• Kaiwen Man, College of Education Elevate Grant award.
• Dr. Marguerite Hinrichs (PI, Coleman Center for the Arts), Joni Lakin (UA co-PI), and Germaul Barnes (coPI, Southern Danceworks). Coleman Center Summer STEAM Camp. ALSDE, ($111,825).
• Clara Gerstner (PI), Shena Sanchez (PI). 2026-27. Building Community and Belonging through Literacy and Social Skill Development, Southern Behavioral Health and Law Initiative ($5,000).
• Laura Rogers (PI & Co-Director), Anna Moyer (Co-PI & Co-Director), David Woo (Co-PI). Family Friendly for Whom? How Parenthood, Paid Leave, and Childcare Benefits Shape Educators' Career Trajectories, Spencer Research Grants on Education: Large ($375,000).

• Auslander, S., Tanguay, C. L., & Robertson, B. (2026). Developing Elementary Mathematics Specialists who are leading from their classrooms. Research in Mathematics Education, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2026.2657269 (empirical; refereed, international journal of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics; acceptance rate = 17%; CiteScore = 3.8)
• Mertens, G. E., & Adams, B. Digital anxieties and caution-fairy tales: How children’s picture books frame the Internet. Early Childhood Education Journal, Latest Articles. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-026-02128-5
• Adams, B. Looking beyond borders: Global themes in Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal recipients. Children and Libraries, 24(1), 1–15.
• Rich, E. & Dilgard, C. (2025). Deconstructing math vocabulary: Unveiling the morphemes in key mathematical vocabulary on the NAEP. Reading and Writing Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/10573569.2026.2671295 [accepted 05 May 2026].
• Panozzo, M., & Eaton, P. W. (Eds.). (2026). Battle of the Bans: Narratives of Reading and Engaging with Banned Books. Myers Education Press.
• Robbins, K., & Eaton, P. W. (2026). An inquiry into the questions of relational ethics in universities. Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education, 8(1), 29-48. https://doi.org/10.3726/PTIHE.012026.0029
• Gerstner, C.-C. E., Suntheimer, N. M., Weiss, E. M., Appiah, R., Aurino, E., & Wolf, S. (2026). Home and school factors associated with math trajectories before and after COVID-19 in Ghana. Child Development, aacag018. https://doi.org/10.1093/chidev/aacag018
• Gong, H. J., Jin, S., & Babu, S. (2026), Holding a child, holding a dream: Asian international student mothers’ access to and navigation of doctoral education in the USA. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education (online first)
• Fiorito, A. M., Kheireddine, A., Han, H., Morel-Prieur, C., Oriol, N., Schneider, F. C., Sescousse, G., & Fakra, E. (2026). Emotion processing in schizophrenia: Insights from a brain imaging study comparing patients, siblings, and healthy controls. Human Brain Mapping, 47(3), e70437. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70437
• Nabizadeh, D., Walker, D., Han, H., McNeill, L., Wind, S., & Scofield, J. (2026). How do large-language models respond to moral dilemmas? Insights from the defining issues test. AI and Ethics, 6(2), 236.
• Hu, C., & Debnam, K. (2026). Navigating the politics of race, research, and role in a university-school district research-practice partnership. AERA Open, 12(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584261421546
• Hu, C. (2026). Repaying their sacrifice: How ideology shapes Asian American educational success and STEM career choice. Race Ethnicity and Education, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2026.2652269
• Wiseman, A. M., Lewis, B. P., & A. L. Moore (2026). Trauma-informed approaches to children's literature: A review of the research. In K. B. Jacobs & P. Crawford (Eds.), The Bloomsbury handbook of children's and young adult literature in education. Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Miller E. Y., Lowe T., Zhu H., Lee W., Argote P., Dresdner D., Kelly J., Frank R.M., McCarty E., Bravman J., Stokes D.J., Emory N., Neu C. Early imaging biomarkers of cartilage strain after ACL reconstruction predict patient pain and altered knee loading. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2026. DOI: 10.1007/s10439-026-04116-7.
• Lowe T., Lee W., Miller E. Y., Zhu H., Argote P., Dresdner D., Kelly J., Frank R.M., McCarty E., Bravman J., Stokes D.J., Neu C. In Vivo cartilage strain differentiates symptomatic, asymptomatic, and healthy knees six months after ACLR reconstruction. Osteoarthritis Cartilage, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2026.01.631.
• Lowe T., Suresh T., Oro, Ean G., Freedberg M., Hussain S., Griffin L. Local Vibration of the Hamstrings Induces Changes in Cortical and Spinal Excitability to the Antagonist Quadriceps Following ACL Reconstruction. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2026;58(3):441-453. DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003872.
• Malone, Grant T., Adam P. Knowlden, Sarah M. Flora, and Hayley V. MacDonald. Associations between obstructive sleep apnea, obesity, and indices of cardiovascular health among a cross-sectional sample of adults residing in the southeastern United States. Sleep and Breathing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-026-03627-w.
• Kaiwen Man, Sarah Toton, Kylie Gorney, and Qipeng Chen. Detection of Aberrant Responding, Forthcoming in Encyclopedia of Measurement in Social Sciences, Second Edition.
• Nguyen, T., Torres, A. C., Moyer, A., & Rodriguez, L. (2026). Distributional trends and the induction
  supports and preparedness of early career teachers: Evidence from longitudinal nationally
  representative data. Educational Researcher, Online First. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X251410916.
• Benner, G. J., Smolkowski, K., Allor, J., Al Otaiba, S., Preast, J. L., Small, J. W., Hermecz, S. B., & Strycker, L. A. (2026, online). Impact of a comprehensive and flexible intervention for students with disabilities experiencing intensive literacy needs. Remedial and Special Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/07419325261420807
• Cooper, J. M., Holmes, S. R., Preast, J. L., Bloomfield, B. S., & Smith, T. E. (2026, online). School psychology practitioner experiences of consultation training and practice related to social justice: A survey of current perspectives. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation. https://doi.org/10.1080/10474412.2026.2634040
• Uddin, M. M. (2026). Reframing EU, US, and China's perspectives on AI copyright through actor–network theory and the base–superstructure framework. AI & Ethics, Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43681-026-01016-3
• Uddin, M. M., Moon, J., & Abu, S. (2006). An evidence-based governance framework for conversational AI in higher education. AI & Ethics, Springer Nature. 10.1007/s43681-026-01056-9
• Ansaree, F., & Uddin, M. M. (2026). University instructor agency in generative AI-supported ELT writing instruction: Practices and perceived challenges in under-resourced Asia-Pacific contexts. Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, Springer Nature. 10.1186/s40862-026-00399-4

