Poetry

South Arts Fellow (Florida), 2025

First Place prize in MAYDAY’s microchapbook contest for The Flea, 2025

Buffalo Girl named silver medal winner in the 2023 Florida Book Award for Poetry, 2024

Buffalo Girl shortlisted for the Julie Suk Book Prize, 2024

Buffalo Girl named one of “Best Poetry Collections of 2023” by The Poetry Question, 2023

Buffalo Girl named a finalist in the Maya Angelou Book Award, 2023

Best American Poetry Anthology, “Hungry Poem with Laughter Coming from an Unknown Source,” 2022

Noemi Press book prize finalist, Buffalo Girl, 2021

Cleveland State University Poetry Center book contest finalist, Buffalo Girl, 2021

Omnidawn second book semifinalist, Buffalo Girl, 2021

Savage Pageant named a finalist for the Norma Farber Award, 2021

Savage Pageant listed on Poets & Writers, 2021

Savage Pageant named “Favorite Books of 2020” by Hyperallergic, 2020

Savage Pageant named one of the “Best Books of 2020” by The Boston Globe, 2020

Cleveland State University Poetry Center book contest finalist, Savage Pageant, 2018

42 Miles Press First Poetry Book Prize finalist, Savage Pageant, 2018

Rose Metal Press Contest hybrid book finalist, Savage Pageant, 2017

Heavy Feather Double Take Grand Poetry Prize, chapbook manuscript, The Liminal Parade, 2016

Scholarly

Franklin Research Center Fellow, Duke University, 2019-2020

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Duke University, 2019

AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship, 2018

Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies Travel Award, Duke University, 2017

PhD Lab in Digital Knowledge Fellow, Duke University, 2015, 2016

FLAS Fellow, UW-Madison, 2015