Honors & Awards
Gender and Policy (GAP) Leadership Award, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, May 2019.
Best Paper Award, “Distributional Semantics Approach to Detect Intent in Twitter Conversations on Sexual Assaults.” Co-authored with Hemant Purohit, Rahual Pandey, and Bonnie Stabile. 2018 International Conference on Web Intelligence, December 2018.
Bernard Ross Public Administration Scholarship, American University, May 2011.
Robert Boynton Award, American University, May 2011.
School of Public and International Affairs Departmental Honor, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, May 2009.
International Affairs Excellence Award, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, May 2008.
International Affairs Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, May 2008.
Cornerstone Leadership Award, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, May 2007.
Professional Service
Co-Lead, Global Frontiers in Research Methods, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, August 2014 – May 2016.
Committee Member, Ph.D. Workshop Series, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, August 2014 – May 2016.
Program Chair, Association of Ph.D. Students, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, August 2014 – May 2016.
Professional Development
Writing & Research Residency, Foundation Obras, Evorámonte, Portugal, May – June 2017.
Preparing for Careers in the Academy, George Mason University, August 2016 – May 2017.
The Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR), Maxwell School, Syracuse University, June 2016.
Cross Cultural Human Services Credential, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, September 2009 – August 2010.