Awards

Fellowships and Awards

Monetary Awards

$140,000 (CDN)Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2016-2018
$81,000 (CDN)Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2016-2018
$803 (CDN)Queen’s Graduate Award
Queen’s University
2016
$15,000 (CDN)Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities
2015-2016
$200 (USD)Student Travel Award
Society for Research on Adolescence
2014
$300 (USD)Student Travel Award
Society for Research in Child Development
2013
$105,000 (CDN)Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2012-2015
$7,500 (CDN)Tri-Council Recipient Recognition Award
School of Graduate Studies, Queen’s University
2012
$15,000 (CDN)Ontario Graduate Scholarship (declined)
Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities
2012-2013
$17,500 (CDN)Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
2011-2012
$15,000 (CDN)Ontario Graduate Scholarship (declined)
Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities
2011-2012
$10,428 (CDN)Queen’s Graduate Award
Queen’s University
2010-2011
$1,400 (CDN)President’s Scholarship
University of Victoria
2009
$100 (CDN)The Carl Weiselberger Memorial Prize in German
University of Victoria
2009
$1,000 (CDN)President’s Scholarship
University of Victoria
2007
$2,000 (CDN)Coast Capital Savings Education Award
Coast Capital Savings
2005
$1,000 (CDN)Provincial Scholarship Award
Province of British Columbia
2005

Other Recognition

Outstanding Faculty Member
The Psychological Science Graduate Students of the UBCO Department of Psychology
2023
Outstanding Ally Award
Purdue University LGBTQ Center
2019
Dissertation Award in Developmental Psychology
Division 7 (Developmental Psychology), American Psychological Association
2018
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Society for Research on Child Development
2017
Andrew McGhie Prize in Psychology (Most Outstanding Dissertation of the Year)
Department of Psychology, Queen’s University
2017

Certificate of Academic Excellence for best Master’s thesis

Canadian Psychological Association
2013
Nominated for the Teaching Assistantship Prize in Psychology
Queen’s University
2012
German Consulate Book Prize
German Consulate General Vancouver
2007