Fellowships & Awards

Fellowships

Robert T. Holt Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2014-2015
  • Competitive university-wide dissertation completion fellowship

Graduate Research Partnership Program Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Summer 2011
  • Fellowship for research on the project titled, "Who Represents Me? The Effects of Racial, Gender, and Partisan Congruence on Attitudes about Representation" with Kathryn Pearson and Dara Strolovitch

Research Assistantship in Women's Policy Research, Institute for Women's Policy Research and the George Washington University, 2006-2010.
  • Full tuition scholarship to pursue a Master's in Public Policy with a Concentration in Women's Studies

Grants

University of North Texas Summer Research Grant, 2021
  • $3,000 grant to fund research on equal pay policies, women's organizations' participation in rulemaking, and gender outside group expenditures and ad campaigns for congressional candidates

University of North Texas Scholarly and Creative Award, 2018
  • $4,716 grant to fund research on how equal pay policies are implemented and enforced in the United States

University of North Texas Team Mentoring Group Grant, 2017-2018
  • Grant to fund interdisciplinary research on marginalized groups using text and content analysis methods) with Jacqueline Vickery (Media Arts), Alexis Palmer (Linguistics), Regina Branton (Political Science), Shobhana Cheilliah (Linguistics), Kimi King (Political Science), and Jim Meernik (Political Science).

University of North Texas Conference Support Grant, 2017
  • Grant to present at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in San Francisco, CA.
Conference Travel Grant, American Political Science Association, 2015
  • Grant to present at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in San Francisco, CA.

Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Conference Presentation Grant, University of Minnesota, 2015.
  • Grant to present at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association in Las Vegas, NV.

Scholarly Travel Grant, University of Minnesota Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, 2014.
  • Grant to present at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago, IL.

Scholarly Travel Grant, University of Minnesota Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, 2012.
  • Grant to present at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association in New Orleans, LA.

Awards

Women's Studies Graduate Prize for Feminist Scholarship, The George Washington University, 2009
  • Awarded for the best research paper from a graduate student in the Women's Studies program