

SELECTED HONOURS
2016 Winner of Wayne State University President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
2015 Department and College nominee for the ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award
Winter 2014 Winner of inaugural Teaching of Writing award for Lecturers.
Fall 2010 Department nominee for the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award, a national award that “recognizes graduate students who show exemplary promise as future leaders of higher education; who demonstrate a commitment to developing academic and civic responsibility in themselves and others; and whose work reflects a strong emphasis on teaching and learning.”
2008-11 English Department Travel Grants -- received three grants to subsidize conference travel expenses.
2007-11 Awarded Graduate Teaching Assistantship at Wayne State
2006 Nominated for the 2006 George Wicken Teaching Excellence at Centennial College (one teacher awarded annually)
2002 Awarded Lancer Fellowship for excellence in academics and athletics (University of Windsor)
2000-2002 Academic All-Canadian for two consecutive years for combining excellence in academics and varsity athletics 2000-2002 (University of Windsor)
2000 Dean's List as a graduating student in Honors English (Laurentian University)