Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler

Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Research on Global Engagement

Department: Provost

Powell Building, Office 108J 2345 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244

Professional Expertise

developmental psychology; early childhood development and education; global engagement; mentoring; high-impact practices

Brief Biography

Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler is a Professor of Psychology who came to Elon University in 1995. Her scholarly interests include informal learning and play in early childhood; adult guidance of children's inquiry and discovery; sociocultural and global contexts of learning; and undergraduate research mentoring. She has received institutional awards for her work as a mentor and scholar.

Maureen directed the Honors Program at Elon University from 2008 to 2013 and began to study academic mentoring during this time. She was a co-leader in a research seminar on Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research with the Center for Engaged Learning from 2014-16. From 2020 to 2022, Maureen was an institutional leader of the "American Council on Education's Learner Success Lab," with a focus on "Mentoring for Learner Success."

Maureen is now serving as the founding Director of Elon's Center for Research on Global Engagement, and in this role she fosters the scholarship of global engagement on campus and with national and international collaborators. Maureen has taught in and led study away/abroad programs in Hawai'i, London, Florence, and Copenhagen. Her research on global engagement encompasses intercultural learning and mentoring undergraduate research in global contexts, among other topics.

News & Notes

Education

B.A. Psychology and French, Wake Forest University, 1985

Ph.D. Developmental Psychology, North Carolina State University, 1990

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Early Intervention, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990-91

Courses Taught

Early Childhood Development; Lifespan Development; Senior Seminar; Growing up Outdoors: Risk and Resilience (Honors); Psychology in Cultural Context; Family Stories (General studies); Nation or State? In Search of Hawaiian Identity (General Studies, Study USA); Children, families and communities: Sociocultural contexts of development in Italy (Florence, Spring 2014); Children and learning in the natural world (Denmark, Spring 2016).

Leadership Positions

Director of the Honors Program from 2008-2013

Co-leader of the Elon Center for Engaged Learning Research Seminar on Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research from 2014-2016

Director of the Center for Research on Global Engagement from 2015-present

Interim Associate Provost of Academic Excellence from 2019-2021

Institutional Leader of the American Council on Education's Learner Success Lab, focused on Mentoring for Learner Success, from 2020-2022

Research

Current scholarly interests focus on ways that adults support young children’s learning through joint participation in authentic experiences, or culturally relevant, meaningful and developmentally appropriate activities; the development of inquiry processs; undergraduate students' participation in high-impact practices such as undergraduate research and study abroad; and faculty mentoring of high-impact experiences.

Current Projects

Current research projects investigate ways that inquiry is fostered in early childhood contexts (e.g., home and preschools), with a particular focus on emergent numeracy and science, outdoor and risky play, and parents' and teachers' beliefs about children's development in outdoor contexts. Additionally I have projects related to mentoring undergraduate research and the scholarship of global engagement in progress.

Grants Awarded

American Council on Education Learner Success Lab (2020-22)

Member of inaugural cohort; funded by Strada Education Network

Bringing Theory to Practice, “Realizing the Power of Transformative Learning in Higher Education: An Innovative Approach to Cultivating the Whole Student,” with James Madison University, the Colonial Academic Alliance, Crossing Borders Education, and Kansai University (2019-21)

Colonial Academic Alliance, Innovate/Collaborate (InCo) Grant, Engaging Difference, A Deep Dive into the Assessment of Transformative Learning (2018-21), Co-PI, with James Madison University and Elon University

Elon University, Research and Development Committee, Summer Fellowship Awards (2023, 2022, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2004, 1997)

Elon University, Research and Development Committee, Full-Year Full-Pay Sabbatical Award (2014-15)

Elon University, Research and Development Committee, Semester Sabbatical Awards (2024, 2008, 2002)

Publications

Selected Publications

* = undergraduate co-author

Cruz, L., Allocco, A.L., Hall, E. E., Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Hamel, J., & McLaughlin, J. (2023). Mentoring undergraduate research in global contexts (MURGC): An integrated model. New Directions in Teaching and Learning, 175, 29-39. DOI:10.1002/tl.20556

Thurman, S. L. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2023). Adaptive undergraduate research mentoring in a constellation model. Perspectives on Undergraduate Mentoring, 11.1, 1-14.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Moore, J.L., & Allocco, A.L. (2023). A constellation model for mentoring undergraduates during COVID-19. Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 11, https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TLI/article/view/75405/56577.

