Curriculum Vitae

K. Bret Staudt Willet

April 14, 2026

General Information

University address:	Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies
Educational Psychology & Learning Systems
Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences
Stone Building, 1114 W. Call St.
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306 32306

E-mail address:	kstaudtwillet@fsu.edu
	bret.staudtwillet@fsu.edu

Web site:	https://bretsw.com

Professional Preparation

2021	Ph.D., Michigan State University. Major: Educational Psychology & Educational Technology. Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Koehler & Dr. Christine Greenhow. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2021). "I filled a lot of gaps": How and why early career teachers expand induction support systems with social media. (Doctoral dissertation, Michigan State University). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, Publication No. 28414983. 

2015	M.A., Michigan State University. Major: Educational Technology. 

2014	Graduate Certificate, Michigan State University. Major: Serious Game Design and Research. 

2003	B.A., Bucknell University. Major: Mathematics & Sociology. 

Nondegree Education and Training

2025	Foundation Training Certificate (Connect First, FSU Resilience Institute for Strength and Empowerment). 

2025	Perspectives Certificate (Constructive Dialogue Institute). 

2022	Applying the QM Rubric (Quality Matters). 

2017–2020	Data Science: Foundations Using R (Coursera). 

2018	Methods for Analyzing and Modeling Textual Data (Summer School Series on Methods for Computational Social Science). 

2012	Game Design and Facilitation (The Thiagi Group). 

Professional Experience

2026–present	Associate Professor, Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies, Florida State University. 

2021–2026	Assistant Professor, Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies, Florida State University. 

Honors, Awards, and Prizes

Outstanding Service Award, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) (2025). 
Reviewer Excellence Award, Educational Technology Research & Development (ETR&D) (2025). 
Nominated: College Teaching Award for Graduate Teaching, Florida State University, Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences (2025). 
Nominated: University Teaching and Advising Award: Innovation in Teaching, Florida State University, College of Education (2025). 
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) (2024). 
Presidential Session at the 2024 AECT International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) (2024). 
Nominated: University Teaching and Advising Award: Outstanding Graduate Teaching, Florida State University, College of Education (2024). 
McJulien Scholar Best Paper Award, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) (2023). 
Early Career Scholar Award, American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2023). 
Nominated: College Teaching Award for Graduate Teaching, Florida State University, College of Education (2023). 
Qualitative Inquiry Award, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) (2022). ($750). 
Best Paper Award, American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2022). 
Nominated: College Teaching Award for Graduate Teaching (not eligible to win), Florida State University, College of Education (2022). 
Outstanding Service Award, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) (2021). 
Best Fully Online Course, MSU AT&T Faculty-Staff Annual Competition in Instructional Technology, Michigan State University (2021). ($500). 
Featured Research at the 2020 AECT International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) (2020). 
Outstanding Paper Award, Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) (2020). 
Clifford E. Erickson Memorial Fund Scholarship, Michigan State University, College of Education (2020). ($5,500). 
Outstanding Paper Award, Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) (2019). 
Disciplinary Leadership Award, Michigan State University, Council of Graduate Students (2019). ($2,000). 
Professional Development Award, Michigan State University, Council of Graduate Students (2018). ($500). 
Outstanding Paper Award, Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) (2017). 

Current Membership in Professional Organizations

American Educational Research Association (AERA) 
Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) 
International Society for Self-Directed Learning (ISSDL) 

Teaching

Courses Taught

Learning and Web Analytics (EME6356)
Synthesis, Analysis, and Argumentation in Instructional Systems Research (EME6665)
Applied Research Methods in Learning Design and Performance Technology (EDF5492)
Research on Learning, Instruction, and Performance Systems (EDG6363)
Introduction to Instructional Systems (EME5601)
Inquiry and Measurement for Practitioners (EDF5442)
Instructional Systems Research Seminar (EDG6362)
Evaluation of Instruction and Training in Human-Performance Technology (EME6357)

Doctoral Committee Chair

Aich, S., graduate. (2026). Understanding the use of self-directed learning for cybersecurity skill enhancement among higher education institution information security staff. 
Costa, A. H., graduate. (2026). The preparedness problem: Self-directed learning practices among behavior analysis adjunct faculty to overcome instructional readiness gaps. 
Rodriguez, C. S., graduate. (2026). Teachergram as an activity system: A qualitative exploration of teacher perspectives. 
Xu, J., graduate. (2026). Becoming scholars: Graduate teaching assistants' professional development in the scholarship of teaching and learning. 
Arthur, A. B., graduate. (2025). Educational disruptors: How COVID-19 impacted teacher educational technology knowledge in the post-pandemic classroom. 
Harle, J., graduate. (2025). From classroom to career: How LinkedIn fuels self-directed learning for Florida State University, College of Business Seniors. 
Aguilar, V., graduate. (2025). Using self-directed learning to prepare elementary preservice teachers to work with English language learner. 
Fairclough, K. V., graduate. (2025). Supervisory competence in behavior analysts using self-directed learning through social media. 
Na, H., graduate. (2025). The relationships between computational thinking development and online interactions in a Scratch online self-directed learning environment. 
Madison, C., graduate. (2024). Pedagogical content knowledge in elementary mathematics teachers: A qualitative study on teacher perspective and instructional practice. 
Morris, V. H., graduate. (2024). High-achieving teenage students' use of social media and technology to complete advanced placement coursework. 
Stoutjesdyk, J. D., graduate. (2023). An Investigation into Florida High School English Teachers' Response to CS/HB 1467. 
Smith, C. M., graduate. (2023). Culturally Inclusive Instructional Strategies Implemented by Designers-by-Assignment in Higher Education Student Services. 
Wick, J., graduate. (2023). Middle School Teachers' Perceptions on the Effectiveness and Relevance of Mandated Professional Development. 
Davis, N., doctoral candidate. 
Jamoom, P., doctoral candidate. 
Kavoosi, R., doctoral candidate. 
Kirby, T., doctoral candidate. 
Mbanzabugabo, J. B., doctoral candidate. 
Catteeuw, C. L., doctoral candidate.  Examining new instructional designers' use of LinkedIn during their transition from K-12 teaching. 
Fulwider, G. C., doctoral candidate.  Game-based assessment of statistical self-efficacy: An alternative to the self-report of non-cognitive beliefs. 
Kim, C., doctoral candidate.  Investigating the impact of competition and role assignment in educational escape room design on nursing students' knowledge gains and epistemic networks. 
Lewis, A., doctoral candidate. 
Anderson, J., doctoral student. 
Ajayi, D., doctoral student. 
Bai, C., doctoral student. 
Cowart, P., doctoral student. 
Dorce, W., doctoral student. 
Seidl, K., doctoral student. 

