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Beatrice Medicine Award for Outstanding Essay, Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures, 2024.
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David M. and Nancy L. Petrone Faculty Scholar, University of Oregon, 2023-2026.
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Provost’s Teaching Academy Inductee. University of Oregon, Fall 2023.
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Best Edition, Anthology, or Essay Collection, Modernist Studies Association, 2023.
- Ersted Distinguised Teaching Award for Specialized Pedagogy, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon 2023.
- I3 Research Award, "“Center for Indigenous Data Sovereignty.” Co-Investigator with Jennifer O’Neal (IRES) and Ashley Cordes (ENVS). University of Oregon. Spring 2023.
- I3 Research Award, “Indigenous-led framework for collaboration across knowledge and value systems for the conservation of bio-cultural diversity – the Totem Pole Journey as communication method.” Co-investigator with Barbara Muraca (Philosophy), Marsha Weisiger (History), Kari Norgaard (Sociology), and Briana Meier (Environmental Studies & Policy). University of Oregon. Spring 2021.
- MLA Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures, and Languages for Stoking the Fire: Nationhood in Cherokee Writing, 1906-1970. 2020. Honorable Mention.
- Town and Gown Sustainability Award for "Engaged Humanities: Parternships Between Academic and Tribal Communities," UO Office of Sustainability, 2020.
- Thomas J. Lyon Award for Oustanding Book in Western American Literary and Cultural Studies for Stoking the Fire: Nationhood in Cherokee Writing, 1906-1970, Western Literature Association, 2019.
- Norman H. Brown Faculty Fellow, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon, 2019-21.
- UO Authors Books Series Selection, University of Oregon, 2019-20.
- Lansdowne Visiting Speaker, University of Victoria, BC, February 2019.
- Andrew W. Mellon Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas Grant for Stoking the Fire: Nationhood in Cherokee Writing, 1907-1970, Summer 2017.
- Tykeson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon, Winter 2016.
- Oregon Humanities Center Faculty Fellow, University of Oregon, 2015-16.
- Don D. Walker Prize for Best Published Essay, Western Literature Association, 2012.
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship, 2011-12.
- Harry Ransom Center for the Humanities Dissertation Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 2010-11.
- George H. Mitchell Award for Outstanding Graduate Research, Graduate School, University of Texas at Austin, 2010.