Cruz, L., Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Allocco, A.L. & Patch, K. (2022). Mentoring undergraduate research in global contexts: Insights from a national study. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 33(4), 21-36.

Thurman, S. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2022). Learning by doing: Undergraduate research in psychology. In H. A, Mieg, E. L. Ambos, A. Brew, D. M. Galli, & J. Lehmann (Eds.). The Cambridge handbook of undergraduate research (pp. 285-292). Cambridge University Press.

Allocco, A. L., Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Hall, E., Ketcham, C., Idris, M., Hamel, J.A. & Marshall, D. J. (2022). Undergraduate research in the global context: Models and practices for high quality mentoring. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnerships for learning, 30 (1), 106-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/13611267.2022.2031084

Vandermaas-Peeler, M. & Ruelle, J. (2021). Conceptualizing academic mentoring: A research overview. In L. J. Rod-Welch & B. E. Weeg (Eds.). Academic library mentoring. Fostering growth and renewal. ACRL.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Moore, J. L. & Allocco, A. L. (2021). A constellation model for mentoring undergraduate research during COVID-19. The Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching, 5 (14), 297-302.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Choplin, O., Doehler, K., Sturgill, A., Namaste, N., & Buckmaster, M. (2021). The “authentic me”: New understandings of self and the world as a result of global learning experiences. Teaching & Learning Inquiry 9, 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.9.2.11

Carignan, M.C., Vandermaas-Peeler, M. & Buckmaster, M. (2021). Faculty development and global learning: A North American higher education case study. In J. Gregersen-Hermans & K.M. Lauridsen (Eds.). Internationalising programmes in higher education. An educational development perspective (pp. 164-168). Routledge.

*LeMasters, A.C. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2021). Exploring outdoor play: A mixed-methods study of the quality of preschool play environments and teacher perceptions of risky play. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 1-13. DOI: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14729679.2021.1925564

*Westerberg, L. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2021). How teachers, peers, and classroom materials support children’s inquiry in a Reggio Emilia-inspired preschool. Early Child Development and Care, 191, 7-8, 1259-1276. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2021.1881075

Carignan, M.C. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2020). Early impact: Global mindedness and intercultural competence in a first-year honors abroad course. In M.K. Mulvaney & K. Klein (Eds.). Internationalizing honors (pp. 315-347). National Collegiate Honors Council.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Ruelle, J., & Peeples, T. (2020) Mapping understandings of global engagement. In N. Namaste & A. Sturgill (Eds.). Mind the gap: Global learning at home and abroad (pp. 13-26). Stylus.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., *Westerberg, L., & *Fleishman, H. (2019). Bridging known and new: Inquiry and intersubjectivity in parent-child interactions. Learning, Culture, and Social Interactions, 21, 124-135.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., *Dean, C., Biehl, M.S., & *Mellman, A. (2019). Parents’ beliefs about young children’s play and nature experiences in Danish and U.S. contexts. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 19 (1), 43 – 55. https://doi.org/10.1080/14729679.2018.1507829

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Miller, P.C., & Moore, J. L. (Eds.). (2018). Excellence in mentoring undergraduate research. Council for Undergraduate Research: Washington, D.C.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Miller, P.C. & Moore, J.L. (2018). Considering excellence in mentoring undergraduate research in context. In M. Vandermaas-Peeler, P.C. Miller, & J.L. Moore (Eds.), Excellence in mentoring undergraduate research (pp. 1-19). Council for Undergraduate Research: Washington, D.C.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Allocco, A. & Fair, C.F. (2018). What to know before you go: Benefits and challenges of conducting undergraduate research in global contexts. Perspectives on Undergraduate Research Mentoring 7.1, Retrieved at https://blogs.elon.edu/purm/

Hall, E. E., Walkington, H., Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Shanahan, J.O., Gudiksen, R.K. & Zimmer, M. M. (2018). The importance of mentoring for the creation of undergraduate research opportunities during global learning. Perspectives on Undergraduate Research Mentoring 7.1, Retrieved at https://blogs.elon.edu/purm/

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., *Westerberg, L., *Fleishman, H., *Sands, K., & *Mischka, M. (2018). Parental guidance of young children’s mathematics and scientific inquiry in games, cooking, and nature activities. International Journal of Early Years Education, 26 (4), 369-386. DOI: 10.1080/09669760.2018.1481734

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Duncan-Bendix, J., & Biehl, M.S. (2018). “I have a better sense of how interconnected the world is”: Student perceptions of learning and global engagement during study abroad. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, XXX (2), 117-135.

