Awards & Honors
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Writing
- Fellow, Sami Rohr Jewish Literary Institute (2019-Present)
- Nominee, Pushcart Prize (2019, for “A Single Woman of Valor”)
- Honorable Mention, Rhyme On Poetry Contest (2018, for “When Your Niece Attends a Jewish Day School”)
- Winner, Manhattan Jewish Experience Poetry Contest (2017, for “Comforts of Home”)
- Nominee, Pushcart Prize (2017, for “The End of the Lines”)
- Quarterfinalist, Mary Ballard Poetry Chapbook Contest (2013)
- Association of Jewish Libraries Virtual Writer-in-Residence (December 2012)
- Honorable Mention, Art of Omission Contest from The Missouri Review and textBOX (2012, for “Jerusalem Dream”)
- American Library Association Sophie Brody Medal Honor Title (2012; for Quiet Americans)
- Notable Book of 2011 (for Quiet Americans, from The Jewish Journal)
- Top 10 Books of 2011 (for Quiet Americans, from Shelf Unbound)
- Finalist, Emerging Writer Fellowship, The Writer’s Center (2011)
- Special Mention, Pushcart Prize (2011, for “For Services Rendered”)
- Nominee, Pushcart Prize (2010, for “Matrilineal Descent”)
- Winner, Patricia Painton Scholarship, Paris Writers Workshop (2008)
- Writing Resident, Robert M. MacNamara Foundation (2006)
- Honorable Mention, NLAPW-Nob Hill Soul-Making Literary Contest (2005)
- Finalist, Main Street Rag Short Fiction Contest (2005)
- Finalist, Moment-Karma Short Fiction Contest (2004)
- Semifinalist, Elixir Press Full-Length Fiction Award (2004)
- Recipient, John Woods Scholarship, and Finalist, Ivan Klima Fellowship in Fiction Writing, Prague Summer Program (2004)
- Winner, David Dornstein Memorial Creative Writing Contest (for writing on Jewish themes, 2003)
- Writing Resident, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts (2003)
- Finalist, Improper Bostonian Annual Fiction Contest (2002)
- Writing Resident, Vermont Studio Center (2002)
Scholarship
- Summer Institute in Literary Studies Seminar, National Humanities Center (2003)
- Krupp Foundation Fellowship, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University (1997-98)
- Research Grant, Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Harvard University (1997)
- Dissertation Travel Grant, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University (1996)
Teaching
- Letter of Commendation for Distinguished Teaching Performance, Harvard Extension School (2002)
- Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning/Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education, Harvard University (1999)
- Senior Teaching Fellow, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University (1999)
- Graduate Writing Fellow, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University (1996)