AWARDS &
FUNDING
Awards & Recognition
2023 Certificate of Focused Professional Growth and Development: Teaching Practice and Student
Success, Awarded by the Faculty Teaching and Learning Center (FTLC), Aims Community College
2023 Certificate of Focused Professional Growth and Development: Dedication to Inclusion and
Equity, Awarded by the Faculty Teaching and Learning Center (FTLC), Aims Community College
2022 Certificate of Focused Professional Growth and Development: Teaching Practice and Student
Success, Awarded by the Faculty Teaching and Learning Center (FTLC), Aims Community College
2022 Certificate of Focused Professional Growth and Development: Dedication to Growth Within
One's Discipline, Awarded by the Faculty Teaching and Learning Center (FTLC), Aims Community College
2022 Certificate of Focused Professional Growth and Development: Dedication to Inclusion and
Equity, Awarded by the Faculty Teaching and Learning Center (FTLC), Aims Community College
2021 Arts and Sciences Dean Nominee for the Dean Selected Faculty of the Year Award, Aims
Community College
2016 Named Full-Time Faculty of the Year (2016-2017), presented by the Aims Faculty Association
at Aims Community College
2016 Recipient of the Learner-Centered Teaching Award, presented by the Faculty Teaching
and Learning Center at Aims Community College
2016 Recipient of a Champion of Assessment Award, presented by the Aims Community
College Office of Academic Assessment
2016 Named the Aims Community College Distinguished Colleague of the Month (February)
2010 Recipient of the Annual June Helm Award, presented by the University of Iowa Graduate
Student Anthropological Association
2010 Recipient of a Sandra H. Barkan Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award, presented by
the University of Iowa Graduate Student Senate, Graduate College, and Office of the Vice President for Research
2009 Recipient of an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, presented by the University of
Iowa Council on Teaching, $1000 (Awarded for courses taught as a sole course instructor during the 2008-2009 academic year)
2009 Excellence in teaching recognized by the “Thank a Teacher” program, Center for Teaching,
University of Iowa
2004 Medal for graduating with honors, summa cum laude, Fort Lewis College.
2011 Wenner-Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant, “Faunal Use and Resource Pressure
at the Origins of Agriculture in the Northern U.S. Southwest,” $7,255
2010 University of Iowa (UI) Executive Council of Graduate and Professional Students Research
Grant Contract, $803
2007 UI Department of Anthropology Summer Research Grant, $726.75
2006 UI Department of Anthropology Summer Research Grant, $775
2006 UI Student Government Summer Research Grant, $1,000
Research
Grants
Scholarships & Fellowships
2011 Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of Iowa (for the
2011/2012 academic year), $22,000
2007 International Metal Decorators Association Scholarship, $500
2006 Ward F. Weakly Memorial Fund Scholarship, Colorado Council of Professional
Archaeologists, $500
2004 Continuing Student Scholarship (Merit Based), Fort Lewis College
2004 Al Lancaster Scholarship for the 2004 Fort Lewis College Archaeological Field School, $660
2004 Continuing Student Scholarship (Merit Based), Fort Lewis College
2003 Continuing Student Scholarship (Merit Based), Fort Lewis College
Presentation & Travel Grants & Awards
2011 UI Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research Graduate Student Travel Awards
– Conferences, $750;
Funds utilized to attend and present at the 76th Annual Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Sacramento, California; April of 2011
2010 UI Executive Council of Graduate and Professional Students Professional Advancement
Travel Grant, $300;
Funds utilized to attend and present at the 11th Quadrennial Conference for the International Conference for ArchaeoZoology in Paris, France; August of 2010
2010 UI Graduate Student Senate Travel Funds Award, $400;
Funds utilized to attend and present at the 11th Quadrennial Conference for the International Conference for ArchaeoZoology in Paris, France; August of 2010
2010 UI International Programs Graduate Student Travel Award, $300;
Funds utilized to attend and present at the 11th Quadrennial Conference for the International Conference for ArchaeoZoology in Paris, France; August of 2010
2008 UI International Programs Graduate Student Travel Award, $300;
Funds utilized to attend and present at the 73rd Annual Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Vancouver, Canada; March of 2008
2008 University of Iowa Student Government Scholarly Presentation Grant, $250;
Funds utilized to attend and present at the 73rd Annual Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Vancouver, Canada; March of 2008
2007 UI Department of Anthropology Scholarly Presentation Travel Fund, $200;
Funds utilized to attend and present at the 72nd Annual Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Austin, Texas; April 2007
2007 UI University of Iowa Graduate Student Senate Scholarly Presentation Travel Fund, $100;
Funds utilized to attend and present at the 72nd Annual Society for American Archaeology Meetings in Austin, Texas; April 2007