AWARDS
- 2020 Digital Religion Research Award [click here for video of award lecture]
- 2020 Article of the Year, Religious Communication Association
- 2020 Outstanding Article, National Communication Association Spiritual Communication Division
- 2020 Outstanding Book Chapter, National Communication Association Spiritual Communication Division
- 2020 Top Paper, Southern States Communication Association Language and Social Interaction Division
- 2019 Article of the Year, Religious Communication Association
- 2019 Outstanding Article, National Communication Association Spiritual Communication Division
- 2019 Top Paper, Southern States Communication Association Language and Social Interaction Division
- 2018 Scholar of the Year/Research and Scholarly Activity Excellence Award, University of Houston-Victoria
- 2018 David R. Maines Narrative Research Award, given by Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research
- 2017 Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award, given by Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research
- 2014 Article of the Year, Religious Communication Association