​Shim Hun Literary Translation Award
for The World You Want to See by Chang Kang-myoung (2021)

Daesan Cultural Foundation Translation Grant
for Failed Summer Vacation by Heuijung Hur (2021)

ALTA Emerging Translators Mentorship Program Mentee in Korean Prose (2020)

Fulbright Korea Alumni Fund Community Grant
"'Disoriented': Creating a Blog for Minority Experiences in East Asia" (2018)

Fulbright Korea Alumni Fund Research Grant
"'An Elusive Elsewhere': Black American Migrants in South Korea" (2018)

Fulbright Korea Alumni Fund Community Grant
"Speak Like a Child: Visual Stories from North Korean Defector (NKD) Tutees" (2017)

Beth Feldman Prize in Fiction
from Brown University (2016)

Casey Shearer Memorial Award for Excellence in Creative Nonfiction
from Brown University (2016)

Preston Gurney Literary Contest for Cultural Criticism of Fiction, 2nd Prize
from Brown University (2016)

Karen T. Romer Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award
for ​"Women and Queer Korea" from Brown University (2015)

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