RESEARCH

2022     Health Innovation Professorship, Carle-Illinois College of Medicine,   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2020     Dean’s Prize for Innovation and Collaboration, School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. To the establishment of “Identifying Depression through Early Awareness (IDEA) Women’s Health Coalition”.
2019     Journal Article Award, First Place in Mixed-Method Category. Division of Distance Learning. Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Oh, E. G., Huang, W., Mehdiabadi, A. H., & Ju, B. (2018). Facilitating critical thinking in asynchronous online discussions: The effects of peer-redirection vs. instructor-redirection. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 30, 489 – 509.
2019     Invited Research Proposal Reviewer, Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
2017     Highly Cited Research Award by the Internet and Higher Education Journal ((Huang, W., Hood, D., & Yoo, S.J. (2013). Gender divide and acceptance of collaborative Web 2.0 applications for learning in higher education. The Internet and Higher Education, 16, 57 – 64.))
2016     Certificate of Appreciation for Exemplary Academic Services in Support of the Educational Technology Research & Development journal (peer-reviewed journal, SSCI)
2014     Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Division of Distance Learning (DDL) Crystal Award: 3^rd Place Winner - Prototyping the Virtual Experiments Mobile App (VEMA) for Developing College Freshman Students' Pre-Lab Chemistry Lab Skills
2014     AECT Division of Distance Learning (DDL) Journal Article Award: 2^nd Place Winner – Quantitative Focused Article
2013     Invited Panel Chair, Undergraduate Research Symposium, UIUC
2013     AHRD Cutting Edge Research Award, 20^th Annual AHRD International Research Conference in the Americas
2012     Dean’s External Funding Incentive Program for Assistant Professors Award, College of Education, UIUC
2012     Invited Panelist, “Gamifying learning? Is this a joke?”, 2012 AECT International Convention
2011     Selected Panel Reviewer, Informal Science Education Grant Program, National Science Foundation
2010     Hardie Conference Award, College of Education, UIUC
2008      Outstanding Paper Award, E-Learn 2008, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Las Vegas, NV.
2007     Research Symposium Grant Award sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF) and Association for Educational and Communication Technology (AECT) Research and Theory Division, October 2007.

TEACHING

2021     Excellence in Online Teaching Award, College of Education, UIUC
2021     (Spring) Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Their Students List. Center for Teaching Excellence, UIUC
2018     (Fall) Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Their Students List. Center for Teaching Excellence, UIUC
2018     (Spring) Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Their Students List. Center for Teaching Excellence, UIUC
2017     Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Their Students List. Center for Teaching Excellence, UIUC
2017     Honorary James Scholar, Lifelong Teaching Award. College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016     Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Their Students List. Center for Teaching Excellence, UIUC
2014     Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Their Students List. Center for Teaching Excellence, UIUC
2011     Teacher Ranked as Excellent by Their Students Award, Center for Teaching Excellence, UIUC

SERVICE

2020     Dean’s Prize for Innovation and Collaboration, School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. To the establishment of “Identifying Depression through Early Awareness (IDEA) Women’s Health Coalition”.
2014     Outstanding Reviewer Award. Educational Technology Research & Development (peer-reviewed journal, SSCI)