Doctoral Committee Member

Barrett, A., graduate. (2025).
Joos, M., graduate. (2025).
Morgan, A., graduate. (2025).
Shi, H., graduate. (2025).
Alvarez, E. L., graduate. (2025).
Bean, W., graduate. (2025).
Brewer, V. J., graduate. (2025).
Crombie, M., graduate. (2025).
Robbins, A. P., graduate. (2025).
Word, K. D., graduate. (2025).
Archer, A. S., graduate. (2024).
DeBord, E. W., graduate. (2024).
West, L. A., graduate. (2024).
He, D., graduate. (2024).
Pappas, S. S., graduate. (2024).
Pryor, T. M., graduate. (2024).
Clifford, S. P., graduate. (2023).
Johnston, R. C., graduate. (2023).
Medina, J. P., graduate. (2023).
Graham, D. C. D., graduate. (2022).
Jones, M. K., graduate. (2022).
Choi, H. J., graduate. (2022).
Kent, H. C., graduate. (2022).
Wei, S., doctoral candidate. 
Bounds, J., doctoral candidate. 
Cotton, T., doctoral candidate. 
Hogan, C., doctoral candidate. 
Hrabcak, J., doctoral candidate. 
Hur, J., doctoral candidate. 
Kuwik, J., doctoral candidate. 
Lott, S. B., doctoral candidate. 
Mckenzie, R., doctoral candidate. 
Pomales, L., doctoral candidate. 
Rivero-Setien, S., doctoral candidate. 
Sorrells, J., doctoral candidate. 
Sprenkle, S., doctoral candidate. 
Zhang, N., doctoral candidate. 
LaMont, M., doctoral candidate. 

Master's Committee Chair

Oropeza, V. M., graduate. (2022).

Master's Committee Cochair

OMalley, M. M., graduate. (2022).
Sahi, K. A., graduate. (2022).
Wellman, R., graduate. (2022).

Master's Committee Member

Fulwider, G. C., graduate. (2023).

Additional Teaching Not Reported Elsewhere

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2024). External Examiner for Doctoral Dissertation. Research Unit Self-Directed Learning, North-West University (South Africa). 

Invited Guest Lectures

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2025). Faculty Innovators Spotlight: Bret Staudt Willet on Context-Aware Self-Teaching. FSU Innovation Hub. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2025). Advice for the doctoral journey [Guest lecture for doctoral course CEP 956: Mind, Media and Learning]. Educational Psychology & Educational Technology program, Michigan State University. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2024). Advice for academic publishing [Guest lecture for doctoral course CEP 956: Mind, Media and Learning]. Educational Psychology & Educational Technology program, Michigan State University. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2024). Self-directed learning for mechanical engineering problem-solving [Guest lecture for graduate students]. Mechanical Engineering department, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. 

Greenhalgh, S. P., Hu, A. D., Rosenberg, J. M., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2023). A conversation about what ChatGPT is, how it is impacting universities, and how might we make "good" use of it [Panel for College of Education]. College of Education, Michigan State University. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2022). Insights for academic publishing [Guest lecture for doctoral course CEP 956: Mind, Media and Learning]. Educational Psychology & Educational Technology program, Michigan State University. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2022). Picture this: Telling data stories through visualizations [Guest lecture for Master's course Teaching with Technology]. Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2022). The front page of the internet: Reflections from studying Reddit [Guest lecture for Master's course Digital Media and Educational Psychology]. University of Tübingen, Germany. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2021). Finding the right balance: Risk and societal benefit from big data [Guest lecture for Doctoral course Core Methods in Educational Data Mining]. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2020). Welcome to the good place?: Teachers' networked learning on social media [Guest lecture for Master's course Teaching with Technology]. Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2020). You are stronger than you think: Insights for academic publishing [Guest lecture for doctoral course CEP 956: Mind, Media and Learning]. Educational Psychology & Educational Technology program, Michigan State University. 

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Bork, W. (2019). Electronic assessment [Presentation for Master of Arts in Educational Technology (MAET) instructor huddle]. Educational Psychology & Educational Technology program, Michigan State University. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2019). Insights for academic publishing [Guest lecture for doctoral course CEP 956: Mind, Media and Learning]. Educational Psychology & Educational Technology program, Michigan State University. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2018). Experiences from the practicum [Panel for doctoral course CEP 955: Research Design and Methods for Educational Psychology and Educational Technology]. Educational Psychology & Educational Technology program, Michigan State University. 

Webinar

Staudt Willet, K. B., Aguilar, V., Aich, S., Costa, A., Davis, N., & Wang, Z. (2025). Self-Directed Learning Spanning Contexts. International Society for Self-Directed Learning. 

Research and Original Creative Work

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Staudt Willet, K. B., Na, H., Rosenberg, J. M., & Galas, E. (submitted). Understanding the work of educational data scientists: A mixed methods exploration. Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Staudt Willet, K. B., Bai, C., Hur, J., & Akcaoglu, M. (in press). Structure and content of interactions: Social presence in asynchronous online whole-class vs. small-group discussions. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning.

Staudt Willet, K. B., Carpenter, J. P., & Na, H. (2025). Ex-Edchat: Historic retrospective of X/Twitter #Edchat. Computers and Education, 241, 1-18. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2025.105476

Wofford, A., Perez-Felkner, L., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Nhien, C. (2025). Geography of STEM graduate degree opportunities: A focus on minority-serving institutions. Research in Higher Education, 66(37), 1-11. doi:10.1007/s11162-025-09848-4

Wofford, A., Fatima, A., Wu, X., Perez-Felkner, L., Nhien, C., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2025). Minority-serving institutions' role in enhancing access to computing doctoral education: A multi-method landscape analysis. Innovative Higher Education, 1-29. doi:10.1007/s10755-025-09841-w

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Na, H. (2025). Beginning science teachers' context-aware self-teaching to support core and background instructional roles. International Journal of Self-Directed Learning, 22(1), 1-16. Retrieved from http://sdlglobal.com/journals.php

Na, H., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Kim, C. (2025). Investigating the impact of AR technologies on geometric learning in primary school: A comparison of marker-based and markerless AR. British Journal of Educational Technology. doi:10.1111/bjet.13584

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Na, H. (2024). Generative AI generating buzz: Volume, engagement, and content of initial reactions to ChatGPT in discussions across education-related subreddits. Online Learning Journal, 28(2). doi:10.24059/olj.v28i2.4434

Staudt Willet, K. B., & He, D. (2024). Educators' invisible labor: A systematic review. Review of Education, 12(2), e3473. doi:10.1002/rev3.3473

Na, H., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2024). Understanding beginning teachers' socio-ecological challenges: Self-directed learning in the r/Teachers subreddit. Information and Learning Sciences, 125(9), 769-791. doi:10.1108/ILS-12-2023-0197

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2024). Early career teachers' expansion of professional learning networks with social media. Professional Development in Education, 50(2), 386-402. doi:10.1080/19415257.2023.2178481

