My research and academic career have been made possible through the fellowships, grants, and awards from Indiana University, academic societies, and other funding institutions.
Fellowships
Dissertation Research Fellowship, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University
August 2023–24
William Slaymaker Graduate Fellowship, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University
July 2022
Departmental Fellowship, Dept. of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University
August 2021
Folklore and Ethnomusicology Summer Research Fellowship, Dept. of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University
May 2021
Skomp Feasibility Fellowship, Dept. of Anthropology, Indiana University
May 2021
Additional Grants
Mini-Grant, Edward H. and Rosamond B. Spicer Foundation
May 2022
Graduate Fieldwork Grant, American Folklore Society
June 2022
Phillips Fund for Native American Research, American Philosophical Society
May 2022
Jacobs Research Fund, Whatcom Museum
May 2022
GPSG Research Award, Graduate and Professional Student Government, Indiana University
March 2022
Sustainability Research Development Grant, Integrated Program for the Environment + Sustain IU, Indiana University
May 2021
Paper Prizes
Folklore and Science Junior Scholar Prize, Folklore and Science Section, American Folklore Society
November 2023
Warren E. Roberts Student Paper Prize, Folk Art and Material Culture Section, American Folklore Society
November 2022
David Bidney Graduate Paper Prize, Dept. of Anthropology, Indiana University
May 2021
People’s Choice Award and Graduate Runner-Up Prize, Global Partners Research Forum Poster Competition, Indiana University
January 2021
Dorson Paper Prize, Dept. of Folklore & Ethnomusicology, Indiana University
May 2020
Student Paper Honorable Mention, International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture
June 2019
William A. Wilson Student Paper Prize, Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section, American Folklore Society
October 2017
Student Paper Prize, Southern Anthropological Society
March 2017
Awards
Collins LLC Teaching Award, “Art at the Edge of Environmental Change” (taught Fall 2022), Collins Living-Learning Center, Indiana University
April 2022
Chair’s Recognition Award, Dept. of Folklore & Ethnomusicology, Indiana University
May 2019
Henry H. Glassie Teaching Award, Dept. of Folklore & Ethnomusicology, Indiana University
May 2019
Distinguished Service Award, Dept. of Folklore & Ethnomusicology, Indiana University
May 2018
Carrie Hunter-Tate Award, National Association of Student Anthropologists, American Anthropological Association
October 2016
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