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