Honors and Awards
- Top Paper Award, Health Communication Division, Eastern Communication Association, 2016
- Dissertation of the Year Award, Communication and Aging Division, National Communication Association, 2015
- Top Paper Award, Health Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2015
- Top Paper Award, Applied Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2015
- Top Paper Award, Communication and Aging Division, National Communication Association, 2014
- International Association for Relationship Research Conference Student Submission Award, 2012
- Top Paper Award, Communication and Aging Division, National Communication Association, 2011
- Thesis of the Year Award, Communication and Aging Division, National Communication Association, 2011
- First Place, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Penn State Graduate Exhibition, 2010
- Stephen A. Smith Award, Lambda Pi Eta Division, National Communication Association, 2007