Awards

AWARDS & HONORS

Whatley Best Article Award (Studies in Popular Culture), Pop. Culture Association in the South, 2018
Maude Glenn 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, 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 Letter of Recognition, Longwood University, Fall 2014
Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society (faculty member inductee), 2013
Banner Carrier for the PhD Graduates of Old Dominion University - College of Arts and Letters (4.00 GPA in PhD Coursework), Spring 2012

Shining Star Faculty Award (for Contributions to Students’ Academic, Personal, and Professional Success; nominated by students), Old Dominion Univ - 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