Awards

AWARDS & HONORS

Ten-Year Service Award for Continuous and Loyal Service to the Commonwealth of Virginia, 2021
Faculty Summer Research and Development Grants, Longwood University, 2017, 2018, and 2019
Whatley Best Article Award (Studies in Popular Culture), Pop. Culture Association in the South, 2018
Raiford Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Longwood University, 2018
Featured in the "Profiles in the Community" section of the Farmville Herald, Virginia, October 2017
Five-Year Service Award for Continuous and Loyal Service to the Commonwealth of Virginia, 2016
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Grant, Longwood University, 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
Princeps Honorary Organization Recognition, Longwood University, Fall 2014
Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society Faculty Member Inductee, 2013
Ph.D. Banner Carrier for the College of Arts and Letters (4.00 GPA), Old Dominion Univ, Spring 2012

Shining Star Faculty Award (student-nominated), Old Dominion U - Division of Student Affairs, 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 graduate student-scholar), Sigma Tau Delta, The International English Honor Society, 2008

Conference Travel Grants, Old Dominion University, Department English, 2008 and 2009

Vehbi Koç Scholar (Academic Excellence Award), Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2001-2002