EDUCATION
| 2018 | PhD | Michigan State University | Educational Psychology and Educational Technology |
| dissertation: | Spaces and Their Social Frontiers: Using Community Dimensions to Distinguish between Teacher-Focused Hashtags on Twitter | ||
| committee: | Matthew J. Koehler, Christine Greenhow, Wietske Van Osch, Cary J. Roseth | ||
| 2012 | BA | Brigham Young University | French Teaching |
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
| 2016 | MSU College of Arts and Letters | Digital Humanities Graduate Certificate |
| 2016 | MSU College of Comm. Arts and Sciences | Serious Games Graduate Certificate |
| 2012-2016 | Utah State Board of Education | Level 1 Professional Educator License |
| Secondary Education | ||
| French endorsement | ||
| Political Science endorsement | ||
| 2012 | BYU Center for Language Studies | Professional Level French Language Certificate |
| ACTFL Oral Proficiency: Superior | ||
| ACTFL Written Proficiency: Advanced High |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
| 2018-present | Assistant Professor | School of Information Science, University of Kentucky |
| 2018-present | Associate Graduate Faculty | College of Communication and Information, University of Kentucky |
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
| 2021 | McJulien Scholar Best Paper Award | Association for Educational Communications & Technology; Culture, Learning and Technology Division |
| 2013-2018 | Dean's Scholar Award | MSU College of Education |
| 2017-2018 | Alumni Fellowship | MSU College of Education |
| 2017 | Best Paper Award | SITE International Conference |
| 2014-2016 | French Language Fellow | MSU Residential College in the Arts and Humanities |
| 2016 | Cross-Cultural Research Award | Association for Educational Communications & Technology / Korean Society for Educational Technology |
| 2016 | Digital Humanities Program Funding | MSU College of Arts and Letters |
| 2016 | Best Paper Award | SITE International Conference |
SCHOLARSHIP
Refereed Journal Articles
Krutka, D. G., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (advance online publication). "You can tell a lot about a person by reading their bio": lessons from inauthentic Twitter accounts' activity in #Edchat. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2021.1962454
Barriage, S., DiGiacomo, D. K., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2022). Thinking beyond Library and Information Science: Interdisciplinary inspiration for children and youth services curricula. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. https://doi.org/10.3138/jelis-2020-0079
DiGiacomo, D. K., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Barriage, S. (2022). How students and principals understand ClassDojo: Emerging insights. TechTrends, 66, 172-184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-021-00640-6
Shelton, C. C., Koehler, M. J., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Carpenter, J. P. (2022). Lifting the veil on TeachersPayTeachers.com: An investigation of educational marketplace offerings and downloads. Learning, Media and Technology, 47(2), 268-287. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2021.1961148
Williams, D. E., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2022). Pseudonymous academics: Authentic tales from the Twitter trenches. The Internet and Higher Education, 55, 100870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2022.100870
Aguilar, S. J., Rosenberg, J. M., Greenhalgh, S. P., Fütterer, T., Lishinski, A., & Fischer, C. (2021). A different experience in a different moment? Teachers' social media use before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. AERA Open, 7. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584211063898
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2021). Differences between teacher-focused Twitter hashtags and implications for professional development. Italian Journal of Educational Technology, 29(1), 24-43. https://doi.org/10.17471/2499-4324/1161
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2021). Influences of game design and context on learners' trying on moral identities. The Journal of Experimental Education, 89(3), 450-467. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2020.1712312
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2021). Mormonism as meme in government-sponsored information operations on Twitter. Tropos: Comunicação, Sociedade E Cultura, 10(1). https://periodicos.ufac.br/index.php/tropos/article/view/4472
Greenhalgh, S. P., Krutka, D., & Oltmann, S. M. (2021). Gab, Parler, and (mis)educational technologies: Reconsidering informal learning on social media platforms. Journal of Applied Instructional Design, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.51869/103/sgdkso
Greenhalgh, S. P., Nnagboro, C., Kaufmann, R., & Gretter, S. (2021). Academic, social, and cultural learning in the French #bac2018 hashtag. Educational Technology Research and Development, 69(3), 1835-1851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-021-10015-6
Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J. M., & Russell, A. (2021). The influence of policy and context on teachers' social media use. British Journal of Educational Technology, 52(5), 2020-2037. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13096
Carpenter, J. P., Staudt Willet, K. B., Koehler, M. J., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2020). Spam and educators' Twitter use: Methodological challenges and considerations. TechTrends, 64, 460-469. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-019-00466-3
Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J. M., Staudt Willet, K. B., Koehler, M. J., & Akcaoglu, M. (2020). Identifying multiple learning spaces within a single teacher-focused Twitter hashtag. Computers & Education, 148, 103809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2020.103809
Koehler, M. J., Shelton, C. C., Carpenter, J. P., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2020). Where does all the money go? Free and paid transactions on TeachersPayTeachers.com. Teachers College Record, 23478. Retrieved from https://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=23478
Greenhalgh, S. P., Koehler, M. J., & Boltz, L. O. (2019). The fun of its parts: Design and player reception of educational board games. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 19(3). Retrieved from https://www.citejournal.org/volume-19/issue-3-19/social-studies/the-fun-of-its-parts-design-and-player-reception-of-educational-board-games/
Greenhalgh, S. P., Staudt Willet, B. K., & Koehler, M. J. (2019). Approaches to Mormon identity and practice in the #ldsconf Twitter hashtag. Journal of Media and Religion, 18, 122-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348423.2019.1696121
Greenhalgh, S. P., Staudt Willet, B. K., Rosenberg, J. M., & Koehler, M. J. (2018). Tweet, and we shall find: Using digital methods to locate participants in educational hashtags. TechTrends, 62, 501-508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-018-0313-6
Rosenberg, J. M., Greenhalgh, S. P., Wolf, L. G., & Koehler, M. J. (2017). Strategies, use, and impact of social media for supporting teacher community within professional development: The case of one urban STEM program. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 36, 255-267.
Koehler, M. J., Arnold, B. J., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Boltz, L. O. (2017). A taxonomy approach to studying how gamers review games. Simulation & Gaming, 48, 363-380. https://doi.org/10.1177/1046878117703680
Greenhalgh, S. P., Koehler, M. J. (2017). 28 days later: Twitter hashtags as "just in time" teacher professional development. TechTrends, 61, 273–281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-016-0142-4
Koehler, M. J., Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J. M., & Keenan, S. F. (2017). What the tech is going on with teachers' digital teaching portfolios? Using the TPACK framework to analyze teachers' technological understanding. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 25, 31-59.
Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J. M., & Wolf, L. G. (2016). For all intents and purposes: Twitter as a foundational technology for teachers. E-Learning and Digital Media, 13, 81-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/2042753016672131
Rosenberg, J. M., Greenhalgh, S. P., Koehler, M. J., Hamilton, E., & Akcaoglu, M., (2016). An investigation of State Educational Twitter Hashtags (SETHs) as affinity spaces. E-Learning and Digital Media, 13, 24-44. https://doi.org/10.1177/2042753016672351
Refereed Book Chapters
Greenhalgh, S. P., Koehler, M. J., Rosenberg, J. M., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2021). Considerations for using social media data in learning design and technology research. In E. J. Romero-Hall (Ed.), Research methods in learning design and technology. Routledge.
Greenhalgh, S. P. & Koehler, M. J. (2019). "Pretty good practices" for the design of teacher portfolio courses. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Pre-service and in-service teacher education: Concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications (pp. 126-151). IGI Global. [Curated reprint of previously-published material in research anthology]
Staudt Willet, K. B., Koehler, M. J., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2018). A tweet by any other frame: Three approaches to studying educator interactions on Twitter. In T. J. Bastiaens & G. Marks (Eds.), Education and Information Technology Annual 2018: A Selection of AACE Award Papers (pp. 67-74). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). [Invited reprint of conference proceedings in edited book]
Smith, J. P., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2017). The role of (real) thinking in education: Why Dewey still raises the bar on educators. In L. J. Waks & A. R. English (Eds.), John Dewey’s Democracy and Education: A centennial handbook (pp. 99-107). Cambridge University Press.
