2023-2024: Academic Leadership Academy Fellow, Wayne State University.
2023-2024: Research Fellow, Public Libraries Partnering on Food Justice Project. (Funded by Mellon Foundation, PIs at University of North Carolina Greensboro and Wayne State University).
2023-2024: Career Development Chair Award, Wayne State University.
2023: Spring/Summer Doctoral Student Research Assistant Support. Department of Communication, Wayne State University. Funded PhD student Allison Lucas, $3,200. (Study: “The COVID-19 Pandemic and BIPOC Entrepreneurs’ Resilience in Detroit, Michigan”)
2022-2023: Humanities Center Resident Scholar. Wayne State University.
2021: Fellow, Colby Summer Institute in Environmental Humanities, Colby College (ME).
2021: Outstanding Contributed Chapters Award in Organizational Communication, National Communication Association.
2020: Stephen P. Depoe Book Chapter Award in Environmental Communication, National Communication Association.
2019: Spirit of Community Engagement Award, Faculty Category (Finalist),Wayne State University.
2018: Linda L. Putnam Early Career Scholar Award, Organizational Communication Division, International Communication Association.
2018: Brock Research Award, Department of Communication, Wayne State University.
2018-2019: Humanities Center Faculty Fellowship, Wayne State University. ($6,000 awarded)
2018: Spring/Summer PhD Student Research Assistant Support. Department of Communication, Wayne State University. Funded PhD student D. Feltner, $2,500. (Study: “Organizing/Communicating for Urban Sustainability: The Detroit Entrepreneurial Ecosystem”)
2018-2019: Graduate Research Assistant Award. Graduate School, Wayne State University. Funded PhD student D. Feltner for 12 months, including $22,241 stipend. (Study: “Sustainable lifestyles/consumption for a better world”)
2016-2017: Faculty Fellow. “Next Generation” Humanities Faculty Mentoring Fellowship Team, Wayne State University. ($2,500 awarded)
2016: Resident Scholar. Humanities Center, Wayne State University (Winter and Spring/Summer 2016 semesters).
2015: Spring/Summer Doctoral Student Research Assistant Support. Department of Communication, Wayne State University. Funded PhD student S.L. Mitchell, $2,500. (Study: “Communicative complexities of enacting environmental resource management policy in the U.S. Arctic”)
2014: Visiting Fellowship, Institute of the North, Anchorage AK.
2014: Humanities Center Faculty Fellowship, Wayne State University. ($4,500 awarded).
2013: Harriet Dowdell Bantz, Sandra G. Petronio, and Charles R. Bantz Endowed Faculty Development Award, Wayne State University.
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