Lesa Lorenzen Huber

2008    Factors Influencing Engagement of Older Adults in Volunteer Activities: What Encourages and Discourages Community and Congregational Participation.  Survey through National Health Ministries, Presbyterian Church (USA). PI: Gleich. Co-PI: Lorenzen-Huber

2008    Health Needs Assessment. Contract with St. Vincent’s Hospital

2008    Ethical Treatment of Older Adult Clients for Insurance and Financial Representatives. Contract Consultant with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. Amount: $5,000

2007    Privacy in Home-Based Ubicomp. Grant funded by the National Science Foundation. PI: Camp. Co-PI: Connelly, Huber, Shankar. Amount: $821,491. Start 9/1/07

2007    External Review. Wayne State University Gerontology Program

2007    Orange County Survey. Contract with Bloomington Hospital.

2006    A Systems Response to Improving Education on Aging in California. Grant funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education, US Department of Education. Consultant and Advisory Board Member

2006    Creative Aging: A One Day Workshop for Bloomington Practitioners with the Director of the National Center for Creative Aging. Grant funded by the American Society on Aging. PI: Huber, Hill, Stafford. Amount:  $1,000.00

2006    Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Health, Technology, and Aging. Grant funded by the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship, Kelley School of Business. PI: Huber Amount: $15,000. Start 5/1/06

2005 Understanding and Applying Research: The Example of Health Promotion, A Continuing Education Module for K-12 teachers. Grant funded by the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications Systems. PI: Huber Amount: $15,000. Start 1/31/05

2004 External Review. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Gerontology Program.

2003 “Grant-In-Aid.” Grant funded by Research and The Graduate School, Indiana University.Co-PI with Georgia Frey. Amount: $2500. Start 10/2003.

2002 The Effectiveness of Online Educational Technologies in Gerontology Education Grant funded by the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology, Indiana University to evaluate effectiveness of pedagogical techniques in the online environment. Co-PI with Dr. Barbara Hawkins. Amount: $6000

2001 GET LINKS: Gerontology Education Through Linking into Networked Knowledge Systems Grant funded by the Fund for Improvement of Post Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, to deliver gerontology training online. Co-PI with Dr. Barbara Hawkins. Amount: $491,649.

2001 Intergenerational Community Exploration: Integrating Service Learning into Distance Education. Grant funded by Generations Together in partnership with the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education to develop a model for service-learning in an online class. Co-PI with Dr. Barbara Hawkins. Amount: $8000

2001 Therapeutic Interventions with the Elderly Video Grant funded by Instructional Support Services, Indiana University, to develop a video to accompany course text. Co-PI with Dr. Barbara Hawkins. In-kind support.

2000 Curriculum Development-Web-Course design for R366/566. Grant awarded by UITS, Indiana University, for the migration of R366, “Therapeutic Interventions with the Elderly” to distance education based formats. Co-PI with Dr. Barbara Hawkins. Amount: $25,704

1998 Classification, Staff Training, and Model Recreation Programming for Older Offenders at New Castle Special project awarded from the Indiana Department of Corrections. Co-PI with Dr. Barbara Hawkins. Amount: $900

 

Here is a list of Honors and awards

2008    Trustees Teaching Award
2003    Part-Time Faculty Recognition Award, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education,
2003    Nomination for “Teaching in a Distance Learning Class,” Indiana Partnership for Statewide Education
2002    Service-Learning Award, Community Outreach and Partnerships in Service Learning, Indiana University
2000    TERA award for teaching excellence, IU School of Education
1999    TERA award for teaching excellence, IU School of Education