Aug. 2026: Award for Meritorious Record of Service to Law and Policy Division, Association of Educators of Mass Communications
Apr. 2026: Third Place Paper, Journal of Civic Information FOIA at 60 – Imagining the Future of Information Access research competition (with Erin Coyle)
Nov. 2025: Recognized as a “Career Influencer” for having a significant influence on students’ career decisions, University of South Carolina
Aug. 2024: Appointed Reid H. Montgomery Freedom of Information Chair, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina
July 2024: Recognized as a “Career Influencer” for having a significant influence on students’ career decisions, University of South Carolina
Mar. 2021: Named Academic Associate, Joseph F. Rice School of Law, University of South Carolina
Aug. 2019: Second Place Faculty Paper, Law and Policy Division, 2019 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Convention
Fall 2017: Recognized as a “Professor for Student Affordability” for use of free and low-cost texts and teaching resources, University of South Carolina undergraduate student government