Fellowships, Grants, and Awards

A snapshot of my fellowship description while in residency at Harvard University’s Dumbarton Oaks Research Institute in Washington, D.C. (Spring 2024).
  • General Education Teaching Award, University of Utah, $3000
    • Awarded by the Office of Undergraduate Studies to honor excellence in teaching practices, commitment to student learning, and dedication to creating meaningful and engaging educational experiences within the General Education curriculum at the University of Utah
  • Retreat to Recharge Fellowship, $4500, University of Utah 2024-2025
    • Project Leader for a grant to conduct a collaborative international research project titled, “Global Synergy for the Future: Interdisciplinary Gaming at Osaka’s World Expo 2025”
  • 2024-2025 Martha Bradley Evans Teaching Fellow, $10,000       2024-2025
    • Fellowship to conduct a project using AI to teach with the university’s digitized oral history collections in an undergraduate history course
  • Faculty Small Grant Program, University of Utah, $10,000 – Spring 2024
  • Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Awards, +$10,000 – Spring of 2020 – current
    • Awarded over $10,000 in mini grants to develop EDI-related community engagement programming on systemic racism, nonbinary and trans experiences, and women’s intersectional experiences.
  • Department of History Conference Travel Grant, University of Utah, Various
  • Michael and Madonna Marsden Travel Grant, Popular Culture Association, $1500 – Spring 2023, Spring 2026
  • Dumbarton Oaks Fellowship on Democracy and Landscape (writing and residential fellowship in Washington D.C., funded by the Mellon Foundation through Harvard University)- Spring 2024
  • Development Grant, Yeonsu-gu Arts and Culture Foundation – Summer 2022
  • Excellence in Research and Creative Works Award, UAC – 2020-2021
  • Graham Foundation Award Research Fellowship – Summer 2020
  • American Studies Association, Solidarity Fund Grant – Fall 2019
  • Graham Foundation, Citation of Special Recognition, Carter Manny Award – Fall 2017
  • Purdue Research Foundation Fellowship, Purdue University – 2016-2017
  • Purdue Graduate Student Association Research Grant – Summer 2017
  • Annette K. Baxter Travel Grant, American Studies Association – Fall 2016
  • American Studies Travel Grant, Purdue University – 2017, 2016
  • Semi-Finalist, Fulbright National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship – Spring 2016
  • University of Illinois, Chicago, Short-Term Travel Fellowship – Summer 2016
  • National Science Foundation-Funded American Society for Environmental History Travel Grant – 2016
  • Silas Palmer Fellowship, Hoover Institution Library and Archives, Stanford University – 2016
  • Bordin-Gillette Researcher Fellowship, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan – 2016
  • James P. Danky Fellowship, Wisconsin Historical Society, University of Wisconsin – 2015
  • Chester E. Eisinger Research Award, American Studies Program, Purdue University – 2015
  • Chester E. Eisinger Paper Prize, American Studies Program, Purdue University – 2015, 2013
  • Michigan Technological University Archival Travel Grant, Van Pelt Library  –  2015
  • Promise Award, College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University – 2017, 2016, 2015
  • Incentive Grant, Graduate School, Purdue University – 2016, 2015
  • $10,000 Global Synergy Grant, College of Liberal Arts, Purdue University – 2015
  • Lynn Fellowship, Purdue University – 2009-2011
  • Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Programs’ Research Award, Purdue University – 2013
  • Berenice A. Carroll Feminism, Peace, and Social Justice Award, Purdue University – 2014, 2013
  • Travel Grant, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, Boston University – 2014
  • American Studies Community Service/Social Justice Award, Purdue University – May 2010
  • Mary-Lou Tippet Award for Spanish Achievement, Agnes Scott College – Spring 2007
  • Villavieja Award for Spanish Achievement, Agnes Scott College – Spring 2007
  • Dana Leadership Scholar, Agnes Scott College – Fall 2006