Awards

Grants and Fellowships

Seed Money Grant, €8,000, Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, Tilburg University, 2022-23 (with prof. dr. Ingrid Leijten)
Research Traineeship Grant, Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, Tilburg University, 2022-23 (with dr. Sara Pabian)
RACE Matters Grant, $3,000, School of Communication, American University, 2020-21 (with dr. Patricia Aufderheide)
Faculty Research Grant, $2,000, School of Communication, American University, 2019-20
Research Grant, $30,000, School of Communication, American University, 2018-20
Research Grant, $10,000, College of Arts & Sciences, Bowling Green State University, 2016-18
Continuing Fellowship, $18,000, Graduate School, University of Texas at Austin, 2015-16
Summer Fellowship, $4,500, South Asia Institute, University of Texas at Austin, 2016
Research Fellowship, $3,500, Muslim Public Affairs Council, Washington, D.C., 2015
Ada Frances Miller Fellowship, $2,500, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, 2014-15
Ada Frances Miller Fellowship, $2,500, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, 2014-15
Pic Wagner Fellowship, $1,000, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, 2012-13
Commonwealth Scholarship, Department for International Development, U.K., 2001-02

Inclusive Excellence Award, School of Communication, American University, 2020-21
Ann Ferren Curriculum Design Award, Center for Teaching, Research and Learning, American University, 2020-21
Top Paper Award in Digital and Social Media Track (Finalist), 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2020
Gene Burd Outstanding Dissertation Award (2nd place), Journalism Studies Division, ICA, 2018
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly’s Outstanding Research Article of the Year Award (Finalist), 2017
Jung-Sook Lee Top Student Paper Award, Communication Technology Division, AEJMC, 2016
Maxwell McCombs Graduate Publishing Award, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, 2016
Maxwell McCombs Graduate Publishing Award, School of Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, 2015
Top Student Paper Award, Ethnicity and Race in Communication Division, ICA, 2014
James W. Markham Top Student Paper Award, International Communication Division, AEJMC, 2014
Top Student Paper Award, Global Fusion annual conference, 2014
Top Student Paper Award, Ethnicity and Race in Communication Division, ICA, 2013
Top Paper (Open Competition) Award, Communication Theory & Methodology Division, AEJMC, 2013
Top Student Paper Award, Minorities and Communication Division, AEJMC, 2013