Professional Service

• Utah Department of Workforce Services & Utah State Board of Education. Role: Board Member. School Readiness Board (HB96 and HB380) appointed by the Speaker of the House. 12/09/2019 - 12/2024
• Sesame Workshop and PNC Grow Up Great® Pittsburg, PA. Advisory committee, Sesame Street initiatives,. 09/2017 - 12/31/2017
• Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education. Grant reviewer, National Professional Development Program grant competition, Panel 22. 05/2017 - 06/2017
• Utah State Board of Education, UT. Utah Kindergarten Entry and Exit Profile (KEEP) assessment advisory committee. 09/01/2016 - 05/31/2018

Community Partnership

• Utah Kids Ready to Read steering committee. Utah State Library, UT. 09/01/2015 - 08/15/2018
• A Capital City Education alliance team partner, Petal 1 Early Education, Salt Lake City, UT. 07/01/2014 - 01/2016
• Mayor’s early childhood learning and literacy action team, Salt Lake City, UT. 07/2013 - 01/2016
• Children's literacy program development and evaluation, Salt Lake City library children's division. 01/2013 - 01/2018

Outreach

• Library-U of U collaboration Storytime, Salt Lake City Library Children's division, . 01/2013 - 12/04/2013

Honors & Awards

• Dina Feitelson Research Award. The International Literacy Association, 07/2022
• Faculty Fellow Award 2016-17. University of Utah University Research Committee, 01/2016
• Distinguished Research Award in Human Development. American Educational Research Association, 04/2011
• Outstanding Dissertation Award in Human Development. American Educational Research Association, 04/2008
• Outstanding Dissertation Award in Early Education and Child Development. American Educational Research Association, 04/2007
• Rackham Dissertation Fellowship. University of Michigan, Rackham Graduate School, 01/01/2006
• Judith and Howard Sims Medal, an outstanding paper in home-workplace connection. University of Michigan, 02/2005

Affiliations

• Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), Member, 06/2016 - present
• American Educational Research Association (AERA), Member, 04/2003 - present
• Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Member, 04/2000 - present

In the Media

• Podcast interview. Homeroom podcast series: The Science of Reading with Claire Son, Utah Education Network (UEN). https://www.uen.org/homeroom/, https://open.spotify.com/episode/2HIsDCbBZ3TYuvgWJhiO8O?si=8QalUbBjSkeA7-x5d0gpZQ. 05/2022.