Na, H., Staudt Willet, K. B., Shi, H., Hur, J., He, D., & Kim, C. (2024). Initial discussions of ChatGPT in education-related subreddits. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. doi:10.1080/15391523.2024.2338091

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Rosenberg, J. M. (2023). The design and effects of data science workshops for early career researchers. Journal of Formative Design in Learning, 7, 83–97. doi:10.1007/s41686-023-00083-7

Smith, C., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2023). A model for culturally sustaining instructional design. Journal of Applied Instructional Design, 12(2). doi:10.59668/722.13027

Greenhow, C., Lewin, C., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2023). Teachers without borders: Professional learning spanning social media, place, and time. Learning, Media and Technology, 48(4), 666-684. doi:10.1080/17439884.2023.2209326

Na, H., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2022). Affinity and anonymity benefitting early career teachers in the r/teachers subreddit. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. doi:10.1080/15391523.2022.2150727

Muljana, P. S., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Luo, T. (2022). Adjusting sails for changing winds: Exploring Reddit use for professional purposes in higher education. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 34, 679-707. doi:10.1007/s12528-022-09317-2

Krutka, D. G., Caines, A., Heath, M. K., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2021). Black Mirror pedagogy: Dystopian stories for technoskeptical imaginations. Journal of Interactive Pedagogy and Technology, 20. Retrieved from https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/read/black-mirror-pedagogy-dystopian-stories-for-technoskeptical-imaginations-5df256c8-ca16-45e1-9d1a-e68593443990/section/962a7c17-50d0-4e7a-aafe-483d077ed4bb

Carpenter, J. P., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2021). The teachers' lounge and the debate hall: Anonymous self-directed learning in two teaching-related subreddits. Teaching and Teacher Education, 104, 103371. doi:10.1016/j.tate.2021.103371

Greenhow, C., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Galvin, S. (2021). Inquiring tweets want to know: #Edchat supports for #RemoteTeaching during COVID-19. British Journal of Educational Technology, 52(4), 1434-1454. doi:10.1111/bjet.13097

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Carpenter, J. P. (2021). A tale of two subreddits: Change and continuity in teaching-related online spaces. British Journal of Educational Technology, 52(2), 714-733. doi:10.1111/bjet.13051

Rosenberg, J. M., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2021). Balancing privacy and open science in the context of COVID-19: A response to Ifenthaler & Schumacher (2016). Educational Technology Research and Development, 69, 347–351. doi:10.1007/s11423-020-09860-8

Greenhow, C., Lewin, C., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2020). The educational response to Covid-19 across two countries: A critical examination of initial digital pedagogy adoption. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 30(1), 7-25. doi:10.1080/1475939x.2020.1866654

Carpenter, J. P., Staudt Willet, K. B., Koehler, M. J., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2020). Spam and educators' Twitter use: Methodological considerations and challenges. TechTrends, 64, 460-469. doi:10.1007/s11528-019-00466-3

Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J. M., Staudt Willet, K. B., Koehler, M. J., & Akcaoglu, M. (2020). Identifying multiple learning spaces within a single teacher-focused Twitter hashtag. Computers & Education, 148, 103809. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2020.103809

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Carpenter, J. P. (2020). Teachers on Reddit? Exploring contributions and interactions in four teaching-related subreddits. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 52(2), 216-233. doi:10.1080/15391523.2020.1722978

Greenhalgh, S. P., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Koehler, M. J. (2019). Approaches to Mormon identity and practice in the #ldsconf Twitter hashtag. Journal of Media and Religion, 18(4), 122-133. doi:10.1080/15348423.2019.1696121

Krutka, D. G., Heath, M. K., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2019). Foregrounding technoethics: Toward critical perspectives in technology and teacher education. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 27(4), 555-574. Retrieved from http://learntechlib.org/p/208235/

Greenhow, C., Galvin, S. M., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2019). What should be the role of social media in education? Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 6(2), 178-185. doi:10.1177/2372732219865290

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2019). Revisiting how and why educators use Twitter: Tweet types and purposes in \#Edchat. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 51(3), 273-289. doi:10.1080/15391523.2019.1611507

Greenhow, C., Gleason, B., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2019). Social scholarship revisited: Changing scholarly practices in the age of social media. British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(3), 987-1004. doi:10.1111/bjet.12772

Greenhalgh, S. P., Staudt Willet, K. B., Rosenberg, J. M., & Koehler, M. J. (2018). Tweet, and we shall find: Using digital methods to locate participants in educational hashtags. TechTrends, 62, 501-508. doi:10.1007/s11528-018-0313-6

Greenhow, C. M., Gleason, B., Marich, H., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2017). Educating social scholars: Examining novice researchers' practices with social media. Qwerty – Open and Interdisciplinary Journal of Technology, Culture and Education, 12(2), 30-45. Retrieved from http://www.ckbg.org/qwerty/index.php/qwerty/article/view/269/

Invited Book Chapters

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2025). Posibilidades y riesgos del aprendizaje autodirigido de los docentes. In P. Marcelo-Martínez (Eds.), Docentes y redes sociales: Dinámicas de colaboración y aprendizaje en el entorno digital (pp. 125-148). Octaedro. Retrieved from https://octaedro.com/libro/docentes-y-redes-sociales/

Greenhow, C., Galvin, S., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2021). Research methods unique to digital contexts: An introduction to virtual ethnography. In N. K. Duke, & M. H. Mallette (Eds.), Literacy research methodologies (3rd ed.) (pp. 102-120). Guilford. Retrieved from https://www.guilford.com/books/Literacy-Research-Methodologies/Mallette-Duke/9781462544318

Staudt Willet, K. B., Greenhow, C., & Lewin, C. (2021). Tweeting across the pond: U.K. and U.S. emergency learning networks in Twitter #Edchat during COVID-19. In David C. Gibson, & Marilyn N. Ochoa (Eds.), Research highlights in technology and teacher education 2021 (pp. 59-68). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://learntechlib.org/p/220334/

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2020). The hashtag-thread mashup: Differences in Twitter #Edchat replies. In D. C. Gibson, & M. N. Ochoa (Eds.), Research highlights in technology and teacher education 2020 (pp. 37-47). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from http://www.learntechlib.com/p/ 218487/

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Carpenter, J. P. (2019). Educators on the front page of the Internet: Teacher learning in four subreddits. In D. C. Gibson, & M. N. Ochoa (Eds.), Research highlights in technology and teacher education 2019 (pp. 169-178). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from http://www.learntechlib.com/p/ 210591/

Staudt Willet, K. B., Koehler, M. J., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2018). A tweet by any other frame: Three approaches to studying educator interactions on Twitter. In T. J. Bastiaens, & G. Marks (Eds.), Education and information technology annual 2018: A selection of AACE award papers (pp. 67-74). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from http://www.learntechlib.com/p/ 182952/

Staudt Willet, K. B., Koehler, M. J., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2017). A tweet by any other frame: Comparing three theoretical frameworks for studying educator interactions on Twitter. In L. Liu, & D. Gibson (Eds.), Research highlights in technology and teacher education 2017 (pp. 63-70). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from http://www.learntechlib.com/p/ 180960/

Refereed Book Chapters

Greenhow, C. M., Galvin, S. M., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Chapman, A. L. (2023). Social media and learning. In R. J. Tierney, F. Rizvi, & K. Ercikan (Eds.), International encyclopaedia of education (4th ed.) (pp. 431-442). Elsevier. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.14040-0

Greenhalgh, S. P., Koehler, M. J., Rosenberg, J. M., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2021). Considerations for using social media data in learning design and technology research. In Enilda Romero-Hall (Ed.), Research methods in learning design & technology (pp. 64-77). Routledge. 

