Awards and Grants

Awards

  • Top Student Paper, Commission on the Status of Women, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2018
  • Top Student Paper, Commission on the Status of Women, AEJMC, 2017
  • Top Faculty Paper (with Carolyn Kitch), Magazine Media Division, AEJMC, 2017
  • First Place Paper, Graduate Research Forum, Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University, 2017
  • Walden Graduate Prize (Outstanding Emerging Scholar in Popular Culture Studies), Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association, 2017
  • First Place Paper, Graduate Research Forum, Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University, 2014
  • The Jerry Schwartz Editing Award for Outstanding Graduate Editing, Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University, 2013
  • Best Undergraduate Student, Department of Communications, University of Johannesburg, 2004

Grants and Scholarships

  • Presidential Fellowship for Doctoral Study (full tuition and stipend for four years, highest level award for graduate study university-wide), Temple University, 2014-2018
  • Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant, The Graduate School, Temple University, Spring 2019
  • Digital Scholars Program Scholarship ($500), Center for the Humanities at Temple and the Digital Scholarship Center of Temple Libraries, 2018-2019
  • Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Graduate Student Travel Grant ($800), 2018
  • International Communication Association (ICA) Feminist Scholarship Division Travel Scholarship ($100), 2017
  • ICA Graduate Student Travel Grant ($200), 2017
  • Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Travel Scholarship ($500), 2016
  • Summer Research Scholarship ($5,000), Victoria University of Wellington, 2009