Honors, Affiliations, & Awards

Modern Language Association (MLA), 2021 – current

National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD), 2017 – current

Teaching Fellowship for English Literature Doctoral Program at UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2017 – current

GPSG Travel Award recipient for travel to preside over a panel at MLA’s Annual Convention, 2023 in San Francisco, CA in Jan. 2023, Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) at UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2023

Krista Turner Award for Excellence in Student Support for undergraduate teaching and mentorship, Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, April 2022

Departmental Travel Grant Award recipient for travel to preside over a panel at MLA’s Annual Convention, 2022 in Washington, DC in Jan. 2022, Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2020

UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Program Professional Development Award Recipient, Chapel Hill, NC, 2021

South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), 2020 – 2021

Departmental Summer Fellowship Service Award to provide administrative support at the Digital Literacy and Communications Lab for ECL 225 departmental history timeline, Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2020

Departmental Travel Grant Award Recipient for travel to present at annual MELUS Conference in New Orleans, LA in April 2020, Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2020 (Conference canceled due to the COVID-19 global pandemic)

The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS), 2020

UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Program Professional Development Award Recipient, Chapel Hill, NC, 2020

UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Program Professional Development Award Recipient, Chapel Hill, NC, 2019

Recipient of multiple grants for the event “Popular Narratives and the Experience of War,” UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2019:

Society for the Study of the American Short Story (SSASS), 2016

South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), 2015 – 2016

Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA), 2015

Master of Arts in English Program Distinguished Graduate, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 2010

Graduate Assistantship to Master of Arts in English Program, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 2008 – 2010

Graduate Student Representative to the English Department, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 2008 – 2009

Hatton Lovejoy Graduate Scholar, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL, 2008

Birmingham-Southern College Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude graduate, Birmingham, AL, 2008

Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, Beta-Beta Chapter; Michael David Smith Award for Excellence in Leadership, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL, 2008

Who’s Who among American Colleges and Universities, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL, 2007 – 2008

Omicron Delta Kappa; Secretary, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL, 2007 – 2008

Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, Beta-Beta Chapter; Worthy Master (President), Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL, 2007 – 2008

Mortar Board, Senior Honors/Service Society, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL, 2007 – 2008

Order of Omega, Greek Honors Society, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL, 2006 – 2008

Sigma Tau Delta, English Honors Society, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL, 2006 – 2008

Donald C. Harrison Honors Program, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL, 2004 – 2008

Prose Editor’s Top Choice (“Blood, Paint, and Rubber”), QUAD Literary Magazine, LXVIII, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL, 2007

Patricia Finley Watkins Scholar in Creative Writing, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL, 2007

Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, Beta-Beta Chapter; Best Active Member Award, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL, 2007

Interfraternity Council; VP of Judiciary and Chief Justice of Judicial Board, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL, 2007

Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, Beta-Beta Chapter; Worthy Keeper of the Annals (Scholarship Chair and Historian), Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL, 2006 – 2007

Thomas E. Jernigan Honors Scholar, LaGrange High School, LaGrange, GA2004

Hatton Lovejoy Scholar, LaGrange High School, LaGrange, GA, 2004

National Merit Scholar, LaGrange High School, LaGrange, GA, 2004

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