Recent Merit-Based Awards, Honours, Recognitions, & Prizes
2023 - National Recognition Award, Tourism New Zealand Business Events
2023 - Education Sector Representative (Selected), CreativeHQ
2020 - Finalist for the Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, Royal Society of New Zealand
2019 - Sponsored New Zealand Delegate for ECR Knowledge Frontiers Forum, Australian Academy of the Humanities, British Academy, Royal Society of New Zealand
2019 - First Place Winner of the 3 Minute Research Proposal Contest, Peer Voted, Early Career Research Knowledge Frontiers Forum, Brisbane, Australia
2019 - Finalist for the Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, Royal Society of New Zealand
2018 - Early Career Research Excellence Award, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
2016 - Induction to Notable Alumni of Humanities and Social Sciences by alma mater
2023 - Education Sector Representative (Selected), CreativeHQ
2020 - Finalist for the Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, Royal Society of New Zealand
2019 - Sponsored New Zealand Delegate for ECR Knowledge Frontiers Forum, Australian Academy of the Humanities, British Academy, Royal Society of New Zealand
2019 - First Place Winner of the 3 Minute Research Proposal Contest, Peer Voted, Early Career Research Knowledge Frontiers Forum, Brisbane, Australia
2019 - Finalist for the Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, Royal Society of New Zealand
2018 - Early Career Research Excellence Award, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
2016 - Induction to Notable Alumni of Humanities and Social Sciences by alma mater
Selected Recent Competitive Research Grants
2023-2024 - University Strategic Research Cross-Disciplinary Grant ($50K), To Remain or Return? Understanding Humanitarian Migrants' Post-Settlement Decision-Making Following the Special Ukraine Visa (with Prof. Sara Kindon and Assoc. Prof. Maja Krtalić), Victoria University of Wellington
2020-2024 - Marsden Fast-Start Grant ($300K), Creating a Model for Learning Multiple Languages, Royal Society of New Zealand
2021-2023 - Faculty Strategic Research Grant ($35K), Tattoos and Information (with Assoc. Prof. Maja Krtalić, Dr. Spencer Lilley, and Dr. Jennifer Campbell-Miller), Wellington School of Business and Government, Victoria University of Wellington
2022 - External Research Grant ($47K), Police Interviews and Focus Groups (with Dr. Nichola Tyler and Prof. Louise Dixon), Evidence-Based Policing Centre, NZ Police
2020-2022 - British Academy Seed Funding Grant (£4K), The Mobility of Tongan Diasporic Communities (with Dr. David Fa'avae from University of the South Pacific and Waikato University, Dr. William Allen from Oxford University, and Dr. Magdalena Arias Cubas from Deakin University), British Academy
2020-2021 - British Academy Seed Funding Grant (£4K), Belonging in the Diaspora: Stories from Australia, New Zealand, and the UK (with Dr. Melissa Jogie from Roehampton University and Dr. Xu Daozhi from Macquarie University)
2021 - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Learning and Teaching Grant ($3K), Development of Online Materials for Dual-Mode Teaching, Victoria University of Wellington
2019-2020 - University Learning and Teaching Research Fund ($10K), Materials Development for Intercultural Communication, Victoria University of Wellington
2018-2020 - Mātauranga Māori Research Fund Grant ($33K), Mātauranga Māori and Early Childhood Education, Victoria University of Wellington
2017-2018 - Faculty Research Grant ($4K), Linguistic Landscapes of Ukraine and Poland, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
2017-2018 - University Research Fund Grant ($40K), Uncovering Opportunities for the Early Development of Fluid Multilingualism, Victoria University of Wellington
2017-2018 - Mātauranga Māori Research Fund Grant ($40K), Mātauranga Māori and Support for Early Life Fluid Multilingualism, Victoria University of Wellington
2016-2017 - Summer Research Scholar Assistant Funded ($6K), Examining a New Framework for Multilingual Education, Victoria University of Wellington
2016 - Faculty Research Grant ($5K), Palatalization in the Ukrainian Diaspora, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
2015 - Faculty Research Grant ($5K), Discursive Construction of Identity during a Time of War, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
