Awards:

UNLV Outstanding Teaching by Part-Time Faculty Award (2020)
UNLV Graduate Teaching Award – Political Science (2019)
Summa Cum Laude, North Carolina State University (2011)
Non-Traditional student Academic Excellence Award, University of Arkansas (x5)
Golden Key Honors Society
Army Achievement Medal (x2)
Army Good Conduct Medal

Financial Awards, Grants, & Scholarships

$9000 UNLV Graduate Access Grant (x6) (2010-15)
$2500 UNLV Political Science Summer Research Grant (2016)
$2000 UNLV Political Science Summer Research Grant (2011)
$2468 UNLV Graduate and Professional Student Association Travel Grants (x5) (2012-2018)
$1000 UNLV Outstanding Teaching by Part-Time Faculty Award (2020)
$ 750 UNLV Political Science Travel Award (x3)(2012-2013)
$ 300 International Studies Association Travel Grant (2015)
$ 250 UNLV Graduate Teaching Award – Political Science (2019)

Service:

Sustainability Advisor, The University of Vermont (01/2023 – Present)
Faculty Advisor, First Generation Students, The University of Vermont (08/2022 – Present)
Senator, Faculty Senate of The University of Vermont (2021-present)
Faculty Mentor, CoyoteConnect4Success, The College of Southern Nevada (11/2020 – 5/2021)
Coordinator, Brookings Institute, Brookings Mountain West to the UNLV Political Science (01/2014 – 01/2018)
Delegate, Graduate and Professional Students Association (08/2010 – 08/2011)
Director and Chief Financial Officer, Youth Voice and Voter Project, (03/2003 – 02/2006)
Senator, University of Arkansas Student Senate (08/1999 – 05/2001)
Golden Key Honors Society (1/1999 – 5/2005)
President, Campus Democracy Collective, University of Arkansas (08/1999 – 05/2001)
Volunteer, Regional Aids Interfaith Network, Northwest Arkansas (01/1998 – 05/2001)
Medical Specialist, Arkansas National Guard (04/1997 – 04/1998)
Medical Specialist, United States Army (03/1993 – 03/1996)
Volunteer, Planned Parenthood, Colorado Springs, Colorado (05/1994 – 03/1996)
Medical Specialist, Oklahoma National Guard (11/1989 – 03/1993)

Certificates:

UNLV Graduate Research Certificate (2014)
Stop the Bleed Emergency Response Training (2018)
American Red Cross CPR and First Aid Training (2023)

Technical Skills:

STATA, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, Brightspace, Canvas, Blackboard.