GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

2020
Small Research Grant, Washburn University

2016-2017
American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship.

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

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

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

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

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

2010
Distinguished Dean’s University Fellowship, Ohio State University

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

2007
University Fellowship, University of Chicago

HONORS & AWARDS

2017
ASA Student Travel Award

2014
Silverman Research Support Award, Department of Sociology, Ohio State University

2013
Outstanding MA Student Award, Department of Sociology, Ohio State University

2012
Outstanding graduate paper submission, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics annual meeting. Cambridge, MA