2014-2015 - Research Establishment Grant ($10K), Languages, Experiences, and Ideologies of the Ukrainian Conflict, Victoria University of Wellington
2014-2015 - Summer Research Scholar Assistant Funded ($6K), Regional Gender Ideologies & Narratives of Multilingual Investment, Victoria University of Wellington
2020-2024 - Marsden Fast-Start Grant ($300K), Creating a Model for Learning Multiple Languages, Royal Society of New Zealand
2021-2023 - Faculty Strategic Research Grant ($35K), Tattoos and Information (with Assoc. Prof. Maja Krtalić, Dr. Spencer Lilley, and Dr. Jennifer Campbell-Miller), Wellington School of Business and Government, Victoria University of Wellington
2022 - External Research Grant ($47K), Police Interviews and Focus Groups (with Dr. Nichola Tyler and Prof. Louise Dixon), Evidence-Based Policing Centre, NZ Police
2020-2022 - British Academy Seed Funding Grant (£4K), The Mobility of Tongan Diasporic Communities (with Dr. David Fa'avae from University of the South Pacific and Waikato University, Dr. William Allen from Oxford University, and Dr. Magdalena Arias Cubas from Deakin University), British Academy
2020-2021 - British Academy Seed Funding Grant (£4K), Belonging in the Diaspora: Stories from Australia, New Zealand, and the UK (with Dr. Melissa Jogie from Roehampton University and Dr. Xu Daozhi from Macquarie University)
2021 - Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Learning and Teaching Grant ($3K), Development of Online Materials for Dual-Mode Teaching, Victoria University of Wellington
2019-2020 - University Learning and Teaching Research Fund ($10K), Materials Development for Intercultural Communication, Victoria University of Wellington
2018-2020 - Mātauranga Māori Research Fund Grant ($33K), Mātauranga Māori and Early Childhood Education, Victoria University of Wellington
2017-2018 - Faculty Research Grant ($4K), Linguistic Landscapes of Ukraine and Poland, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
2017-2018 - University Research Fund Grant ($40K), Uncovering Opportunities for the Early Development of Fluid Multilingualism, Victoria University of Wellington
2017-2018 - Mātauranga Māori Research Fund Grant ($40K), Mātauranga Māori and Support for Early Life Fluid Multilingualism, Victoria University of Wellington
2016-2017 - Summer Research Scholar Assistant Funded ($6K), Examining a New Framework for Multilingual Education, Victoria University of Wellington
2016 - Faculty Research Grant ($5K), Palatalization in the Ukrainian Diaspora, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
2015 - Faculty Research Grant ($5K), Discursive Construction of Identity during a Time of War, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington
2014-2015 - Research Establishment Grant ($10K), Languages, Experiences, and Ideologies of the Ukrainian Conflict, Victoria University of Wellington
2014-2015 - Summer Research Scholar Assistant Funded ($6K), Regional Gender Ideologies & Narratives of Multilingual Investment, Victoria University of Wellington
Selected Nominations
2021 - Nomination for the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Aparangi Early Career Research Excellence for Humanities Award, Nominated by Victoria University of Wellington
2020 - Nomination for the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Aparangi Early Career Research Excellence for Social Sciences Award, Nominated by Victoria University of Wellington
2010 - Nomination for the Outstanding Teacher Award, Center for Talented Youth
2008 - Nomination for the Chancellor’s Award for excellence in research by the Department of Linguistics
2008 - Nomination for the Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Outstanding Senior Award for outstanding scholarship and contributions to the campus community by the Department of Linguistics
2020 - Nomination for the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Aparangi Early Career Research Excellence for Social Sciences Award, Nominated by Victoria University of Wellington
2010 - Nomination for the Outstanding Teacher Award, Center for Talented Youth
2008 - Nomination for the Chancellor’s Award for excellence in research by the Department of Linguistics
2008 - Nomination for the Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr. Outstanding Senior Award for outstanding scholarship and contributions to the campus community by the Department of Linguistics