Refereed Proceedings

Jian, S., Bhowmik, S., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2025). Coping with ADHD in college: Topic modeling and sentiment analysis of online peer discussions on Reddit. In Eighteenth International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2025), Palermo, Italy. International Educational Data Mining Society. Retrieved from https://educationaldatamining.org/edm2025/

Kim, I., Na, H., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2025). Digital professional presence: Exploring teacher identity and role dynamics on social media. In R. J. Cohen (Ed.), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Orlando, FL (pp. 2778-2786). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/225846/

Rosenberg, J. M., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2021). Advancing social influence models in learning analytics. In O. Poquet, B. Chen, M. Saqr, & T. Hecking (Eds.), NetSciLA2021 workshop "Using network science in learning Analytics: Building bridges towards a common agenda" (NetSciLA2021), Online (pp. 3-8). CEUR Workshop Proceedings. Retrieved from http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2868/#article_2

Staudt Willet, K. B., Greenhow, C., & Lewin, C. (2021). Tweeting across the pond: COVID-19 emergency learning networks in the United Kingdom and the United States through Twitter #Edchat. In E. Langran, & L. Archambault (Eds.), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Online (pp. 1769-1778). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/219343/

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2020). Early-career educators' experiences with social media during induction. In G. H. Marks, & D. Schmidt-Crawford (Eds.), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Online (pp. 1256-1262). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/215917/

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Carpenter, J. P. (2020). For the longest time: Continuity and change in one teaching-related subreddit. In G. H. Marks, & D. Schmidt-Crawford (Eds.), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Online (pp. 1263-1269). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/215918/

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2020). The hashtag-thread mashup: How educators talk to each other in Twitter #Edchat. In G. H. Marks, & D. Schmidt-Crawford (Eds.), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Online (pp. 1270-1280). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/215919/

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2019). #Edchat is bigger, but better only for some: Revisiting how and why educators use Twitter. In K. Graziano (Ed.), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Las Vegas, NV (pp. 2778-2786). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/208039/

Moudgalya, S. K., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2019). Communities and clusters: User interactions in an online discussion forum for computer science education. In K. Graziano (Ed.), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Las Vegas, NV (pp. 2291-2298). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/207968/

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Carpenter, J. P. (2019). Educators on the front page of the Internet: Education-related subreddits as learning spaces. In K. Graziano (Ed.), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Las Vegas, NV (pp. 2787-2795). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/208040/

Carpenter, J. P., Koehler, M. J., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2019). Spam, spam, spam, spam: Methodological considerations and challenges for studying educators' Twitter use. In K. Graziano (Ed.), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Las Vegas, NV (pp. 2702-2711). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/208033/

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Willet, B. D. (2018). Look who's talking: Using human coding to establish a machine learning approach to Twitter education chats. In Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada. Association of Internet Researchers. Retrieved from https://spir.aoir.org/ojs/index.php/spir/article/view/10512

Staudt Willet, K. B., Moudgalya, S. K., Boltz, L. O., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Koehler, M. J. (2018). Back to the gaming board: Understanding games and education through board game reviews. In E. Langran, & J. Borup (Eds.), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Washington, DC (pp. 495-503). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/182570/

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Reimer, P. N. (2018). The career you save may be your own: Exploring the mathtwitterblogosphere as a community of practice. In E. Langran, & J. Borup (Eds.), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Washington, DC (pp. 2324-2329). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/182845/

Rosenberg, J. M., Akcaoglu, M., Staudt Willet, K. B., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Koehler, M. J. (2017). A tale of two Twitters: Synchronous and asynchronous use of the same hashtag. In P. Resta, & S. Smith (Eds.), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Austin, TX (pp. 283-286). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/177856/

Staudt Willet, K. B., Koehler, M. J., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2017). A tweet by any other frame: Three approaches to studying educator interactions on Twitter. In P. Resta, & S. Smith (Eds.), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Austin, TX (pp. 1823-1830). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/177469/

Greenhow, C., Marich, H., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2017). Social scholars: Re-envisioning graduate education in the age of social media. In P. Resta, & S. Smith (Eds.), Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Austin, TX (pp. 856-861). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/177363/

Invited Reviews

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2022). Review of Griffin, M. M., & Zinskie, C. D. (Eds.). (2021). Social media: Influences on education. Information Age Publishing. TechTrends, 66, 380-382.

Presentations

Refereed Papers at Conferences

Staudt Willet, K. B., Anderson, J., & Dorce, W. (presented 2026, February). Git gud!: The r/EldenRing Subreddit as a window into a self-directed learning ecosystem. Paper presented at 39th International Self-Directed Learning Symposium, International Society for Self-Directed Learning (ISSDL), Cocoa Beach, FL. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Bai, C. (presented 2026, February). Self-directed learning: Historical retrospective of a concept. Paper presented at 39th International Self-Directed Learning Symposium, International Society for Self-Directed Learning (ISSDL), Cocoa Beach, FL. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B., Wang, Z., & Xu, J. (presented 2025, October). Game developers leveling up: New insights into self-directed learning. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV. (National)

Jian, S., Bhowmik, S., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2025, October). Navigating college with ADHD: Educational data mining of peer discussions in an online affinity space. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV. (National)

Dennen, V., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Wang, Z. (presented 2025, April). Generative AI and student ethics: A survey of judgment and behavioral intention in coursework. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO. (National)

Na, H., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Kim, C. (presented 2025, April). When and how to use marker-based and markerless augmented reality for geometric learning in classrooms. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO. (National)

Wofford, A., Fatima, A., Wu, X., Perez-Felkner, L., Nhien, C., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2024, November). Exploring the role of minority-serving institutions in access to computing doctoral education. Paper presented at Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Annual Conference, Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Minneapolis, MN. (National)

Wei, S., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Bi, R. (presented 2024, October). AI literacy in the wild: Topics discussed in an affinity space. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Kansas City, MO. (National)

