Media & Awards
Lake Como, Italy
In the Media
Click the links below to see where my research has been featured.
Press Release
Press release for a paper on COVID-19:
Physical distancing to slow COVID-19 lagged in South, rural areas
Blog Post
How making connections across Duke's campus helped my career:
Press Release
Press release for a paper on hearing loss and mental health:
AARP Post
About my research on hearing loss disclosure:
How do men and women differ when it comes to hearing challenges?
Podcast
Listen to me talk about hearing loss within married couples:
Report
For the Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services:
Hearing Health & Technology Post
Futurity Article
Post about my research on the link between hearing loss and mental health:
Reuters Health Article
Awards & Honors
Maddox Fellowship ($5,000)
2022
Duke University Medical Center, Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development
Awarded to early career investigators who have already demonstrated commitment to the field of aging and outstanding academic potential.
Data Expedition Award ($1,500)
2021
Duke University, Rhodes Information Initiative
Two-day data analysis course for undergraduate students (https://bit.ly/3qoU1Hv).
Lancet Commission on Hearing Loss, Consultant
2019-present
Invited by Drs. Debara Tucci and Blake Wilson (Commission Co-Chairs). Active participant in the COVID-19 Working Group (Dr. Gerard O'Donoghue) and the Stigma Working Group (Drs. Howard Francis and Laura Nyblade).
Graduate Student Paper Award Honorable Mention
2020
American Sociological Association, Section on Aging & the Life Course
Awarded to: "Hearing Impairment and Mental Health among Married Couples."
Phillip Jackson Baugh Fellowship ($23,850)
2019-2020
Duke University Graduate School
Competetive fellowship providing an annual stipend, tuition, and fees.
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Audiology Leadership Advisory Council
2018-2021
Invited by Dr. Kevin Franck, Director of Audiology. Role included lending expertise in research and social determinants of health to division issues and opportunities.
Summer Research Fellowship ($5,500)
2018
Duke University Graduate School
Competitive Workshop Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
2017
Accepted to attend “Health Disparities, Health Inequities, and Vulnerable Populations: Research Examining and Understanding Complexity,” an ICPSR workshop at the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan. July 10-14.
Summer Research Fellowship ($5,500)
2017
Duke University Graduate School
Summer Research Fellowship ($5,500)
2016
Duke University Graduate School
Robert Cooley Angell Honors Thesis Award
2012
University of Michigan
Awarded for the best honors thesis in Sociology, “The Everyday Management of a Hard of Hearing Identity.”
Beverly J. Waterman Scholarship ($1,500)
2011
University of Michigan
Awarded to students who are Deaf or hard of hearing.