The Open Education Group thanks to generous support from the Hewlett Foundation provides support for early career researchers to conduct studies in open education (what is open education, click here) through the open education research fellowship. Fellows receive mentorship, travel funds to attend Open Education, article publishing costs, and financial support for submitting manuscripts of studies to peer reviewed journals.
For questions about the fellowship, please contact Virginia Clinton-Lisell.
2025-2026 Open Education Research Fellows
Rebecca J. Allen, Mount St. Joseph University
Audra Anjum, Ohio University
Javad Anjum, University of Georgia
Ginelle Baskin, Middle Tennessee State University
Christopher Bolden, Xavier University
Dawn Cannon-Rech, Georgia Southern University
Sabrina Davis, Texas Tech University
Brian Flynn, University North Carolina, Charlotte
David Gaither, Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Gelareh Keshavarz, Athabasca University
Peter Klubek, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Jeremy Larance, West Liberty University
Heather L. Mac Bean, University of Kansas
Muzibur Rahman, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Lei Wang, Auburn University at Montgomery
2024-2025 OER Research Fellows
Diana Galarreta-Aima, James Madison University
Lorena Garcia-Barroso, Columbia University
Pamela Gerber, Central New Mexico Community College
Mandi Goodsett, Cleveland State University
Heather Leavitt, Yavapai College
Charlene v. Martoni, Georgia State University
Asya Miles, University of Memphis
Larisa Olesova, University of Florida
Julia Stone, Portland State University
Virginia Thompson, CUNY York College
Rehshetta Wells, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2023-2024 OER Research Fellows
Adronisha Fraizer, Northshore Technical Community College
Alison D’Cruz, University of Toronto
Andie Faber, Kansas State University
Avery Harrison Closser, Purdue University
Bethany Eldridge, University of Michigan
Bradly Bodkins, Clemson University
Jenn Monnin, West Virginia University
Justin Leuba, Illinois Central College
Kristin Whitman, Oregon Tech
Michael Kahn, Bronx Community College
Nandita Gurjar, Rhode Island College
Oya Pakkal, Brock University
Riley Richards, Oregon Institute of Technology
Tiffani Tijerina, Texas Tech University
Yu Wang, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Yu-Tung Kuo, North Carolina A & T State University
2022-2023 OER Research Fellows
Carl Blyth, University of Texas at Austin
Norma Cardenas Portland State University
Annamary Consalvo, University of Texas at Tyler
Elizabeth Hornsby, Southeastern Louisana University
Zixi Li, Indiana University Bloomington
Annette Miller, College of Saint Scholastica
Anna Mills, City College of San Francisco
Amy Murzyn, College of Saint Scholastica
Jeanette Okur, University of Texas at Austin
Jennifer Jihae Park, Indiana University
Michael Porter, University at Buffalo
John Protzko, Central Connecticut State University
Stephanie Robertson, Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Mary E. Robinson, Montgomery College, Germantown Campus
Claudia Sanford, Louisiana State University
Jennifer Jordan, University of New Mexico
Lisa Schlegel, Grand Canyon University and Yavapai College
Michele Sneed, College of Saint Scholastica
Sabitha Sudarshan, Open Stax at Rice University
Daphne Tseng, College of Eastern Idaho
Jiejia Zhang, Kansas State University
2021-2022 OER Research Fellows
Suriati Abas, State University of New York at Oneonta
Jordan Bell, Dutchess Community College
Ashley Biddle, Leeward Community College
Brittany Bradford, Rice University
Emily Bradshaw, Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Travis Clark, University of North Dakota
Maya Hey, Colorado State University
Alison Kelly, University of North Dakota
Yu-Chun Kuo, Rowan University
Seungyeon Lee, University of Arkansas at Monticello
Karen Leonard, Oklahoma State University
Manyu Li, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Kristin Petrovic, Athabasca University
Joshua Rosenberg, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Christian Scannell, Assumption University
Jean Swindle, East Tennessee State University
