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This page displays all active research projects housed within the College of Education and will be updated periodically.
Projects - 2023-2024
- Todd Goodson – Redesigning Experiences Forging Opportunities for Recruitment and Mentorships
Department of Education, 10/01/2023 - 9/30/2024
- Socorro Herrera – Re-Envisioning Action and Innovation through Community Collaborations for Equity across Systems
Department of Education; 10/01/2023 - 9/30/2024
- Spencer Clark – Applied Research and Innovation Scholarship for Engineering Students in Aerospace, AI, and Cybersecurity (ARISE)
Department of Defense; 9/01/2023 - 8/31/2028
- Spencer Clark – Advancing Rural Career & Technical Education through Immersive Reality Environments (ARCTEAIRE)
USDA Rural Development; 2/08/2024 - 2/08/2027
- Andrew Dalton – KANCO4
Department of Education; 7/01/2024 - 6/30/2029
- Tom Vontz – James Madison Legacy Project Expansion (JMLPE) Program
Department of Education; 1/01/2024 - 6/30/2025
- Tom Vontz – We the People: Civics that Empowers All Students (CEAS) Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming COHORT 2
National Science Foundation; 6/1/22-5/31/25
- Spencer Clark – K-State Rural Innovation Academy for Teaching Enrichment (KRIATE)
Center for Civic Education; 1/01/2024 - 6/30/2025
- Todd Goodson – Project TRUST (Training for Rural & Urban Teachers)
Kansas Board of Regents; 3/30/2024-12/31/2024
Projects – 2022-2023
- Sherri Martinie – Creating Communities of Practice to Support NOYCE Scholars in Becoming More Adaptable Mathematics Teachers
National Science Foundation; 7/1/23-6/30/28
- Andrew Dalton – K-STATE HEP
Department of Education; 7/1/22-6/30/27
- Alex Red Corn – Moving Forward: (Re)Centering Indigenous Languages, Water/lands, Cultures, and Soveriegnties in Educational Reform
The Spencer Foundation; 5/1/22-10/31/22
- Nancy Zenger-Beneda – Career Awareness for Rural Agricultural Sciences through Tower Gardening (CARAT)
USDA; 7/1/22-6/30-25
- Jessica Lane – Building community resilience to prevent suicide in vulnerable rural communities in Kansas through evidence-based mental health education
USDA; 10/1/22-9/30/24
- Socorro Herrera – Reimagining Educational Systems by Practicing Equity and Translanguaging and Accessing Multiliterate Experiences
Department of Education; 9/1/22-8/31/27
- Tuan Nguyen – Preparing for the Future of the STEM Teacher Workforce in the 21st Century: Leveraging Multi-contextual Evidence
National Science Foundation; 6/1/22-5/31/25
- Spencer Clark – K-State Rural Innovation Academy for Teaching Enrichment (KRIATE)
The Patterson Foundation; 10/1/22-9/30/27
- Alex Red Corn – Visioning and Nurturing our Professional Ecosystems: Exploring Design and Impact of Indigenous Educator Training Programs for Healthy, Thriving Futures
The Spencer Foundation; 3/1/23-8/31/23
Projects – 2021-2022
- Socorro Herrera – Supporting Educators, Math Instructors, and Language Learners for Advancement
Office of English Language Acquisition; 9/1/21-8/31/22
- Socorro Herrera – USD National Professional Development
US Department of Education; 9/1/17-8/31/22
- Spencer Clark – Project LEAPES: Learning, Exploration, and Application for Prospective Engineering Students
US Department of Defense; 9/15/21-9/14/2024
- Jamie Alberto – KSU Proposal for Teacher Training and STEM Camps in Northern Nigeria
US Department of State; 9/24/21-8/31/22
- Cindi Dunn – NIFA RREA & McIntire - Stennis - Evaluation
USDA; 10/28/21-9/15/23
- Alex Red Corn – Chartering a Spatially Just and Equitable Rural Education Research Agenda
The Spencer Foundation; 1/1/22-6/15/23
- Tom Vontz – Project Citizen Research Program
Department of Education; 1/1/22-7/31/23
- Royce Ann Collins – Command Team Spouse Development Program - Brigade
Army; 3/1/21-2/20/23
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Tuan Nguyen – Preparing for the Future of the STEM Teacher Workforce in the 21st Century: Leveraging Multi-contextual Evidence
National Science Foundation; 6/1/22-5/31/25
Projects – 2020-2021
- Spencer Clark – Project SOARING: Sharing Opportunities, Approaches, and Resources in New Geo-Teaching
National Science Foundation; 8/15/20-7/31/23
- Grace Liang – We Are Thriving: Challenging Negative Discourse Through the Voice of Women in Project Teams
National Science Foundation; 9/15/20-8/31/23
- Spencer Clark – Rural Enhancement of STEM Education through Tele-Presence (RESET)
USDA; 10/7/20-10/7/23
- Richard Doll – Kansas Educational Leadership Institute
Kansas Department of Education; 1/3/20-6/30/24
- Todd Goodson – Training for Rural and Urban School Teachers (TRUST)
Kansas Board of Regents; 6/1/21-12/3/22
Projects – 2019-2020
- Andrew Dalton – KANCO3
US Department of Education; 7/1/19-6/30/22
- David S. Allen – GP-IMPACT: GeoCAT Workshop: Geoscience Careers Ambassador Training Workshop: Manhattan, KS
National Science Foundation; 9/1/19-8/31/22
- Spencer Clark – Teaching Rural Students STEM through Tele-Presence (TRSST)
USDA; 12/1/19-12/10/22
- Tuan Nguyen – Emerging and Effective Culturally Relevant Practices for Math and Science Teaching in High Needs Schools
National Science Foundation; 5/1/20-4/30/22
Projects – Previous Years
- Thomas Vontz – Troops to Teacher Kansas Program TTTK
US Department of Defense; 3/1/19-5/31/22
- Jacqueline Spears – Capacity Building in Animal Health through Biotechnology training for High School Science Teachers
US Department of Agriculture; 4/1/19-3/31/23
- Spencer Clark – Schools for Quality Education (SQE)
Schools for Quality Education, Inc.; 1/1/18-12/31/22
- Todd Goodson – KSTEPUP Kansas Statewide Teacher Education Pathway for Underserved and Placebound Students
US Department of Education; 10/1/18-9/30/23
- Janine Duncan –Kansas Foundation for Ag in the Classroom
Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom; 1/1/18-12/31/22
- Socorro Herrera – Project INSIGHT: Infusing System Design and Sensor Technology in Education
US Department of Education; 9/1/21-8/31/22
- Sherri Martinie – Preparing Preservice Mathematics Teachers for Success in HighNeed Schools
National Science Foundation; 7/1/17-6/30/22
- Susan Yelich Biniecki – Adult Education Research Conference (AERC)
Adult Education Research Conference; 3/1/15-6/30/22
Note: non-research projects will not appear on this page. For a full view of external funding, visit https://www.k-state.edu/research/faculty/awards/reports/
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