Staudt Willet, K. B., Koehler, M. J., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2017). A tweet by any other frame: Comparing three theoretical frameworks for studying educator interactions on Twitter. In L. Liu & D. C. Gibson (Eds.), Research highlights in technology and teacher education 2017 (pp. 63-70). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). [Invited reprint of conference proceedings in edited book]
Greenhalgh, S. P., Koehler, M. J., Boltz, L. O. (2016). What we like when we like educational games: Examining the effect of design features on player enjoyment. In L. Liu & D. C. Gibson (Eds.), Research highlights in technology and teacher education 2016 (pp. 95-102). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). [Invited reprint of conference proceedings in edited book]
Keenan, S., Rosenberg, J. M., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Koehler, M. J. (2016). Examining teachers' technology use through digital portfolios. In L. Liu & D. C. Gibson (Eds.), Research highlights in technology and teacher education 2016 (pp. 197-204). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). [Invited reprint of conference proceedings in edited book]
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2016). Affordances and constraints of analog games for ethics education: Dilemmas and dragons. In K. D. Valentine & L. J. Jensen (Eds.), Examining the evolution of gaming and its impact on social, cultural, and political perspectives. IGI Global
Greenhalgh, S. P., & Koehler, M. J. (2015). “Pretty good practices” for the design of teacher portfolio courses. In M. L. Niess & H. Gillow-Wiles (Eds.), Handbook of research on teacher education in the digital age (pp. 256-280). IGI Global.
Rosenberg, J. M., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Koehler, M. J. (2015). A performance assessment of teachers’ TPACK using artifacts from digital portfolios. In L. Liu & D. C. Gibson (Eds.), Research highlights in technology and teacher education 2015 (pp. 189-196). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). [Invited reprint of conference proceedings in edited book]
Refereed Conference Presentations
Bayeck, R. Y., Greenhalgh, S. P., Jensen, L. J., & Asino, T. I. (2021, November). Context and values in educational technology research. Panel presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention.
Greenhalgh, S. P., Krutka, D. G., & Oltmann, S. (2021, November). Gab, Parler, and reconsidering learning on social media. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention.
Greenhalgh, S. P., Di Giacomo, D., & Barriage, S. (2021, November). ClassDojo and the conflation of educational technology platforms. Roundtable presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention.
Chapman, A. L. & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2021, October). Provo Feminists, “waahmen” and Delilah’s: gendered language and misogyny in the ‘Deseret Nation’ Twitter hashtag. Paper presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association.
Bayeck, R. Y., Jensen, L. J, Greenhalgh, S. P., Johnson, E., Murray, J., & Asino, T. I. (2020, November). Board games and learning. Panel presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention.
Romero-Hall, E., Arslan-Ari, I., Gentry, W., Greenhalgh, S. P., Jung, Y. J., ... Ari, F. (2020, November). Let's talk about research methods: Where are we today? Panel presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention
Valle, N., Moore, S. L., Ifenthaler, D., Ritzhaupt, A. D., & Greenhalgh, S. P.. (2020, November). Ethical issues in data-rich educational technology research. Panel presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention
Agosto, D. E., Abbas, J., Salib, G., Willett, R., Wheeler, N. T., ... Subramaniam, M. (2020, October). What do youth service librarians need? Reassessing goals and curricula in the context of changing information needs and behaviors of youth. Panel presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education Conference
Greenhalgh, S. P., & Chapman, A. L. (2020, July). Alt-right discourses as reactionary religious rhetoric in "Mormon Twitter". Work-in-progress paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Social Media & Society
Shelton, C. C., Koehler, M. J., Carpenter, J. P., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2020, April). Taking stock of TeachersPayTeachers.com: Analyzing four million classroom resources. Paper presented at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2020
Greenhalgh, S. P., Huang, K., & Rosenberg, J. M. (2019, October). Understanding gaming communities and exploring learning opportunities: A computational grounded theory approach. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention, Las Vegas, NV.
Greenhalgh, S. P., Nnagboro, C., Kaufmann, R., & Gretter, S. (2019, October). Academic, social, and cultural learning in the #bac2018 Twitter hashtag. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention, Las Vegas, NV.
Greenhalgh, S. P., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Koehler, M. J. (2019, October). Twitter hashtags and religious learning: Mormon identity and participatory practice in #ldsconf. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention, Las Vegas, NV.
Neumann, K., Lu, Y.-H., Ding, A.-C., Moore, R., & Greenhalgh, S. P., (2019, October). New faculty inspired by mentors at AECT's Early Career Symposium. Panel presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention, Las Vegas, NV.
