James Madison Prize, Southern States Communication Association, 2025
Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award for Excellence in Communication Instruction, The University of Illinois, 2022
List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, The University of Illinois, 2017-2022 (Top 10% ‘18, ‘19, ‘21, ‘22)
Wayne Brockriede Fellow, Communication and Argumentation, The University of Illinois, 2017
Top Paper, Southern States Communication Association Conference, Popular Communication Division, 2017
Top Paper, National Communication Association, Theater, Film, and New Multi-Media Division, 2016
D.M. Edwards Research Fellowship, The Texas Collection at Baylor University, 2016
Graduate Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Rhetorical Studies, Baylor University, 2015
2014 Commencement Speaker, Mount Aloysius College
Mercy Presidential Scholar of the Year, Mount Aloysius College, 2011