Na, H., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Kim, C. (presented 2024, October). Learning geometry through different types of augmented reality in classrooms. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Kansas City, MO. (National)

Dennen, V., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Wang, Z. (presented 2024, October). The ethics of ChatGPT use for higher education coursework: A student perspective. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Kansas City, MO. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B., Na, H., & Carpenter, J. (presented 2024, October). This is where we leave you: Historic retrospective of X/Twitter #Edchat. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Kansas City, MO. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B., Wofford, A., Perez-Felkner, L., & Nhien, C. (presented 2024, October). Understanding curricular knowledge through terminology in graduate computing course titles at minority-serving institutions. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Kansas City, MO. (National)

Wei, S., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Bi, R. (presented 2024, April). AI literacy in the wild: Discourse in an online forum of AI painting. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA. (National)

Smith, C., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2024, April). Finding culturally inclusive instructional strategies: "Because of who I mm, not in spite of". Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA. (National)

Na, H., Staudt Willet, K. B., He, D., Kim, C., Shi, H., & Hur, J. (presented 2024, April). Unpacking discussions of ChatGPT in 25 education-related subreddits. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2024, February). Beginning teachers' self-directed learning: Improving instructional practice through social media use. Paper presented at 37th International Self-Directed Learning Symposium, International Society for Self-Directed Learning (ISSDL), Cocoa Beach, FL. (National)

Smith, C., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2023, October). A model for culturally sustaining instructional design. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Orlando, FL. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Na, H. (presented 2023, October). Chatting about ChatGPT: Posts and comments in 25 education-related subreddits. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Orlando, FL. (National) Retrieved from https://bretsw.com/aect23-chatgpt/

Na, H., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2023, October). Exploring educators' perceptions of ChatGPT: For whom is it useful and easy to use? Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Orlando, FL. (National)

He, D., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2023, October). Interrogating education research through an invisible labor lens. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Orlando, FL. (National)

Na, H., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2023, April). I wanna go where nobody knows my name: Affinity and anonymity in the r/Teachers subreddit. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL. (National)

Akcaoglu, M., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2023, April). The nature of online discussions: Structure, content, and discourse in whole class versus small groups. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL. (National)

Na, H., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2022, October). A gentle bootcamp for beginning teachers: Subreddit r/Teachers. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B., & He, D. (presented 2022, October). Making the invisible visible: Reframing how we see educators' professional activity. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV. (National)

Dennen, V., Staudt Willet, K. B., Mitchell, L., & Kent, H. (presented 2022, July). Networks of interest and collaboration in a doctoral program. Paper presented at Sunbelt 2022, International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA), Cairns, Australia. (International)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2022, April). More opportunities, more costs: Early career teachers' support systems on social media. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA. (National) Retrieved from https://bretsw.com/aera22-support-systems/

Muljana, P., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Luo, T. (presented 2021, November). Asking questions, seeking advice, and supporting one another: Higher education professionals on Reddit. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Chicago, IL. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2021, November). Build-your-own support systems: Identity-agency and professional learning with social media. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Chicago, IL. (National)

Dennen, V., Mitchell, A., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Kent, H. (presented 2021, November). Using social network analysis to explore interests, collaborations, and needs in an academic community. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Chicago, IL. (National)

Carpenter, J. P., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2021, April). Self-directed educator learning on Reddit: Comparing and contrasting two teaching-related subreddits. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Online. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2020, November). Into the edu-verse: New teachers' challenges, supports, and social media. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Online. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Carpenter, J. P. (presented 2020, November). Time after time: Continuity and change in teaching-related subreddits. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Online. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2020, April). Can you hear me now? Teachers' versus researchers' measures of the Twitter #Edchat affinity space. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Conference was canceled due to the COVID--19 pandemic. (National)

Krutka, D. G., Heath, M. K., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2020, April). Foregrounding critical technoethics in technology and teacher education: A workshop for pedagogical action. Paper presented at Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International Conference, Online, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Online. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Moudgalya, S. K. (presented 2019, October). Community, network, or space: Conceptualizing inspired professional learning in an online discussion forum. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Bagdy, L. (presented 2019, October). How do you do, fellow kids? "New teachers" in Twitter #ntchat. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV. (National)

Greenhalgh, S. P., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Koehler, M. J. (presented 2019, October). Twitter hashtags and religious learning: Mormon identity and participatory practice in #ldsconf. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV. (National)

Greenhow, C. M., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Marich, H. (presented 2019, July). Scholarship reconsidered: Examining new scholars' social media practices. Paper presented at The 10th International Conference on Social Media & Society, Social Media & Society, Toronto, ON, Canada. (International)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2019, April). Is bigger better? Exploring educators' uses and gratifications in Twitter #Edchat. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, ON, Canada. (International)

Greenhalgh, S. P., Koehler, M. J., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2019, March). Every nation, kindred, tongue, and "tweeple": International use of the #ldsconf Twitter hashtag. Paper presented at Decentered Mormonism Conference, Religions & Societies program at Bordeaux Montaigne University, Bordeaux, France. (International)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2018, October). Cyborg methods: The benefits of mixing human and machine coding. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Kansas City, MO. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2018, October). Self-promoters, bots, and moderators: Exploring educators' participatory actions, roles, and culture in Twitter #Edchat. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Kansas City, MO. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2018, October). Teacher participation in digital spaces: What kinds of learning spaces are on Reddit? Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Kansas City, MO. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B., Greenhalgh, S. P., Rosenberg, J. M., & Koehler, M. J. (presented 2018, October). Won't you be my neighbor? How education stakeholders use hyperlinks to build information neighborhoods on Twitter. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Kansas City, MO. (National)

Greenhalgh, S. P., Staudt Willet, K. B., Rosenberg, J. M., Akcaoglu, M., & Koehler, M. J. (presented 2018, April). Timing is everything: Comparing synchronous and asynchronous modes of Twitter for teacher professional learning. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY. (National)

Greenhow, C. M., Brandon, D. L., Greenhalgh, S. P., Koehler, M. J., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Li, J. (presented 2018, April). Tweeting toward the PhD: Exploring new scholars' practices with social media. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York, NY. (National)

Greenhalgh, S. P., Staudt Willet, K. B., Rosenberg, J. M., & Koehler, M. J. (presented 2017, November). No accounting for theory? The case for an affinity space approach to educational hashtag research. Paper presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Jacksonville, FL. (National)

Refereed Papers at Symposia

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2023, April). Social media's impact on instruction: Beginning teachers' self-directed professional learning. In Eric Richter & Jeffrey P. Carpenter (Chair), International perspective on advantages and disadvantages of teachers' social media use. Symposium conducted at the meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B., Galvin, S., & Greenhow, C. M. (presented 2021, April). Flexible professional learning networks: Teachers turn to #Edchat during pandemic-disrupted education. In Martin Rehm, Ken Frank, & Kaitlin Torphy (Chair), Social opportunity spaces: How social media can inform / shape educational policy processes. Symposium conducted at the meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Online. (National)