Greenhalgh, S. P., Koehler, M. J., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2019, March). Every nation, kindred, tongue and 'tweeple': International use of the #ldsconf Twitter hashtag. Paper presented at the Decentered Mormonism: Assessing 180 Years of International Expansion conference, Bordeaux, France.
Carpenter, J., Koehler, M., Staudt Willet, B. K., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2019). Spam, spam, spam, spam: Methodological considerations and challenges for studying educators' Twitter use. In K. Graziano (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2019 (pp. 2702-2711). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Staudt Willet, K. B., Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J. M., & Koehler, M. J. (2018, October). Won't you be my neighbor? How education stakeholders use hyperlinks to build information neighborhoods on Twitter. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention, Kansas City, MO.
Greenhalgh, S. P., Staudt Willet, K. B., Rosenberg, J. M., Akcaoglu, M., & Koehler, M. J. (2018, April). Timing is everything: Comparing synchronous and asynchronous modes of Twitter for teacher professional learning. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting 2018. New York, NY.
Greenhow, C. M., Brandon, D. L., Greenhalgh, S. P., Koehler, M. J., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Li, J. (2018, April). Tweeting toward the PhD: Exploring new scholars’ practices with social media. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting 2018. New York, NY.
Dousay, T. A., Asino, T., Luo, T., Krutka, D. G., Greenhalgh, S., Rodesiler, L, & Walster, D. (2018). Social media & teacher professional development. In E. Langran & J. Borup (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (pp. 2251-2255). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Staudt Willet, K. B., Moudgalya, S., Boltz, L. O., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Koehler, M. J. (2018). Back to the gaming board: Understanding games and education through board game reviews. In E. Langran & J. Borup (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (pp. 495-503). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J. M., & Koehler, M. J. (2017, November). Hide and go tweet: Comparing methods for locating educational hashtag participants. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention, Jacksonville, FL.
Greenhalgh, S. P., Staudt Willet, K. B., Rosenberg, J. M., & Koehler, M. J. (2017, November). No accounting for theory? The case for an affinity space approach to educational hashtag research. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention, Jacksonville, FL.
Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J. M., & Koehler, M. J. (2017, May). Combining data sets and methods to explore equity in teacher professional development. In D. G. Krutka (Chair), Data, Big and Small. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J. M., & Koehler, M. J. (2017, March). Avoiding madness in our methods: Considerations for Twitter research in teacher education. In P. Resta & S. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (pp. 1558-1561). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Greenhalgh, S. P., & Koehler, M. J. (2017, March). Tweeting in the time of terrorism: Who participates in a French hashtag-based affinity space, where, and how?. In P. Resta & S. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (pp. 614-619). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Rosenberg, J. M., Akcaoglu, M., Staudt Willet, K. B., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Koehler, M. J. (2017, March). A tale of two Twitters: Synchronous and asynchronous use of the same hashtag. In P. Resta & S. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (pp. 283-286). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Staudt Willet, K. B., Koehler, M. J., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2017, March). A tweet by any other frame: Three approaches to studying educator interactions on Twitter. In P. Resta & S. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (pp. 1823-1830). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Willis, J., Greenhalgh, S. P., Nadolny, L., Liu, S., Aldemir, T., Rogers, S., Trevathan, M., ... and Oliver, W. (2017, March). Exploring the rules of the game: Games in the classroom, game-based learning, gamification, and simulations. In P. Resta & S. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (pp. 475-480). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2016, October). Some of these games are not like the others: Educational board games, genres, and learning. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention, Las Vegas, NV.
Greenhalgh, S. P., & Koehler, M. J. (2016, October). Teachers, Twitter, and terrorism: Combining digital research methods to study online educational conversations in France. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention, Las Vegas, NV.
Nyland, R., Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J. M., Koehler, M. J., Veletsianos, G., & Kimmons, R. (2016, October). Public data mining methods, ethics, & legalities. Panel presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention, Las Vegas, NV.
Rosenberg, J. M., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Wolf, L. G. (2016, October). Participating from near and far: Analyzing online graduate learning communities with social network analysis. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention, Las Vegas, NV.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2016, April). Exploring the effect of second language proficiency on students' completion of other game-based curricular tasks. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C.
