Awards & Honors
Dr. Rankin’s many honors include winning Teacher of the Year and being honored multiple times by the U.S. White House for her contributions to her field (e.g., the American flag was flown over the U.S. Capitol Building in honor of Dr. Rankin), as well as earning the status of Fulbright Specialist. Her books have also won accolades; for example, three of her books have been awarded at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meetings with Outstanding Book Award Honorable Mentions from the Society of Professors of Education, and one of her books earned the top spot on Newsweek’s 2019 List of Teacher Appreciation Week Gift Ideas and had a Learners Edge course built around it. Details on Dr. Rankin's specific accomplishments follow in her CV (below).
Awards & Honors
2024 Certificate of Gratitude
September 23, 2024
Awarded by the Research Impact Academy
2024 Certificate of Appreciation
June 4, 2024
Awarded by the Coordinator of Career Education and Work-Based Learning Technician of the Laguna Beach Unified School District
2024 Psychology Today Essential READ
Article Promoted to Essential Read by Psychology Today for June
2023 Psychology Today Essential Read
Article Promoted to Essential Read by Psychology Today for August
2023 Certificate of Appreciation
October 2, 2023
Awarded by the Research Impact Academy
2023 EWA Story of the Week
Education Writers Association (EWA) made Rankin’s 1/2/23 Psychology Today article one of its “Story of the Week” stories.
See “#tellEWA Member Stories (January 13-19)” at https://ewa.org/members-news/tell-ewa/tellewa-member-stories-january-13-19-2023
2022 EWA Story of the Week
Education Writers Association (EWA) made Rankin’s 11/30/22 Psychology Today article one of its “Story of the Week” stories.
See “#tellEWA Member Stories (December 2-8)” at https://ewa.org/members-news/tell-ewa/tellewa-member-stories-december-2-8-2022
2022 Certificate of Recognition
November 18, 2022
Awarded by the Nature Conservancy
2022 Certificate of Appreciation
November 1, 2022
Awarded by the California State Parks Foundation
2022 Teacher Education Space’s Summer Reading Menu
Dr. Rankin’s book First Aid for Teacher Burnout: How You Can Find Peace and Success made spot on list
2022 Psychology Today Essential Topic
Articles Promoted to Essential Topic by Psychology Today for January, February, May, June, October, November, and December
2021 Psychology Today Essential Topic
Article Promoted to Essential Topic by Psychology Today for August
2021 Certification in Recognition of Excellence, Efforts, and Achievement
From Educational Leaders Without Borders (ELWB), June 5, 2021
2021 Outstanding Book Award Honorable Mention
From Society of Professors of Education for book Increasing the Impact of Your Research: A Practical Guide to Sharing Your Findings and Widening Your Reach
2020 Spot on Teach.com’s 2020 List of 50 Resources to Support the Mental Health of Teachers and School Staff
Dr. Rankin’s book First Aid for Teacher Burnout: How You Can Find Peace and Success made spot on list.
https://teach.com/resources/mental-health-resources-teachers-school-staff
2020 Psychology Today Essential Topic
Articles Promoted to Essential Topic by Psychology Today for both June and November
2020 Judge for STEAM Expo Competition
Serving as Material Innovation Challenge Design judge on June 9
Saddleback Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) STEAM Expo
https://sites.google.com/mysaddleback.org/steamexpo2020virtual/judges?authuser=0
2020 NASP- & APA-approved
Rankin's invited speaker's advanced workshop qualified as continuing professional development (CPD) for school psychologists, eligible for 1.25 hours of National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)-approved and American Psychological Association (APA)-approved CPD credit.
2020 Spot on Teacher Wellbeing’s 2020 Book List for Teacher Wellbeing
Dr. Rankin’s book First Aid for Teacher Burnout: How You Can Find Peace and Success made spot on list.
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2019 RCAS Offers Course on Dr. Rankin’s Book
Course: Teacher Stress Reduction and Burnout Prevention
Teachers: Melinda Kinfinity and Kathryn Nesheim-Kettering
https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/NDcxODU3MTI2OTZa, https://rcas.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?courseid=7984, and rcas.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?courseid=7981
2019 Made Routledge/Taylor & Francis List of Education Consultants
October 1, 2019
2019 Earned Status of Fulbright Specialist
The Fulbright Specialist Program is a U.S. Department of State program through which U.S. academics and established professionals engage in two- to six-week, project-based exchanges at host institutions across the globe.
