AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Selected Greatest Hits
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES RESEARCH GRANT
2019 to 2021
Co-Project Director for "History, the Past, and Public Culture," a national-level survey investigating the public's understandings and uses of the past. Project was a collaborative between the American Historical Association and Fairleigh Dickinson University. Award amount: $208,000. See Historical Studies page for full report link.
DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARD FOR RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP
2020
Highest research honor bestowed by Fairleigh Dickinson University.
TOP-10 ARTICLE RECOGNITIONS
2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024
Authored top-10 articles (out of 200+ in any given year) published in Faculty Focus in 2014, 2016, 2017, and in The Teaching Professor in 2019, 2021, 2024; see Teaching-Related Studies page.
BEST CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
2018
Presentation on teaching introductory paragraphs rated one of the "best of the best" by attendees of The Teaching Professor Annual Conference in Atlanta, GA.
WILLIAM & EDWYNA GILBERT AWARD
2015
Given by the American Historical Association for the best article on teaching history; see Teaching-Related Studies page.
DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARD FOR TEACHING
2013
Highest teaching honor bestowed by Fairleigh Dickinson Unversity.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES SUMMER INSTITUTE
2010
Selected participant for the theme "Cultural Hybridities in the Medieval Mediterranean," held in Barcelona, Spain.
BECTON COLLEGE TEACHER OF THE YEAR
2009
Peer-bestowed annual award, Fairleigh Dickinson University.
TEACHING FELLOW
2004 to 2005
University of Wisconsin System fellowship granted to early-career academics showing exceptional promise as educators.
