NEH American Rescue Plan Grant, 2021. $199,967. Project Director; Co-PI Clemson English colleague Dr. Rhondda Thomas, Clemson Archaeology Professor, David M. Markus, and Clemson Historic Properties Director, Will Hiott.
NEH “CARES Act” Grant, 2020. $30,000. Project Director; Co-PI Clemson English colleague Dr. Rhondda Thomas.
CU FELLOWS (internal cost-share with VPR for a 2-year post-doc): “Public Humanities and African-American Life in Upstate South Carolina.” Humanities Hub Founding Director Lee Morrissey, PI; Clemson English colleague Dr. Rhondda Thomas, Co-PI. $37,897.
NEH “Exhibitions: Implementation” Grant, 2019-2020. Co-PI with Clemson English colleague Dr. Rhondda Thomas. $400,000.
South Carolina Humanities Council, Major Grant, 2019-2020, “Preservation Across the Disciplines.” $6000.
NEH “Common Heritage” Grant, 2019-2020. Co-PI with Clemson English colleague Dr. Rhondda Thomas. $12,000.
Trinity College, Dublin, Long Room Hub Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND (12-month) Fellowship, Ireland, September 2018-September 2019. €50,000 (declined).
NEH “Creating Humanities Communities” Challenge Grant, 2017-2021. Co-PI with Clemson English colleague Dr. Rhondda Thomas. $30,000.
Muriel McCarthy Research Fellowship, Marsh’s Library, Dublin, 2013. €2000/mo.
Fulbright Scholar, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2010-2011. €40,000.
NEH Summer Stipend, 2003. $5000.
Newberry Library Short-Term Fellowship, 2000-2001. $1000/mo.
Honors and Awards:
Excellence in Teaching Award, Clemson University Student Government, 2002-2003.
Gentry Award for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities, College of Architecture, Arts, and Humanities, Clemson University 2001.
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies: 1994 Graduate Student Essay Prize.
Robert John Bennet Memorial Award, for best study of the relations between literature and the arts, Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, September, 1993.
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