Awards & Honors
External Grants and Fellowships
2024. Scholar in Residence, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
2020-2022. Graduate Fellow on the “African/Black Diaspora Academic and Public Discourse” Project, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation at University of Maryland
2019. Fellowship in Effective Teaching Practices, Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) (declined)
2018 & 2017. Student Forum Advisory Board Award, American Sociological Association (ASA)
2017-2019. Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
2016. Student Scholarship, Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS)
University Grants and Fellowships
2025. Restorative Justice Commission Transformative Equity Grant, University of Massachusetts-Boston
2024-2025. Junior Faculty Research Seminar, University of Massachusetts-Boston
2024. Center for Innovative Teaching Faculty Seminar, University of Massachusetts-Boston
2024. Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Fellowship, University of Massachusetts-Boston
2022. Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture Faculty Affiliate Grant, University of Chicago
2022. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Teaching Innovation Grant, University of Chicago
2020. Writing Across Curriculum Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center
2020. CARA Grant, PublicsLab
2019. Teaching and Learning Center Disciplinary Handbook Project, CUNY Graduate Center
2019. Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC) Dissertation Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center
2019. Doctoral Student Research Grant, CUNY Graduate Center
2017. Advanced Research Collaborative Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center
2016. CLACLS Summer Travel Research Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center
2014. Provost Doctoral Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center
Awards & Honors
2022. Dissertation Showcase Audience Choice Award, CUNY Graduate Center
2021. Charles V. Willie Minority Graduate Student Award, Eastern Sociological Society (ESS)
2020. Dean K Harrison Award, CUNY Graduate Center
2011. Phi Kappa Phi Honors, North Dakota State University (NDSU)
2010. Laurie Loveland Award, NDSU Department of Women and Gender Studies
2009. Center for Study of Religion Undergraduate Research Award, Princeton University
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