- University of Arkansas at Little Rock Student Government Association Faculty Appreciation Award, 2021-2022, a student-selected award honoring faculty who make a positive difference in students’ lives.
- College of Communication, Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Education Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, 2021-2022.
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Faculty Jumpstart Teaching Grant, funding awarded for course innovations in the pedagogy of care, spring 2022.
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock Mentored Signature Experience Grant, 2021-2022. Awarded for the mentorship of Dominika Hanson.
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock Student Government Association Faculty Appreciation Award, 2019-2020, a student-selected award known as the “We HEART our Faculty Award.”
- Practicum Team partnership with the Clinton School of Public Service, 2021-2022, for work on the Little Rock Congregations Study’s race and faith project.
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock Mentored Signature Experience Grant, 2020-2021. Awarded for the mentorship of Landon DeKay.
- American Political Science Association, Small Research Grant, 2020. Funding awarded for research on the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on teaching in political science.
- Practicum Team partnership with the Clinton School of Public Service, 2020-2021, for work on the Little Rock Congregations Study’s 2020 data collection.
- Notre Dame Global Research on Religion Initiative Curriculum Development Grant, 2018. Grant awarded for the development of a course on International Religious Freedom.
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock Mentored Signature Experience Grant, 2018-2019. Two awards: one for the mentorship of Jordan Wallis and one for the mentorship of Paige Topping.
- College of Social Science and Communication, Graduate Research Assistantship Grant, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2017. Funding awarded to hire a graduate research assistant for research on online teaching and learning.
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock Student Government Association Faculty Member of the Year Award, 2016-2017.
- College of Social Science and Communication Teaching Excellence Award, 2014-2015.
- Arkansas State Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF). Mentor of Luis Miguel Lopez, 2014-2015.
- Distinguished Teaching Fellow Medallion, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2013.
- Arkansas State Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF). Mentor of Carli Steelman, 2012-2013.
- Student Success Grant, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2010. Funding awarded for hosting career informational sessions to promote student success.
- Undergraduate Research Grant, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2010. Funding awarded for the purchase of qualitative research materials to support undergraduate research.
- Teaching Assistant Instructional Improvement Grant, University of California Santa Barbara. Funding awarded for developing and collecting active learning exercises, 2008.