Grants, Awards, and Scholarship

Grants

2022-2023Coastal Georgia African American/Black/Gullah Geechee Economic
Development Grant

Georgia Sea Grant – Maritime Extension, University of Georgia
2021-2022Grant ($5000) – Artists, Writers and Scholars Program
Georgia Sea Grant – Maritime Extension, University of Georgia
2018-2021Principal Investigator – Special History Study: African Americans at Fort Pulaski
National Historic Site ($50,666)
Organization of American Historians – National Park Service
2017-2018Flex Grant for Teaching/Faculty Development
Institute for Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development, UMass -Amherst
MSP Research Support Fund Award
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
2016-2017MSP Research Support Fund Award
University of Massachusetts – Amherst
2014Summer Stipend Award for a doctoral student in the final stages of completing
her/his dissertation ($4,000)
Department of History and Graduate School, University of Massachusetts
2007-2011Canada Graduate Scholarship Program — Doctoral’s Scholarship ($80,000)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Doctoral’s Research Scholarship (Declined)
Fond québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture
2006-2007Master’s Research Scholarship ($15,000)
Fond québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture
Short Research Grant, 4 months
Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec
2005-2006Canada Graduate Scholarship Program – Master’s Scholarship ($17,500)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Awards & Scholarships

2020Nomination for the Eagle Excellence Awards – Student Organization Advisor of the Year
Office of Leadership and Community Engagement and Office of Student Activities, Georgia Southern University
2015Ermonian Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching
Department of History, University of Massachusetts
2013Joyce A. Berkman Endowed Fund in Women’s History and Women’s Studies Award
Department of History, University of Massachusetts
2005-2006Master’s Recruitment Scholarship – Excellence
Department of History, Université de Montréal
2004-2005Maurice-Séguin Award for the student completing his/her B.A. with the best GPA
Department of History, Université de Montréal
Excellence Scholarship
Dr. Alexandre Germain’s Foundation, Université de Montréal
2003-2004National In-course Award
Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation
Excellence Scholarship
Dr. Alexandre Germain’s Foundation, Université de Montréal

Travel Grants

2020Faculty Development Award – Travel
Center for Teaching Excellence, Georgia Southern University
2015Graduate Student International Travel Grant (University of Brighton)
Department of History, University of Massachusetts
2014Graduate Student Travel Grant (Berkshire Conference on the History of Women)
Graduate School, University of Massachusetts
2013Graduate Student Travel Grant (ASALH)
Department of History, University of Massachusetts
2011Graduate Student Travel Grant (ASALH)
Department of History, University of Massachusetts
Graduate Student Travel Grant (ASALH)
Graduate School, University of Massachusetts
Graduate Student Travel Grant (AHA)
Department of History, University of Massachusetts
Graduate Student Travel Grant (AHA)
Graduate School, University of Massachusetts
2009Graduate Student Travel Grant 
Department of History, University of Massachusetts
2007Support Grant for Conference Presentation
Department of History, University de Montréal