Honors & Awards

• The Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices Current Exhibition Award for the best exhibit catalog in its division for 2014, for Deeper than Swords: Celebrating the Work of George R. R. Martin. 06/2014
• Fellowship to the Krakow Poetry Seminar, July 2004. 07/2004
• Individual Artist's Grant, June 2004. Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County, 06/2004
• Fellowship to the Krakow Poetry Seminar, July 2003. 07/2003
• Donald Barthelme Memorial Fellowship (poetry prize), January 2003. 01/2003
• Fellowship to the Krakow Poetry Seminar, July 2002. 07/2002
• C. Glenn Cambor Fellowship in Creative Writing, 2000. Inprint, Inc, 09/2000
• Ehrhardt / Cullen Academic Fellowship, 2000 . University of Houston, 09/2000

Internal Service

• J. Willard Marriot Library Building Committee, Marriott Library, 2016-. Charged with examining and providing recommendations regarding Library spaces and collaborations with various campus groups, leading to the determinating of a Digital Matters space and the designation of rooms as campus classrooms or study areas. Member, 09/01/2016 - present. College service.
• ArchivesSpace Implementation Working Group, a collaboration between members of the Digital Operations and Special Collections divisions to provide an archival management tool for University collections. Co-Convener, 09/01/2016 - present. College service.
• Tenure-Line Faculty Retention, Promotion, and Tenure Review Subcommittee, Marriott Library, 2016. Convened to review candidates’ dossiers and to prepare a report which specifies progress toward tenure, to be used for voting purposes by the RPT Advisory Committee of faculty members in the Marriott Library. Member, 09/01/2016 - present. College service.
• Digital Library and Infrastructure Working Group, led by ADs for Digital Operations and Special Collections to provide collaborative solutions for the two divisions. Member, 08/01/2016 - present. College service.
• University of Utah Press Search Committee for Editor position. Member, 07/01/2016 - present. University service.
• Friends of the J. Willard Marriott Library Board. Board member, 02/01/2016 - present. Other service.

Outreach

• Teaching opportunities to lead discussions regarding archival issues with community groups, e.g., Mary Black, Archives event, November 8. 11/08/2016 - present