Stephanie Rollag Yoon, The College of Saint Scholastica
Xin Zhao, Salt Lake Community College
2020-2021 OER Research Fellows
Amanda Zerangue, Texas Woman’s University
Casey McCoy-Simmons, University of Denver
Chaoran Wang, Indiana University Bloomington
Craig Keaton, The University of Texas at Arlington
Dorina Tila, CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Elizabeth Spica, The University of Tennessee
Jason Godfrey, University of Michigan
Julie Lazzara, Paradise Valley Community College
Nicolas Diaz, Boise State University
Nicole Neutzling, University of Calgary
Rebecca E Heiser, Athabasca University
Scott C. Spangler, Middle Georgia State University
Staci Gilpin, The College of St. Scholastica
Tatiana Bryant, University of California, Irvine
Victor M. Torres-Velez, Hostos Community College, CUNY
2019-2020 OER Research Fellows
Alena Buis, Kwanten Polytechnic University and Langara College
Anastasia Angelopoulou, Columbus State University
Brittany Dudek, Colorado Community College System
Cynthia Mari Orozco, East Los Angeles College / UCLA
Eric Werth, University of Pikeville
Erin Meger, Mount Allison University
Hannah Davidson, Plymouth State University
Heather Miceli, Roger Williams University
Jennifer Van Allen, Lehman College
Jessica O’Reilly, Athabasca University and Cambrian College
Katherine Tsan, Baruch College, CUNY
Kathy Essmiller, Oklahoma State University
Lauren M. Bouchard, Concordia University Chicago
Lawrence (Mick) Davis, Umpqua Community College
Leslie Ward, Queensborough Community College, CUNY
Lindsey Gumb, Roger Williams University
Lisa Haldeman, Tulsa Community College
Matthew Bloom, Maricopa Community Colleges
Monica Brown, Boise State University
Poonam Kumar, Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan
Shelli Wynants, California State University, Fullerton
Spencer Ellis, Colorado Department of Higher Education
Steven Moore, Carnegie Mellon University
Yan Yang, University of West Georgia
2018-2019 OER Research Fellows
Shawna M. Brandle, Kingsborough Community College
Natascha Chtena, University of California, Los Angeles
Virginia Clinton, University of North Dakota
Will Cross, North Carolina State University
Jathan E. Day, University of Michigan
Matthew DeCarlo, Radford University
Caitlin Finlayson, University of Mary Washington
Sarah Hare, Indiana University
Veronica Howard, University of Alaska Anchorage
J. Jacob Jenkins, California State University Channel Islands
Stacy Katz, Lehman College
Sharareh Kermanshachi, University of Texas at Arlington
Sarah Kresh, The City University of New York, School of Professional Studies
Amanda Larson, The Pennsylvania State University
Danielle Leek, Bunker Hill Community College
Colby Moorberg, Kansas State University
Liza Navarro, University of British Columbia
Amy Nusbaum, Washington State University
Kaity Prieto, The Ohio State University
Verena Roberts, University of Calgary
Amber Sherman, Boise State University
Nathan Smith, Houston Community College
Kathryn Suk, Raritan Valley Community College, Stockton University
Hengtao Tang, University of West Georgia
Anita Walz, Virginia Tech
Meina Zhu, Indiana University
2017-2018 OER Research Fellows
Beth Tillinghast, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Carrie Cuttler, Washington State University
Chris Fay, St. Mary’s University of Minnesota
David Rose, American University
Debshila Basu Mallick, Rice University
Eileen McGivney, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Jamison R. Miller, College of William and Mary
Jasmine Roberts, The Ohio State University
Jennifer Kepka, Western Oregon University
Jennifer Lantrip, Umpqua Community College
Jocelyn Tipton, University of Mississippi
Josh Bolick, University of Kansas
Liz Thompson, James Madison University
Marcos D. Rivera, The Ohio State University
Michelle Reed, University of Texas at Arlington
Michelle Sprouse, University of Michigan
Muffet Jones, Boise State University
Nicholas Colvard, University of Georgia
Penny Beile, University of Central Florida
Rebecca Morales, Oklahoma Public Schools
Regina Gong, Lansing Community College
Remi Kalir, University of Colorado Denver
Rob Nyland, Boise State University
