L. Kay Abernathy, Ed.D.
L. Kay Abernathy, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
(409) 880-8689 p.
Education 234
lkabernathy@lamar.edu
Dr. L. Kay Abernathy serves as an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Lamar University. As a pre-K - 12 educator, she served in three Texas school districts where she held positions as teacher, instructional technology specialist, technology director, vocational director and independent national consultant. Dr. Abernathy received her doctorate in educational administration from Texas A&M University and holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree in educational supervision from LU. The Texas Computer Education Association awarded her the Lifetime Achievement of Technology in Education in 2013.
In addition, Dr. Abernathy served as the assistant director for professional development at the Texas Education Network for The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Abernathy is the past President of the Texas Computer Education Association; a Christa McAuliffe Fellow, National Education Association Foundation; and a former member of the Consortium for School Networking Board of Directors. She was also the team initiator and developer for the Brazos-Sabine Connection Project, which was awarded $13 million in Texas Education Agency grants for technology integration professional development over a period of 10 years working with over 20 school districts.
Twitter: @kayabernathy
Awards and Honors
2013 – Lifetime Achievement Award in Technology Education, Texas Computer Education Association
2010-12 – Inter/National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research Cohort VI and Cohort VII Grant, Provost Doblin, Lamar University Technology Leadership Team
1991 – Christa McAuliffe Institute for Educational Pioneering, Stanford University, National Foundation for the Improvement of Education
Experience
Education
Research and Publications
Refereed Chapters
Abernathy, L. K. (2015). Using technology for literacy learning. In D. Sisk (Ed.), Accelerating and Extending Literacy for Cultural Diverse Learners. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Abernathy, K. & Mason, D. (2012). Technology and leadership. In G. Martin, A. Danzig, W. Wright, R. Flanary, & F. Brown (Eds.), School leader internship: Developing, monitoring, and evaluating your leadership experience (p. 124-127). Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education.
Abshire, S., Mason, D., Cummings, C. D., Abernathy, L. K. (2014). Building Literacy with Popular Web 2.0 Tools. In M. Gura (Ed.) Teaching Literacy in the Digital Age. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education.
Mason, D., Abernathy, K., Abshire, S., Cummings, C., & Liu, X. (2012). Evaluation of an online technology leadership master’s program. In J. Tareilo & B. Bizzell (Eds.). NCPEA Handbook of Virtual Instruction and Programs in Educational Leadership (p. 183-207). Ypsilanti, MI: CCPEA Press. ISBN 978-1-45-7-7263-1.
Refereed Journals
Abernathy, K., Mason, D., Abshire, S., Cummings, C., Borel D. A., and Lui, X. (2012). Building leadership capacity: The use of electronic portfolios and web 2.0 tools. National Social Science Technology Journal.
Abernathy, K., Mason, D., Abshire, S., Cummings, C., Borel, D.A. & Liu, X. (March 2012). Documenting student assessment: The use of electronic portfolios and web 2.0 tools. Lamar University Education Research Conference.
Abernathy, K., Mason, D., Abshire, S., Cummings, C., Borel, D., Stephens, L., & Mixon, J. (March 2011). Using cloud computing tools for assessment and reflection. Paper presented at Lamar University Education Research Conference.
Abernathy, K., Mason, D., Cummings, C., Stephens, L., Abshire, S., & Mixon, J. (2011). Taking k-12 to the cloud: Building an online master’s program. National Social Sciences Technology Journal.
Abshire, S. R., Cummings, C. D., Mason, D. R., Abernathy, L. K., Young, K. (2013). Pk-12 teacher use of web 2.0 tools. National Social Science Technology Journal.
Azodi, D., Borel, D. A., Adams, N., Abernathy, L. K. (2017). Impact of student selection of practicum activities in an educational leadership program. National Technology and Social Science Association, Las Vegas, NV, April 2017.
Goebel, P. E., Abernathy, L. K., Azodi, D., Cummings, C. (2016). Professional Development: An investigation of a 1:1 iPad initiative on a high school campus in southeast Texas. National Technology and Social Science Association, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 2015.
Mason, D., Abshire, S., Cummings, C., Abernathy, K., & Borel, D. A., (2013). The development, implementation, and use of e-portfolios in pk-12 schools. Paper presented at Cohort VI International Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research Institute, Westminster University, UT.
Tong, A., Abernathy, L. K., Borel, D. A. (2017). A study of the influence of mobile devices in elementary education, National Technology and Social Science Association, San Antonio, TX, Oct. 2017.
Service
- Awarded full membership of Lamar University Graduate Faculty Review Committee and the graduate council for five years.
- Member of Tenure and Promotion Committee, College of Education and Human Development
- Member of Assessment Steering Committee, College of Education and Human Development
- Chair of CAEP Standard 3: Candidate Quality, Recruitment and Selectivity for Assessment Steering Committee report
- Member of Curriculum Mapping Committee, Department of Educational Leadership
- Committee meetings with departmental peer instructors editing, verifying and updating courses
- Completed educational testing service technology applications EC-12 (242), Item Review Committee meeting, Jan. 2016
- Completed educational testing service on a Texas Technology Applications EC-12 (242), Standards Review Committee for the Texas Examinations of Educator Standards, April 2016
- International Society for Technology in Education reviewer for the 2016 Program Committee
- Participated in Spring, Summer and Fall Convocation ceremonies
- Served as auditor for CAEP SPA International Society for Technology in Education, Jan. and June 2016
- Reviewed manuscripts for International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
- Served on dissertation committees