Grants and Awards
2015 Provost Award for Travel, University of Northern Colorado, $1500
2014 Faculty Reassignment Award for Research, Scholarship and Creative Works, University of Northern Colorado
2012 ASA/SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award, $500
2009 Honorable Mention for the Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section Outstanding Paper Award; American Sociological Association
2008-2009 Social Science Dissertation Fellowship, Vanderbilt Center for Nashville Studies and College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University, $20,000
2008-2009 Dissertation Fellowship, Vanderbilt Center for Nashville Studies, $5000
2008 Finalist for the Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section Outstanding Paper Award; American Sociological Association
2008 Canadian Studies Research Grant, Canadian Studies Program, Vanderbilt University, $500
2008 Pedagogy Fellowship, Center for Ethics, Vanderbilt University, $500
2007 Dissertation Enhancement Grant, Graduate School, Vanderbilt University, $2000
2007 Center for Ethics Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, $1200
2006 Marion T. Loftin Graduate Research Award, awarded to best graduate research paper in sociology; Vanderbilt University
2004-2007 Marion T. Loftin Graduate Research Awards, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University, $850
2004-2009 Travel Grant to Sociology conference, Graduate School, Vanderbilt University, $500/conference, $2500 total
2003-2008 College of Arts and Science, Teaching Assistantship, Vanderbilt University, $14,500-16,500/year for 5 years
2003-2008 Marion T. Loftin Fellowship, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University, $4000/year for 5 years, $20,000
2003 Student Summer Research Grant, Centenary College of Louisiana, $2500
2003 Southern Sociological Society's Undergraduate Odum Award
2014 Faculty Reassignment Award for Research, Scholarship and Creative Works, University of Northern Colorado
2012 ASA/SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award, $500
2009 Honorable Mention for the Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section Outstanding Paper Award; American Sociological Association
2008-2009 Social Science Dissertation Fellowship, Vanderbilt Center for Nashville Studies and College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University, $20,000
2008-2009 Dissertation Fellowship, Vanderbilt Center for Nashville Studies, $5000
2008 Finalist for the Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section Outstanding Paper Award; American Sociological Association
2008 Canadian Studies Research Grant, Canadian Studies Program, Vanderbilt University, $500
2008 Pedagogy Fellowship, Center for Ethics, Vanderbilt University, $500
2007 Dissertation Enhancement Grant, Graduate School, Vanderbilt University, $2000
2007 Center for Ethics Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, $1200
2006 Marion T. Loftin Graduate Research Award, awarded to best graduate research paper in sociology; Vanderbilt University
2004-2007 Marion T. Loftin Graduate Research Awards, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University, $850
2004-2009 Travel Grant to Sociology conference, Graduate School, Vanderbilt University, $500/conference, $2500 total
2003-2008 College of Arts and Science, Teaching Assistantship, Vanderbilt University, $14,500-16,500/year for 5 years
2003-2008 Marion T. Loftin Fellowship, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University, $4000/year for 5 years, $20,000
2003 Student Summer Research Grant, Centenary College of Louisiana, $2500
2003 Southern Sociological Society's Undergraduate Odum Award