Arnold, B., Koehler, M., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2016). Design principles for creating and maintaining immersive experiences in educational games. In G. Chamblee & L. Langlub (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (pp. 502-508). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Greenhalgh, S. P., Koehler, M. J., & Boltz, L. O. (2016). What features we like when we like educational games. In G. Chamblee & L. Langlub (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (pp. 554-561). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J. M., & Wolf, L. G. (2016). For every tweet there is a purpose: Twitter within (and beyond) an online graduate program. In G. Chamblee & L. Langlub (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (pp. 2044-2049). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Keenan, S. F., Rosenberg, J. M., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Koehler, M. J. (2016). Examining teachers' technology use through digital portfolios. In G. Chamblee & L. Langlub (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (pp. 1084-1091). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Koehler, M. J., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Boltz, L. O. (2016). Here we are, now entertain us! A comparison of educational and non-educational board games. In G. Chamblee & L. Langlub (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (pp. 567-572). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Rosenberg, J. M., Koehler, M. J., Akcaoglu, M., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Hamilton, E. R. (2016). State Educational Twitter Hashtags: An introduction and research agenda. In G. Chamblee & L. Langlub (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (pp. 355-360). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J. M., Keenan, S., & Koehler, M. J. (2015, November). An investigation of the use of digital portfolios for understanding educators' technology knowledge. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention, Indianapolis, IN.
Rosenberg, J. M., Akcaoglu, M., Hamilton, E., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Koehler, M. J. (2015, November). Tweeting U.S.A.: An examination of State Educational Twitter Hashtags (SETHs). Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Convention, Indianapolis, IN.
Boltz, L. O., Arnold, B. & Greenhalgh, S. (2015). Players, features, and enjoyment: Entertainment games as models for educational games. In D. Rutledge & D. Slykhuis (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (pp. 822-829). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Koehler, M., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Zellner, A. (2015). Potential applications of sentiment analysis in educational research and practice – Is SITE the friendliest conference? In D. Rutledge & D. Slykhuis (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (pp. 1348-1354). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Rosenberg, J., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Koehler, M. (2015). A performance assessment of teachers’ TPACK using artifacts from digital portfolios. In D. Rutledge & D. Slykhuis (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (pp. 3390-3397). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Greenhalgh, S. P., Boltz, L. O., & Koehler, M. J. (2014, October). What’s in an (educational) game? Ub3r mechanics and l337 motifs! Paper presented at the Meaningful Play conference, East Lansing, MI.
Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J. M., Zellner, A., & Koehler, M. J. (2014). Zen and the art of portfolio maintenance: Best practices in course design for supporting long-lasting portfolios. In M. Searson & M. N. Ochoa (Eds.), Proceedings of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (pp. 1755–1761). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Koehler, M. J., Rosenberg, J. M., Greenhalgh, S. P., Zellner, A., & Mishra, P. (2014). Can portfolio-based assessments demonstrate teachers' TPACK? In J. Voogt (Chair), Artifacts demonstrating teachers' technology integration competencies. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Jacksonville, FL.
Invited Research Talks
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2021, April). "The correct [domain] name of the church": Online presence, naming, and legitimacy. Invited presentation for the 2021 Mormon Studies Conference, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2021, February). "I'm a French teacher, not a data scientist!": Culture and meaning in (my) internet research. Invited presentation for Instructional Psychology and Technology program graduate seminar, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
Hartman, D. K., Kwong, J., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2015, May). The child, the curriculum, and computer games: The digital gamification of education in the U.S. Keynote address at the 1st International Congress of the Turkic World Children’s Games and Toys, Eskişehir University, Eskişehir, Turkey.
Hartman, D. K., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Kwong, J. (2015, May). The gamification of teaching and learning in U.S. schools: Concepts, practices, designs, and technologies. Keynote address at the 14th USOS Symposium, Bartin University, Bartin, Turkey.
