Research Honors and awards

Professional Honors and Awards

·       Medal for Exceptional Academic Leadership, Pepperdine University, 2013

·       Spanish Trade Mission Study Trip Hosted by Eduespaña under the auspices of the Spanish Consulate in Los Angeles, November 2005.

·       Values Service Award, Biola University. 2004

Research Honors and Awards

·       Research Grant award Provost, Summer Research Project, Mallorca, Spain, Summer 2017

·       Professional Development Funding Fresno Pacific University Fall 2016

·       Professional Development Grant Indiana Wesleyan University, Fall 2014

·       Research Grant Academic Year Undergraduate Research Initiative AYURI, Pepperdine University, Spring 2014.

·       Grant award from the Provost to attend the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) conference: Engaged Community: LA 2014, Fall 2013.

·       Research Grant Academic Year Undergraduate Research Initiative AYURI, Pepperdine University, Fall 2013

·       Grant Center for Faith and Learning, Summer 2013

·       Research Grant Pepperdine University Seaver Research Council Awards, Spring 2013.

·       Dean’s Research Grant, Peppperdine University, Fall 2012.

·       Research Grant Academic Year Undergraduate Research Initiative AYURI, Pepperdine University, Fall 2012.

·       Research Grant Summer Undergraduate Research Program SURP, Pepperdine University, Summer 2012.

·       Research Grant Academic Year Undergraduate Research Initiative AYURI, Pepperdine University, Spring 2012.

·       Research Grant Information Technology Development of a Pilot program for the use of e-Clickers in Language Classes, Pepperdine University, Spring 2012.

·       Research Grant Information Technology Development of a Pilot program for the use of i-Pads in Language Classes, Pepperdine University, Spring 2012.

·       Grant Center for Faith and Learning, Spring 2012.

·       Research Grant Academic Year Undergraduate Research Initiative AYURI, Pepperdine University, Fall 2011.

·       Dean’s Research Grant, Peppperdine University, Fall 2011.

·       Research Grant Pepperdine University Seaver Research Council Awards Research in Spain in conjunction with Research Groups Experts in Regional Narratives. Grant Spent in the Summer Research: Traces of Identity Emerging from Regional Literatures Of Spain, Summer 2011.

·       Research Grant Summer Undergraduate Research Program SURP, Pepperdine University, Summer 2011.

·       Research Grant Academic Year Undergraduate Research Initiative AYURI, Pepperdine University, Spring 2011.

·       Dean’s Research Grant, Peppperdine University, Spring 2011.

·       Research Grant Assistant Dean’s Research Grant, Peppperdine University, Spring 2011.

·       Dean’s Research Grant, Peppperdine University, Fall 2010.

·       Grant from the Center for the Research on Ethnicity and Culture to attend the Summer School of Ethnicity and Migration Studies, University of Komarno, Komarno, Slovakia, Reduction in tuition, registration and accommodation, Summer 2010.

·       Research Grant Pepperdine University Seaver Research Council Awards, Attend the Clinton Institute Summer School 2010 “Reading Moby-Dick” Workshop Leader: Professor Amy Kaplan (University of Pennsylvania), University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin, Ireland, Spring 2010.

·       Research Grant Biola University Faculty Research & Development Grant, Translation of the doctoral thesis for publication, Reduction of one class for one semester, Fall 2007.