Awards & Grants
Below is a list of awards, honors, and grants I have received during my academic career.
2024
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- Lilian Lodge Kopenhaver Early Career Woman Scholar ($250), Center for Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International University and the AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women.
- Inclusive Excellence Award, College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Nebraska Lincoln.
2023
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- Mass Communications and Society Faculty Research Award ($10,000), MC&S Division, 2023 AEJMC National Conference, Washington, D.C.
- Arthur W. Page Center’s 2023 Page/Johnson Legacy Scholar Grant ($5,000), Prosocial Communication Research Award
- College of Journalism and Mass Communications (UNL) Seed Grant ($5,000), How journalists participated in the online conversation around #RoevWade
2022
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center ($11,550), College of Public Health Innovation Fund, The role of media in birthing provider decision
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln Public Insight Lab, How journalists use #roevwade
2021
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- University of Nebraska Collaborative Initiative Grant ($7,500), #NarcanSavesLives
- Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Fellow, Florida International University, Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication
2020
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- First place student paper, AEJMC Minorities and Communication Division, 2020 AEJMC National Conference, San Francisco, CA (Virtual)
- Kappa Tau Alpha, Conferred membership into the National Honor Society for Journalism and Mass Communication, April 2020
- Breakthrough Graduate Scholar, One of 14 graduate students recognized campus-wide for excellence in teaching and research, University of South Carolina, January 2020
2019
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- Mass Communications and Society Graduate Research Award ($5,000) MC&S Division, 2019 AEJMC National Conference, Toronto, Canada
- Mary Gardner Award for Graduate Student Research, Commission on the Status of Women, 2019 AEJMC National Conference, Toronto, Canada
- Third place student paper, AEJMC Law & Policy Division, 2019 AEJMC National Conference, Toronto, Canada.
- The Graduate School at USC Conference Travel Grant Award ($500), University of South Carolina, May 2019
- Top Student Paper, AEJMC Newspaper & Online News Division, 2019 Southeast Colloquium, Columbia, SC
- University of South Carolina Graduate School Fellowship ($26,000 p/yr), University of South Carolina, 2016 – 2019
2018
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- Third place student paper, AEJMC History Division, 2018 AEJMC National Conference, Washington, DC
- Excellence in teaching award ($500), 2018 Graduate student excellence in teaching award, University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications
- Top student paper, AEJMC Law and Policy Division, 2018 Southeast Colloquium, Tuscaloosa, AL
2017
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- Second place student paper, AEJMC Minorities and Communication Division, 2017 AEJMC National Conference, Chicago, IL
- The Graduate School at USC Conference Travel Grant Award ($500), University of South Carolina, April 2017