2026 Summer Faculty Fellowship, Missouri State University

2025 Early Career Scholar Award Sexualities Section American Sociological Association

2024 Judy Awards  Outstanding Research in the Social Sciences Award Missouri State University

Finalist Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Teaching Excellence Award 2023-2024

Finalist Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Teaching Excellence 2022-2023

2024-2025 Teaching Excellence Award Finalist Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning

2023 Director’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Research Honors College, Missouri State University