Brittany McCullough, PhD

Brittany McCullough, PhD

  • Planning, Implementation and Assessment Manager
  • Office of Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
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    bnw0005@auburn.edu
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    Dr. Brittany McCullough serves as the Planning, Implementation, and Assessment Manager in the COSAM Office of Research and Graduate Studies. She is experienced in the areas of data collection and analysis, program evaluation, survey methods, reporting, assessment, and project management. Her current responsibilities include serving as Co-Director of the AUTeach program and Co-PI of the RISE STEM program. She has previously served as a Co-PI or senior personnel on several NSF-funded grant programs focusing on STEM education and retention, including LSAMP, S-STEM, and NSF INCLUDES. She has also served as an instructor in Auburn's Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Dr. McCullough lives in Auburn with her husband, Dr. Chapel McCullough, a music professor at Auburn University at Montgomery, and their daughter, Misha.

    Education

    • PhD, Educational Psychology Auburn University 2018

    • Master of Probability and Statistics Auburn University 2009

    • Bachelor of Science, Mathematics Campbellsville University 2007

    • Graduate Certificate in Program Evaluation Auburn University 2017

    Innovation

    McCullough, B. et al. (2024). NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Initiative: TAPDINTO-STEM National Alliance for Students with Disabilities in STEM, an innovative intersectional approach of diversity, equity and inclusion for students with disabilities. In M. Antona and C. Stephanidis (Eds.), Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. HCII 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 14698, 112-124. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-60884-1_8

    Dunn, C., Shannon, D., McCullough, B., Jenda, O., Qazi, M. and Pettis, C. (2021). A mentoring bridge model for students with disabilities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 34(2), 163-177.

    Dunn, C., Shannon, D., McCullough, B., Jenda, O. and Qazi, M. (2018). An innovative postsecondary education program for students with disabilities in STEM. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 31(1), 91-101.

    McCullough, Brittany Nicole. (2018). Examining Assessment Methods in Project-Based Mathematics Learning. Order No. 30262858, Auburn University. ProQuest.

    Qazi, M., Shannon, D., Jenda, O., McCullough, B., Griffin, G. and Lunn, A. (2016). A mentoring bridge model to prepare students with disabilities in the STEM fields at Tuskegee University. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 22(3), 183-197.

    Jenda, O., Marghitu, D., Dunn, C., Abebe, A., Shannon, D., Chidume, C. and McCullough, B. (2013). Effective strategies to attract gifted and talented students with disabilities in higher education STEM fields. Alabama Alliance for Students with Disabilities in STEM Case Study. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Transformative Science and Engineering, Business and Social Innovation, 147-152.

    Responsibilities

    Co-Director, AUTeach
    Co-PI, RISE STEM
    Assessment/Reporting
    Program Evaluation
    Data Collection Systems
    Proposal Compliance

    Awards & Qualifications

    2026 COMPASS Course Certification
    2025 COSAM Perseverance Award
    2012 Minority Access, Inc. National Role Model Award

    ORGS ROLE

    Planning, Implementation and Assessment Manager