Featured in the "Profiles in the Community" section of the Farmville Herald, Virginia, October 2017
Nominated for the 2017-18 Junior Faculty of Excellence Award, Longwood University
Nominated for the 2017-18 Maude Glenn Raiford Teaching Award, Longwood University
Nominated for the 2017-18 Cook Award for Undergraduate Student Mentoring, Longwood Univ
Nominated by students to represent the Humanities at Longwood's Raft Debate, Longwood University Lectures Committee, Spring 2017
Five Year Service Award for Continuous and Loyal Service to the Commonwealth of Virginia, 2016
QEP (Quality Enhancement Plan) Grant to Redesign ENGL 350: Rhetoric & Public Culture (US Presidential Debates in a Global Theater) as a Disciplinary Research Course, Longwood U, Fall 2016
Commendation for Guiding Students to Academic Success (nominated/awarded by students), The Sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha International Women's Fraternity, Longwood University, 2015
Outstanding First Year Student Advocate Award (nominated by students/awarded by The Office of First Year Experience & Family Programs), Longwood University, 2015
Letter of Recognition from Longwood University Princeps Honorary Organization, Fall 2014
Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society (invited as a faculty member), 2013
Shining Star Faculty Award for Contributions to Students’ Academic, Personal, and Professional Success (nominated by students/awarded by The Division of Student Affairs), Old Dominion University, 2011
Graduate Scholarly Paper Award (for a Paper Presented at the 2008 Rhetoric Society of America Conference), Sigma Tau Delta – The International English Honor Society, 2009
Henry Regnery Endowed Scholarship Award (outstanding doctoral student-scholar), Sigma Tau Delta, The International English Honor Society, 2008
Conference Travel Grants, Old Dominion University, Department English, 2008, 2009