Ph.D. Florida State University. Literature. 2013.
Dissertation: “Logically Disturbed: Cognitive Otherness, Consumer Culture, and the Pursuit of Happiness in American Modernist Literature”
Advisor: Andrew Epstein
Readers: S.E. Gontarski, Neil Jumonville, Diane Roberts, Ned Stuckey-French
M.A. Florida Gulf Coast University. English. 2008.
Thesis: “Turning Germans into Huns: Gender Discourse and The New York Times’ Depiction of German-Americans and German Culture During the First World War, 1914-1919”
B.A. Florida Gulf Coast University. Major: History. Minor: English. Magna cum laude. 2006
Tier 2 Faculty Grant Award. Teach Access. 2023. $2,500.
Bravo Bucs! Award. 2022. Florida SouthWestern State College.
Master Teacher Series Award. Florida SouthWestern State College. 2019. Recipients receive two course releases for the following academic year and lead “The Master Teacher Series” faculty development initiatives for the college during that time.
Subject of an Article on Twenty-First Century Composition Strategies in Florida SouthWestern State College's Spyglass Magazine. "Comp 101: It's a Brave New World." Written by Jennifer Young. Spyglass: The Magazine of Florida SouthWestern State College, Fall 2016/Winter 2017, p. 23.
Named FSW Community Member of the Game. FSW Women's Basketball Home Game. December 10, 2016.
$5,000 Research Grant. School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Florida SouthWestern State College. August 2016.
Work Highlighted in Florida SouthWestern State College Press Release. “FSW Professor Publishes Multiple Journal Articles, Encourages Others to Learn from the Past.” July 6, 2016.
Named Distinguished Honorary Member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS). July 2016.
Featured Faculty Member in Florida SouthWestern State College’s Academic Assessment Newsletter. Published by the Learning Assessment Committee. February 2016.
Nominated for Faculty Member of the Year Award. Florida SouthWestern State College. 2015.
Bertram and Ruth Davis Award for Outstanding Career as a Graduate Student. 2014. Department of English. Florida State University.
Selected to serve on Harper Fund Graduate Student Award Committee for 2013 SAMLA Conference. South Atlantic Modern Language Association. 2012.
Edward H. and Marie C. Kingsbury Graduate Fellowship. 2012-13.
Named an Innovator at the Office of Intellectual Property Development and Commercialization's Eighth Annual Innovator's Reception. Florida State University. 2012.
George Mills Harper Fund Travel Grant. South Atlantic Modern Language Association.
Jim & Nancy Hinkle Travel Grant. The Hemingway Society. 2012.
Summer Research Stipend. College of Arts & Sciences. Florida State University. 2012.
Dissertation Research Grant. The Graduate School. Florida State University. 2011-12.
Graduate Student Travel Award. Modernist Studies Association. 2011. Summer Research Stipend. College of Arts & Sciences. Florida State University. 2011.
Edward H. and Marie C. Kingsbury Graduate Fellowship. 2010-11.
Sigma Tau Delta, International English Honor Society. Inducted 2005.
Phi Alpha Theta, International History Honor Society. Inducted 2004.