Teaching Awards

Outstanding Lecturer; ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

2020 - 2021 (nominated)
2019 - 2020 (nominated)
2018 - 2019 (Semi-Finalist)
2018 (nominated)

Best General Psychology Instructor

TTU Department of Psychological Sciences, 2014 - 2015

Excellence in Teaching

Helen DeVitt Jones Fellowship, 2014 - 2015

Teaching Award

James D. and Mary Hazlewood Memorial Foundation, 2014 - 2015

Teaching Fellowship

TTU Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center, 2014 - 2015

• One academic year duration
• Highly competitive, university-wide program.
• Received individualized training and feedback from professional mentors.
• Developed new course and materials (Comparative Psychology), received critical feedback through videotaped teaching sessions, assessed course and teaching through mid-semester student evaluations, attended numerous teaching-focused workshops, created teaching portfolio.

Best Lab Instructor

TTU Department of Psychological Sciences, 2013 - 2014

Research Methods

Research Awards

I was terrified at the start of my very first poster competition. I was presenting research over the testing effect and text comprehension, both of which required a combination of qualitative (e.g., content analysis transforming participants' long-form free responses into quantitative 'idea units,' interviewing participants about their behaviors/perspectives) and quantitative (time on task, survey data, multiple choice scores, etc.) data. But after about 10 minutes, I realized that talking about the research was one of THE most exciting things I'd ever done. Instead of waiting for people to approach my poster, I started calling them over. I asked them questions and turned it into a fun exercise. Apparently the judges liked this, so I won 3rd place in Arts and Sciences. My PI was in awe!

The following year I was much more confident from the outset. I was presenting data from my Master's project, which I was scheduled to finalize a few months out. In contrast to the first year, I was surrounded by other PhD students from my department. And damn, they were VERY good presenters. I enjoyed competing with them, but more than anything, I was thrilled that they got 1st and 3rd place (and I took 2nd!). They mentored me throughout the whole process and are now earning awards in their own careers.

• ​(2014) 2nd Place, TTU Graduate Student Research Poster Competition
• (2013) 3rd Place, TTU Graduate Student Research Poster Competition

Graduate Research Poster Competition award recipients