G-Academic Distinctions and Awards

Academic Distinctions and Awards

2018-2019: Graduate Teaching Assistantship from the Department of Biology and Howard University’s Graduate School.

2017 - 2018: Awarded Inaugural Julian-Just Research Assistantship from Howard University Graduate School.

2014 – 2017: Awarded (AGEP) Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Fellowship from Howard University’s Graduate School.

2013: Inducted to Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society (lifetime member) at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

2013: Received the Antarctic Service Medal for work in the United States Antarctic Research Program.

2012: In 2013, Birmingham, AL celebrated the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s letter from the Birmingham city jail and the events of the Civil Rights Movement. As part of this celebration, UAB acknowledged outstanding African-Americans from the community. I was one recognized and interviewed by the UAB College of Arts and Sciences.

2012: Awarded Minority Mentor and Mentee of the Year Award at the (SREB) Southern Regional Education Board’s Institute on Teaching and Mentoring.

2012: Inducted as an associate member of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society.

2012:  Inducted as an associate member of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.

2011 -2013: Awarded Bridge to Doctorate Fellowship from UAB, funded by the National Science Foundation.