National Awards

2006-2010                -  Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, selected from seven hundred applicants  

2001                                 -  Centuria of Excellence (top 100 in nation); Search for Excellence Merit Award
                                                           
                                                                                                                                   University of California, Berkeley

2012-2013                 - Teagle Foundation Fellow, Graduate Student Teaching & Resource Center 

2012                            - Philip Brett LGBT Graduate Fellowship, inaugural recipient

2011                            - Italian Studies dissertation grant for research in Italy

2011                             - Giampiccolo Prize for excellence in Italian Studies

2009-2010                  - Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship 

2009                            - Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender and Sexuality stipend 


2009                            -  Selected for the Friction dissertation workshop

2008                            - Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender and Sexuality stipend.

2007                            - Admitted to the Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender and Sexuality

2005-2006                  - Recipient of the Italian Studies Department Grant

2005                             - William V. Power Graduate Award 


                                                                     Middlebury College 

2003                          - Highest honors in the Italian department 

2002                          - Junior Phi Beta Kappa, representing the top 2% of the senior class

2001                          - Nominee, Kellogg Latin-English prize for the best paper on an ancient poet  

2000                          - Charles A. Dana Scholarship, for success in academics and campus leadership

2000                          - Nominee, Paul W. Ward Prize for excellence in first-year writing