Thinking & Change Division
Honors significant contributions to systemic change, innovation diffusion, systems theory, and change management. Awarded for book chapter contribution. AECT is a professional association founded over 100 years ago with thousands of educators, researchers, and leaders dedicated to improving instruction through technology.
Book: Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI: Evidence-Based Approaches to Pedagogy, Ethics, and Beyond
Chapter 15: "Defining Key Workplace Competencies in the AI Era: A Framework for AI-Powered Education"
2025 IACIS Highest Research Impact Award
International Association of Computer Information Systems (IACIS)
Awarded to the paper with the highest number of downloads and highest citation count.
2018 Jay Liebowitz Outstanding Student Research Award
International Association of Computer Information Systems (IACIS)
Annual award recognizing outstanding student research paper. "Impact of Users' Motivation on Gamified Crowdsourcing Systems: A Case of StackOverflow" with student researchers Sarah Penoyer and Breana Reynolds (Georgia College)
2008 Best Research Paper
International Association of Computer Information Systems (IACIS)
Award for best paper treating pedagogical issues. Selected from all papers presented at the annual conference.