HONORS & AWARDS
National Endowment for the Humanities, Awards for Faculty, 2017-2018.
Chawton House Library Fellowship, July 2017.
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Innovative Course Design Competition, 2016-2017.
Mellon Faculty Community of Teaching Scholars (FaCTS) Fellow, Xavier 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2017-2018.
English Faculty of the Year, Xavier Freshman Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta 2013-2014.
English Teacher of the Year, Alpha Lambda Delta-Freshman Honors Society, Xavier 2013-2014
Presidential Award for Excellence in Research Nominee, Angelo State University 2011-2012, 2010-2011
Quality Enhancement Plan, “Building a Community of Respect: Student Engagement and Learning,” Angelo State University 2010-2011
Faculty of the Year Award, Angelo State University-Greek Life, 2009-2010
TA of the Year Award, University of New Mexico, 2006-2007
Buchanan-Arms Award, Department of English, University of New Mexico, 2006-2007
Regents Fellowship, University of New Mexico, 2006-2007
TA of the Year Award Nominee, University of New Mexico, 2005-2006
GRANTS
Mellon Foundation Faculty Community of Teaching Scholars Fellowship, Xavier University of Louisiana.
2017-2018 – “Making Knowledge Public Using Educational Technology.”
2014-2015 – “Interdisciplinary Teaching.”
2013-2014 – “Engaging Students in Online Courses.”
Center for the Advancement of Teaching. Xavier University of Louisiana.
2016-2017 – Scholarly Travel Mini-Grant “Chawton House Library Fellowship – Austen and Edgeworth: Persuasive Precedent”
2015-2016 – Scholarly Travel Mini-Grant “Maria Edgeworth’s Correspondence in the National Library of Ireland”
Support for First-time Grant Writing “Displaced Britons: Africans and Creoles in Maria Edgeworth’s Fiction and Drama.”
2013-2014 –“Reading Course Portfolio Working Group.”
Center for Undergraduate Research, Xavier University of Louisiana.
2015-2016 – “Research Circle: Performing Oroonoko."
2014-2015 – “Research Circle: Biology in Literature-Evolution.”
2013-2014 – “Research Circle: Writing Biography as History – The Emergence of Race in the Transatlantic."
2013-2014 – “Scholarly Edition: Maria Edgeworth’s Ennui.”
Faculty Research Enhancement Grant, Angelo State University.
Spring 2012 - “Spirited Women: Literary Representations of Women’s Religion and Spirituality in Eighteenth-Century Britain”: Research at the Huntington Library: San Marino, CA.
Spring 2010 – “Representations of Eighteenth-Century Religious Enthusiasm”: Research at the British Library and British Museum: London, UK.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Awards for Faculty, 2017-2018.
Chawton House Library Fellowship, July 2017.
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Innovative Course Design Competition, 2016-2017.
Mellon Faculty Community of Teaching Scholars (FaCTS) Fellow, Xavier 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2017-2018.
English Faculty of the Year, Xavier Freshman Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta 2013-2014.
English Teacher of the Year, Alpha Lambda Delta-Freshman Honors Society, Xavier 2013-2014
Presidential Award for Excellence in Research Nominee, Angelo State University 2011-2012, 2010-2011
Quality Enhancement Plan, “Building a Community of Respect: Student Engagement and Learning,” Angelo State University 2010-2011
Faculty of the Year Award, Angelo State University-Greek Life, 2009-2010
TA of the Year Award, University of New Mexico, 2006-2007
Buchanan-Arms Award, Department of English, University of New Mexico, 2006-2007
Regents Fellowship, University of New Mexico, 2006-2007
TA of the Year Award Nominee, University of New Mexico, 2005-2006
GRANTS
Mellon Foundation Faculty Community of Teaching Scholars Fellowship, Xavier University of Louisiana.
2017-2018 – “Making Knowledge Public Using Educational Technology.”
2014-2015 – “Interdisciplinary Teaching.”
2013-2014 – “Engaging Students in Online Courses.”
Center for the Advancement of Teaching. Xavier University of Louisiana.
2016-2017 – Scholarly Travel Mini-Grant “Chawton House Library Fellowship – Austen and Edgeworth: Persuasive Precedent”
2015-2016 – Scholarly Travel Mini-Grant “Maria Edgeworth’s Correspondence in the National Library of Ireland”
Support for First-time Grant Writing “Displaced Britons: Africans and Creoles in Maria Edgeworth’s Fiction and Drama.”
2013-2014 –“Reading Course Portfolio Working Group.”
Center for Undergraduate Research, Xavier University of Louisiana.
2015-2016 – “Research Circle: Performing Oroonoko."
2014-2015 – “Research Circle: Biology in Literature-Evolution.”
2013-2014 – “Research Circle: Writing Biography as History – The Emergence of Race in the Transatlantic."
2013-2014 – “Scholarly Edition: Maria Edgeworth’s Ennui.”
Faculty Research Enhancement Grant, Angelo State University.
Spring 2012 - “Spirited Women: Literary Representations of Women’s Religion and Spirituality in Eighteenth-Century Britain”: Research at the Huntington Library: San Marino, CA.
Spring 2010 – “Representations of Eighteenth-Century Religious Enthusiasm”: Research at the British Library and British Museum: London, UK.
