University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) Creative Writing Program Graduate Student Researcher (Winter 2021-Spring 2022)
UCSC Graduate Dean’s Research Travel Grant | March 2022
Stephanie G. Hoffman Scholarship, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco (2018-2022)
Association for Jewish Studies Women’s Caucus Travel Grant | December 2021
UCSC Literature Department Dissertation Fellowship | Fall 2021
UCSC The Humanities Institute (THI) Summer Dissertation Fellowship | 2021
YIVO-Bard Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture Tuition Scholarship (2020)
UCSC THI Summer Research Fellowship (2020)
Constance Rourke Prize for Graduate Students, American Humor Studies Association (2020)
2019 ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition, Quarterfinalist for Short Story “Passing” (2020)
UCSC Literature Department Research and Travel Grant (2017-2020)
Fellowship at the Writing Courageously Graduate Writing Retreat, Land of Medicine Buddha Retreat Center, Soquel, CA (2019)
UCSC Literature Department Qualifying Exam Scholarship (Fall 2019)
Artist in Residence at the Hôtel Sainte Valière, Sainte Valière, France (2019)
UCSC Literature Department Outstanding TA Award (2019)
UCSC Center for Jewish Studies’s Helen and Sanford Diller Family Endowment for Jewish Studies Travel Grant (2019)
CRAFT Elements Contest, Winner for Setting Category and Finalist for Dialogue Category for Short Story “Passing” (2019)
Honeymoon Israel Targeted Grants for Yiddish Language Study (2018-2020)
UCSC STARS Fellowship (2018-2019)
UCSC Graduate Student Association Research and Travel Grant (2018)
UCSC Regent’s Fellowship (Fall 2017)
Furious Gazelle February 2017 Contest, Finalist for Short Story “The Deep Fat Fryer Incident of February 2012” (2017)
Furious Gazelle Halloween Contest, Winner for Short Story “Der Wechselbalg in Tribeca” (2016)
Fellowship at the Hawthornden Castle International Retreat for Writers, Midlothian, Scotland (2013)
Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts, Miramonte, CA (2012)
- One of three writers accepted for a month-long residency
New York University (NYU) Richard J. Koppenaal Academic Achievement Scholarship (2009-2011)
NYU Bronfman Center, Arts on the Move “Artivist” Fellowship (2010)
NYU Dean’s Scholarship (2009-2010)
Phi Beta Kappa Induction (2009)
American University (AU) Honors Program Scholar Award (2009)
AU Dean’s Nomination for Outstanding Scholarship at the Undergraduate Level (2009)
AU Literature Department Academic Excellence Award (2009)
AU Mathias Research Conference, Best Reading Award for Reading Original Novel: Plasticity (2009)
AU Honors Program Capstone Conference, Honorable Mention for Novel: Plasticity (2009)
AU Music Merit Scholarship for Violin (2007-2009)
AU Dean’s List (2006-2009)
AU Honors Program Outstanding Junior Award (2008)
Louise M. Young Memorial Competition, Honorable Mention for Poem “Prayer” (2008)
AU Student Research Grant, Created Poetry Chapbook for Faculty Review (2008)
Bleak House Publishing Award, Best Short Story: “Carpool Buddy” (2008)
Tacenda Literary Award, Best Play: “The Price is Wrong” (2007)
National Society of Collegiate Scholars Merit Award (2007)
Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist (2006)
- “Function and Expression of miR171 in Embryonic and Seedling Arabidopsis Development,” a three-year independent science research project on plant stem cells and microRNAs conducted at the Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing at Oregon State University
Bureau of Jewish Education Award for Learning (2006)
1 of 11 Seniors Profiled in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles (2006)
Milken Community High School English Award (2006)
Milken Community High School Love of Learning Award (2005)
Milken Community High School World Languages Award (French) (2005)
Milken Community High School Honor Roll (2002-2006)