Professional Affiliations

Recognitions

• Member of the Horror Writers of America since April 2016
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• Member of Psi Chi, The International Honor Society in Psychology since August 2015
  
  
• Member of the Modern Language Association since 2011.
  
  
• Member of the American Association of University Professors since 2011.
  
  
• Member of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States since 2011.
  
  
• Member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association since 1990
  
  
• Member of the Society for Creative Anachronism since 1980.​

• Won the 2019 Hilbert College Excellence in Teaching Award.
  
  
• Won the 2018 Hilbert College Excellence in Scholarship Award.
  
  
• Received Honorable Mention for the 2017 Hilbert College Excellence in Scholarship Award.
  
  
• Received Honorable Mention for the 2016 Hilbert College Excellence in Service Award.
  
  

• Nominated for the 2015 Hilbert College Excellence in Scholarship Award.
  
  
• Nominated for the 2014 Hilbert College Excellence in Scholarship Award.
  
  
• March 2012, runner-up for best conference paper for 2011 Crossing Borders Conference for “Arts Funding in Canada, Alberta, and Ontario”. 
  
  
• Nominated for the 2011 University at Buffalo Presidential Scholarship.
  
  
• Elected to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges:
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
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• Recipient of Hilbert College Arts Grant in Fall 2005.