Awards & Grants

Honors and Awards
  • Recognized as a 2011-2012 Outstanding Master Teacher by Idaho State University.
  • Recognized as 2011 Faculty Member of the Year by the Associated Students of Idaho State University.
  • Recognized as a 2010-2011 Outstanding Master Teacher by Idaho State University.
  • Received the ISU College of Business 2005-2006 Outstanding Research Award.
  • Received the ISU College of Business 2002-2003 Outstanding Teacher Award.
  • Nominated for and selected as ACM Senior Member, recognizing demonstrated performance that sets members apart from their peers.
  • Nominated for Idaho State University Distinguished Teacher Award of 2008-2009.
  • Nominated for Idaho State University Distinguished Teacher Award of 2005-2006.
  • Received Best Paper award at the 2006 Informing Science + Information Technology Education (InSITE) Conference
  • Received Best Paper award at the 2005 Informing Science + Information Technology Education (InSITE) Conference
  • Received Best Paper award at the 2004 Informing Science + Information Technology Education (InSITE) Conference.
  • Received Best Paper Award at the International Business & Economics Research Conference 2001.
  • Nominated for Best Paper award at the 2003 Americas Conference on Information Systems.
  • International Who's Who of Information Technology
  • Upsilon Pi Epsilon – Honor Society for the Computing Sciences
  • Golden Key National Honor Fraternity
  • Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges
  • Psi Theta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, a national honor fraternity (President)
Grants & Fellowships
  • National Science Foundation proposal for Information Integration and Informatics (III), part of the larger RFP program Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs (NSF 20-591) 2020 (Spatial Data Science: Communicating Actionable Information. Weber, K.T., Parker, K. R., Frischmann, J., and Ottaway, T.A.) Submitted 11/20, rejected 5/21.
  • National Science Foundation proposal for Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR) program of the Data Science Corps (NSF 19-518) 2019 (Collaborative Research: Harnessing Geospatial Data to Deliver Actionable Information. Weber, K.T., Kerby, L., and Parker, K. R.) Submitted 02/19, rejected 7/19.
  • ISU Developing Collaborative Partnerships for Building Research and Scholarship 2018 (Application Before Synthesis: Structured and Engaged Learning in Introductory Computer Programming, $32,564.00, Co-PI)
  • ISU Teaching Innovation Grant 2017-2018 (Improving STEM Education: Engaged Learning in an Introductory Computer Programming Course, $4,820.00, Co-PI)
  • Curtin University of Technology Research Fellowship, 2007
  • Idaho State University College of Business Reuttgers Grant: "Pedagogical Database Development," 2003
  • Idaho State University College of Business Reuttgers Grant: "Using Technology to Teach Accounting - Computer Assisted Critical Thinking," 2002
  • Idaho State University College of Business Reuttgers Grant: "An Instrument for the Selection of a Programming Language to be Used in Introductory and Advanced Programming Classes," 2002
  • Saint Louis University School of Business and Administration Summer Research Grant: "A Metadata Approach for Mapping Electronic Resources: Cataloging Research Materials On the Web," 1998
  • Saint Louis University School of Business and Administration Summer Research Grant: "Enhanced Internet Search Techniques: An Alternative Push Technology," 1997
  • Saint Louis University School of Business and Administration Summer Research Grant: "A Multi-Class User Definition for Information Filtering," 1996