Rutherford, T., Rosenberg, J. M., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2020, April). Which birds fill the branches of the AERA Twitter tree? Twitter networks around #AERA19. In P. N. Beymer, D. K. Benden, & M. L. Bernacki (Chair), Affordances and modeling of intensive data. Symposium conducted at the meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Conference was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (National)

Invited Keynote and Plenary Presentations at Conferences

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2024, November). Self-directed learning for navigating change and innovation. Keynote presentation at ED-volution Summit 2024, LearnTech Initiative Africa, Nigeria. (International) Retrieved from https://bretsw.com/edvolution24/

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2023, December). Teachers' self-directed learning: Possibilities and perils. Plenary presentation at II International Online Congress on Social Networks and Teacher Training, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain. (International) Retrieved from https://bretsw.com/sevilla23/

Invited Presentations at Conferences

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2026, April). Advancing Teacher Learning: Big Ideas and Small Musings. Presentation at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Los Angeles, CA. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2023, April). Discussant reflections: Teacher use of social media for teaching and professional development. Presentation at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL. (National)

Refereed Presentations at Conferences

Rodrigues, J., Malin, J. R., Farley-Ripple, E. N., Rosenberg, J., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Singell, E. (presented 2026, April). Diffusing mathematics practitioner articles via social media and translational visual abstracts: A randomized controlled trial. Poster presentation at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Los Angeles, CA. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B., Wofford, A., Hayes, C., & Perez-Felkner, L. (presented 2026, April). Sending (Mixed) Signals: Comparing Computing Terminology in MSI Graduate Programs and Job Markets Across Regions. Poster presentation at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Los Angeles, CA. (National)

Fulwider, G. C., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2025, October). Descriptive analysis of educational games on the Apple app store. Presentation at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV. (National)

Fulwider, G. C., Gilstrap, S., Kim, C., Liu, Z., Moon, J., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2025, October). The when before the how: Ethical and practical boundaries of AI in academic research writing. Presentation at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV. (National)

Cooper, K., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2025, March). Kids-as-devs: How to lead a kids' game jam roundtable (presented by the IGDA). Presentation at Game Developers Conference (GDC), International Game Developers Association (IGDA), San Francisco, CA. (National)

Wei, S., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Bi, R. (presented 2025, January). Use social network analysis to understand team formation dynamics. Poster presentation at Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup) Midyear Conference, Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup), Online. (National) Retrieved from https://ingroup.net/content.aspx

Turcotte, N., Staudt Willet, K. B., Dudek, J., & Asino, T. (presented 2024, October). Ecocritical and ethical concerns with emerging technologies: Conversations we need to be having. Presentation at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Kansas City, MO. (National)

Kim, I., Na, H., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2024, October). Professional learning through social media by K-12 in-service teachers in South Korea. Poster presentation at Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Kansas City, MO. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B., Carpenter, J. P., & Na, H. (presented 2024, April). Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded: Historic retrospective of Twitter #Edchat. Poster presentation at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2024, March). Devs with kids roundtable: The kids might be alright, but what about you? (presented by the IGDA). Presentation at Game Developers Conference (GDC), International Game Developers Association (IGDA), San Francisco, CA. (National)

Wofford, A., Perez-Felkner, L., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Nhien, C. (presented 2024, March). Examining organizational structures at minority-serving institutions: An analysis of terminology in computing-related graduate education. Poster presentation at Association for Education Finance & Policy (AEFP) Annual Conference, Association for Education Finance & Policy (AEFP), Philadelphia, PA. (National)

Smith, C., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2023, October). Culturally sustaining strategies implemented by designers-by-assignment in higher education student services. Poster presentation at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Orlando, FL. (National)

Feigenbaum, L., Brewer, V., Sprenkle, S., He, D., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Dennen, V. (presented 2023, October). Using social network analysis to explore interest, collaborations, and needs for Ed.D. cohort community. Poster presentation at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Orlando, FL. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2023, March). Making the invisible visible: Devs with kids roundtable (presented by the IGDA). Presentation at Game Developers Conference (GDC), International Game Developers Association (IGDA), San Francisco, CA. (National)

Wiley, D., Caskurlu, S., Ifenthaler, D., Ocak, C., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Castellanos-Reyes, D. (presented 2022, October). Learning analytics for continuous improvement: An instructional design perspective. Presentation at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV. (National)

Bagdy, L., Arrington, T. L., Bong, J. Y., Moore, A., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2021, November). Qualifications and duties for IDT faculty: A job posting analysis and panel discussion. Presentation at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Chicago, IL. (National)

Rosenberg, J. M., Galas, E., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2021, June). Who are the data scientists in education? An investigation of the identities and work of individuals in diverse roles. Poster presentation at Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), Online. (International)

Budhrani, K., Ross, K., Mulajana, P., Dyer, R., Jones, M., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2020, November). Factors influencing doctoral students' perseverance in online instructional technology programs. Presentation at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Online. (National)

Romero-Hall, E., Arslan-Ari, I., Gentry, W., Greenhalgh, S. P., Jung, Y. J., Stefaniak, J., Tiwari, S., Koehler, M. J., Rosenberg, J. M., Staudt Willet, K. B., Lockee, B., Zimmerman, H., Pérez-Edgar, K., Grant, M. M., & Ari, F. (presented 2020, November). Let's talk about research methods: Where are we today? Presentation at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Online. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B., Heath, M. K., & Krutka, D. G. (presented 2020, April). The need for technoethics in teacher education: A critical analysis of literature. Poster presentation at American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Conference was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2017, August). When a little blue bird flaps its wings: How Twitter is changing the world. Presentation at Passion Talks Conference, Passion Talks International, Google Headquarters, Mountain View, CA. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2016, August). The strength of the weak ties. Presentation at Passion Talks Conference, Passion Talks International, Google Headquarters, Mountain View, CA. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2014, October). My journey into user-centered game design. Presentation at North American Simulation and Game Association (NASAGA) International Conference, North American Simulation and Game Association (NASAGA), Baltimore, MD. (National)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (presented 2013, October). Tension: My favorite game mechanic. Presentation at North American Simulation and Game Association (NASAGA) International Conference, North American Simulation and Game Association (NASAGA), Sarasota, FL. (National)

Willet, K. B. (presented 2001, February). The shortest closed path on an arithmetic surface. Presentation at Moravian College Student Mathematics Conference, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA. (State)

Invited Workshops

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2024, December). Data prescription: Introducing R for nursing analytics. Workshop delivered at College of Nursing faculty at Florida State University, Online. (Local) Retrieved from https://bretsw.com/nursing24-workshop/

