Grants & Awards

Pathways Step Grant - Modern Language Association (MLA), funded by the Mellon Foundation. Project: Making Spanish relevant for Black students. 2024. Amount funded: $10,000. [press release]

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award - 2021-2022 cycle. Project: Expanding the dialectal competence of English and Spanish teachers in southern Brazil. 2021. [award]

Innovation in Language Program Direction Award - Racial/Social Justice and Inclusivity. ​American Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators, and Directors of Language Programs (AAUSC). Project: Pathways to empower Black and African American students in college-level Spanish classes. 2020. [award]

Language Learning Early Career Research Grant. Project: Implementation and assessment of a pronunciation instruction training module for second language teachers. Funding agency: Language Learning Journal. 2019. Amount funded:  $9,743 ​

2024 Faculty Achievement Award in Research and Creative Activity. College of Arts and Sciences.  

2024 Excellence in Research Award. Office of Research and Innovation. 

Assessment Mini Grant. For project Creation and assessment of inclusive pedagogical materials in the Spanish program. University Assessment Steering Committee. 2022. Amount awarded: $1,500 

CAS Graduate Research Assistantship Award. To hire graduate research assistant (GRA). College of Arts and Sciences. 2019. Amount awarded (paid to GRA): $3,818  

Support for Faculty Scholars Award (SFSA). Project: A longitudinal study of second language pronunciation development in two learning contexts. Office of the Vice President for Research. 2018. Amount awarded: $1,994

International Education Faculty Development Fund (IEFDF). For travel to conference presentation in Poland. Haenicke Institute for Global Education. 2018. Amount awarded: $600

College Discovery and Dissemination (CDD) Award. For research project and presentation at CASPSLaP conference in Bloomington, IN. College of Arts and Sciences. 2018. Amount awarded: $500

CAS Graduate Research Assistantship Award. To hire graduate research assistants (GRAs). College of Arts and Sciences. 2017. Amount awarded (paid to GRAs): $7,486  

International Education Faculty Development Fund (IEFDF). For travel to conference presentation in Denmark. Haenicke Institute for Global Education. 2016. Amount awarded: $956

College Discovery and Dissemination (CDD) Award. For research project and presentation at AAAL conference in Orlando, FL. College of Arts and Sciences. 2016. Amount awarded: $1,200​