Scott Kersey, Georgia Southern University
Talea Anderson, Washington State University
Tara Lifland, George Washington University
Teri Gallaway, Louisiana State University
2016-2017 OER Research Fellows
Andrew Wesolek, Clemson University
Arthur Gill Green, UBC and Okanagan College
Brian Lindshield, Kansas State University
Dongho Kim, The University of Georgia
Emily Frank, Louisiana State University
Farhad Dastur, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Heather M. Ross, University of Saskatchewan
Jonathan Arnett, Kennesaw State Universtiy
Kathleen Barrett, University of West Georgia
Kim Grewe, Northern Virginia Community College
Merinda McLure, Colorado State University
Olga Belikov, Brigham Young University
Serena Henderson, Athabasca University
Stephen Monroe, University of Mississippi
Tanya M. Spilovoy, North Dakota University System
Tarah Kerr, Brigham Young University
Tomohiro Nagashima, Stanford Graduate School of Education
Virginia Coleman-Prisco, Northeastern University
Yao Xiong, The Pennsylvania State University
Yu-Ju Lin, Georgia State University
2015-2016 OER Research Fellows
Alesha Baker, Oklahoma State University,
Amy Sandy, Columbus State University
Chrissy Spencer, Georgia Tech
Christina Hendricks, University of British Columbia
Christopher N. Lawrence, Middle Georgia State University
Colin Madland, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
Deanna Cozart, The University of Georgia
Emily Croteau, Valdosta State University
Eulho Jung, Indiana University
Feng-Ru Sheu, Kent State
Huimei Delgado, Purdue University
Jonathan Lashley, Clemson University
Judy Orton Grissett, Georgia Southwestern State University
Justin N. Whiting, Indiana University
Marcela Chiorescu, Georgia College
Ozgur Ozdemir, Indiana University,
Rajiv Jhangiani, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Robert Bodily, Brigham Young University
Royce Kimmons, Brigham Young University
Sarah Stager, The Pennsylvania State University
Shuya Xu, Indiana University
Susan E. Hrach, Columbus State University
Tsung-han Weng, University of Kansas
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation sponsors open education research fellowships to do research on the impact of open education on Social Justice, Cost, Outcomes, Perceptions, and Engagement. This is the SCOPE research framework. The fellowship grants are administered and supported by the Open Education Group. Below is a list of the OER Research Fellows; a list of their publications on the COUP framework and open/OER-enabled pedagogy and a Google Scholar page of fellows’ scholarly dissemination are also available.
2025-2026 OER Research Fellows
Rebecca J. Allen, Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, Ohio
Audra Anjum, Ohio University
Javad Anjum, University of Georgia
Ginelle Baskin, Middle Tennessee State University
Christopher Bolden, Xavier University
Dawn Cannon-Rech, Georgia State University
Sabrina Davis, Texas Tech University
Brian Flynn, University North Carolina, Charlotte
David Gaither, Louisiana State University in Shreveport
Gelareh Keshavarz, Athabasca University
Peter Klubek, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Jeremy Larance, West Liberty University
Heather L. Mac Bean, University of Kansas
>Muzibur Rahman, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Lei Wang, Auburn University
2024-2025 OER Research Fellows
Diana Galarreta-Aima, James Madison University
Lorena Garcia-Barroso, Columbia University
Pamela Gerber, Central New Mexico Community College
Mandi Goodsett, Cleveland State University
Heather Leavitt, Yavapai College
Charlene v. Martoni, Georgia State University
Asya Miles, University of Memphis
Larisa Olesova, University of Florida
Julia Stone, Portland State University
Virginia Thompson, CUNY York College
Rehshetta Wells, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2023-2024 OER Research Fellows
Adronisha Fraizer, Northshore Technical Community College
Alison D’Cruz, University of Toronto
Andie Faber, Kansas State University
Avery Harrison Closser, Purdue University
Bethany Eldridge, University of Michigan
Bradly Bodkins, Clemson University
Jenn Monnin, West Virginia University
Justin Leuba, Illinois Central College
