Awards & Honors

– NATPE Faculty Development Grant: Awarded a stipend to observe San Francisco newsrooms to learn more about multi-platform newsgathering and dissemination. A research report was submitted at grant conclusion. (Summer 2014)

– NATPE (National Association of Television Program Executives) Faculty Fellowship: National competition to select a group of faculty members to attend the annual convention. Faculty participated in discussions concerning the future of digital broadcasting and the “second screen” movement. (January 2014)

– Biography contributor, “Brothers at Daybreak” by Virginia McPartland regarding documentary backstory of “The Jeeter Bug: Mission Over Iwo Jima” (March 2013)

– National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces Grant awarded for “Investigating Grace,” a collaborative production with the SFSU Dance Department (2010 – 11)

– Professional Development Council Affirmative Action award for release time to pursue research on dance documentary series, “Dance Stories” (Fall 2007)

– National distribution of PBS documentary, “The Jeeter Bug: Mission Over Iwo Jima” (May 2005 – Present)

– Poppy Jasper Film Festival screening of “The Jeeter Bug: Mission Over Iwo Jima” (November 2005)

– Broadcast Education Association “Award of Excellence” for “The Jeeter Bug: Mission Over Iwo Jima” (April 2005)

– CSU Research Funds to complete production on documentary “The Jeeter Bug: Mission Over Iwo Jima” (May 2004)

– SJSU Development Grant to pursue pre-production on “The Jeeter Bug: Mission Over Iwo Jima” (December 2003)

– Global Studies Institute grant to begin international program with San Jose State University and City University, London (December 2002)

– First Place award, Arizona Press Women, for “The Heat Is On,” July, 1998

– Third Place award, Arizona Press Women, for “Growing, Growing, Gone,” August 1997