GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

2016-2017    
American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship. $20,000.

2014             
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant. $12,000. Project: “Personal contacts and employment opportunities.”

2013              
Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship. Graduate School, Ohio State University. $2,000.

2013              
Tinker Foundation Summer Field Research Grant. Center for Latin American Studies, Ohio State University. $1,600.

2013              
Mershon Center for International Security Studies Graduate Student Grant. Project: “Food insecurity in Nicaragua: The role of community and political organizations.” $3,000.

2012              
Food Innovation Center Social Science Data Grant. Project: “Food Insecurity in Rural Latin America: A Food Systems Approach.” $2,500.

2010              
Distinguished Dean’s University Fellowship, Ohio State University

2008              
Tinker Foundation Summer Field Research Grant: $1,500. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Chicago.

2007              
University Fellowship, University of Chicago

HONORS & AWARDS

2017
ASA Student Travel Award: $225.

2014              
Silverman Research Support Award: $1,000. Department of Sociology, Ohio State University
 
2013              
Outstanding MA Student Award, Department of Sociology, Ohio State University
 
2012              
Outstanding graduate paper submission: $500. Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics annual meeting. Cambridge, MA