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2022, March). Remembering you're just one in 11: An introduction to social network analysis. Workshop delivered at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Research & Theory Division webinar series, Online. (National) Retrieved from https://bretsw.com/aect22-workshop

Caines, A., Heath, M., Krutka, D., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2021, May). Black Mirror mad libs: Interrogating technology through dystopian storytelling. Workshop delivered at Equity Unbound, The American University in Cairo, Egypt, Online. (International) Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/BlackMirrorTech

Staudt Willet, K. B., Rosenberg, J. M., & Greenhalgh, S. P. (2020, March). R u ready 4 R? Introduction to analyzing educational Internet data using R. Workshop delivered at Students, Social Media & Schools research group at Florida State University, Online. (Local) Retrieved from https://bretsw.com/fsu-workshop

Refereed Workshops

Staudt Willet, K. B., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Rosenberg, J. M. (2020, November). Simple collection and powerful analysis of Twitter data using R. Workshop delivered at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Online. (National) Retrieved from https://bretsw.github.io/aect20-workshop/

Staudt Willet, K. B., Greenhalgh, S. P., & Rosenberg, J. M. (2019, October). Online data and open source tools: Analyzing educational Internet data using R. Workshop delivered at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Las Vegas, NV. (National) Retrieved from https://bretsw.github.io/aect19-workshop/

Invited Lectures and Readings of Original Work

Rosenberg, J. M., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (2021, April). Programmatically accessing social media (especially Twitter) data [Guest lecture for doctoral course]. CEP 991B: Social Networks II: Application of Analyses and Methods]. Delivered at Educational Psychology & Educational Technology program, Michigan State University, Online. (Local) Retrieved from https://bit.ly/twitter-sna

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2019, November). Content, conversation, & context: How educators talk to each other in Twitter #Edchat [Presentation for Educational Psychology & Educational Technology PhD program brownbag]. Delivered at Educational Psychology & Educational Technology program, Michigan State University, Online. (Local)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2018, November). Bigger is not always better: Revisiting how and why educators use Twitter #Edchat [Presentation for Educational Psychology & Educational Technology PhD program brownbag]. Delivered at Educational Psychology & Educational Technology program, Michigan State University, Online. (Local)

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2017, November). Once more unto the practicum, dear friends: Research lessons from studying social interactions on social media [Presentation for Educational Psychology & Educational Technology PhD program brownbag]. Delivered at Educational Psychology & Educational Technology program, Michigan State University, Online. (Local)

Information and Communication Technology

Computer Software Development

Staudt Willet, K. B., & Rosenberg, J. M. (2022). tidytags: Importing and analyzing Twitter data collected with Twitter Archiving Google Sheets [Computer software]. R Open Science. Retrieved from https://github.com/ropensci-archive/tidytags

Contracts and Grants

Contracts and Grants Funded

Wofford, A., Perez-Felkner, L., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (Jan 2023–Dec 2025). Sloan: Aligning Graduate Education and Workforce Opportunities: A Robust, Equity-Focused Landscape Scan of Computing Terminology. Funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Total award $249,978. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (May 2022–Aug 2022). CRC FYAP: Beginning Teachers' Self-Directed Professional Learning Through Social Media: Impacts on Instructional Practice. Funded by Florida State University, Council on Research and Creativity. Total award $20,000. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (Jan 2021–Apr 2021). Dissertation Completion Fellowship: Into the Edu-verse: Early-Career Educators Seeking Induction Support on Social Media. Funded by Michigan State University, College of Education. Total award $7,000. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (Jan 2020–Jan 2020). Research Practicum/Dissertation Development Fellowship. Funded by Michigan State University, College of Education. Total award $1,300. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (Jan 2019–Jan 2019). Research Practicum/Dissertation Development Fellowship. Funded by Michigan State University, College of Education. Total award $2,000. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (May 2018–Aug 2019). Summer Research Renewable Fellowship: How Educators Connect with Each Other on Social Media as Part of Their Lifelong Learning: Social Interactions in Twitter\#Edchat. Funded by Michigan State University, College of Education. Total award $12,000. 

Contracts and Grants Denied

Fozard, J., Burnette, R., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (Dec 2025). AI Catalyst: Empowering Educators and Students for an AI-Driven Future. Submitted to U.S. Department of Education. Total award $162,150. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (Oct 2025). BSDMC: Advancing Human Intelligence in AI-Assisted Self-Directed Learning. Submitted to Russell Sage Foundation: Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context (BSDMC). Total award $162,150. 

Peluso, P., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (Sep 2025). CRC SEED: Developing the Acquisition of Knowledge and Intention for Relationship Awareness (AKIRA) Platform—Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to Resolve Parent-Child Conflicts. Submitted to Florida State University, Council on Research and Creativity. Total award $46,250. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (Apr 2025). Dean's Circle Catalyst Grant: Deepening Understanding of AI-Assisted Self-Directed Learning within Innovation Project Teams. Submitted to Florida State University, Anne's College Dean's Circle. Unspecified award amount. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (Mar 2025). CRC SEED: Advancing AI-Assisted Self-Directed Learning through Intensive Events. Submitted to Florida State University, Council on Research and Creativity. Unspecified award amount. 

Hughes, R., Johnson, K., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (Feb 2025). NSF ExLENT: Beginnings: Work-Ready Employees for the Superconducting Industry. Submitted to National Science Foundation. Total award $999,790. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (Sep 2024). CRC SEED: Advancing AI-Assisted Self-Directed Learning through Intensive Events. Submitted to Florida State University, Council on Research and Creativity. Unspecified award amount. 

Frank, K., Maroulis, S., Xu, R., Rosenberg, J. M., Saw, G., Lin, Q., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (Aug 2024). IES: Sensitivity Analysis for Statistical Advances that Inform Evidence Use and Knowledge Mobilization. Submitted to Institute for Education Sciences. Unspecified award amount. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (Jul 2024). NSF CAREER: Science Teachers Developing Context-Aware Self-Teaching Through Intensive Events. Submitted to National Science Foundation. Unspecified award amount. 

Frank, K., Maroulis, S., Xu, R., Rosenberg, J. M., Saw, G., Lin, Q., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (Jan 2024). IES: Sensitivity Analysis for Statistical Advances that Inform Evidence Use and Knowledge Mobilization. Submitted to Institute for Education Sciences. Unspecified award amount. 

Myers, J., Ecton, W. G., Fendler, R., Grace, C., & Staudt Willet, K. B. (Jul 2023). Project EVIDENT: Evaluating Visual Information and Data to Enhance oNline Thinking. Submitted to USDOEd American History and Civics-National Activities grant. Unspecified award amount. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (Jul 2023). NSF CAREER: Developing STEM Teachers' Culturally Affirming Self-Teaching (CAST) Through a Mobile Game. Submitted to National Science Foundation. Unspecified award amount. 

