Honors and Awards

Selected

• Awarded “Outstanding Teacher Award” by the LeBron James Family Foundation College of Education. The University of Akron. Spring, 2019.
• Awarded “Best Research Paper” by the International Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies. NCSS Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. Fall, 2018.
• Selected as Inaugural Faculty Fellow (1 of 6 in the U.S.) by the International March of the Living on Holocaust Remembrance and Education (George Washington University. Summer, 2018.
• Awarded The University of Akron’s Experiential Learning Center (EXL) Center’s 2018 Faculty-Community Partnership Award with the LeBron James Family Foundation.
• Awarded the “Golden Buckeye Award” by The Ohio State University Alumni Association for outstanding community impact. Fall, 2017.
• Recognized by National Residence Hall Honorary as “Favorite Faculty” at The University of Akron. Fall, 2017.
• Selected for $2,500 travel grant by the European Studies Center at The University of Pittsburgh for inclusion in its Brussels Study Tour. Spring, 2017.
• Recognized as “Champion” by the LeBron James Family Foundation at its Celebration of Community Partner Champions Gala. Summer, 2016.
• Recognized by National Residence Hall Honorary as “Favorite Faculty” at The University of Akron. Spring, 2016.
• Recognized by The University of Akron for “Five Years of Successful Service”. Spring, 2016.
• Selected to attend the 2015 TC Corwin Financial Literacy Summer Institute. Teachers, College, Columbia University, New York, NY. Summer 2015.
• Selected by The University of Akron’s College of Education for its 2014 “Researcher of the Year Award.”