NATIONAL GRANTS (nearly $675,000 awarded)
Spencer Foundation Vision Grant ($75,000; co-principal investigator for FAST: Facilitating Autistic Student Transitions) - 2025-2026
Spencer Foundation Large Research Grant ($499,501; co-principal investigator for Project PEACES) - 2023-2026
The FAR Fund Grant ($90,000; co-principal investigator for Project PEACES) - 2022-2025
Paul P. Fidler Research Grant, National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition ($5,000; principal investigator) - 2020
INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS
CLRM Impactful Research Grant - for 2023-2024
WE Care Field Advancement Funds grant from University of Arkansas (principal investigator) - for 2023-2024
WE CARE Summer Research Fellowship from University of Arkansas (principal investigator) - for Summer 2023
Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University grant ($27,500; co-principal investigator for Project PEACES) - 2022
CCPA Research Excellence Award from Binghamton University ($15,000; co-principal investigator) - 2022
NATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS
ECMC Foundation Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Postdoctoral Research Fellow - 2021
Roy Fairbrother Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis - 2015
Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship (Agatha Huepenbecker Burnet Endowed Fellowship), The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi - 2015
AWARDS
Outstanding Alumni (Scottsdale Community College) - 2024
Teaching Commendation (University of Arkansas) - 2023
Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award, Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) - 2020
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication - 2015
Student Organization President of the Year, Scottsdale Community College - 2012
Outstanding Leadership in Phi Theta Kappa Award, Scottsdale Community College - 2012
Academic Excellence in Humanities Award, Scottsdale Community College - 2011
OTHER HONORS
Best Roundtable (runner-up), Association for Career and Technical Education Research (ACTER) Conference (2021)
Selected to participate in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division J 2020 Emerging Scholars Experience - 2020
Selected to participate in the Graduate Student Policy Seminar, Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) - 2019
Selected to participate in the Clinton Global Initiative University - 2014
Student Commencement Speaker, Scottsdale Community College - 2012
Dean’s List, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication - 2012-2015
ADDITIONAL INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL FUNDING
Student Research Grant Competition – Research Travel University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Funding in the Graduate School - 2019
Student/Trainee Workshop Travel Award, International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) - 2019
Student Travel Grant (Marilyn Gaddis fund), ELPA department, University of Wisconsin-Madison - 2016-2020
Hartzman International Conference Travel Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education - 2018
Student Research Travel Grant, Graduate School, University of Wisconsin-Madison - 2016
Student Travel Grant, ELPA department, University of Wisconsin-Madison - 2016
National Fellowship Chapter Nominee and Scholarship, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Arizona State University chapter - 2015
PRSA Phoenix Student Scholarship, Public Relations Society of America, Phoenix chapter - 2014
E.B. Lane Scholarship, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication - 2014
Outstanding Senior Scholarship, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Arizona State University chapter - 2014
Howard E. and Deloris K. Wall Scholarship, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication - 2013
All-Arizona Academic Team Scholarship, Arizona Board of Regents - 2012
Presidential Scholar Scholarship, Scottsdale Community College - 2010