Professional/Honors Societies

• 2021-Current –TriBeta (Biological Honors Society)
• 2019-Current – Ecological Society of America
• 2019-2020 – Entomological Society of America
• 2017-2018 – Association of Southeastern Biologists
• 2017-2020 – Phi Kappa Phi
• 2014-Current – Phi Beta Kappa

Fellowships, Awards, and Honors

• 2024 – Private University Advisor of the Year - Health Professional Student Association (HPSA)
• 2023 – Above and Beyond Award, Academic Research Center, University of St. Francis
• 2020 – Chancellor's Honors Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 
• 2020 – Graduate Student Senate Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - University of Tennessee, August 2020
• Bachelor of Science - Valparaiso University, May 2015