Dr. Monica L. Dillihunt

Department Chair & Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction

Contact

301 Sparkman Drive
Roberts Hall
Room 313
Huntsville, AL 35899
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256.824.2328
dillihm@uah.edu

Biography

Education

  • Ph.D., Philosophy, Howard University (Washington, DC), 2003
  • Masters of Education, Education, Mercer University, 1997
  • Certification, Elementary Education, Mercer University, 1996
  • B.S., Biology and Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 1991

Honors & Awards

  • World Academic Championship Research Award in Information Technology (2017)
  • Diversity Leadership of Huntsville Cohort VIII graduate (2017)
  • Selected to participate in the inaugural class of the University of Alabama in Huntsville LEAD Program (Leadership Development) (2014)
  • 2015 Inaugural Class of the UAH LEAD Program
  • 2014 RAND Fellow
  • 2014 American Education Week's Teacher of the Year Award for UAH College of Education
  • 2010 Recipient of the Outstanding Research Award for the learning and cognition SIG of the American Education Research Association (AERA).
  • 2008-2009 Recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Award; University of Alabama in Huntsville
  • 2008 SAEA Faculty Advisor of the Year Award, State Department AEA
  • 2007 Outstanding Student Leader: 2nd Place Faculty Advisor; University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Affiliations

  • National Associations of Parliamentarians
  • Alabama Higher Education Diversity Officers (Parliamentarian)
  • National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education
  • National Education Association
  • Alabama Education Association
  • Council for Exceptional Children
  • Alabama Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children.
  • American Psychological Association
  • Phi Delta Kappa
  • National Staff Development Association

Recent Publications

  • Lampley, S.A., Roller, S.A., Benfield, M.P.J., Davis, A.M., Gholston, S.E., Dillihunt, M.L., Turner, M.A. (submitted). Understanding the perceptions of engineering in early elementary students. Journal of Engineering Education.

  • Roller, S.A., Lampley, S.A., Dillihunt, M.L., Benfield, M.P.J., Gholston, S.E., Turner, M.W.(revised and re-submitted). Development and Initial Validation of the Student Interest and Choice in STEM (SIC-STEM) Survey 2.0 Instrument for Assessment of the Social Cognitive Career Theory Constructs. Journal of Science Education and Technology

  • Gilmore M.W., Brown K.K., Dillihunt M.L., Minor K. (2018) Utilizing Online Technology to Effectively Teach Chemistry in Secondary Education. Mod Chemistry Applications 6: 244. doi:10.4172/2329-6798.1000244

  • Brown, K., Gilmore, M.W., Dillihunt, M.L., Minor, K. (2017) Pedagogical Methods and Technology Used in Chemistry Secondary Education. Modern Chemistry and Applications. 5:3 DOI: 10.4172/2329-6798.1000223

  • Gluck L, Gilmore M.W., Dillihunt M.L. (2015) The Importance of Critical Thinking, Verbal Reasoning and Mathematics in Teaching Chemistry in the 21st Century.Modern Chemistry and Applications. 3:3 doi:2329-6798-3-e121.

  • Gluck L, Dillihunt M.L, Gilmore M.W. (2014) Advantages of Using Innovative Technological Pedagogy to Teach Chemistry in Secondary Schools. Modern Chemistry and applications 2: e119. doi:10.4172/2329- 6798.1000e119

  • Dillihunt, M.L., Smith, D.W., Farrington, P.A., Turner, M.W. & Benfield, M.P.J (2012). Impact of Innovative Student Project for the Increased Recruitment of Engineering and Science Students (InSPIRESS). American Society for Engineering Education Conference Proceedings.

  • Smith, D.W., Dillihunt, M.L., Farrington, P.A., Benfield, M.P.J., & Turner, M.W. (2012). Impact of Integrated Product Team course on skill development and workplace preparation for graduating engineering seniors. American Society for Engineering Education Conference Proceedings.

  • Trammel, M.S., & Dillihunt, M.L. (2012). In our own voices: Black Adolescent girls’ Facebook & blog usage. Paper presented at the American Education Research Association Conference Proceedings.

  • Tyler, K.M., Uqdah, A.L., Dillihunt, M.L., Beatty-Hazelbaker, R., Conner, T. Gadson, N.C., Henchy, A.M., Hughes, T., Mulder, S., Owens, E., Roan-Belle, C., Smith, L., & Stevens, R., (2008). Cultural discontinuity: Towards a quantitative investigation of a major hypothesis in education. Educational Researcher, 37 (5), 280-297.