Selected Grants and Awards
- Johnson & Wales Faculty Scholarship Funding Program Faculty Grant, Anonymity and Universality: Rudi Gernreich and the Uniform of the Future, 2019.
- Peter Rollins Travel Grant for Early Career Faculty, Popular Culture Association, 2019; 2017.
- USITT Fellowship Grant, United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Historical accuracy in contemporary theatrical costume design, 2015.
Selected Honors
- International Textile and Apparel Association Paper of Distinction Award, Virtual guest speakers in fashion courses: Student experiences and expectations, 2021.
- International Textile and Apparel Association Paper of Distinction Award, Undergraduate student perceptions of industry guest speakers in the fashion classroom, 2020.
- Johnson & Wales University Advisor of the Year, JWU Players, 2020
- Iowa State University Research Excellence Award, 2016
- Certificate of Merit for Costume Design, Spring Awakening. Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, 2015
- Iowa State University Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award, 2014
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