Dissertation Grants
Research Award, Africana Research Center, Penn State, 2011
Early Career Award, Center for Global Studies, Penn State, 2011
Early Career Award, Center for Global Studies, Penn State, 2011
Graduate Fellowships & Awards
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2010-13 [Awarded in 2008]
Penn State Nominee, Annual Meeting of Noble Laureates- Lindau, Germany, 2011
Travel Grant, International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, 2010
Predoctoral Traineeship in Family Demography, 2008-10
Supported by a T-32 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
University Fellow, The Pennsylvania State University, 2007-08
Herbert Bailey Graduate Fellowship, Demography Recruitment Fund, The Pennsylvania State University, 2007
Penn State Nominee, Annual Meeting of Noble Laureates- Lindau, Germany, 2011
Travel Grant, International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, 2010
Predoctoral Traineeship in Family Demography, 2008-10
Supported by a T-32 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
University Fellow, The Pennsylvania State University, 2007-08
Herbert Bailey Graduate Fellowship, Demography Recruitment Fund, The Pennsylvania State University, 2007
Additional Awards
Outstanding Psychology Student Award, Greensboro College, 2003
Outstanding Student Leader Award, Omicron Delta Kappa Honors Society, Greensboro College, 2003
Presidential Scholar (Full Room, Board, & Tuition), Greensboro College, 1999-2003
Outstanding Student Leader Award, Omicron Delta Kappa Honors Society, Greensboro College, 2003
Presidential Scholar (Full Room, Board, & Tuition), Greensboro College, 1999-2003