AWARDS–Documentary Film
QUARANTINED FAITH: Rome, Religion and Coronavirus (documentary short subject about the suspension of religious gatherings in Rome during the COVID-19 lockdown).
- Best Documentary; Best Foreign Film; Best Message: Christian Online Film Festival
- Special Jury Award for Migrations and Coexistence: 23rd Edition of the Religion Today Film Festival
- Honorable Mention for Best Short Documentary: Florence Film Awards
- Honorable Mention for Best Documentary: Madras International Film Festival
- Award of Recognition: Impact DOCS Awards
AWARDS–Scholarship
2020 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Jack Shand International Scholar Award
2017 Boston University Center for the Humanities Dissertation Award
2017 Australian Embassy to Italy, Video Competition First Place Award
2016 Boston University Department of Religion, Scholarly Travel Award
2015 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Graduate Student Research Award
2015 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion: Graduate Student Travel Award
2015 International Congress on Science and/or Religion: Merit Award for Outstanding Research
2013 Boston University Department of Religion, Scholarly Travel Award
2012 State of Formation / Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue Outstanding Contributing Scholar Award
2004 Third Wave Feminist Foundation Activist Award
2001 British National Student Drama Festival: Commendations for Playwriting and Acting
2001 American College Theater Festival: Meritorious Contribution to Playwriting
2000 British National Student Drama Festival: Commendation for Excellent Drama Criticism
1997 Robert F. Lucas International Award for Excellent Lieutenant Governorship
1996 National Council of Teachers of English: Excellence in Writing
FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2016-2017 International Fellowship, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID)
2016 Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Summer Research Fellowship 2015 Boston University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Summer Research Fellowship
2014 Boston University Graduate Research Abroad Fellowship to support dissertation research in Rome
2014 Lindamood Fellowship to fund work for the BU Institute for the Biocultural Study of Religion
2012 Lemelson / Society for Psychological Anthropology Pre-Dissertation Fellowship
2012 Boston University Department of Religion, Intensive Language Study Scholarship
2012 Auburn Theological Seminary and the American Jewish Committee Fellowship to attend the Christian-Jewish Seminarian Program on Israel and the Palestinian Territories
2011-2012 Tuition Fellowship from Boston University Division of Religious and Theological Studies
2010 World Student Christian Foundation and American Waldensian Society Residency Fellowship at Agape Centro Ecumenico.
2010 Henry Luce Foundation Cultural Exchange Fellowship, Indonesian Center for Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2009 Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions Delegate Fellowship. Melbourne, Australia.
2008 Academic Merit Grant, Columbia University
2008 Joseph Hough Scholarship, Union Theological Seminary
2001 Stanford University Gay and Lesbian Alumni Fellowship
2000 Stanford University Humanities Major Grant
1999 Stanford University Chappell-Lougee Research Fellowship