Kudos: Barany receives CURO Research Mentoring Award; Berry receives First-Year Odyssey Seminar Teaching Award; Doctoral students, faculty receive CTETE award

Barany receives CURO Research Mentoring Award

Deborah A. Barany, an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, is one of two recipients of the 2025 CURO Research Mentoring Award.

The award recognizes outstanding faculty who consistently engage undergraduate researchers through CURO programming and enhance the learning experience of undergraduate researchers at UGA. Barany directs the Brain and Action Laboratory and co-directs the Neurostimulation Laboratory.

Berry receives First-Year Odyssey Seminar Teaching Award

Jami Berry, a clinical associate professor in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy, received the 2025 First-Year Odyssey Seminar Teaching Award.

The award is given to faculty who demonstrate innovation and excellence in instruction, as well as how effectively their seminar is connected to their scholarship and the three goals of the First-Year Odyssey Seminar program. She will be recognized at the First-Year Odyssey Program Luncheon and Awards Ceremony on April 18.

Doctoral students, faculty receive CTETE award

Faculty and doctoral students in the Mary Frances Early College of Education and College of Engineering received the 2025 Outstanding Research Award from the Council on Technology and Engineering Teacher Education (CTETE) of the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association for their study “Robotics and Coding: A Framework for Examining Cognitive Demand.”

The study, published in the Journal of Technology Education in fall 2023, involved collaboration among mathematics education, engineering, and engineering and technology education academics. The basis for the work was a National Science Foundation-funded project built on teacher professional development provided by a UGA Engineering and Technology Education Robotics for Teachers course (ETES 6030).

The lead author of the publication submitted for the award is Anna Bloodworth, a doctoral student in mathematics education. Collaborators on the study include AnnaMarie Conner, a professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education; Claire Miller, a recent doctoral graduate and newly hired faculty member in mathematics education; Lorraine Franco, a doctoral student in mathematics education; Timothy Foutz, a professor in the College of Engineering; and Roger Hill, department head and professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education and professor in the Department of Workforce Education and Instructional Technology.