Honors & Awards

  • 2022: Ruth Schillinger Award, Ethnic & Gender Studies, Emporia State University (recognizes a faculty member who has made extraordinary contributions to women of ESU over a sustained time)
  • 2022: ESU Summer Undergraduate Research Program, ESU
  • 2021: Service Engagement Award, Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association (NCA) (recognition for outstanding external engagement and/or service learning that has resulted in significant community transformation)
  • 2021: Top Paper Panel, Experiential Learning Division, NCA
  • 2021: Heart of a Hornet, ESU (recognition program for above and beyond service to the university)
  • 2021: ESU Summer Undergraduate Research Program, ESU
  • 2021: Class Resource Affordability Initiative (CRAIG) Grant ($3,000), ESU (fully funded)
  • 2020: ESU Summer Undergraduate Research Program, ESU
  • 2020: Class Resource Affordability Initiative (CRAIG) Grant ($3,000), ESU (fully funded)
  • 2019-2020: High-Impact Learning Grant ($3500), Provost’s Office, ESU (fully funded)
  • 2019-2020: Katherine K. White Incentive Grant ($1,000), Research & Grants Center, ESU (partially funded)
  • 2019-20: Faculty Research Assistance Grant ($1,151), Research & Grants, ESU (partially funded)
  • 2018: W. Charles Redding Dissertation Award, Organizational Communication Division, International Communication Association (ICA)
  • 2018: Top Paper Panel, Feminist and Women’s Studies Division, National Communication Association
  • 2013-2017: Ross Fellowship, Purdue University Graduate School (4-year fellowship awarded to incoming Ph.D. student including 1 year of funding from the Graduate School and a commitment of 3 additional years of support from the graduate program admitting the student)
  • 2016-2017: Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University (competitive 1-year dissertation fellowship)
  • 2017: Alumni Emerging Leader Award, Whitworth University (Announcement, Video)
  • 2017: Student Commencement Speaker, 232nd Commencement Exercises, Purdue University (Video)
  • 2017: Top Student Paper, Feminist Scholarship Division, International Communication Association
  • 2016: K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award, Association of American Colleges & Universities (Press release) (This national award recognizes graduate students who “show exemplary promise as future leaders of higher education; who demonstrate a commitment to developing academic and civic responsibility in themselves and in others; and whose work reflects a strong emphasis on teaching and learning.”)
  • 2016: Top Paper Panel, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Division, National Communication Association
  • 2016: Doctoral Honors Seminar, National Communication Association (Competitively-selected participant for DHS, held at Ohio University)
  • 2016: Alan H. Monroe Graduate School Award,  Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University (award for graduate students whose cumulative record demonstrates professional scholarship)
  • 2016: Brian Lamb School of Communication Service Award, Purdue University (award recognizing evidence of exceptional and sustained formal and informal service to the school and university over the course of the student’s graduate studies)
  •  2016: PROMISE Award ($750 to support research), College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University
  • 2016: Berenice A. Carroll Feminism, Peace, and Social Justice Graduate Award Honorable Mention, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Purdue University
  • 2016: Competitive Conference Travel Grant ($100), Purdue Communication Graduate Student Association, Purdue University
  • 2015: Top 4 Paper, Peace and Conflict Division, National Communication Association
  • 2015: Competitive Conference Travel Grant ($100), Purdue Communication Graduate Student Association, Purdue University
  • 2015: Top Student Paper, Feminist Scholarship Division, International Communication Association
  • 2015: Top 4 Paper, Organizational Communication Division, International Communication Association
  • 2014: Cassandra Book Award ($750 to support research), Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University
  • 2014: Competitive Conference Travel Grant ($100), Purdue Communication Graduate Student Association, Purdue University
  • 2013: Graduate Student Commencement Speaker, 18th Annual Commencement for Master’s Candidates, California State University, Chico
  • 2013: Outstanding Communication Studies Graduate Student, School of Communication, Department of Communication Arts & Sciences, CSU, Chico
  • 2013: Communication Studies Thesis Award, School of Communication, Department of Communication Arts & Sciences, CSU, Chico
  • 2013: Top Student Debut Paper, Organizational Communication Division, Western States Communication Association
  • 2010: Whitworthian Legacy Award, Communication Studies Department, Whitworth University
  • 2009: Alumni Ideals Award, Whitworth University
  • 2009: Outstanding Communicator, Communication Studies Department, Whitworth University
  • 2009: Writing Award, Communication Studies Department, Whitworth University
  • 2009: Weyerhaeuser Younger Scholars fellowship, Whitworth University