Faculty Productivity — BERSON, MICHAEL J

USF College of Education · Academic Analytics · snapshot Aug 2026
Program Directory
BERSON, MICHAEL J
Professor · Tenured · Regular
Teaching and Learning
SRI
1.31
Terminal degree
1993
Years since TD
33
Collaborators
55
Lifetime articles
30
Lifetime citations
480
Output by year
Metric2026*2025*20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014 Win. totalLifetime
Articles 1 4 4 3 4 2 · 4 · 1 · · 1 24 30
Citations · 44 90 63 52 80 · 35 · 6 · · 1 371 480
Conf. proc. · 1 1 1 · · · · · · · · · 3 3
Books · · 1 · · · · 1 · 1 · 1 · 4 15
Chapters · · 1 · 1 1 1 3 · 2 1 1 · 11 22
Awards · · · · · · 1 · · · · · · 1 1
Patents · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0 0
Trials · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0 0
Fed. grants · 1 · · · · · · · · · · · 1 1
Fed. grant $ · $268K · · · · · · · · · · · $268K $268K
* 2025–26 still filling in. "Lifetime" is AA's all‑time figure (includes pre‑2014).
Research keywords
public 4.0% history 3.3% technology 2.6% provide 2.6% segregate 2.0% cultural 2.0% social 2.0% student 2.0% teach 2.0% beach 2.0% pool 2.0% geographic 2.0% america 2.0% offer 1.3% racism 1.3% literacy 1.3% geography 1.3% resource 1.3% full 1.3% segregation 1.3% stereotype 1.3% teacher 1.3% text 1.3% youth 1.3% awareness 1.3% author 1.3% youths 0.7% article 0.7% approach 0.7% american 0.7%
Suggested awards
AwardFitUnit wins
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS Member)
National Academy of Sciences
0.65 0
NAEd Member
National Academy of Education
0.65 0
Presidential Award
Society for Prevention Research
0.65 0
Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions prestige
American Psychological Association
0.65 0
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member/Fellow
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
0.65 0
The Scientific Impact Award
Society of Experimental Social Psychology
0.65 0
Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences/CASBS Residency Fellow
Stanford University
0.60 0
Fulbright Scholar prestige
United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
0.60 5
Division 8-Society for Personality and Social Psychology-SPSP Fellow
American Psychological Association
0.60 0
APA Fellow prestige
American Psychological Association
0.60 0
Prevention Science Award
Society for Prevention Research
0.60 0
AERA Fellows
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
0.60 1
Most-cited papers
#TitleJournalYearCitations
1Aladdin’s Genie or Pandora’s Box for Early Childhood Education? Experts Chat on the Roles, Challenges, and Developments of ChatGPT Early Education and Development [10409289] 2024 72
2Are early childhood teachers ready for digital transformation of instruction in Mainland China? A systematic literature review Children and Youth Services Review [01907409] 2021 62
3Challenging Online Behaviors of Youth: Findings From a Comparative Analysis of Young People in the United States and New Zealand Social Science Computer Review 2005 46
4Innovating responsibly: ethical considerations for AI in early childhood education AI, Brain and Child [30593883] 2025 40
5An exploration of robot programming as a foundation for spatial reasoning and computational thinking in preschoolers’ guided play Early Childhood Research Quarterly [08852006] 2023 35
6Young chinese children's remote peer interactions and social competence development during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Research on Technology in Education [15391523] 2022 25
7Diffusion of Technology Innovation in the Preservice Social Studies Experience: Results of a National Survey Theory & Research in Social Education 2007 22
8An Exploration of Early Childhood Teachers’ Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge (TPACK) in Mainland China Early Education and Development [10409289] 2023 21
9Integration of Digital Technology into an Early Childhood Teacher Preparation Program in China Early Childhood Education Journal [10823301] 2021 18
10Intelligence Augmentation in Early Childhood Education: A Multimodal Creative Inquiry Approach Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium and Blue Sky: Communications in Computer and Information Science [Conference] 2023 15
11Public perception of early childhood language policy in Ghana: an exploratory study Early Years An International Journal of Research and Development [09575146] 2019 15
12Tangible Digital Play in Australian and U.S. Preschools Kappa Delta Pi Record [00228958] 2019 14
13Digital Financial Literacy of Young Chinese Children in Shanghai: A Mixed Method Study Early Education and Development [10409289] 2024 13
14Breaking Stereotypes: Constructing Geographic Literacy and Cultural Awareness through Technology The Social Studies 2007 13
15Enhancing preschool–home collaboration: lessons from virtual home visit experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak in China Early Years An International Journal of Research and Development [09575146] 2022 11
Awards on record
AwardYear
Irving Morrissett Award for Outstanding Contribution to Social Science Education
Social Science Education Consortium
2020
Grants
GrantAgencyStart$Role
Collaborative Research: SaTC: EDU: A Scalable Platform for Remote Hardware Security EducationNational Science Foundation 2025 $268K co-PI