Kristin Whitman, Oregon Tech
Michael Kahn, Bronx Community College
Nandita Gurjar, Rhode Island College
Oya Pakkal, Brock University
Riley Richards, Oregon Institute of Technology
Tiffani Tijerina, Texas Tech University
Yu Wang, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Yu-Tung Kuo, North Carolina A & T State University
2022-2023 OER Research Fellows
Carl Blyth, University of Texas at Austin
Norma Cardenas Portland State University
Annamary Consalvo, University of Texas at Tyler
Elizabeth Hornsby, Southeastern Louisana University
Zixi Li, Indiana University Bloomington
Annette Miller, College of Saint Scholastica
Anna Mills, City College of San Francisco
Amy Murzyn, College of Saint Scholastica
Jeanette Okur, University of Texas at Austin
Jennifer Jihae Park, Indiana University
Michael Porter, University at Buffalo
John Protzko, Central Connecticut State University
Stephanie Robertson, Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Mary E. Robinson, Montgomery College, Germantown Campus
Claudia Sanford, Louisiana State University
Jennifer Jordan, University of New Mexico
Lisa Schlegel, Grand Canyon University and Yavapai College
Michele Sneed, College of Saint Scholastica
Sabitha Sudarshan, Open Stax at Rice University
Daphne Tseng, College of Eastern Idaho
Jiejia Zhang, Kansas State University
2021-2022 OER Research Fellows
Suriati Abas, State University of New York at Oneonta
Jordan Bell, Dutchess Community College
Ashley Biddle, Leeward Community College
Brittany Bradford, Rice University
Emily Bradshaw, Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Travis Clark, University of North Dakota
Maya Hey, Colorado State University
Alison Kelly, University of North Dakota
Yu-Chun Kuo, Rowan University
Seungyeon Lee, University of Arkansas at Monticello
Karen Leonard, Oklahoma State University
Manyu Li, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Kristin Petrovic, Athabasca University
Joshua Rosenberg, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Christian Scannell, Assumption University
Jean Swindle, East Tennessee State University
Stephanie Rollag Yoon, The College of Saint Scholastica
Xin Zhao, Salt Lake Community College
2020-2021 OER Research Fellows
Amanda Zerangue, Texas Woman’s University
Casey McCoy-Simmons, University of Denver
Chaoran Wang, Indiana University Bloomington
Craig Keaton, The University of Texas at Arlington
Dorina Tila, CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Elizabeth Spica, The University of Tennessee
Jason Godfrey, University of Michigan
Julie Lazzara, Paradise Valley Community College
Nicolas Diaz, Boise State University
Nicole Neutzling, University of Calgary
Rebecca E Heiser, Athabasca University
Scott C. Spangler, Middle Georgia State University
Staci Gilpin, The College of St. Scholastica
Tatiana Bryant, University of California, Irvine
Victor M. Torres-Velez, Hostos Community College, CUNY
2019-2020 OER Research Fellows
Alena Buis, Kwanten Polytechnic University and Langara College
Anastasia Angelopoulou, Columbus State University
Brittany Dudek, Colorado Community College System
Cynthia Mari Orozco, East Los Angeles College / UCLA
Eric Werth, University of Pikeville
Erin Meger, Mount Allison University
Hannah Davidson, Plymouth State University
Heather Miceli, Roger Williams University
Jennifer Van Allen, Lehman College
Jessica O’Reilly, Athabasca University and Cambrian College
Katherine Tsan, Baruch College, CUNY
Kathy Essmiller, Oklahoma State University
Lauren M. Bouchard, Concordia University Chicago
Lawrence (Mick) Davis, Umpqua Community College
Leslie Ward, Queensborough Community College, CUNY
Lindsey Gumb, Roger Williams University
Lisa Haldeman, Tulsa Community College
Matthew Bloom, Maricopa Community Colleges
Monica Brown, Boise State University
Poonam Kumar, Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan
Shelli Wynants, California State University, Fullerton
Spencer Ellis, Colorado Department of Higher Education
Steven Moore, Carnegie Mellon University
Yan Yang, University of West Georgia
2018-2019 OER Research Fellows
Shawna M. Brandle, Kingsborough Community College
Natascha Chtena, University of California, Los Angeles