Media Appearances
Johnson, S. (2022, May 22). UK information communication professor: limits to social media free speech is tricky. WEKU. Retrieved from https://www.weku.org/interviews/2022-05-22/uk-information-communication-professor-limits-to-social-media-free-speech-is-tricky
Stack, P. F. (2022, May 15). TikTok or tracting? LDS missionaries are singing, dancing and preaching online, but do these videos work? The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved from https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2022/05/15/tiktok-or-tracting-lds/
Stack, P. F. (2021, July 21). Assistant Alaskan A.G. under investigation for allegedly posting bigoted #DezNat tweets. The Salt Lake Tribune. https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2021/07/21/assistant-alaskan-ag/
Stack, P. F. (2021, June 18). Some #DezNat troops, fearful of being publicly outed, are retreating from digital LDS war. The Salt Lake Tribune. https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2021/06/18/some-deznat-troops/
Stack, P. F. (2021, January 31). Unholy war: Is #DezNat an online platform for defending the LDS Church or a launching pad for extremists? The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved from https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2021/01/31/unholy-war-deznat-troops/
RESEARCH FUNDING
| 2021-2022 | University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information, Speed Dating for Researchers XI ($7,500) |
| Gay Gab: Alt-Right Social Media and the LGBTQ Community | |
| co-PIs: Evan Brody, Spencer P. Greenhalgh |
| 2018-2021 | Herman and Rasiej Math Initiative at the University of Southern California ($8,820) | ||
| Exploring how Beginning Elementary Mathematics Teachers Seek out Resources through Social Media | |||
| PI: Stephen Aguilar (University of Southern Califronia); Co-PIs: Joshua Rosenberg (University of Tennessee—Knoxville), Christian Fischer (University of California—Irvine), Spencer P. Greenhalgh; Co-I: Michael Lawson (University of Tennessee—Knoxville) | |||
| 2019-2020 | University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information Research Activities fund ($2,000) |
| Platforms, Pedagogies, and Privacy: A Study into the Landscape of Digital Platform Use in Kentucky Public Schools | |
| co-PIs: Spencer P. Greenhalgh, Daniela DiGiacomo, Sarah Barriage |
| 2019-2020 | Southeastern Conference Visiting Faculty Travel Grant Program, via University of Tennessee—Knoxville ($711) |
| Educational Policy and Teachers' Use of Twitter | |
| visiting faculty: Joshua M. Rosenberg (University of Tennessee—Knoxville); hosting faculty: Annelise M. Russell (Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky); co-hosts: Spencer P. Greenhalgh, Danielle Duffy (Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky) |
| 2018-2019 | Claremont Graduate University Global Mormon Studies Research Grant ($500) |
| Every Nation, Kindred, Tongue, and “Tweeple”: International Use of the #ldsconf and #twitterstake Twitter Hashtags | |
| PI: Spencer P. Greenhalgh |
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
Webinars
Bayeck, R., Rosario, A., Asino, T. I., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Salmons, J. E. (2022, March). Understanding cultural issues in research design. SAGE Methodspace. https://www.methodspace.com/blog/understanding-cultural-issues-in-research-design
Dean, J., Kantor, J., Gonzales, L., Kennedy, M. & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2019, August). Collaborative web annotation with Hypothesis in Canvas, webinar for The Hypothesis Project.
Krutka, D., Gleason, B., Carpenter, J. P., Dousay, T. A., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2018, February). Social media in education, webinar for the Social Media Special Interest Group of the Society of Information Technology and Teacher Education.
Guest Lectures
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2021, April). Deep assumption and data ethics in educational technology, guest lecture for STEM 695: Studying Digital Learning Environments and Learning Analytics, University of Tennessee—Knoxville
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2021, April). Social media research methods, invited visit to Claremont Mormon Studies Student Association, Claremont Graduate University.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2020, October). Social media research methods, guest lecture for ICT 310: Exploring and Analyzing ICTs: Methodological Approaches, University of Kentucky.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2020, April). Social media research methods, guest lecture for ICT 310: Exploring and Analyzing ICTs: Methodological Approaches, University of Kentucky.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2019, September). Hypothesis as a social annotation tool for language education, guest lecture for FLT 881: Teaching Foreign Language with Technology, Michigan State University.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2018, November). Social media affinity spaces and teacher professional development, guest lecture for EDLT 534: Developing Educational Leaders Using Technology, Drexel University.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2018, October). Social media research methods, guest lecture for ICT 310: Exploring and Analyzing ICTs: Methodological Approaches, University of Kentucky.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2017, July). Copyright, fair use, and Creative Commons, guest lecture for Michigan State University's MAET Year 1 Summer hybrid program.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2016, July). Copyright, fair use, and Creative Commons, guest lecture for Michigan State University's MAET Year 1 Summer hybrid program.
