Grantor: North Carolina Humanities Council
Project: Virtual Martin Luther King Project, Public Humanities
Grant Amount: $20,000
Grant Status: Funded, Fall 2017-2018
Grantor: Provost’s Office
Project: Exhibiting vMLK at the Smithsonian for ACCelerate Festival of Creativity and Innovation
Grant Amount: $10,000
Grant Status: Funded, Fall 2017
Grantor: College of Humanities and Social Science/Humanities Endowment
Project: Experiencing King at NC State
Grant Amount: $20,000
Grant Status: Funded, Summer and Fall 2016.
Grantor: North Carolina Humanities Council
Study: Virtual Martin Luther King Jr. Project, Phase III
Grant Amount: $2000
Grant Status: Funded, 2016
Grantor: National Endowment for the Humanities
Study: Virtual Martin Luther King Project (vMLK): A Transmedia Approach to Producing Immersive Experiences of Public Address and Civic Transformation
Grant Amount: $397,000
Grant Status: Rated Good to Excellent, Not Funded, December 2016
Grantor: North Carolina Humanities Council
Study: Virtual Martin Luther King Jr. Project. Phase II
Grant Amount: $1200
Grant Status: Funded, Fall 2014
Grantor: CHASS Scholarship and Research Award (SRA)
Study: Virtual Martin Luther King Jr. Project, Phase I
Grant Amount: $6000
Grant Status: Funded, Fiscal Year 2013-2014
Grantor: CHASS Summer Stipend
Study: Crafting a Necessary Space: The Rhetoric of Civil Rights-related Museums and Memorials
Grant Amount: $5000
Grant Status: Funded, Summer 2004
Grantor: CHASS Research Fund
Study: “On site research at the African American Museum in Detroit, MI, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Waterfall in San Francisco,
CA, and the LBJ Library, Austin, TX.”
Grant Amount: $2000
Grant Status: Funded, Academic Year 2003-2004
Grantor: Engineering Information Foundation
Study: “Gender and Communication in Engineering Teams: Enhancing
the Recruitment and Retention of Women Engineers”
Grant amount: $24,370
Grant status: Funded, Summer 2000
Grantor: CHASS Research Fund
Study: On site research at the Martin Luther King, Jr, Memorial, Atlanta
GA, and the National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis TN
Grant Amount: $1500
Grant status: Funded for 1999/2000 school year
Grantor: Provost Course Development Grant
Study: “Communication and Composition — English 111T for textiles
majors”
Grant status/amount: Funded for Fall 1996, $45,000
Funded for Fall 1997, $40,000
Funded for Fall 1998, $28,000.
Grantor: Engineering Information Foundation
Study: “Gender and Communication in Engineering Workteams”
Grant amount: $40,000
Grant status: Funded, Summer 1998
Grantor: College of Humanities and Social Sciences Travel Grant
Study: On site research at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Grant amount: $500.00
Grant status: Funded, June 1997
Grantor: North Carolina State University Professional Development Grant
Study: “Communication Ethics and Public Policy”
Grant amount: $ 5,000.00
Grant status: Funded, Spring 1995
Awards
Research:
NC State University Libraries 2017 Faculty Award, presented September 2017.
Harlin Joel Gradin Award for Excellence in Public Humanities, presented September 2017 by the North Carolina Humanities Council.
Robert M. Entman Award for Excellence in Communication Research, May 2013, Department of Communication, NC State University.
1999 Best Paper Award, June 1999 from the American Society of Engineering Educators, annual conference, the Educational Research and Methods division.
B. Aubrey Fisher Journal Article Award, Runner Up, February 1993 from the Western States Communication Association for the published article, “Martin Luther King, the American Dream and Vietnam: A Collision of Rhetorical Trajectories.”
Kenneth Burke Society Top Three Paper Award, November 1992, from the Speech Communication Association for the paper titled, “The Progressive Farmer and the Cultivation of Southern Agri-culture: A Study of the Rhetoric of Cultural Change.”
Research Assistantship, September 1987-June 1988, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Teaching:
Communication Department Outstanding Teacher Award, December 2005.
University Outstanding Teacher Award, 1999.
College of Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award, 1999.
Inductee into the NC State University Academy of Outstanding Teachers, 1999.
Nominated for NC State College of Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999.
Nominated for Board of Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1998-99.
NC State College of Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Advising
Award, 1992.
Scholarly:
Nominated for Distinguished Professor recognition, 2015.
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Service:
2016 NCSU Equity for Women Awards, Faculty Nominee, February 2016.
