Scholarly
- Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching Award (M.A.), First-Year Composition, University of Oklahoma
- Three Minute Thesis Competition Second Place Winner,University of
- Oklahoma. Presentation title: “The Power of Medical Texts in Women’s Health.”
- Goldia D. Cooksey Memorial Fund, University of Oklahoma
- Alphonse Josephy Fritze and Dorothy Gene Fritz Memorial Scholarship, University of Oklahoma
- Dean’s List, Coe College
- Fulbright Scholar English Teaching Assistant Alternate, Slovak Republic
- Outstanding Senior in Writing, Coe College
- Alpha Lambda Delta Maria Leonard Senior Book Award, Coe College
- John J. Murray Memorial Award in History, Coe College
- James and Linnie Phifer Writing Prize in History, Coe College
- Young Essay Grand Prize Winner, Coe College
Creative
- PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers Nomination
- Best Creative Graduate Paper, Michigan College English Association
- Narratively x Belletrist True Romance Writing Prize Grand Prize Winner
- Annie Dillard Prize in Nonfiction, Bellingham Review
- New Voices Award Nonfiction Finalist, Washington Square Review
- Curt Johnson Prose Award in Nonfiction Honorable Mention, December
- The Best American Essays 2023 Notable, for “In the Desert”
- Best of the Net Nomination, for “Things You Own,” nominated by Gastropoda
- Best of the Net Nomination, for “Family Matters,” nominated by Cold Mountain Review
- Pushcart Prize Nomination, for “Family Matters,” nominated by Cold Mountain Review
- Literary Competition Winner, Ladies’ Literary Club of Cedar Rapids
Grants and Scholarships
- Mary Ann Ryan Travel Award for Rhetoric of Health and Medicine Scholars
- National Collegiate Cancer Foundation Survivor Scholarship
- Katherine Rader Two-Year Graduate Fellowship, University of Oklahoma
- Robberson Travel Grant, University of Oklahoma Graduate College
- Williston Jones Full-Tuition Scholarship, Coe College