Honors

2014 VCU Faculty Award for Distinguished Junior Faculty.  Awarded by the Alumni Council of Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Education.  This award is presented to one junior faculty member for exemplary contributions in the areas of scholarship, teaching and service.
2013 VCU Faculty Award for Excellence in the Applications of Technology in the Classroom.  Awarded by the Alumni Council of Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Education.  This award is presented for exemplary integration of technology in teaching.
2013 Curriculum Studies Award. Awarded by the National Association for Gifted Children at its annual meeting, Indianapolis, IA, for Project Parallax’s Calorie Quest: The Bear Unit curriculum unit.  The Curriculum Studies Award is given annually for outstanding curriculum development.
2012 Design and Development Outstanding Practice Award. Awarded by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Design and Development Division at the AECT annual convention in Louisville, KY, for Project Parallax’s Planning for the Future of the Going Big Skate Park curriculum unit.  The Design and Development Outstanding Practice Award is given annually for exemplary instructional materials or systems.
2012 Curriculum Studies Award. Awarded by the National Association for Gifted Children at its annual meeting, Denver, CO, for Project Parallax’s Helping Local Gardeners curriculum unit.  The Curriculum Studies Award is given annually for outstanding curriculum development.
2011 Curriculum Studies Award. Awarded by the National Association for Gifted Children at its annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, for Project Parallax’s U.S. Healthier Schools Challenge! curriculum unit.  The Curriculum Studies Award is given annually for outstanding curriculum development.
2011 Curriculum Studies Award. Awarded by the National Association for Gifted Children at its annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, for Project Parallax’s Planning for the Future of the Going Big Skate Park curriculum unit.  The Curriculum Studies Award is given annually for outstanding curriculum development.
2010 Curriculum Studies Award. Awarded by the National Association for Gifted Children at its annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, for Project Parallax’s Pay It Forward curriculum unit.  The Curriculum Studies Award is given annually for outstanding curriculum development.
2010 Curriculum Studies Award. Awarded by the National Association for Gifted Children at its annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, for Project Parallax’s Let’s Plan a Party curriculum unit.  The Curriculum Studies Award is given annually for outstanding curriculum development.
2010 Doctoral Research Gala Award Winning Paper, 3rd Place.  Trinter, C. P., Moon, T., Brighton, C. (November, 2010). The Relationship Between 2nd Grade Teacher’s Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching and their Preparedness for Talent Development in a Heterogeneous Classroom. Paper presented at the National Association for Gifted Children Convention, Atlanta, GA.
2004 Inducted into Fordham University Athletics Hall of Fame. Rowing.  The 1994 Fordham University women’s varsity lightweight four was the first Fordham team to win a national championship, winning the Division I National Championship in June of 1994 with three seniors and two sophomores, beating Radcliffe by open water and setting a course record that still stands today.