Major Awards, Fellowships, and Grants (>$10,000)

2014   Principle Investigator, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinshaft (DFG), "A Geoarchaeological Investigation of Middle Stone Age Human Response to Environmental Change on the Shores of Lake Malawi"   

2013   Principle Investigator, Baden-Württemberg Stiftung Eliteprogramm für Postdoktorandinnen und Postdoktoranden, “Domestic Spaces and Modern Human Behavior”

2012   Principle Investigator, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Research Grant, “The Domestication of Sheep: A Geoarchaeological Perspective from Central Anatolia”

2011   Co-author (paid grant writer), National Science Foundation Award #1125523: “Ritual Formation Processes at Bronze Age Mt. Lykaion”

2010-2011    Department of Anthropology Haury Fellowship

2009-2010    PEO Scholar Award

2005-2008    National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (awarded 2004)

2003-2005    University of Arizona NSF-IGERT Program in Archaeological Science Fellow

1999-2003    Boston University National Merit Scholarship

 

Other Honors, Awards, Scholarships, and Grants (<$10,000)

2014   Gender Studies (University of Tübingen), grant to support a visiting speaker

2013   Named an “Elitepostdoktorandin” (elite postdoctoral scholar) in the state of Baden-Württemberg

2009-2010 Department of Anthropology Graduate Tuition Scholarship (2)

2009   Department of Anthropology Haury Fund Travel Grant (2)

2009   Graduate and Professional Student Council Travel Grant     

2009   Society for American Archaeology Best Student Poster Award

2008   Louie and Francis-Fera Schiffer Scholarship for Travel

2007   Best Student Paper, Developing International Geoarchaeology Conference

2007   Weiner Laboratory Summer Travel Grant

2007   Social and Behavioral Science Research Institute Research Grant

2003   Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Boston University

2003   Phi Beta Kappa Inductee

2003   Boston University Archaeology Department Award; for outstanding graduating senior

2003   Boston University Earth Sciences Department Award; for outstanding graduating senior

2003 Francis Bacon Award for Writing Excellence in the Natural Sciences

2000-2003 Dean’s List; for students who achieved 3.5 or higher for two consecutive semesters

2002   Boston University Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant

2002   Completed College of Arts and Sciences Honor Program

1999-2003 General Motors Corporation Scholarship

1999   National Merit Scholar