Behling, L., Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Miller, P.C., & Johnson, W.B. (October, 2017). Seven ways to make mentoring matter. Inside Higher Education. Retrieved at https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2017/10/27/advice-how-most-effectively-mentor-students-essay

*Lanphear, J.L., & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2017). Inquiry and intersubjectivity in a Reggio Emilia-inspired preschool. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 31 (4), 597-614.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., *Mischka, M., & *Sands, K. (2017). What do you notice? Parent guidance of preschoolers’ inquiry in activities at home. Early Child Development and Care, DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2017.1310724

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., *McClain, C., & Fair, C.F. (2017). If I’m in the water and these boots overflow, I could water the grass: Exploring the natural world as service learning with young children. In K.L. Heider (Ed.), Service learning as pedagogy for early childhood education (pp. 193-211). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

Hollingsworth, H. L. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2017). Almost everything we do includes inquiry: Fostering inquiry-based teaching and learning with preschool teachers. Early Child Development and Care, 187 (1), 152-167. DOI 10.1080/03004430.2016.1154049

Skwarchuk, S., Vandermaas-Peeler, M. & Lefevre, J. (2016). Optimizing the home numeracy environments of three- to six-year old children in the United States and Canada. In B. Blevins-Knabe & A. M. Austin (Eds), Early childhood mathematical skill development in the home environment (pp. 127-146). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

*McClain, C. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2016). Outdoor explorations with preschoolers: An observational study of young children’s developing relationship with the natural world. International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 16 (1), 31-48.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2016). Mentoring undergraduate research: Student and faculty participation in communities of practice. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching and Learning eJournal, 9 (1), 1-10.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., *Massey, K. & *Kendall, A. (2016) Parent guidance of children’s scientific and mathematical reasoning in a science museum. Early Childhood Education Journal, 44 (3), 217-224. DOI 10.1007/s10643-015-0714-5

*McClain, C. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2016). Social contexts of development in natural outdoor environments: Children’s motor activities, personal challenges and peer interactions at the river andthe creek. Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 16 (1), 31–48. DOI:10.1080/14729679.2015.1050682

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Miller, P. & Peeples, T. (2015) Mentoring is sharing the process of discovery: Faculty perceptions of undergraduate research mentoring. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 23(5), 377-393. DOI: 10.1080/13611267.2015.1126163

Johnson, W. B., Behling, L. L., Miller, P. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2015). Undergraduate research mentoring: Obstacles and opportunities. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 23(5), 441 – 453. DOI: 10.1080/13611267.2015.1126167

Behling, L. L. Johnson, W. B., Miller, P. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2015). Guest editors’ overview: Undergraduate research mentoring. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 23(5), 355-358. DOI: 10.1080/13611267.2015.1126167

Vandermaas-Peeler, M. & *McClain, C. (2015). The green bean has to be longer than your thumb: An observational study of math and science experiences in a preschool garden. International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 3 (1), 8-27.

Presentations

Selected Conference Presentations

* denotes undergraduate research co-author

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Hall, E., Ketchum, C., & Allocco, A.L. (2023, February). Reimagining mentoring undergraduate research in global contexts: Supporting intercultural learning and well-being. Presentation at the WISE Conference, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Moore, J.L. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2022, November). A constellation model for transformative and inclusive mentoring. Presentation at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Kelowna, B.C., Canada.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Kearns, L.W., & Santanni, E. (2022, October). Connecting global and career-integrated learning: Opportunities and challenges for liberal arts. Presentation at the Forum on Education Abroad, Milan, Italy.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Allocco, A.L. & Patch, K. (2022, October). Mentored research in global contexts: Toward professional skills and career competencies. Presentation at the Forum on Education Abroad, Milan, Italy.

Thurman, S. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2022, June). Adaptive, affirming, and resilient approaches to mentoring undergraduate research. Presentation at the Center for Engaged Learning Conference, Elon, N.C.

