External
· Fulbright US Scholars Award, 2023-24 (ISU press / TU-Dresden press: English / German)
· National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Research Fellowship, 2018-19 (press)
· American Association of University Women (AAUW) Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship, 2012-13
· Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies, 2004-05
· Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, 2003-04
· Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship, 2002-03
· German Academic Exchange Service / DAAD, Summer 2002
Internal
· Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities, Iowa State University
· Course Buyout grant - 2020
· Learning Community grant ($500) - 2019
· Summer Research grant ($3,500) - 2015, 2013, 2010, 2008
· Foreign Travel Grant, Iowa State University ($750) - 2009, 2013, 2018
· Arts and Sciences Fellowship, Pittsburgh University (tuition + stipend) - 2001-02
Awards
· College of Design Research Award, Iowa State University ($1,000) - 2023
· Mid-Career Achievement in Research, Iowa State University ($1,500) - 2018
Project Funding
· Ostdeutsche Sparkassenstiftung: "1. Sommerakademie für Ostdeutsche Kunst"
(co-organizer), Beeskow-Eisenhüttenstadt-Cottbus (Germany), June 19-22, 2024
· NEH Summer Institute: "Culture in the Cold War: East German Art, Music & Film,"
(project team), Amherst, MA (USA), Summer 2018 (press)