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Professor, Family And Consumer Studies
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Associate Professor, Family And Consumer Studies
Professional Service
- Institute of Education Sciences (ies), U.S. Department of Education.
Grant reviewer for Special Education Research (Autism Spectrum Disorders and Technology).
08/2013 - 04/14/2014
- Utah Governor's Marriage Commission.
Member.
07/01/2013 - 12/08/2015
- Head Start.
Role: chair.
Chair, Advisory Committee.
09/09/2010 - present
- Utah Governor's Early Childhood Committee.
member.
09/09/2009 - present
- Waterford Institute.
Advisory board for UpStart - a computer based early childhood program.
09/09/2009 - 04/14/2014
- Inter-Institutional Early Childhood Conference.
Role: member.
Conference organization.
09/09/1989 - present
Internal Service
- Leadership Team.
member,
08/01/2020 - 07/01/2021.
Department service.
Community Partnership
- Columbus Community Center.
03/09/2015 - present
- Salt Lake School District.
03/07/2011 - present
- University Of Utah Reading Clinic: Struggling Readers.
09/09/2005 - 04/20/2015
Outreach
- Coordinate Early Steps Getting Ready for First Grade 6 week summer program.
06/06/2010 - 07/23/2010
- Coordinator Moerer Lecture Series.
09/10/1999 - present
Honors & Awards
- Professors Off Campus Award, 2015.
U of U,
01/01/2015
- Nominated for Utah Innovation Award, by U of U Technology Venture Commercialization (TVC).
TVC,
12/11/2014
- Social Enterprise Award, 2014, Columbus Foundation/Salt Lake City School District.
SLCSD,
11/15/2014
- Entrepreneurial U of U Faculty Scholar, 2014-present.
U of U,
07/17/2014
- University of Utah Distinguished Teaching Award, 2005
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University of Utah,
2005
- University of Utah Distinguished Service Award, 2002.
University of Utah,
2002
- University of Utah Service Professor ($6,000) l991-92.
University of Utah,
1992
Affiliations
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National Coucil on Family Relations
(NCFR),
member,
09/01/1990 - present
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National Association for the Education of Young Children
(NAEYC),
member,
09/01/1985 - present
In the Media
- Investing in early childhood teacher education. 09/30/2019.
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2019/09/...
- NeuroVersity
https://www.ksl.com/?sid=41348071&nid=148. 09/05/2016.
- NeuroVersity
http://fox13now.com/2016/07/16/program-at-u-of-u-helps-those-with-autism-learn-drafting-3d-modeling/. 07/17/2016.
- http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865658172/Autism-spectrum-disorder-Tech-project-helps-overcome-the-social-mud-of-life.html?s_cid=Email-1. 07/17/2016.
- We worked with an autism school in South Africa to implement our iSTAR program. 07/01/2015.
http://global.utah.edu/stories-events/all-stories/...
- We worked with U of Colorado students in our "train the trainer" model for our autism program. 07/01/2015.
http://www.colorado.edu/education/2015/06/29/teach...
- http://fox13now.com/2014/12/07/u-of-u-recognized-for-efforts-to-help-kids-with-autism/. 12/12/2014.
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http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865606904/Employers-should-focus-on-strengths-disabilities-bring-experts-say.html?pg=all
. 07/11/2014.
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http://m.sltrib.com/sltrib/mobile3/58183934-219/skills-students-autism-building.html.csp. 07/10/2014.
- Forbes - How To Fund Commercialization of University Research? Crowdfunding, of Course! 02/11/2013.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylsnappconner/2013...
- All about Autism Podcast. 02/07/2013.
http://allaboutautismpodcast.com/all-about-autism-...
- press release for RocketHub and crowdfunding - iSTAR. 12/20/2012.
http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/university-of-...
- KCPW - radio - City Views - autism and technology. 12/14/2012.
http://kcpw.org/blog/cityviews/2012-12-14/cityview...
- Press release - Grandparents and Grandchildren with ASD. 12/10/2012.
http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/technology-imp...
- "Autism program utilizing Google app to help develop personal skills." FOX 13 News, July 29, 2011.
07/29/2011.
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"Utah’s autistic students thrive at Google software camp." Salt Lake Tribune, July 27, 2011.
07/27/2011.
- "Technology being used to build bridges with autistic children." Deseret News, July 14, 2011. 07/14/2011.
- KSL Radio Siblings. 09/18/2010.
- SL Tribune SketchUp Event. 02/28/2010.
- Utah Business Sketch-Up. 02/18/2010.
- KSL Channel 5 Sketch-Up event. 02/18/2010.
- KSL radio - parenting. 01/02/2010.