Moore, J.L., Vandermaas-Peeler, M., & Allocco, A.L. (2022, June). Mentoring in context: The potential of a constellation model. Presentation at the Center for Engaged Learning Conference, Elon, N.C.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M. & Moore, J.L. (2022, June). Exploring and fostering development for sustainable mentoring. Presentation at the International Consortium for Educational Development, Aarhus, Denmark.

*Kim, M. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2022, March). Korean and Korean-American parents’ support of early childhood numeracy. Presentation at the Southeastern Psychological Association, Hilton Head, S.C.

Whitehead, D., Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Frohlich, E., Acheson-Clair, K., & Stevenson, A. (2022, March). Leveraging opportunities and meeting challenges in mentoring undergraduate research globally. Presentation at the Forum on Education Abroad, Chicago, IL.

Wiley, J., Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Hart, V. & Doehler, K. (2022, March). A new program design framework for including the whole learner. Presentation at the Forum on Education Abroad, Chicago, IL.

Das, J., Reynolds, N., Sabato, E., & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2021, October). Global engagement survey: Considering critical reflection, cultural humility, and global citizenship through engaged global learning. Virtual IUPUI Assessment Institute.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Moore, J.L., & Allocco, A.L. (2021, October). A constellation model for mentoring undergraduates during COVID-19. Presentation at the University of New Mexico Mentoring Institute, Virtual Conference.

Whitehead, D., Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Sutton, S., Patch, K., & Acheson-Clair, K. (2021, October). Reimagining mentored undergraduate research in global contexts. Presentation at the AAC&U’s 2021 Virtual Conference on Global Learning: Global Learning Reimagined.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Allocco, A., Patch, K. & Berends, L.M. (2020, October). Undergraduate research in global contexts: Mentoring strategies for embedded learning. Presentation at the AAC&U’s 2020 Conference on Global Learning: Lessons on Global Learning from Higher Education’s Response to a Global Crisis, Virtual Conference.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Buckmaster, M., Choplin, O., Sturgill, A., Doehler, K. & Namaste, N. (2020, October). “Coming back, I just felt like a more authentic version of myself”: Identity and global experiences. Presentation at the AAC&U’s 2020 Conference on Global Learning: Lessons on Global Learning from Higher Education’s Response to a Global Crisis, Virtual Conference.

Wiley, J., Vandermaas-Peeler, M. & Hart, V. (2020, October). Research-informed global learning experience design: Insights from a multi-institutional project. Presentation at the AAC&U’s 2020 Conference on Global Learning: Lessons on Global Learning from Higher Education’s Response to a Global Crisis, Virtual Conference.

*LeMasters, A. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2020, April). Exploring outdoor play: A mixed-methods study of the quality of preschool play environments and teacher perceptions of risky play. Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA. (Conference canceled due to COVID-19)

*Blanco Araujo, I. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2020, April). A retrospective, cross-generational study of children’s play behaviors in Venezuela. Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA. (Conference canceled due to COVID-19)

Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2019, November). Multidisciplinary research on global engagement: An institutional case study. Presented at 6th Global Service Learning Summit, Clemson, S.C.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Hall, E., Ketcham, C. & Idris, M. (2019, October). Fostering global citizenship through mentored high-impact practices. Presented at AAC&U Global Learning, San Antonio, TX.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Buckmaster, M., Choplin, O. & *Ford, E. (2019, October). Facilitating integration of global learning experiences. Presented at AAC&U Global Learning, San Antonio, TX.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., *Westerberg, L. & *Hilpuesch, J. (2019, June). Parent guidance of preschoolers’ inquiry and mathematics in activities at home. Presented at the Mathematical, Cognition and Learning Society, Ottawa, Canada.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2019, June). Inquiring minds: How to foster early numeracy through inquiry-based teaching and learning. Invited address, Counting on Teachers Forum, Ottawa, Canada.

*Westerberg, L. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2019, March). The 100 languages of children: Inquiry in a Reggio Emilia-inspired preschool. Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

*Mookerji, S. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2019, March). “Once in a dark land, there was a creepy octopus!” A study of young children’s storytelling. Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Hall, E., Ketcham, C. & Russell, S. (2019, February). Fostering intercultural learning through undergraduate research in global contexts. Presented at WISE conference, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M. & Cecconi, E. (2018, October). A sociocultural analysis of fostering intercultural understanding through language studies abroad. Presented at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Bergen, Norway.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Hall, E., Allocco, A. & Pennington, B. (2018, October). Cultivating a culture of learning: Mentoring undergraduate research in global contexts. Presented at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Bergen, Norway.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Ruelle, J. & Peeples, T. (2018, October). Mapping understandings of global engagement. Presented at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Bergen, Norway.

