Profile

Selected as the 2020 University of Oregon Early Career Award Recipient for Outstanding Research

International Communication Association

Children and Media Division's Best Published Article Award, 2018

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

• Top Poster Award, Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risks Division, 2019
• Ecquid Novi African Journalism Studies Best Paper Award for Journalism Research, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, 2014

National Institutes of Health

• Fellow (competitive selection), NIH Advanced Training Institute on Health Behavior Theory, 2012

Texas Tech University

• Faculty Member of the Year Award, Public Relations Department, College of Media and Communication, TTU, 2014-2015
• New Faculty Award, Alumni Association, TTU, 2015
• Billy I. Ross Faculty Achievement Award (faculty select one faculty member each year in recognition of excellence in research, teaching, and service), College of Media and Communication, TTU, 2014

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

• Minnie S. and Eli A. Rubinstein Dissertation Research Award, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2011
• Impact Award for Graduate Research, Graduate Education Advancement Board, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2011