Honors and Awards

TEACHING AND SERVICE

Distinguished Community Engagement Award, Ohio Communication Association (2024)

Citizen of the Year, City of Wyoming, Ohio (2023)

Outstanding Professor Award, Miami University, Associated Student Government (2022)

Douglas Ehninger Prize for Teaching Excellence, University of Iowa, Department of Communication Studies (2018)

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Iowa, Council on Teaching (2018)

Bruce Gronbeck Collegiality Award, University of Iowa, Department of Communication Studies (2017)

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Ball State University, Department of Communication Studies (2014)

RESEARCH AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Iowa, Graduate College (Full Fellowship for Fall 2019, $10000)

Jane A. Weiss Memorial Dissertation Scholarship, University of Iowa, Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Presented during the 2019 University of Iowa’s “Celebration of Excellence and Achievement Among Women” ($4000)

Graduate Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa, Graduate College (Summer 2019, $4500)

James F. Jakobsen Graduate Research Conference Research Award for Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Iowa (2019)

Top Paper and Top Graduate Student Paper in Feminist and Women Studies Division, 104th Annual National Communication Association Conference (2018)

Ramona Tomlin Mattson Fellowship for Excellence in Research and Teaching, University of Iowa, Department of Communication Studies (2018, $5000)

Graduate Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa, Graduate College (Summer 2018, $4500)

Post-Comprehensive Dissertation Award, University of Iowa, Graduate College (Full Fellowship for Spring 2018, $10000)

Donald C. Bryant Award for Outstanding Graduate Scholarship in Rhetoric & Public Advocacy, University of Iowa, Department of Communication Studies

James F. Jakobsen Graduate Research Conference Research Award for Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Iowa (2017)

Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Ball State University, Department of Communication Studies (2014)

Graduate Merit Fellowship, Ball State University (2012-2014)

Competitive Funding Received

Travel Funds Award ($750), University of Iowa Graduate Student Senate (2019)

National Communication Association Student Travel Grant ($145), NCA Diversity Council (2018)

 Travel Funds Award ($750), University of Iowa Graduate Student Senate (2018)

Conference Travel Award ($1200) on behalf of Bruce Gronbeck Rhetoric Society, Graduate and Professional Student Government (2018)

Supplemental Graduate Organization Budget Proposals ($1500) on behalf of Bruce Gronbeck Rhetoric Society, University of Iowa Graduate and Professional Student Government for Gronbeck Memorial Lecture (2018)

Event Co-Sponsorship ($300) on behalf of Bruce Gronbeck Rhetoric Society, University of Iowa Obermann Center for Advanced Studies (2018)

Travel Funds Award ($600), University of Iowa Graduate Student Senate (2016)