2019 Honorary Doctorate: Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.)
Awarded June 1, 2019 by University of La Verne (LaFetra College of Education)
Awarded when Dr. Rankin gave the commencement speech at the university’s graduation ceremony
2019 Top spot on Fupping 2019 List of Teachers’ 7 Blogs to Improve at Molding Young Minds
Dr. Rankin’s Psychology Today Blog Much More Than Common Core made top spot on list.
https://fupping.com/jacobjacobowitz/2019/05/31/teachers-7-blogs-to-improve-at-molding-young-minds
2019 Top spot on Newsweek 2019 List of Teacher Appreciation Week Gift Ideas
Book First Aid for Teacher Burnout: How You Can Find Peace and Success made top spot on list.
www.newsweek.com/teacher-appreciation-week-2019-freebies-competitions-gift-ideas-1411028
2019 Leaners Edge Built (and Now Offers) Course on Dr. Rankin’s Book
Book First Aid for Teacher Burnout: How You Can Find Peace and Success
2019 Outstanding Book Award Honorable Mention
From Society of Professors of Education for book Sharing Your Education Expertise with the World: Make Research Resonate and Widen Your Impact
2019 Judge for Engineering “Shark Tank” Competition
Serving as Shark Tank judge on February 2
Saddleback Valley Unified School District (SVUSD) STEAM Expo
2019 Judge for Miss Anaheim's Outstanding Teen Scholarship
Serving on the judging panel on January 19
www.missanaheimpageant.org; leads to Miss California and then Miss America Pageant
2018 Marshall Memo Quote of the Week
A quote by Rankin was featured in Quotes of the Week in Marshall Memo 745: A Weekly Round-up of Important Ideas and Research in K-12 Education, July 16, 2018
https://marshallmemo.com/issues/ddf0a48d45922286e0a50a986a782cf7/MarshMemo745.doc
2018 Online Coaching School’s Top 10 Books
Rankin’s book First Aid for Teacher Burnout included on Online Coaching School’s “10 Books Which Can Change the Teacher Life”
https://onlinecoachingschool.blogspot.com/2018/10/10-books-which-can-change-teacher-life.html
2018 MiddleWeb’s Top 10 Books
Rankin’s book First Aid for Teacher Burnout included on MiddleWeb’s “10 Books to Keep Us at the Top of Our Game” by Rita Platt
www.middleweb.com/38757/10-books-to-keep-us-at-the-top-of-our-game/#comment-83390
2018 Psychology Today Essential Topic
Article Promoted to Essential Topic by Psychology Today for April
2018 Certificate of Appreciation
Awarded by Orange County Council for Gifted and Talented Education (OCC GATE)
2018 Featured in 2018 Winter Book Review Festival
Inclusion in festival means book was selected by Middleweb as 1 of 17 “favorite books” and “one of the highlights from the past year”
2017 Profiled Mensan
1 of 5 members selected by American Mensa to serve as examples for potential members
2017 Psychology Today Essential Topic
Articles Promoted to Essential Topic by Psychology Today for both August and September
2017 EWA Story of the Week
Article Selected by Education Writers Association (EWA) for August 4-10
2017 Outstanding Book Award Honorable Mention
From Society of Professors of Education for book First Aid for Teacher Burnout
2016 NASP- & APA-approved
Rankin's invited speaker's advanced workshop qualified as continuing professional development (CPD) for school psychologists, eligible for 1.25 hours of National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)-approved and American Psychological Association (APA)-approved CPD credit.
2016 American Mensa Top 10 Articles of 2016
Article Named One of Top 10 Most Accessed by Mensa’s Weekly Brainwave for 2016
2016 Psychology Today Essential Topic
Article Promoted to Essential Topic by Psychology Today, for November
2016 Author of the Month
Selected by Routledge/Taylor & Francis, Eye on Education, for September
2016 Top 10 Best Blogs on Education
Notey.com selected Dr. Rankin’s Psychology Today column for this honor.
2016 Top 10 Best Blogs on Intelligence
Notey.com selected Dr. Rankin’s Psychology Today column for this honor.
