Honors & Awards
- Top Paper, Mass Communication Division, National Communication Association2024
- Top Student Paper, Social Cognition Division, National Communication Association, 2024
- Outstanding Teaching Award, Northwestern University, Department of Communication Studies, 2023
- Practitioner Certificate, Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), 2022
- Teaching Certificate, Northwestern University, Searle Center For Advancing Learning & Teaching, 2022
- Top Paper, Mass Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2022
- Top Paper, Political Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2020
- USC Emma Josephine Bradley Bovard Award, Spring 2016
- Dean Joan Metcalf Schaefer Scholar, Fall 2014
Grant Applications
2024 NSF 24-504 Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace, Submission Title: “Mitigating the sharing of medical disinformation: Modelincausal g decision processes of harmful content to enable improved AI disagreement and personalization,” $400,000
2023 Graduate Research Grant, Northwestern University, The Graduate School. Submission Title: Exploring the Role of Self-Affirmation in Curbing Conspiracy Theory Belief, $1500*
2023 Graduate Dissertation Grant, Northwestern University, Department of Communication Studies. Submission Title: Exploring the Role of Self-Affirmation in Curbing Conspiracy Theory Belief, $1500*
2021 APA/CDC Grant Psychological Science Addressing COVID-19 Pandemic Priorities Program (CDC Award# 6NU87PS004366-03-02), Submission Title: Sharing for Belonging not Belief: Does the Motivation to Belong Influence Misinformation Sharing? $200,000
*Awarded
Service
Ad-Hoc Journal Review
- Communication Research Reports, 2024 —
- Human Communication Research, 2024 —
- Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2024 —
- Health Communication, 2023 —
- Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 2023 —
- International Journal of Communication, 2023 —
- Mass Communication and Society, 2023 —
- PLOS ONE, 2023 —
- Political Communication, 2023 —
- Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion, 2023 —
Northwestern
- Admitted Student Onboarding, 2020 —
- Center of Media Psychology & Social Influence, Lab Manager, 2019-2021
- Prospective Student Welcome Weekend, Lead Student Coordinator, 2020
Communication Associations
- NCA & ICA Volunteer Submission Reviewer, 2021—
- NCA Conference Volunteer, New Orleans 2022
- NCA Conference Volunteer, Seattle 2021
Memberships
- Academy of Communication in Healthcare, 2023 —
- National Communication Association, 2019—
- International Communication Association, 2019—
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2017 —
- Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society, 2015 —
Other Research Experience
USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, Hollywood, Health & Society, Research Specialist, 2018-2019
USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, Media Impact Project, Research Specialist, 2017 - 2019
USC Wendy Wood Social Behavior Lab, Research Assistant, 2016
USC Annenberg Faculty, Research Assistant, 2015 - 2016
USC Values, Ideology, and Morality Lab, Research Assistant, 2013 - 2014
University of California Los Angeles, Longevity Center, Research Assistant, 2012
USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center, Media Impact Project, Research Specialist, 2017 - 2019
USC Wendy Wood Social Behavior Lab, Research Assistant, 2016
USC Annenberg Faculty, Research Assistant, 2015 - 2016
USC Values, Ideology, and Morality Lab, Research Assistant, 2013 - 2014
University of California Los Angeles, Longevity Center, Research Assistant, 2012