College and Department
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2022, June). Virtual Lunch N Learn: Hypothesis, UK College of Communication and Information.
Martin, J., Greenhalgh, S. P., Oltmann, S., Kaufmann, R., DeVito, A., ... Frisby, B. (2021, January). Student engagement forum, UK College of Communication and Information.
Greenhalgh, S. P., Kaufmann, R., Griffin, J., Hudd, E., Taylor, N., ... Starr, B. (2020, September). Tips and tricks for effective online learning, CI Shapes and Supports Students Virtual Event Series, UK College of Communication and Information.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2020, July). An educational technology perspective on the flipped classroom environment, brown bag lunch series, UK College of Communication and Information.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2020, January). Academic, social, and cultural learning in the #bac2018 Twitter hashtag, research seminar, UK College of Communication and Information.
Cahill, M., Scarduzio, J., Harrington, N., Dragojevic, M., Frisby, B., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Jiang, M. (2019, August). Beginning your research agenda, faculty panel for incoming graduate students, UK College of Communication and Information.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2019, February). Internet research methods: A conceptual walkthrough, workshop for the Instructional Communication Research Group at the University of Kentucky's School of Information Science.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2017, January). 28 days later: Twitter hashtags as "just in time" teacher professional development, talk for the Educational Psychology and Educational Technology PhD program's prospective student day at Michigan State University.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2016, April). State Educational Twitter Hashtags as affinity spaces, brownbag talk for Michigan State University's Educational Psychology and Educational Technology PhD program.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2013, April). Best practices in course design for supporting long-lasting portfolios, brownbag talk for Michigan State University's Educational Psychology and Educational Technology PhD program.
TEACHING AND ADVISING
Awards
| 2022 | Alternative Textbook Grant | UK Libraries |
Courses Taught
| 2019-present | Faculty, UK School of Information Science graduate programs - Games, Literacies, and Learning - Introduction to Data Science |
| 2018-present | Faculty, UK Information and Communication Technology BA/BS program - Technologies for Information Services - Content Management Systems - Information Literacy and Critical Thinking |
| 2021 | Faculty, UK College of Communication and Information - Academic Orientation |
| 2019 | Associate Graduate Faculty, UK Communication PhD program - Research Problems in Communication [independent study] |
| 2013-2018 | Instructor, MSU Educational Technology MA program - Educational Technology Capstone Course - Electronic Assessment for Teaching and Learning - Technology and Leadership - Teaching for Understanding with Technology - Applying Educational Technology to Issues of Practice - Learning in School and Other Settings - Approaches to Educational Research - Teaching Students Online |
| 2017 | Teaching Assistant, MSU Educational Psychology and Educational Technology PhD program - Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Educational Research |
| 2014-2016 | Language Fellow, MSU Residential College in the Arts and Humanities - French Integrated Language Option |
| 2011-2012 | Student Instructor, BYU Department of French and Italian - First-Year French, Part 2 |
Workshops and Outreach
Staudt Willet, K. B., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Rosenberg, J. M. (2020, October). Simple collection and powerful analysis of Twitter data using R, Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
Staudt Willet, K. B., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Rosenberg, J. M. (2019, October). Online data and open source tools: Analyzing educational internet data using R, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Las Vegas, NV.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2016, November). A brief introduction to topic modeling, workshop for Michigan State University's digital humanities program.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2016, March). Making your own educational games with Twine, Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning conference, Grand Rapids, MI.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2016, February). Practicing teaching using games, Workshop for visiting Indonesian teacher educators at Michigan State University.
Greenhalgh, S. P. (2015, October). Gaming in the classroom, professional development session at Ruth Fox Elementary School
Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J. M., & Mehta, R. (2015, May). Online presence for graduate students: An introduction. BHEARD Scholar Conference, East Lansing, MI.
