Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
Greater Columbus Arts Council Funds for Artists Grant
March 2023
Graduate Associate Teaching Award
The Ohio State University
The Graduate Associate Teaching Award is the university’s highest recognition of the exceptional teaching provided by graduate students at Ohio State.
2015
Presidential Fellowship
The Ohio State University
The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School to recognize the outstanding scholarly accomplishments and potential of graduate students entering the final phase of their dissertation research.
2015
Semester Funding Initiative
The Ohio State University, Department of Dance
$300 from the Chair’s Discretionary Fund for travel funding for the Congress on Research in Dance/Society of Dance History Scholar Joint Conference
Autumn 2014
Arts & Humanities Graduate Research Special Project Grant, The Ohio State University
$500, travel funding for the Congress on Research in Dance/Society of Dance History Scholar Joint Conference
Autumn 2014
Mellon Dance Studies Summer Seminar
Awarded place in among select group of emerging and senior scholars at intensive summer seminar on interdisciplinary research and teaching in Dance Studies
Funded by the Mellon Foundation
Stanford University, Stanford CA
June 23-27, 2014
Semester Funding Initiative
The Ohio State University, Department of Dance
$300, from the Presutti-Madison Memorial Dance Fund for travel funding for the Congress on Research in Dance/Society of Dance History Scholar Joint Conference
Autumn 2013
Arts & Humanities Graduate Research Special Project Grant, The Ohio State University
$500, travel funding for the Congress on Research in Dance/Society of Dance History Scholar Joint Conference
Autumn 2013
The Writing Across the Curriculum Outstanding Writing Instruction Award
The Ohio State University
May 2013
Semester Funding Initiative
The Ohio State University, Department of Dance
$300, from the Chair’s Discretionary Fund, travel funding for field research in San Francisco
Autumn 2011
Quarterly Funding Initiative, Department of Dance
The Ohio State University
$300, from the Chair’s Discretionary Fund, travel funding for the Congress on Research in Dance annual conference
Autumn 2010
Dance Preservation Fund
The Ohio State University
$2,710, funding for Labanotation Software Research Assistant Position, assisting Dr. Sheila Marion
Summer 2010
Quarterly Funding Initiative
The Ohio State University, Department of Dance
$450, comprised from the Vera J. Blaine Special Project Fund and the Stella J. Becker Scholarship Fund, funding travel field research in San Francisco, CA
Autumn 2009
Dance Preservation Fund
The Ohio State University
$650 award funding Labanotation Teacher Certification
Summer 2009
University Fellowship, The Ohio State University
2008-2009
Bezalel Award for Artistic Achievement
Department of Dance, Belhaven College
2007
Bezalel Award for Artistic Achievement
Department of Dance, Belhaven College
2006
Diakonos Award for Service
Department of Dance, Belhaven College
2005
Bezalel Award for Artistic Achievement
Department of Dance, Belhaven College
2004
March 2023
Graduate Associate Teaching Award
The Ohio State University
The Graduate Associate Teaching Award is the university’s highest recognition of the exceptional teaching provided by graduate students at Ohio State.
2015
Presidential Fellowship
The Ohio State University
The Presidential Fellowship is the most prestigious award given by the Graduate School to recognize the outstanding scholarly accomplishments and potential of graduate students entering the final phase of their dissertation research.
2015
Semester Funding Initiative
The Ohio State University, Department of Dance
$300 from the Chair’s Discretionary Fund for travel funding for the Congress on Research in Dance/Society of Dance History Scholar Joint Conference
Autumn 2014
Arts & Humanities Graduate Research Special Project Grant, The Ohio State University
$500, travel funding for the Congress on Research in Dance/Society of Dance History Scholar Joint Conference
Autumn 2014
Mellon Dance Studies Summer Seminar
Awarded place in among select group of emerging and senior scholars at intensive summer seminar on interdisciplinary research and teaching in Dance Studies
Funded by the Mellon Foundation
Stanford University, Stanford CA
June 23-27, 2014
Semester Funding Initiative
The Ohio State University, Department of Dance
$300, from the Presutti-Madison Memorial Dance Fund for travel funding for the Congress on Research in Dance/Society of Dance History Scholar Joint Conference
Autumn 2013
Arts & Humanities Graduate Research Special Project Grant, The Ohio State University
$500, travel funding for the Congress on Research in Dance/Society of Dance History Scholar Joint Conference
Autumn 2013
The Writing Across the Curriculum Outstanding Writing Instruction Award
The Ohio State University
May 2013
Semester Funding Initiative
The Ohio State University, Department of Dance
$300, from the Chair’s Discretionary Fund, travel funding for field research in San Francisco
Autumn 2011
Quarterly Funding Initiative, Department of Dance
The Ohio State University
$300, from the Chair’s Discretionary Fund, travel funding for the Congress on Research in Dance annual conference
Autumn 2010
Dance Preservation Fund
The Ohio State University
$2,710, funding for Labanotation Software Research Assistant Position, assisting Dr. Sheila Marion
Summer 2010
Quarterly Funding Initiative
The Ohio State University, Department of Dance
$450, comprised from the Vera J. Blaine Special Project Fund and the Stella J. Becker Scholarship Fund, funding travel field research in San Francisco, CA
Autumn 2009
Dance Preservation Fund
The Ohio State University
$650 award funding Labanotation Teacher Certification
Summer 2009
University Fellowship, The Ohio State University
2008-2009
Bezalel Award for Artistic Achievement
Department of Dance, Belhaven College
2007
Bezalel Award for Artistic Achievement
Department of Dance, Belhaven College
2006
Diakonos Award for Service
Department of Dance, Belhaven College
2005
Bezalel Award for Artistic Achievement
Department of Dance, Belhaven College
2004