Faculty Profile for Dr. EJ Summers

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Dr. EJ Summers
Associate Professor — Curriculum And Instruction
ASBN 401F
phone: (512) 245-1743
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Summers, E. J., Barantsova (Баранцова), T., & Womack, L. S. (2025). Educational continuity, resiliency, and allyship: Virtually supporting internally displaced Ukrainian students. Book of Abstracts of the 9th World Conference of Qualitative Research. Retrieved from https://proceedings.science/wcqr-2025/papers/
  • Tufano, V. E., & Summers, E. J. (2025). Pandemic era phenomenological research about nursing education. New Trends in Qualitative Research, 21(1), 1–13.
  • Summers, E. J., Mahmoudi, E., Vontsteen, J. E., Conner, K. A., & Wiedeman, M. C. (2025). Utilizing technology to efficiently connect students: A critical qualitative study of non-competitive gamification and AI additions to research courses. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 36(1), 1–18.
  • Summers, E. J., McEwen, D., Cordero, R. A., & Silva, J. (2024). A mixed methods study of student veterans’ academic and service transitions before, during, and after attending community college(s). New Directions for Community Colleges., (Practices, policies, and support for student veterans in community colleges.), 1–16. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cc.20626
  • Summers, E. J., Armstrong, S. L., Mahdavivand Fard, S., & Garza, M. (2024). Beyond reactionary: SAGE practices for intentional reflexivity in online qualitative data collection. New Trends in Qualitative Research, 20(1). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36367/ntqr.20.1.2024.e976

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Taylor & Francis Journal of College Reading and Learning Research Grant, Taylor & Francis Journal of College Reading and Learning Research. October 2024 - April 2026
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Twelfth Annual Award for Excellence in Online Teaching, Runner Up, Texas State University Online & Extended Programs (OXP). 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter (Texas State University) of the Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter (Texas State University) of the Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society. 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professors, 2016, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter (Texas State) of the Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society. 2016

Selected Grants

  • Solem, M. (Principal), Boehm, R. G. (Co-Principal), Summers, Emily J (Co-Principal). RAPID: Geospatial Resources, Materials, and Tools for STEM Teacher Preparation, National Science Foundation, Federal, $19981. (Funded: 2014 - 2015). Grant.
  • Summers, Emily J (Principal). An investigation responding to educators' needs for increased social studies college and career readiness equity and access, Social Studies Faculty Collaborative on College and Career Readiness Initiative, State, $23471. (Funded: 2011 - 2014). Grant.
  • Summers, Emily J (Principal), Dickinson, G. D. (Co-Principal). Developing teacher competence to support college and career readiness standards, Faculty Collaborative on College and Career Readiness Initiative, Austin Community College District, Institutional (Higher Ed), $6063. (Funded: 2010). Grant.
  • Solem, Michael (Principal), Huynh, Niem (Co-Principal), Boehm, Richard G (Co-Principal), Summers, Emily J (Co-Principal). Geospatial Resources, Materials and Tools for STEM Teacher Preparation, National Science Foundation - RAPID, Federal, $199816. (Funded: August 15, 2014 - August 15, 2015). Grant.
  • Dickinson, G. D. (Principal), Summers, Emily J (Co-Principal). ). Addressing the need for teacher competence in PBL to support CCRS: A comparison of undergraduate and post-baccalaureate graduate preservice training, Faculty Resource Mini Grant from the Science Faculty Collaborative on College and Career Readiness Initiative, State, $10000. (Funded: 2010). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Other
Peace Corps Virtual Service Pilot, Support for Displaced Vulnerable Youth through English and Resiliency Club, Luhansk Region Association of Women, Youth, Families with Disability of Eastern Donbas– East, Ukraine.
2024-Present
Faculty Advisor
TXST AI Faculty Advisory Council
2024-Present
Faculty Advisor
TXST AI Symposium Steering Committee
2024-Present
Co-Chair
Postsecondary Student Success Scholarship Committee
2023-Present
Chair
CRLA Research, Policy, & Evaluation Special Interest Group (SIG)
2023-Present