Grants and Awards
Outstanding Dissertation in Technical Communication--Honorable Mention, 2018
Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCC)
My dissertation New black boxes: Technologically mediated intercultural rhetorical encounters on the U.S.-Mexico border was one of two dissertations honorably mentioned as part of CCCC's annual dissertation award in the category of technical communication.
Strauss Fellowship for Dissertation Completion ($8,000), 2017
UTEP Department of English
Funds to enable completion of PhD dissertation, New black boxes: Technologically mediated intercultural rhetorical encounters on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Baker-Hernandez Grant for Graduate Student Research ($1,200), 2017
UTEP Department of English
Funds to travel and present "The challenges and benefits of navigating uncertainty at a bilingual research site on the U.S.-Mexico border" a paper presented with Lucía Durá, PhD at the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing conference, as well as "Lurking as rhetorical listening: Cultivating productive engagement on race with social media" at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Portland, OR. 15 and 17 March 2017.
Baker-Hernandez Grant for Graduate Student Research ($1,200), 2017
UTEP Department of English
Funds to travel and present "New black boxes: Preparing students to compose digitally across borders," a paper presented at Writing Across Borders IV conference. Bogotá, Colombia. 17 Februrary 2017.
Baker-Hernandez Grant for Graduate Student Research ($1,200), 2016
UTEP Department of English
Funds to travel and present “New black boxes: Technologically mediated intercultural rhetorical encounters” poster presentation at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Houston, TX. 4 April 2016.
Travel Grant ($800), 2016
UTEP Graduate School
Funds to travel and present “New black boxes: Technologically mediated intercultural rhetorical encounters” poster presentation at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Houston, TX. 4 April 2016.
Nominee, 2015
Charles Davis Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation at the RMMLA Convention
Information Literacy Course Enhancement Grant UTEP Library ($3,000), 2014
University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
Developed information literacy activities for online UNIV 1301
Integrated library resources with online UNIV 1301 in collaboration with course librarian
Baker-Hernandez Grant for Graduate Student Research ($1,141), 2014
UTEP Department of English
Funds to travel and present paper “Universality and particularity: A way forward” at the inaugural Cultural Rhetorics conference, 31 October-1 November in E. Lansing, MI.
NEH Enduring Questions Grant ($21,999, Unfunded), 2014
Funds requested to develop new course “What is a book? From papyrus to 3-D printing”
Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCC)
My dissertation New black boxes: Technologically mediated intercultural rhetorical encounters on the U.S.-Mexico border was one of two dissertations honorably mentioned as part of CCCC's annual dissertation award in the category of technical communication.
Strauss Fellowship for Dissertation Completion ($8,000), 2017
UTEP Department of English
Funds to enable completion of PhD dissertation, New black boxes: Technologically mediated intercultural rhetorical encounters on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Baker-Hernandez Grant for Graduate Student Research ($1,200), 2017
UTEP Department of English
Funds to travel and present "The challenges and benefits of navigating uncertainty at a bilingual research site on the U.S.-Mexico border" a paper presented with Lucía Durá, PhD at the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing conference, as well as "Lurking as rhetorical listening: Cultivating productive engagement on race with social media" at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Portland, OR. 15 and 17 March 2017.
Baker-Hernandez Grant for Graduate Student Research ($1,200), 2017
UTEP Department of English
Funds to travel and present "New black boxes: Preparing students to compose digitally across borders," a paper presented at Writing Across Borders IV conference. Bogotá, Colombia. 17 Februrary 2017.
Baker-Hernandez Grant for Graduate Student Research ($1,200), 2016
UTEP Department of English
Funds to travel and present “New black boxes: Technologically mediated intercultural rhetorical encounters” poster presentation at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Houston, TX. 4 April 2016.
Travel Grant ($800), 2016
UTEP Graduate School
Funds to travel and present “New black boxes: Technologically mediated intercultural rhetorical encounters” poster presentation at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Houston, TX. 4 April 2016.
Nominee, 2015
Charles Davis Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation at the RMMLA Convention
Information Literacy Course Enhancement Grant UTEP Library ($3,000), 2014
University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
Developed information literacy activities for online UNIV 1301
Integrated library resources with online UNIV 1301 in collaboration with course librarian
Baker-Hernandez Grant for Graduate Student Research ($1,141), 2014
UTEP Department of English
Funds to travel and present paper “Universality and particularity: A way forward” at the inaugural Cultural Rhetorics conference, 31 October-1 November in E. Lansing, MI.
NEH Enduring Questions Grant ($21,999, Unfunded), 2014
Funds requested to develop new course “What is a book? From papyrus to 3-D printing”
Fellowships
Institute of Inclusive Excellence (IIE), 2018-2019
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), 2011-2013
State University of New York, New York, NY
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
- Receive training in inclusive pedagogies and best practices in the classroom and the university as a whole
- Develop strategies and insights to better prepare Texas Tech students to be multiculturally competent and globally competitive
- Assist the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the development of policies and programs that advance the academic and professional climate for diversity and equity at Texas Tech
Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), 2011-2013
State University of New York, New York, NY
- Received training to lead globally connected course collaboration (2011/2013)
- Pursued international partner for UNIV 1301 Course Collaboration (2012)