• Till, G.A., Katsinas, S.G., Bray, N.J., Keeney, N.E., and Ogunniran, M.O. (2026, April 4). Evaluating the Engine: A Comparative Analysis of Community Colleges Economic Impact in Rural, High-Poverty Counties. 67th Annual Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
• Keeney, N.E., Katsinas, S.G., Bray, N.J., Till, G.A., and Ogunniran, M.O. (2026, April 3). The Federal Pell Grant Program and the Decline of the Federal-State Partnership in Financing Higher Education. 67th Annual Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
• Ogunniran, M.O., Katsinas, S.G., Keeney, N.E., Till, G.A., and Bray, N.J. (2026, April 3). Long-run and Short-run Impact of Pell Grants on Enrollment and Completion: Evidence from Alabama Community Colleges. 67th Annual Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
• Crista Banks, Ph.D., Melanie Kinskey, Ph.D. (Texas A&M University), Jeff Papa (Kent State University). Growth of Personal Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Elementary Preservice Teachers Engaged with Socioscientific Instruction, National Association for Research in Teaching Science.
• Gerstner, C.-C. E., Suntheimer, N. M., Weiss, E. M., Appiah, R., Aurino, E. & Wolf, S. (April 2026). Home and school factors associated with math trajectories before and after COVID-19 in Ghana. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Los Angeles, CA.
• Ogunniran, M., Gong, H. J., & Keeney, N. (2026). Examining Pell Grant Influence on College Completion in Alabama Higher Education. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA). Los Angeles, CA.
• Jin, S., Gong, H. J., Zhang, X., & BrckaLorenz, A. (2026). Institutional Context Matters: Multilevel Analysis on Institutional Civic Climate and Faculty Civically Engaged Teaching. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA). Los Angeles, CA.
• Kim, J., Kim, D., Gong, H. J., & Jeong, S. J. (2026). Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): A Comparative Analysis of Degree Attainment. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA). Los Angeles, CA.
• Gong, H. J., & Ryu, K. (2026). From Prediction to Reflection: Understanding Student Performance Judgment in Korean Engineering Education through an Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Methods Design. Korean-American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (KAERA). Los Angeles, CA.
• Hernandez, A. & Hernandez, E. (2026, April). Perceived organizational support after DEI Removal: A mixed methods study of undergraduate experiences. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association 46th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
  (Co-author is undergraduate student Ariannely Hernandez, who has worked on this research since 2025.)
• Holley, K.A. (2026, April). SIG 168: Graduate and Postdoctoral Education Across the Disciplines – Fireside Chat Invited Speaker. Invited session at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
• McAlpine, L., & Holley, K.A. (2026, April). Taking stock: The need to reframe our research practices around PhD education. Paper presented at the Quality in Postgraduate Research QPR conference, Adelaide, Australia.
• Holley, K.A., & McAlpine, L. (2026, April). Supporting doctoral student skill development in research methodologies: Challenges and opportunities. Paper presented at the Quality in Postgraduate Research QPR conference, Adelaide, Australia.
• Kaiwen Man, Qipeng Chen, and Jujia Li. Assessing Pre-knowledge Cheating via Macro Facial Expression Features, NCME Conference Presentation.
• Qipeng Chen, Kaiwen Man, Susu Zhang, and Jeffrey R. Harring. Multi-source Process Data Boosts Item Compromise Detection, NCME Conference Presentation.
• Jujia Li, Kaiwen Man, Wei Huang, and Joni Lakin. LLM-Assisted Coding of Spatial Reasoning Think-Aloud Data: Reliability, Validity, and Fairness, NCME Conference Presentation.
• Moyer, Anna (2026, April 25). Speaker on "Leading Without Leadership Titles" panel at Yale School of Management Education Leadership Conference. yaleeducationconference.com/keynotes-and-sessions.
• Nordstrom, Susan (2026, March 16-20). Visiting Faculty, Faculty of Education University of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia. Presented research on qualitative inquiry and AI, guest taught a class about qualitative research, positionally and ethics, and met with University of Melbourne doctoral students about qualitative research design.

• Kaiwen Man, Sarah Toton, Kylie Gorney, Jujia Li, and Qipeng Chen. Applying Data Mining in Multi-Agent Systems for Test Fraud Detection, NCME Workshop Training.
  
  

Encompassing Activities

Theode Niyirinda, Christopher Ocheni and Justice Dadzie worked with students in robotics activities at Northridge Middle School STEM Night. (About 150 attendees)

Joni Lakin and Kay Love engaged students in learning about data science careers for Dream it! Do it! Day at the ATTA Library in Abbeville, Ala. (Around 300 attendees)