Team Awarded 2026-27 ISU Miller Fellowship to Study Peer Mentor Networks
Research team: Rachel A. Smith, School of Education (CHHS); Jen Leptien and Kyle Holtman, learning communities (Div. of Student Affairs); and Thaddeus Hill, RISE in School of Education (CHHS)
Amount awarded: $37,691
Read the ISU news release here: https://www.inside.iastate.edu/article/2026/09/02/eight-teaching-based-projects-selected-miller-fellowships
Network-based Reflection to Support First-Year Engineering Students
Our ASEE First-Year Engineering Experience Conference paper won best paper award at the July 2025 conference and our work was profiled on the University of Maryland Aerospace Engineering Department website.
You can also read the conference paper to learn more about network-based reflection with first-year engineering students.
