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:
- The Graduate School, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Humanities for the Public Good, UNC-Chapel Hill
- The College of Arts & Sciences, Division of Fine Arts & Humanities, UNC-Chapel Hill
- The College of Arts & Sciences, Division of Social Sciences & Global Programs, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Carolina Veterans Resource Center, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Department of English and Comparative Literature, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Department of History, UNC-Chapel Hill
- The Center for the Study of the American South, UNC-Chapel Hill
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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