Leadership and Honors

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE, ASSOCIATIONS, AND HONORS:

• Water Commissioner, Town of Castle Rock

• 2021 Patricia Witherspoon Research Award, The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life, The University of Texas at Austin

• 2021 Roderick P. Hart Research Achievement Award, The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life, The University of Texas at Austin

• RGK CONNECT Fellowship, LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2021

• Advocacy Chair, Communication Graduate Student Governing Council, UT Austin, August 2020 to Dec. 2021 -- Advocating for programmatic changes that will help graduate students succeed.

• Member, Moody College Communication Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Communication Studies Department Task Force, July 2020 to Dec. 2021 -- Working toward a more equitable, humane, and inclusive school and working environment.

• Bi-monthly Warehouse Volunteer, Central Texas Food Bank, June 2020 to June 2021

• 2019 Roderick P. Hart Research Achievement Award, The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life, The University of Texas at Austin

• Member, American Political Science Association -- Top research paper distinction at the Southern conference in 2019

• Member, National Communication Association -- Top research paper distinction at the Rocky Mountain conference in 2018

• Provost Fellowship and Moody College Graduate Fellowship, 2017 to now

• Jesse H. Jones Scholarship, 2017-2019

• Member, National Forensic League (Speech and Debate Association), Special Distinction Award, 2017

• Representative, National Millennial Community/Gen Z Council, 2016 to 2019.

  1. Worked with the community and met with top executives across commercial, public, and NGO sectors to change the national conversation about Millennials and Gen Z. 

  2. Personally managed and led calls with executives from IBM, Buzzfeed, Toyota, and Pinterest.  

• Lambda Pi Eta (National Communication Honor Society), inducted in 2017

• Teaching fellowship, The University of Colorado Denver, 2015-2017

• Pi Alpha Alpha (National Honor Society for Public Affairs), inducted in 2010

• Research Fellowship, The University of Colorado Denver, 2008-2010

• Top distinction honors in major (graduation recognition for top Political Science students), Whittier College, 2008

• Omicron Delta Kappa (National Leadership Honor Society), inducted in 2007

• Pi Sigma Alpha (National Political Science Honor Society), inducted in 2007

• President, Thalian Society, Whittier College, 2007-2008

• Community Service Chair, Thalian Society, Whittier College, 2005-2007

• Charlene Robertson Huey Scholarship, Thalian Society, Whittier College, 2007

• President, Activism Coalition, Whittier College, 2007-2008

• President, Poet Democrats, Whittier College, 2006-2008

• Member, Inter-Society Council, Whittier College, 2007-2008

• Member, Mock Trial, Whittier College, 2006-2008

• Dean’s List, Whittier College, 2006-2008

• Member, Program Board, Whittier College, 2005-2007

• Member, Model United Nations of the Far West, Whittier College, 2005-2008

• Outfielder, Women’s Softball Team, Whittier College, 2004-2006

• Member, BGLAAD, Whittier College, 2004-2008

• Freshmen Honor's Community, Whittier College, 2004-2005

• John Greenleaf Whittier Scholarship for Academic Achievement, Whittier College, 2004-2008

• Community Service Scholarship, Whittier College, 2004-2008