2016 Thanked by U.S. Secretary of Education
John B. King, Jr., Secretary of Education of the U.S. Department of Education sent Dr. Rankin a personalized letter detailing Dr. Rankin’s impact on students and saying, “I want to thank you for being a dedicated educator.”
2016 Thanked by U.S. Department of Education
Christine of USDE called Dr. Rankin for Teacher Appreciation Week to read the “Amazing Educators across the United States” nomination, which was submitted by Dr. Rankin’s former student, and thank her for her service to students and the field
2016 Expert Reviewer
Reviewing for the journal Teacher Education Quarterly for the California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE)
2016 Judge
For the Orange County Mensa Scholarship essay competition
2015 Winner of ISTE Project ReimaginED Exemplar
“Awarded for designing exemplary learning resources that address both the Common Core State Standards and the ISTE Standards”, December 9, www.canvabadges.org/_ISTE/badges/criteria/7140/d6e74a46d4ee901952d6bd09897eaa90
2015 Program Committee Member
Included reviewing paper proposals for the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) 2016
2015 Reviewer
California Educational Research Association (CERA) Conference
2015 Reviewer
For the book Strategies for Increasing Student Success in Urban Classrooms
2015 Judge
California Educational Research Association (CERA) Classroom Innovation Grant Award
2015 Finalist
Inclusion on EdTech Magazine’s 2015 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K–12 IT Blogs
http://list.ly/list/cyf-the-2015-honor-roll-edtechs-must-read-k-12-it-blogs#item_1092224?
2015 Judge
Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
2015 Judge
2015 California Student Media Festival (CSMF)
Sponsored by PBS SoCAL, CUE, Wells Fargo, & Discovery Education
2015 Serving on Panel of Experts
For the New Media Consortium (NMC) Horizon Report: 2015 K12 Edition
Includes serving on the Horizon Project Advisory Board to provide vision for the Horizon Project, NMC's annual qualitative research project
Honored with a special listing and acknowledgment in the NMC Horizon Report: 2015 K12 Edition
2015 Expert Reviewer
Included reviewing for the journal Teacher Education Quarterly for the California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE)
2015 Reviewer
Included reviewing for the AERA Division H Outstanding Paper Competition for the American Educational Research Association (AERA)
2015 Reviewer Panel
Included reviewing for the AERA Outstanding Dissertation Award for the American Educational Research Association (AERA)
2015 Research Committee Member
Included reviewing proposals) for the California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE) Fall 2015
2015 Inclusion on MIT List of EdTech Blogs and Sites
For Dr. Rankin's previous research site (which now redirects to this site) www.overthecounterdata.com
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2014 Program Committee Member
Included reviewing paper proposals for the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) 2015
2014 Mensa Member
Joined October 18, 2014, as a lifetime member after scoring within the top 2% on the Mensa Culture Fair Test on October 11, 2014
2014 Serving on Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Panel for Achievement Level Setting
Reviewing Common Core State Standards (CCSS) assessment questions and recommending achievement level scores
For the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) within October 5-7, 2014 window
2014 Reviewer
Of chapter submissions for the Handbook of Research on Innovations in Information Retrieval, Analysis, and Management published by IGI Global
2014 Expert Reviewer
Reviewing for the journals Educational Researcher and American Educational Research Journal: Teaching, Learning, and Human Development) for the American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Thanked on page 468 of Volume 43
2014 Research Committee Member
Included reviewing paper proposals for the California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE) Fall 2014
2014 Double-Nominee
Dissertation of the Year Award
Northcentral University Graduate School of Education
2014 Winner
SIGNL Award for Twitter Followers Momentum
Dr. Rankin's previous research site (which now redirects to this site) www.overthecounterdata.com won for achieving 47% growth in Twitter followers, May 19, 2014
2014 Winner
Dr. Rankin's previous research site (which now redirects to this site) www.overthecounterdata.com won won inclusion on EdTech Magazine’s 2014 Must-Read Higher Education Technology Blogs List (The Dean’s List)
2014 Favorite of the Week
Video “What the Learning Revolution Means to Me” was selected as the Learning Revolution Weekly Update “This Week’s Favorite” March 11, 2014
2014 Participant in Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Alignment Study
