Honors

Outstanding Publication Award – 2019 American Educational Research Association, Special Interest Group for Graduate and Postdoctoral Education across the Disciplines, The Postdoc Landscape, edited by Audrey Jaeger and Alessandra J. Dinin, Academic Press, 2018, Pages 15-48, ISBN 9780128131695 https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813169-5.00002-1 – published Chapter 2 – A Review of Postdoc Reforms in the United States and the Case of the Fair Labor Standards Act Updates of 2016 (Bankston and McDowell), March 2019

Nomination, AWIS San Diego Chapter Leadership Service award, October 2018
FY2017 AWIS Star Affiliate Award – AWIS KY Affiliate Group, February 2018 (in AWIS National Magazine, Spring 2018, volume 50, page 60)

Staff spotlight, JSPG, March 2019*
Member spotlight, AWIS San Diego Chapter, November 2018
Member Spotlight – Dr. Adriana Bankston , Association for Women in Science (taken June 2016), April 2017
Trainee Spotlight, University of Louisville Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, March 2016

*Given to all staff members in recognition of their efforts and in order to expand outreach

Volunteer recognition on Twitter – National Postdoctoral Association, National Volunteer Week, April 2018, as well as in the article ‘The NPA Celebrates National Volunteer Week‘ published in the NPA POSTDOCket, April 2018, volume 4, issue 16 (published on April 23, 2018) (as part of the NPA Meetings committee)
Volunteer recognition on Twitter and LinkedIn – AWIS National, National Volunteer Week, April 2018
Recipient, ‘Smart Woman Doing Cool Stuff in STEM’ recognition, Association for Women in Science, November 2016