FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Pennsylvania State University
J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School, Fox Dissertation Completion Award 2025
Gil Watz Graduate Dissertation Fellowship in Languages and Linguistics 2025-2026
Humanities Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate Scholar in Residence Program 2025
Superior Teaching and Research (STAR) Award, College of Liberal Arts 2025
Liberal Arts Research and Graduate Studies Office (RGSO) Dissertation Release 2025
Africana Research Center Dissertation Fellowship 2024
Dissertation Grant, African Studies Program 2024
Dickerson Family Fund Award, College of Liberal Arts 2024
Graduate Student Travel Award, Department of Applied Linguistics 2022-2025
Graduate Scholar Award, College of Liberal Arts 2021-2025
Ohio University
Graduate Student Conference Grant, Department of Linguistics, Ohio University 2021
Joann B. Steadman International Student Award, Ohio University 2020
Graduate Recruitment Scholarship, Ohio University 2019-2021
GRANTS
National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations/ Modern Language Journal Dissertation Writing Support Grant ($ 2,500). Re-thinking multilingual education and language policy in elementary contexts: A comparative case study of public and private schools in Ghana. (Principal Investigator; 2025).
Grant awarded through the J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Graduate School, Fox Dissertation Completion Award, Penn State ($ 5,000). Southernizing multilingualism: Language, philosophy, and pedagogy in Ghanaian classrooms. (Principal Investigator; 2025).
Grant awarded through the Superior Teaching and Research Award, College of Liberal Arts, Penn State ($ 2,000). Exploring the impact of diverse philosophical perspectives on scholarship, humanity, and success among culturally diverse students at Penn State. (Principal Investigator; 2025).
Dickerson Family Fund Award, College of Liberal Arts, Penn State ($1,000). Understanding African graduate students’ experiences with mental health stress: A communicative inquiry. (Principal Investigator; 2024).
Submitted
(Co-PI). Stories of healing from Ananse Kwae and Entim e Naimina Enkiyio: cultural sites in Ghana and Kenya. Submitted to the National Geographic Society, Big Questions Grant. Amount requested: $ 100, 000. (Under review, PI: Sinfree Makoni)
(Co-I). Promoting socially embedded linguistic and cultural communication between campus police and the international community at the Pennsylvania State University. Submitted to Penn State Criminal Justice Center (CJRC), Seed Funding Program, Amount requested: $8, 500. (Under review, PI: Sinfree Makoni)
(Research Assistant). Unused potentials of informal Education for improving critical water literacies in Peri-urban settlements in Ghana & Kenya. Submitted to the Spencer Foundation, Large Research Grants on Education, Amount requested: $ 500,000 (Under review, PI: Sinfree Makoni)
(Co-PI). Scaling STEM education and mentorship for Sudanese youth through virtual platforms. Submitted to the US Department of State, US Embassy Sudan, Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program, Amount requested: $ 50, 000. (Under review, PI: Sinfree Makoni)