Professional Service, Awards, Honors and Miscellanea
Professional Service:
CURRENT:
- 2022-present
- Board Member, Utah Valley Historical Society
- State History Museum Scholarly Consulting Group Member, Utah Division of State History
- Local Arrangements Committee Member, National Council on Public History
- Member, Migration Scholar Collaborative (MiSC)
- 2021-present
- Book Award Committee Member, Utah State Historical Society
- Organizing Committee Member, Biennial Conference of Science & Management of the Colorado Plateau
- 2015-present
- Judge, Utah State History Day
- 2013-present
- Affiliate Fellow, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska
PAST
- 2024
- Colorado Humanities Site Reviewer, National Endowment for the Humanities
- 2023-24
- Steering Committee Member, Conrad E. Wright Research Conference on Citizenship, Massachusetts Historical Society
- President, Utah Valley Historical Society
- 2022-24
- Indigenous Studies Award Committee Chair, Mormon History Association
- Â 2022
- Arizona Humanities Site Reviewer, National Endowment for the Humanities
- 2021-22
- Book Award Committee Member, Utah State Historical Society
- Â 2020-21
- Dwight L. Smith Award Committee Chair, Western History Association
- 2019-23
- Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Arizona History
- Â 2019-22
- Membership Committee Chair, Western History Association
- 2019-20
- Book Award Committee Chair, Mormon History Association
- 2019
- Local Arrangements Committee Member, National Council on Public History
- 2018-19
- Membership Committee Member, Western History Association
- Dwight L. Smith Award Committee Member, Western History Association
- 2017-19
- Book Award Committee Member, Utah State Historical Society
- Book Award Committee Member, Mormon History Association
- 2014
- Judge, Phi Alpha Theta Wyoming Regional Conference, University of Wyoming
- 2013-14
- Annual Conference Program Committee Member, Western History Association
- 2013-15
- Michael P. Malone Award Committee Member, Western History Association
- 2012-13
- Fellow, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska
- 2008-09
- President, UNL History Graduate Student Association
- 2006-08
- Senator, Graduate Student Association, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Scholarly MSS Referee, and Grant, Fellowship and External Program Reviews:
- Oxford University Press
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Texas A&M University Press
- Western Historical Quarterly
- Journal of American History, Organization of American Historians
- University of Utah Press
- Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- University of Ottawa, Faculty of Arts
- International Indigenous Policy Journal
- Wadsworth / Cengage Learning, Higher Education
- Flat World Knowledge
- Routledge Press, Taylor and Francis Group
- Undergraduate Research Journal, University of Nebraska at Kearney
- Folklore: Journal of The Folklore Society
Grants, Fellowships and Assistantships:
- 2020-22
- Marjorie Pay Hinckley Young Scholar Award, Brigham Young University
- 2021
- Andrus Student Mentored Learning Grant, BYU FHSS College
- Professional Development Leave, BYU
- Â 2009-10
- Addison Sheldon Fellowship, UNL Department of History.
- 2008
- Grant-in-Aid Research Fellowship, Center for Great Plains Studies.
- Barnes Fund Research Travel Grant, UNL Department of History.
- Graduate Studies Research Fellowship, UNL College of Graduate Studies.
- 2006-07
- Research Assistantship, UNL Bureau for Sociological Research
- 2005-06
- Teaching Assistantship, UNL Department of History.
- 2005
- Fellow, Colonial Williamsburg Summer Teacher Institute.
- 2004-05
- Research Assistantship, UNL College of Education
- 2004
- Research Assistantship, UNL Department of History
- 2004-10
- Graduate Nonresident Fellowship, UNL College of Graduate Studies
 Awards and Honors:
- 2021
- Karl G. Maeser Professional Faculty Excellence Award, Brigham Young University
- 2020-23
- Marjorie Pay Hinckley Young Scholar Award, Brigham Young University
- Â 2020
- Metcalfe Best Anthology Book Award, John Whitmer Historical Association
- Â 2019
- 2019 Spur Award for Best Historical Nonfiction Book for Native but Foreign, Western Writers of America
- Great Plains Book of the Month (January 2019) for Native but Foreign, Center for Great Plains Studies
- 2009
- Walter Rundell Graduate Student Award, Western History Association.
- Best Graduate Student Paper Prize, Northern Great Plains History Conference.
- University Libraries Influence Award, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries.
- 2008
- Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students, UNL Teaching Council and Parents Association