Dr. Adams has expertise in teacher education, supervision and coaching, online course design and development, and adult learning. Current work includes a focus on the Education Doctorate and support for educators moving to remote/online instruction.

She is interested in teaching methodologies that advance the education of students with student-centered pedagogy and promote a culture of inclusion and diversity within classes. Aside from teaching, her work also focuses on bottlenose dolphin foraging ecology and social relationships. She is interested in how they interact with each other, their environment, and their prey.

As such, the breadth of professional exchanges with learners has provided me with insights into a variety of cultures and different approaches to structured learning and teaching. Along the way, I was able to establish collaborations with partner institutions in Australia (University of Canberra), the Netherlands (Hoogeschool in Arnhem in Nijmegen), and India (Chitkara University). Our team of faculty, instructional designers, and support personnel is entirely dedicated to the mission of student success and have been awarded with the University of Florida Career Influencer Award, a UF+QM Exemplary Online Award, a number of Outstanding Teaching Team Awards, and the ADEC Janet K. Poley Award for Innovation and Leadership in Distance Education. My educational background has contributed to these many successes over the years, starting with a B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Münster in Germany, a M.S. in Forensic Toxicology, a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, and a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Florida.

Before arriving at UF, Hove spent more than a decade in local news serving in roles as news anchor, reporter, and meteorologist. Hove has earned 7 regional Emmys and 21 nominations for his work.

The scope of Dr. Lazarevic’s research interest encompasses the intersection of online teaching methods and quality assurance, instructional design, emerging technologies including virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR), interactive multimedia, cognition and learning. Currently, his research endeavors gravitate toward exploring effective strategies for integrating emerging learning technologies associated with online instruction. He is especially invested in designing, developing, and evaluating the affordances of video technology and 360/VR immersive content and its application in an online environment. Translating theory into practice combined with reflective instructional design has been the pivotal point of his academic efforts in the past decade. As a principal researcher he conducts the following two ongoing projects: a) Integration of an Immersive VR Video Technology in Nursing Education and b) Task-Based Language Teaching Through Virtual Reality.

Above all, Dr. Lazarevic enjoys leading the EdTech undergraduate specialization and minor at the University of Florida. This professional engagement consists of a wide range of responsibilities that are not limited to the following: conceptualizing curriculum, coordinating instructional and program activities, mentoring course instructors, securing external partnerships, and teaching.

To date, Dr. Lazarevic has published two books and a number of papers in both peer review journals and conference proceedings.

Dr. Moore’s research focus is on the use of alternative growing substrates like compost as well as the use of reclaimed wastewater. She also investigates the effects of salt water on plant growth and methods to improve water management in the landscape and greenhouse. In addition to research, she teaches Elementary Organic and Biological Chemistry as well as Nutritional Management. Dr. Moore received her PhD and MS in horticulture from Iowa State University and her BS in Environmental Science and Botany with a minor in chemistry from Eastern Illinois University.

In 2023, the American Society for Engineering Education elected her to Fellow Membership in recognition leadership in anchoring engineering education research in the context of civil engineering workforce development, expanding understanding of competence development especially through out-of-class activities, and furthering diversity, equity, and inclusion in engineering education and practice.

Simmons is the director of the Simmons Research Lab, where she leads a team of researchers focused on advancing the field of civil engineering through competency development, education, and training. As the Associate Dean for Workforce Development in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida, she is committed to promoting accessible, high quality, and inclusive engineering education.