• National Science Foundation, Major Research Instrumentation Grant proposal, “Development of the Interdisciplinary Behavioral & Social Sciences Research Center.” (Submitted January 27, 2011 - CoPI - unfunded).
  • National Science Foundation, “Collaborative Proposal: Procedural Justice and Judicial Use of Court-Appointed Experts.” (Submitted January 15, 2011 - Co-PI - unfunded).
  • National Institute of Justice, Grant Proposal: “Validity, Reliability, Accuracy, and Bias in Forensic Signature Identification.” (Fall 2010 – Co-PI, $457,000).
  • NCIPC/Center for Disease Control Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence-Related Injury: “Facilitating resiliency in urban schools: A multi-leveled intervention focused on educational and social climate change.” (January 2010-unfunded).
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City, Faculty Research Grant proposal, Examination of the differences in students' sense of belonging across tertiary settings. (unfunded due to leaving).
  • National Science Foundation, GK-12 Grant Proposal, Engineers Communicating Mathematics in the Classroom (E=MC2) project, Co-PI. Submitted Fall 2006. Resubmitted May 2007. (unfunded).
  • H.R. Block Scholars Program Evaluation. September 2006 – May 2007 (Co-PI, $15,000).
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Nursing, Human Patient Simulation Curriculum Evaluation. January 2006- May 2008 (Co-PI, Summer funding).
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Education, Institute of Urban Education pilot teacher education program evaluation. August 2006 – May 2008t. (PI, community service)
  • Technology Enhanced Active Physical Science for Middle School Teachers grant. May 2006 – May 2008 (funded collaborator).
  • University of Missouri-Kansas City, Faculty Research Grant proposal, Examination of the relationships between multiple measures of resiliency and the instructional climates present in freshmen level college classes. Fall 2005, Spring 2006 – unfunded.

Academic Honors and Monetary Awards:

External

  • AERA Division C New Faculty Mentoring Seminar travel award. April 2006.
  • The Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Semi-Finalist. 2004.
  • APA Science Directorate Student Travel Award. August 2003.
  • AERA Special Interest Group: Motivation in Education Student Travel Awards. April 2002 & 2003.
  • APA, Division 15 Graduate Student Research Seminar travel award. August 2002.
  • APA, Division 33 Student Excellence Award (co-presenter). August 2002.
  • AERA Division C Graduate Student Seminar travel award. April 2002.

Internal

  • University of Missouri System, New Faculty Teaching Scholars Program, 2006/7.
  • University of Kentucky Dissertation Year Fellowship. 2004/5.
  • University of Kentucky, Graduate School conference presentation grants. Spring 2001- Fall 2004.
  • Reading Excellence Act conference presentation grant. December 2002.
  • University of Kentucky, Department of Education Policy and Evaluation research grant. Fall 2001.
  • Institute on Educational Reform conference presentation grant. Spring 2001.
  • Graduated Cum Laude with Departmental Honors in Psychology.
  • College of Arts and Sciences Dean's List Fall 1993-Spring 1995.
  • University of Kentucky Valedictorian Scholarship Fall 1991.

Scholarly Publications

Gilles, E. E., Rajan, J. O., & Freeman, T. M. (Revision submitted, September 25, 2015). Making it worth the journey: African American college students' attitudes toward foreign language course. Journal of Black Studies.