Hall, E., Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Mangieri, T. & Ahmed, O. (2018, October). Developing international partnerships: Benefits and challenges of mentoring undergraduate research in a European context. Presented at the Forum on Education Abroad’s 4th European Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Biehl, M., Duncan-Bendix, J., & Vanni, A. (2018, October). “You will never have just one home anymore”: Facilitating cultural and community integration during study abroad in Europe. Presented at the Forum on Education Abroad’s 4th European Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

Moore, J., Miller, P., Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Ackley, E., Ketcham, C.J. & Palmer, R. J. (2018, July). Excellence in mentoring undergraduate research and inquiry. Presented at the Council for Undergraduate Research, Washington, D.C.

*Dean, C. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2018, March). Risk and resilience: A cross-cultural analysis of parents’ beliefs about children’s play and experiences in the natural world. Presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, Charleston, S.C.

*Kase, H. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2018, March). Preschoolers’ social perspective-taking, storytelling, and art. Presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, Charleston, S.C.

*Westerberg, L. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2018, March). The 100 languages of children: Inquiry in a Reggio-Emilia-inspired preschool. Presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association, Charleston, S.C.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Fair, C., Allocco, A., DiBiasio, P. & Peeples, T. (2017, October,). Facilitating faculty development in the Scholarship of Global Engagement. Presented at AAC&U Global Learning, New Orleans, LA.

Hartman, E., Vandermaas-Peeler, M., & Edwards, A. (2017, October). Global engagement survey: Assessing intercultural competence, civic engagement, and critical reflection. Presented at AAC&U Global Learning, New Orleans, LA.

Cecconi, E. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2017, July). A sociocultural analysis of fostering intercultural understanding through Italian language studies during study abroad. Presented at the 9th Biennial Australasian Center for Italian Studies Conference, Prato, Italy.

Ruelle, J., Vandermaas-Peeler, M., & Peeples, T. (2017, June). Defying definition? Global engagement in the literature of global learning and high-impact educational practices. Presented at the Integrating Global Learning with the University Experience Symposium, Elon, NC.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., Fair, C., Allocco, A. & *Shangese, N. (2017, June). “Doing my research abroad was the best, most rewarding, most incredible thing I’ve done: Benefits and challenges of conducting undergraduate research in global contexts. Presented at the Integrating Global Learning with the University Experience Symposium, Elon, NC.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., *Westerberg, L., *Sands, K. & *Mischka, M. (2017, April). Influences of inquiry-based guidance training on parental support of children’s mathematical and scientific reasoning at home. Presented at the Society for Research on Child Development, Austin, TX.

Vandermaas-Peeler, M., *Dean, C., *Mellman, A., & Biehl, M.S. (2017, April). Parental beliefs about young children’s outdoor and nature play experiences in Danish and U.S. contexts. Presented at the Society for Research on Child Development, Austin, TX.

*Sands, K. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (2017, April). Mathematical learning in early childhood: Parental guidance during virtual and physical games. Presented at the Society for Research on Child Development, Austin, TX.

Carignan, M. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (October, 2016). A global experience for first-year Honors Fellows at Elon University. Presented at the National Collegiate Honors Council, Seattle, WA.

Miller, P., Vandermaas-Peeler, M. & Peeples, T. (June, 2016). Supporting and studying globally engaged undergraduate research: An institutional case study. Presented at the Biennial Council for Undergraduate Research Conference, Tampa, FL.

*Lanphear, J. & Vandermaas-Peeler, M. (April, 2016). Inquiry and intersubjectivity in a Reggio Emilia-inspired preschool. Presented at the Global Summit on Childhood, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Professional Activities

Senior Fellow at the American Association of Colleges & Universities in the Office of Global Citizenship for Campus, Community, and Careers (2023-2024)

Institutional Leader, American Council on Education “Mentoring for Learner Success” Steering Committee (2020-22); Co-facilitator of the Research Working Group

Consultant for Council on Undergraduate Research's Transformation Project, 2017-2022

Awards

2011 Ward Family Excellence in Mentoring Award

2018 Elon University Distinguished Scholar Award