Selected Fellowships
Fulbright Specialist Roster, U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). Served as a Fulbright Specialist at Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca in Romania.
PhDigital Bootcamp Fellowship, Media Innovations Lab, School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Texas State University, sponsored by the Knight Foundation, San Marcos, TX
Faculty Fellow, Academy of Teaching Excellence, Middle Tennessee State University’s Learning, Teaching and Innovative Technologies Center, Murfreesboro, TN
Faculty/Industry Seminar Fellowship, International Radio and Television Society Foundation in association with the Consumer Technology Association, Las Vegas, NV
Kopenhaver Center Fellow, Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s Commission on the Status of Women
Selected Awards and Grants
BEA Research Grant, Broadcast Education Association, 2026
Truman Research Grant, Committee on Research, Scholarship and Education, Harry S. Truman Library Institute, 2025
Kappa Tau Alpha Research Grant, Kappa Tau Alpha, 2025
Joseph McKerns Research Grant, American Journalism Historians Association, 2025
Pam Parry Award for Service to the History Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, History Division, 2025
Ukleja Center’s Ethics Across the Curriculum Pedagogical Award, Ukleja Center for Ethical Leadership, California State University, Long Beach, 2025
Honorable Mention, Wally Eberhard Award for Outstanding Paper on Media and War, American Journalism Historians Association, 2024
Honorable Mention, 2024 Best Article Award, American Journalism. Together with Dr. G. Pitts.
First Place, Open Paper Category, Broadcast Education Association, History Division, 2024. Together with Dr. G. Pitts.
Rising Scholar Award, American Journalism, 2022
Runner-up, Maurine J. Beasley Award for the Outstanding Paper on Women’s History, American Journalism Historians Association, 2022. Together with Dr. T. Mascaro.
Alumni Spotlight Award, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA, 2022
Wm. David Sloan Award for Outstanding Faculty Paper, American Journalism Historians Association, 2021. Together with Dr. G. Pitts.
First Place, Open Paper Category, Broadcast Education Association, News Division, 2021. Together with Dr. K. Pellizzaro.
Exceptional Service Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, History Division, 2020
Best Poster Presentation Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, History Division, 2020
Research Award, Kappa Tau Alpha, 2018
Nominee, Research Prize for Professional Relevance, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2018
Warren Price Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, History Division, 2018
Outstanding Research Award, Graduate and Professional Student Association, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2018
Continuing Excellence in Teaching Award, 2017-2018 school year, Graduate and Professional Student Association, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 2017
Second Place, Open Paper Category, Broadcast Education Association, News Division, 2017. Together with Dr. B. Silcock.
Teaching Excellence Award, 2016-2017 school year, Graduate and Professional Student Association, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, 2017
First Place, Debut Paper Category, Broadcast Education Association, International Division, 2016