Kimberly Buenger, Ph.D, is adjunct faculty in the College of Education at Grand Canyon University. Kimberly has taught in higher education since 2019 in the areas of early childhood and special education. In addition to GCU, she has more than twenty years serving students in education, currently as an early childhood support teacher for Olathe Unified School District in Kansas.
Kimberly’s educational background includes a B.A. in Communication Disorders, M.A.E. in Special Education, and Ph.D. in General Psychology with an Emphasis in Integrating Technology, Learning, and Psychology. Her research interests include the use of gamification on student learning in higher education as well as the use of technology in the early childhood classroom. She has engaged in the THINK! Program and plans to also enroll in INK, with a goal of generating a manuscript.