awards
| 1998 | Awarded High Distinction for Honors Thesis, Amherst College |
| 1998 | The Hasse Prize for the best submitted work of art using the human figure as a theme, Amherst College Department of Fine Arts |
| 1997 | Department of English Alpha Delta Phi grant for thesis research, Amherst College |
| 1996, 1995 | Howard Hughes Research Fellowship, Amherst College |
