Joan A. Swanson

• American Educational Research Association, AERA
• American Psychological Association, APA
• Consortium for Excellence in Teacher Education, CETE
• International Association for Development of the Information Society, IADIS
• Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, SSEA (2012-2023)

• I served in the following capacities: an Associate Department Chair, an academic advisor for both graduate and undergraduate students, an Institutional Policy and Practice Sub-Committee on Responsible Citizenship member, as the faculty representative for the SEE-Beyond Student Research Program, as an Education Cub Advisor (SETA), curriculum committee. I also served on college Ad hoc committees including: Social Science Round Table, Fulbright Scholarship Interviewer, COACHE Collaborators (Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education), Faculty Advisory Board, Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct Adjudication panel, First Generation College Student Faculty Advisor/Mentor program, Psychology Department Search Committee for Tenure-line developmental faculty position (2016), Education Studies Department Faculty and Staff Search Committees (2013, 2016, 2017 and 2018), Education Studies Accreditation Committee.
• I served as a Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (cIcu) Representative for the New York Central East Region. In this role I participated in regional meetings designing professional development for colleges and P-12 partnerships to assist in implementing Common Core Standards and new NY State Teacher Certification requirements (2013-2014).
• Additionally, I have served as a reviewer for professional conferences (Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, Cognitive Exploratory Learning in a Digital Age, and AERA) as well as a reviewer for academic publications: Education Policy (2018), Emerging Adulthood (2016, 2017), Technology, Knowledge and Learning (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019), Youth and Society (2016, 2017).
• Lastly, I have been a session chair for conferences.

Franklin Pierce University Service:

• Academic Showcase Committee member
• Faculty Affairs Committee
• Center for Teaching and Learning Steering Committee member
• Department Chair’s and Program Director’s Committee
• Institutional Research Board (IRB) member
• Franklin Pierce School of Education Advisory Council Chair
• Franklin Pierce School of Education and Jaffrey Rindge
• Cooperative School District Partnership Review Committee.
• Co-Chair, Community Literacy Collaboration Committee
• Franklin Pierce University Faculty Search Committees
• Education Club Advisor
• Scholarship Research and Interest Group, Founder
  

• NSF Noyce Science Education Grant (up to $100,000)
• Faculty Development Research Support, Mixed Reality in Teacher Preparation Project, Franklin Pierce University
• Open Education Resource Grant, Franklin Pierce University
• Castle Grant, Franklin Pierce University

• Swanson, J. A. (2023).  Augmented reality and virtual reality in preservice teacher preparation: A systematic review of empirical literature. Paper to be presented at the 20th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA), Madeira Island, Portugal.  
• Shernoff, E.S., Loya, J., Briegs, B., Swanson, J. & Gregory, A. (2024, February). Culturally sustaining principles used by teachers working in diverse settings [poster submitted].
• Annual Conference of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LS, United States. (under review)
• Swanson, J.A. & Duncan, R. (2023). A collaborative model of teacher preparation: University and school partnership.
• Paper presented at Academic Showcase, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH.
• Lapon E., Buddington L., & Swanson J., (2023, April 18). An examination of teacher self-efficacy to support neurodiverse students in higher education, [Poster presentation]. Academic Showcase, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH.
• Swanson, J. A., Renes, S. L. & Strange, A. T. (2019). Collaborative learning: Collegiate pedagogy utilizing web conferencing. (presented at the 16th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA), Cagliari, Italy.
• Adamsky, R. & Swanson, J. A. (2019). Impact of indigenous knowledge to aid in understanding of Western science concepts through video and supplemental material (presented at The Geological Society of America for the Fall 2019 conference), Phoenix, Arizona.
• Swanson, J. A., Renes, S. L., & Strange, A.T. (2018). The communication preferences of collegiate students.
• Paper presented at the 15th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA), Budapest, Hungary.
• Swanson, J. A., Renes, S. L., & Strange, A.T. (2017). I might not be as tech as you think: Digital versus print preferences. Paper presented at the 14th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA), Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal.
• Swanson, J. A., Renes, S. L., & Strange, A.T. (2017). Collegiate Emerging Adult versus Non-Emerging Adult Technology Preferences and Use. Poster presented at The Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA) Conference, Washington, DC.