Staudt Willet, K. B., Kim, A., & Xue, H. (Mar 2023). CRC SEED: Leveling Up the Culturally Sustaining Self-Directed Learning of Black Game Developers. Submitted to Florida State University, Council on Research and Creativity. Unspecified award amount. 

Staudt Willet, K. B., Kim, A., & Xue, H. (Sep 2022). CRC SEED: Leveling Up the Self-Directed Learning of Early Career Black Game Developers. Submitted to Florida State University, Council on Research and Creativity. Unspecified award amount. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (Oct 2019). NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship: Into the Edu-verse: Early-Career Educators Seeking Induction Support on Social Media. Submitted to National Academy of Education. Unspecified award amount. 

Service

Florida State University

FSU University Service

Member, Provost's Social Media Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC) (2025–present).

Educational Research Catalyst, FSU Innovation Hub (2024–present).

FSU College Service

Member, Faculty Advisory Committee (2025–2027).

Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee (2024–2025).

Member, Faculty Advisory Committee (2023–2024).

FSU Department Service

Member, Faculty Evaluation Committee (2025–2027).

Member, Staff Search Committee (2025).

Member, ACTION (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Committee (2022–2025).

Member, Faculty Search Committee (2024–2025).

Member, Staff Search Committee (2024).

Member, Faculty Evaluation Committee (2021–2023).

FSU Program Service

PhD Director, Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies Program (2022–present).

Liaison, Morgan Studio (2022–2025).

Member, Faculty Search Committee (2024–2025).

Coordinator, ISLT Brown Bag Series (2022–2023).

Member, Faculty Search Committee (2021–2022).

The Profession

Editor for Refereed Journals

Associate Editor, Technology, Knowledge and Learning (2025–present).

Associate Editor, International Journal of Self-Directed Learning (2025–present).

Guest Editing for Refereed Journals

Greenhow, C. M., Staudt Willet, K. B., & Carpenter, J. P. (Eds.). (2024). Learning with social media in an algorithmic age: Opportunities and challenges for education [Special Issue]. Information and Learning Sciences, 125.

Editorial Board Membership(s)

Teaching and Teacher Education (2025–present).

British Journal of Educational Technology (2024–present).

Journal of Research on Technology in Education (2023–present).

Professional Development in Education (2024–2026).

International Journal of Self-Directed Learning (2023–2024).

Guest Reviewer for Refereed Journals

Artificial Intelligence in Education (2025–present).

Improving Schools (2025–present).

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (2025–present).

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (2025–present).

International Journal of Self-Directed Learning (2025–present).

Journal of Applied Instructional Design (2025–present).

System (2025–present).

Teachers & Teaching (2025–present).

Technology, Knowledge, & Learning (2025–present).

British Journal of Educational Technology (2024–present).

Computer Supported Cooperative Work (2024–present).

Computers in Human Behavior (2024–present).

Educational Technology Research & Development (2024–present).

Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning (2024–present).

Journal of Statistics & Data Science Education (2024–present).

Online Learning Journal (2024–present).

Contemporary Educational Technology (2023–present).

International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education (2023–present).

Journal of Applied Instructional Design (2023–present).

Journal of Science Education & Technology (2023–present).

Review of Educational Research (2023–present).

Routledge Open Research (2023–present).

EdTechnica (2022–present).

Professional Development in Education (2022–present).

Computers & Education (2021–present).

Contemporary Issues in Technology & Teacher Education (2021–present).

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning (2021–present).

Journal of Research on Technology in Education (2021–present).

Teaching & Teacher Education (2021–present).

TechTrends (2021–present).

Internet & Higher Education (2019–present).

Heliyon (2024).

AERA Open (2021).

Journal of Information Technology & Politics (2020).

American Journal of Education (2019–20).

Learning, Media & Technology (2016).

Service to Professional Associations

Conference Proposal Reviewer, American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2020–present).

Conference Proposal Reviewer, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) (2019–present).

Past Chair, Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching & Learning Special Interest Group (TACTL), American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2026–2027).

Chair, Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching & Learning Special Interest Group (TACTL), American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2025–2026).

Past President, Research & Theory Division, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) (2024–2025).

Chair, Devs with Kids SIG, International Game Developers Association (IGDA) (2022–2025).

Chair-Elect, Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching & Learning Special Interest Group (TACTL), American Educational Research Association (AERA) (2024–2025).

President, Research & Theory Division, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) (2023–2024).

President-Elect, Research & Theory Division, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) (2022–2023).

Communications Officer, Research & Theory Division, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) (2020–2021).

Co-Chair, Social Media SIG, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) (2019–2021).

Conference Proposal Reviewer, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) (2020–2021).

Secretary, Research & Theory Division, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) (2019–2020).

Planning Committee Member, SITE Interactive Conference, Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) (2020).

The Community

Treasurer for the Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO), Kate Sullivan Elementary School (Leon County Schools) (2023–2026).

Member of the Teacher Appreciation Committee, Kate Sullivan Elementary School (Leon County Schools) (2022–2023).

Treasurer-Elect for the Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO), Kate Sullivan Elementary School (Leon County Schools) (2022–2023).

Consultation

IES Grant, "Quantifying the Robustness of Causal Inferences: Extensions and Application to Existing Databases" (Frank, Maroulis, Saw, Xu, & Rosenberg). Front-End Developer: Redesigned and rebuilt interface for Shiny web app and website (2023–present).

NSF/WTG Grant, "Diffusion of Research on Supporting Mathematics Achievement for Youth with Disabilities through Twitter Translational Visual Abstracts" (Rodrigues, Farley-Ripple, & Malin). Data scientist: Collected and analyzed data for the social media intervention portion of the project (2023–2026).

JPMorgan Chase Grant, "Advanced Infrastructure, Energy, and Agriculture (AIREA) Data Explorer" (Wang, Rosenberg, Sublett, Fresard, & Staudt Willet). With the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University; development team at University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Designed and rebuilt interface for Shiny web app (2024–2025).

SciBlack. Co-Founder and Organizer (2021–2024).

Black in Gaming (BIG) Foundation. Executive Coach: (a) Trained and mentored members of the core leadership team. (b) Designed and implemented strategy for organizational culture and collaboration through remote and asynchronous work (2020–2021).

Additional Service Not Reported Elsewhere

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2025). [Public outreach] Question Booth at Tallahassee First Friday Monthly Festival. Ask-A-Scientist. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2024). [Public outreach] Learning without limits. The Torch: FSU College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences Magazine. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2023). [Public outreach] Question Booth at Tallahassee First Friday Monthly Festival. Ask-A-Scientist. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2023). [Guest presentation] Introducing Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies (ISLT). Leadership Tallahassee. 

Staudt Willet, K. B. (2023). [Public outreach] Gaming Livestream on Twitch.tv. Ask-A-Scientist.