Examining alignment issues related to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) summative assessments from SBAC; Study conducted by HumRRO and CTB, with the involvement of California Department of Education (CDE), for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
2014 Judge
Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
2014 Judge
2014 California Student Media Festival (CSMF)
Sponsored by PBS SoCAL, CUE, Wells Fargo, & Discovery Education
2014 Finalist
EdTech Digest Trendsetter Award
http://edtechdigest.wordpress.com/2014/03/20/2014-finalists-winners
2014 Member
Golden Key International Honor Society
Joined invitation-only society for having maintained 4.0 GPA while a graduate student from 2008-2013
2014 Academic Expert
Joined Academic Experts’ invitation-only academic expertise resource and community only for academics and specialists who have passed the peer-review process to participate in Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) or Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) (with authored journal and proceedings articles in the EdITLib Digital Library), http://academicexperts.org/profiles/JennyRankin
2013 Winner
Computer Using Educators (CUE) #EduWin Award (November)
www.eduwin.org/2/post/2013/12/congratulations-to-our-november-eduwin-honorees.html
2013 Program Committee Member
Included reviewing paper proposals for the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) 2014
2013 Peer Paper Reviewer
For the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) 2014
2013 Alternate for State SBAC Team
For California State Network of Educators (SNE) (the state’s team evaluating professional learning resources for Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium's digital library of formative assessment tools/practices)
2013 Honorable Mention
The Magazine of F&SF Writing Competition; May 1, 2013
2013 Education Expert
For Quibly (by invitation); http://quib.ly/users/jennyrankin
2013 Semifinalist
Writers of the Future Contest; January 1, 2013
2010 Certificate of Appreciation
From Orange County Health Care Agency: Tobacco Use Prevention Program and Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Projects; June 15, 2010
“The Orange County Health Care Agency: Tobacco Use Prevention Program and Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Projects would like to acknowledge your dedication and hard work in the field of tobacco prevention and cessation. Your efforts in tobacco prevention and cessation throughout the years have made an impact in Orange County.”
2006 2nd Place AWARD
From American Scholastic Press Association (ASPA); Spring, 2006
Awarded to The Chronicle Newspaper that Dr. Rankin produced through the Newspaper class she taught.
2005 CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
From Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE); May 25, 2005
“For your assistance, cooperation, and willingness to unite with the Parent Institute to help children secure excellence in their education”
2004 CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
From Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE); December 8, 2004
“For your assistance, cooperation, and willingness to unite with the Parent Institute to help children secure excellence in their education”
2004 The American flag was flown over the United States Capitol Building (the White House) at the request of the Honorable Christopher Cox, U.S. Representative
“in recognition of Mrs. Pasqualino’s [Dr. Rankin’s name at the time] dedication to her students”
2003 Winner
Teacher of the Year, Buena Park School District; May 1, 2003
2001 Honorable Mention
Writer’s Digest; Your Assignment Competition; June 20, 2001
2000 Included in International Who’s Who of Information Technology
Included in the 2000 edition per International Who’s Who President Terrence J. Leifheit
1999 Ordained Minister
Universal Life Church (so that Dr. Rankin can officiate friends’ weddings); July 9, 1999
Badges
2016 ISTE Project ReimaginED Exemplar
2014 Academic Experts: Attendance Badge
2014 Academic Experts: Autobiographer Badge
2014 Academic Experts: Conversation Starter Badge
2014 Academic Experts: Networked Badge
2014 Academic Experts: Published Badge
2014 Academic Experts: Putting a Face to a Name Badge
2014 OZeLIVE Presented & Presenting Badges
2014 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) 2014 Speaker Badge
2014 Mozilla 101 Badge
2013 Speak Up (Project Tomorrow: National Research Project) Participant Badge
2013 Connected Educators Month (CEM) Baby Tweet Badge
2013 Connected Educators Month (CEM) Baby Tweet Badge
2013 Connected Educators Month (CEM) Wiki Wanderer Badge
2012 Learning 2.0 Presenter Badge
Scholarships
1990-1994 Art Scholarship (Glenn E. Vedder Scholarship, Laguna Beach Festival of Arts)
1990-1994 Art Scholarship (Laguna Beach Sawdust Art Festival)
1990 Academic Scholarship (Private Source)
1990 Academic Scholarship (Thurston Award)
1990 Art Scholarship (Private Source)
Commendations
Commendations (e.g., when Dr. Rankin was quoted, cited, or profiled) can be found at the bottom of the Press/Media page.
