Select Grants & Awards
Research Fellowships
2023 Summer Doctoral Fellowship - $7,333
Graduate College, University of Delaware
Supported dissertation research/writing from a competitive, university-wide applicant pool
2022 Summer Research Fellowship - $4,000
University of Delaware/Delaware Historical Society
Project Title: "Material Genealogy: Tracing the Historical Occupancy of the Cook-Simms House"
2020 Edward Porter Alexander Internship Award - $1,500
University of Delaware, Museum Studies
Supported 2020 virtual summer internship at the Delaware Historical Society
2019 Summer Research Assistantship - $4,500
University of Delaware, Dr. Iain Crawford
Researched and catalogued British responses/views on the U.S. Civil War (1861-65) within British periodicals (quarterlies, monthlies, weeklies)
2017 Graduate Research Grant - $1,000
University of St. Thomas
Project Title: "The Disruptive Power of Frame Narratives in Mary Shelley's Keepsake Tales"
Travel Grants
2023 Graduate Research Travel Award - $737
Department of English, Center for Material & Cultural Studies
Supported archival work on "Aunt Clara" and the "Dakota Farmer Collection" At South Dakota State University in service to my dissertation
2023 Graduate Student Travel Award - $400
Department of English, University of Delaware
Supported archival work on "Aunt Clara" and the "Dakota Farmer Collection" at South Dakota State University in service to my dissertation
2022 Professional Development Grant - $800
Graduate College, University of Delaware
Supported participation in "African-American Print Cultures in the 19th-Century United States," Rare Book School @ the University of Virginia
2019 Professional Development Grant - $800
Office of Graduate and Professional Education, University of Delaware
Presented original research at RSVP 2019 conference, "Work/Leisure, Duty/Pleasure" in Brighton, UK
2019 Grad Student Travel Bursary - $250
North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR)
Presented original research at NASSR 2019 conference, "Romantic Elements" in Chicago, IL
2016 Conference Travel Grant - $500
Department of English, University of St. Thomas
Presented original research at the 2016 Northern Plains Conference on Early British Literature conference in Brookings, SD
Select Awards & Honors
2014-2017 Graduate Departmental Fellowship
University of St. Thomas, Department of English
Competitive multi-year tuition waiver/reimbursement
2010 Christian Weintz Award for Excellence in English Studies
Bethel University, Department of English
Awarded annually to a graduating student who exemplifies excellence in literary scholarship