Nov 2019 Book of the Year Award, Muslim Women and White Femininity: Reenactment and Resistance, Feminist and Women’s Studies Division, National Communication Association, International and Intercultural Communication Division, National Communication Association
Nov 2018 Outstanding Article Award, (written with Professor Bernadette Calafell) From Failure and Allyship to Feminist Solidarities: Negotiating our Privileges and Oppressions Across Borders, Feminist and Women’s Studies Division, National Communication Association
Feb 2018 Top Paper Award, Intersectional Reflexivity and Decolonial Rhetorics from Palestine to Aztlán, Intercultural Division, Western States Communication Association
Nov 2017 Top Papers in Feminist & Women Studies, Queen Rania: The Humanitarian Leader and the Search for a Counter-Narrative, Feminist and Women Studies Division, National Communication Association
Feb 2015 Top Student Paper Award, Disrupting Privileged and Oppressed Spaces: Reflecting Ethically on my Arabness through Feminist Personal Narratives and Poetic Inquiry, Intercultural Division, Western States Communication Association
Nov 2014 Top Student Paper Award, Weaving Intersectionality through Narrative Criticism: Western Feminism and the Marginalization of Third World Women, Feminist and Women’s Studies Division, National Communication Association
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS
2012 Kuwait University Tenure Scholarship, Department of Media and Communications