Mentoring and Advising
| 2020-present | dissertation committee member - Jane Walsh (2021-present) Educational Leadership PhD program, University of Kentucky - Megan Reynolds (2020-present) Curriculum and Instruction PhD program, University of Kentucky |
| 2020-present | independent study advisor, ICT master's program, University of Kentucky - Josephine Leow (content management, 2022) - Steve Sommer (data analytics, 2020) |
| 2020-present | MSICT student advisor |
| 2019-present | supervisor, ICT undergraduate interns |
| 2021 | outside examiner for dissertation defense - Nicholas Davis Educational Leadership EdD program, University of Kentucky |
| 2021 | supervisor, University of Kentucky Honors Capstone Project - Meagan Wilkins |
| 2019 | supervisor, Honors Course Conversions- Meagan Wilkins, ICT 302 |
| 2019 | external thesis reviewer, Higher Education Administration and Leadership MA program, Royal Roads University - Bradley Congram (thesis coordinator George Veletsianos) |
| 2019 | directed research advisor, Communication and Information PhD program, University of Kentucky - Cynthia Nnagboro |
| 2016-2018 | member of three research practicum committees, Educational Psychology and Educational Technology PhD program, Michigan State University |
SERVICE TO INSTITUTION
University of Kentucky
| 2020 | CELT-designated peer reviewer for Summer 2020 online learning transition due to COVID-19 |
| 2020 | CELT-designated helper for College of Engineering's online learning transition in response to COVID-19 |
| 2019 | French language and culture consultant for University of Kentucky Institutional Review Board |
College of Communication and Information, University of Kentucky
| 2021 | instructor for College section of UK 101: Academic Orientation |
| 2019-2020 | member of Mission and Values Task Force, College Strategic Planning Council |
School of Information Science, University of Kentucky
| 2021-present | member of ad-hoc Mission and Vision Committee |
| 2020-present | member of SIS Curriculum Committee |
| 2020-present | member of ICT Planning Committee |
| 2020-present | member of ICT Curriculum Committee |
| 2019-present | member of ICT Program Exam Committee |
| 2019-2020 | member of ICT Program Admissions Committee |
| 2018-2020 | member of ad-hoc ICT Program periodic review committee |
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
| 2021-present | Secretary, Research and Theory Division |
| 2021-present | member of Theory Spotlight Competition committee for 2022 Convention |
| 2018-present | Reviewer, TechTrends [AECT-affiliated journal] |
| 2018-present | Reviewer, AECT International Convention |
| 2020-2021 | Board Member at Large, Research and Theory Division |
| 2020-2021 | member of Theory Spotlight Competition committee for 2021 Convention |
Global Mormon Studies Network
| 2020-present | member, Steering Committee, Global Mormon Studies network |
| 2019-present | Webmaster, Global Mormon Studies network |
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
| 2016-2017 | Co-chair, Games and Simulations special interest group |
| 2016-2017 | Reviewer, SITE International Conference |
American Educational Research Association
| 2015-2016 | Communications Deputy, Division C: Learning & Instruction |
Other
| 2021-2022 | ad-hoc reviewer, The Internet and Higher Education |
| 2021-2022 | ad-hoc reviewer, Computers & Education |
| 2016-2022 | ad-hoc reviewer, E-Learning and Digital Media |
| 2022 | ad-hoc reviewer, British Journal of Educational Technology |
| 2021 | ad-hoc reviewer, A Third Library is Possible, Council on Library & Information Resources Postdoctoral Fellowship Program |
| 2021 | reviewer for edited book: 50 Years of Education Research Trends |
| 2021 | ad-hoc reviewer, Journal of Applied Instructional Design |
| 2021 | ad-hoc reviewer, Journal of Education for Teaching |
| 2021 | ad-hoc reviewer, Information and Learning Sciences |
| 2021 | ad-hoc reviewer, Teaching and Teacher Education |
| 2020 | ad-hoc reviewer, AERA Open, Special Topic: Educational Data Science |
| 2020 | ad-hoc reviewer, Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage |
| 2019 | reviewer for edited book: Research Methods in Learning Design and Technology |
| 2019 | ad-hoc reviewer, Journal of Educational Computing Research |
| 2018 | reviewer, Association of Internet Researchers Conference |
| 2015 | reviewer for edited book: Examining the Evolution of Gaming |
SERVICE TO COMMUNITY
| 2022 | copyright consultant for Kentucky Student Technology Leadership Program State Championship |
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
| 2021 | University of Kentucky Office for Student Success | Integrated Success Coach Advocate Training |
| 2018 | Association for Educational Communications and Technology | Early Career Research Symposium |
| 2018 | University of Kentucky | Unconscious Bias Training |
| 2016 | Humanities Intensive Teaching and Learning | Text Analysis: From Object to Interpretation |
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Association for Educational Communications and Technology
Global Mormon Studies network
Mormon Social Science Association