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., McEwen, D. L., Coredero, R., & 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.
  • 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. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.36367/ntqr.20.1.2024.e976
  • Tufano, V. C., Summers, E. J., & Covington, B. G. (2023). Motivators for nurse educators to persist in their profession: A phenomenological research study. Nurse Education Today, 123. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2023.105725
  • Summers, E. J., Scott, C., McEwen, D., Leibold, A., & Mahdavivand Fard, S. (2022). Applying hidden gaming eggs as part of postsecondary culturally responsive online curricular transformation.
  • Summers, E. J. (2023). Supports for refugee women’s education: “Then we’ll go together.” Abstracts Book of the 7th World Conference on Qualitative Research. Retrieved from https://en.ludomedia.org/publications/abstracts-book-of-the-7th-world-conference-on-qualitative-research-2/

Selected Awards

  • 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 - Present
  • 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
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professors, 2015, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter (Texas State) of the Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society. 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professors, 2012, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter (Texas State) of the Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society. 2012

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
Research Scientist/ Faculty Consultant for Qualitative and Mixed Method Funded Research
MMSA
2021-Present
Member
Literacy Research Association
2020-Present
Member
College Reading and Learning Association
2020-Present
Mentor
GirlForward www.girlforward.org/
2019-Present