Rate My Professor Kris Frady

Frady's research specializes in innovations in workforce development at educational and career transitions, two-year college and secondary STEM and career education, educational innovations, and the middle-skill workforce. She has been Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on multiple federal grants, including the NSF CAREER grant VECTORS in Engineering: Valuing Education and Career Transition Opportunities Raising Student Success ($599,944, 2022–2027), NSF RFE Developing Engineering Experiences and Pathways in Engineering Technology Career Formation ($274,879, 2018–2021), NSF ATE A Sustainable ATE Coordination Network for Enhancing Personalized Learning Using Virtual and Augmented Reality ($792,820, 2017–2022), and others contributing to over $13.6 million in funding. She led the creation of digital learning tools, including over 70 virtual reality modules, e-learning resources, and iBooks adopted by institutions across 23 states. Notable publications include the book Managing Technology and Middle-Skilled Employees: Advances for Economic Regeneration (2019), book chapters such as "Workforce Development: A Nexus Between Human Resource Development and Career and Technical Education" (2024), and peer-reviewed articles like "Use of Virtual Labs to Support Demand Engineering Technology and Vocational Education Training Programs: A Systematic Review of the Literature" (2022, European Journal of Engineering Education) and "Media Analysis of Middle Skill Learning Opportunities Shaped by COVID-19" (2021, New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development). Her contributions have earned awards including the Milliken Transformational Leadership Academy (2023), Clemson University College of Education Insight Award of Excellence (2023), Grant Fellow (2021), and conference best paper awards. Frady was granted tenure and promotion in 2025.