Fellowships & Awards

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                                                                International

Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Outstanding Early-Career Woman Scholar Award         2026

An award from the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International University and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Commission on the Status of Women

Highly competitive, one early-career scholar awarded per year

Gressly-Fleck Visiting Scholar, Dept of Communication and Media Research       2022–2023

University of Fribourg, Switzerland (5,000 CHF)

Highly competitive, traditionally one visiting scholar position granted internationally per year 

Top Student Paper Award, International Communication Association,                                2019

Journalism Studies Division ($250)

Competitive, one to three typically granted, based on blind peer review

Emerging Scholar Fellow, Milton Wolf Seminar on Media and Diplomacy                          2016

Competitive, ten awards granted internationally

Contracted Researcher and Author, UNESCO ($32,000)                                      2013–2014

Highly competitive, awarded following a successful request for proposal 

French Language Fellow, Swiss Government                                                             2008–2009

Competitive, granted to Fulbright scholars studying in Switzerland

Fulbright Research Fellow to Switzerland, U.S. Department of State                 2008–2009

Highly competitive, one of 14 students selected nationally in 2008

                                                                   National

Andrew Carnegie Fellow Award, Carnegie Corporation of New York                    2025-2027

Highly competitive, one of 26 fellows nationally to be selected

First awardee in WSU history

Recipient of $200,000 for research project on journalism and political polarization

Alumni Affiliate, Center for Media at Risk, University of Pennsylvania                    2024–2026

Affiliated Fellow, Media, Inequality and Change Center, University of                 2023–Present

Pennsylvania and Rutgers

Competitive, one of 12 fellows nationally to be selected over a four-year period

Fellow, Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication,       2022–2023

Florida International University

Competitive, one of 25 fellows selected internationally in association with AEJMC

Affiliated Fellow, Information Society Project, Yale Law School                            2021–Present

Highly competitive, only granted to former Yale scholars who enter the academy

Visiting Fellow, Information Society Project, Yale Law School                                   2020–2021

Highly competitive, approximately four scholars selected internationally per year

Graduate Associate, Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania ($1,000)       2020–2021

Competitive, one of 29 graduate students selected from graduate programs at the 

University of Pennsylvania 

Dissertation Fellowship, Annenberg School for Communication,                            2020–2021

University of Pennsylvania

Competitive, requires a successful application to be funded

Knight News Innovation Fellow, Tow Center for Digital Journalism ($6,500)      2018–2019

Highly competitive, one of 10 fellows selected internationally

Summer Research Fellowship, Annenberg School for Communication ($4,000)   2016–2020

Competitive, requires a research project to be funded

Graduate Research Fellowship – Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation   2016

Highly competitive, only two honorable mentions awarded nationally in my field of study 

First Look Media Technology Fellow, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the             2015

Press ($70,000) 

Highly competitive, only one fellow selected nationally