Virginia Clinton, University of North Dakota
Will Cross, North Carolina State University
Jathan E. Day, University of Michigan
Matthew DeCarlo, Radford University
Caitlin Finlayson, University of Mary Washington
Sarah Hare, Indiana University
Veronica Howard, University of Alaska Anchorage
J. Jacob Jenkins, California State University Channel Islands
Stacy Katz, Lehman College
Sharareh Kermanshachi, University of Texas at Arlington
Sarah Kresh, The City University of New York, School of Professional Studies
Amanda Larson, The Pennsylvania State University
Danielle Leek, Bunker Hill Community College
Colby Moorberg, Kansas State University
Liza Navarro, University of British Columbia
Amy Nusbaum, Washington State University
Kaity Prieto, The Ohio State University
Verena Roberts, University of Calgary
Amber Sherman, Boise State University
Nathan Smith, Houston Community College
Kathryn Suk, Raritan Valley Community College, Stockton University
Hengtao Tang, University of West Georgia
Anita Walz, Virginia Tech
Meina Zhu, Indiana University
2017-2018 OER Research Fellows
Beth Tillinghast, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Carrie Cuttler, Washington State University
Chris Fay, St. Mary’s University of Minnesota
David Rose, American University
Debshila Basu Mallick, Rice University
Eileen McGivney, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Jamison R. Miller, College of William and Mary
Jasmine Roberts, The Ohio State University
Jennifer Kepka, Western Oregon University
Jennifer Lantrip, Umpqua Community College
Jocelyn Tipton, University of Mississippi
Josh Bolick, University of Kansas
Liz Thompson, James Madison University
Marcos D. Rivera, The Ohio State University
Michelle Reed, University of Texas at Arlington
Michelle Sprouse, University of Michigan
Muffet Jones, Boise State University
Nicholas Colvard, University of Georgia
Penny Beile, University of Central Florida
Rebecca Morales, Oklahoma Public Schools
Regina Gong, Lansing Community College
Remi Kalir, University of Colorado Denver
Rob Nyland, Boise State University
Scott Kersey, Georgia Southern University
Talea Anderson, Washington State University
Tara Lifland, George Washington University
Teri Gallaway, Louisiana State University
2016-2017 OER Research Fellows
Andrew Wesolek, Clemson University
Arthur Gill Green, UBC and Okanagan College
Brian Lindshield, Kansas State University
Dongho Kim, The University of Georgia
Emily Frank, Louisiana State University
Farhad Dastur, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Heather M. Ross, University of Saskatchewan
Jonathan Arnett, Kennesaw State Universtiy
Kathleen Barrett, University of West Georgia
Kim Grewe, Northern Virginia Community College
Merinda McLure, Colorado State University
Olga Belikov, Brigham Young University
Serena Henderson, Athabasca University
Stephen Monroe, University of Mississippi
Tanya M. Spilovoy, North Dakota University System
Tarah Kerr, Brigham Young University
Tomohiro Nagashima, Stanford Graduate School of Education
Virginia Coleman-Prisco, Northeastern University
Yao Xiong, The Pennsylvania State University
Yu-Ju Lin, Georgia State University
2015-2016 OER Research Fellows
Alesha Baker, Oklahoma State University,
Amy Sandy, Columbus State University
Chrissy Spencer, Georgia Tech
Christina Hendricks, University of British Columbia
Christopher N. Lawrence, Middle Georgia State University
Colin Madland, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC
Deanna Cozart, The University of Georgia
Emily Croteau, Valdosta State University
Eulho Jung, Indiana University
Feng-Ru Sheu, Kent State
Huimei Delgado, Purdue University
Jonathan Lashley, Clemson University
Judy Orton Grissett, Georgia Southwestern State University
Justin N. Whiting, Indiana University
Marcela Chiorescu, Georgia College
Ozgur Ozdemir, Indiana University,
Rajiv Jhangiani, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Robert Bodily, Brigham Young University
Royce Kimmons, Brigham Young University
Sarah Stager, The Pennsylvania State University
Shuya Xu, Indiana University
Susan E. Hrach, Columbus State University
Tsung-han Weng, University of Kansas
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