Recent Grants, Fellowships, and Honors

Best of Illinois History Award from the Illinois State Historical Society (Awarded to the Indigenous Chicago project), 2025

Kipchoge Neftali Kirkland Social Justice Award from the National Council for the Social Studies – College and University Faculty Assembly (Awarded to the Turtle Island Social Studies Collective for “Realizing Rematriation for Social Studies Education”), 2024

Mellon Foundation, “Indigenous Engagement in Place” (co-PI), 2023

American Philosophical Society Phillips Fund for Native American Research Recipient, 2022

Campus Compact Presidents’ Civic Engagement Leadership Award, 2022

Curriculum Inquiry Writing Fellow, 2022

Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship, 2022

Institute for Citizens and Scholars Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty, 2022

Carleton Curricular Innovation Grant, 2020

Finalist, Critical Educators for Social Justice Distinguished Dissertation Award, 2020

Public Works: Arts & Humanities Connecting Communities (Mellon Grant), 2019-2021 (three-time recipient)

Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award (Humanities and Fine Arts), 2019

Frances C. Allen Fellowship at the Newberry Library, 2018

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 2017

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