Lori Kumler
Associate Director of Educational Technology
Biography
Lori Kumler is Associate Director of Educational Technology Services at Denison University, where she works with incredibly talented and dedicated colleagues. Lori has worked to connect faculty and students with resources, including Bloomberg terminals, High Powered Computing at the Ohio Supercomputing Center, Posit Workbench, and Posit Cloud, among others. Her team is currently focused on developing resources to help incoming students bridge the digital divide between their high school and college academic experiences. Her work is informed by nearly two decades of using technology in her own teaching and research, most recently as an associate professor in the social sciences.
Degree(s)
A.B. Public Policy/Educational Studies, Brown University; M.A.T., Tufts University; M.S. and Ph.D. Natural Resource Policy and Behavior, University of Michigan
Works
Publications
- Kumler, L. (2022). Environmental governance: Comparing power and authority from local to national scales. In Vosburg-Bluem, B., Crocco, M., and J. Passe (Eds.), Teaching Environmental Issues in Social Studies: Education for Civic Sustainability in the 21st Century. NCSS e-Bulletin. Silver Spring, MD: National Council for the Social Studies.
- Kumler, L. M., & Whittaker, B. M. (2019). Using Campus Presidential Debate Watch Events to Nudge: Enlisting Reference Group Leaders and Incentives in the Quest for Increasing Student Political Participation and Efficacy. Journal of Political Science Education, 1-22.
- Kumler, L., & Vosburg-Bluem, B. (2014). Climate change in the social studies classroom: A “Why” and “How to” guide using the C3 framework. Social Education, 78(5), 225-229.
- Kumler, L.M. & Lemos, M.C. (2008). Managing waters of the Paraíba do Sul basin: a case study in institutional implementation and change. Ecology and Society 13(2): 22. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art22/
Other
Grants & Funding
- Co-PI, internal grant, $20,000. Sports equity: Understanding motivations for participating in school sports in a Northeast Ohio school district
Honors & Awards
- Recipient of Ohio’s 2020 David Hoch Memorial Award for Excellence in Service
