- The George Eastman Museum Film Preservation Services Fellowship 2023.
Awarded every year to a student of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation that has distinguished him/herself for interest and abilities in the field of digital preservation, and supported by George Eastman Museum Film Preservation Services, this fellowship aims at offering further training and experience in digital technologies applied to preservation and access. The winner of the fellowship performs paid work at George Eastman Museum Film Preservation Services on a full-time basis over two months. The fellowship recipient will assist the laboratory staff in day-to-day activities and take part in current digital preservation and access.Projects included: film inspection, handling and repair, scanning, creation of digital cinema packages (DCP), grading and editing in DaVinci Resolve, and digital restoration in Diamant and Phoenix.
- Awarded Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program 2009.
Received a research grant for the in-depth study of Iranian Cinema. Grant coincided with course, ENG L-495: Individual Readings in English. Designed an upper-division course where I explored the history of Iran’s cinematic traditions, film industry, culture, with weekly readings, a research paper, and weekly screenings open to the public followed by Q&A. Filmmakers covered in the course included Moshen Makhmalbaf, Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi, Dariush Mehrjui, Rakshan Bani-Etemod, and other directors. Highlights also included clips of silent films, women’s filmmaking, experimental film, and animation.
- IUPUI Film Studies Award 2008.
Award that recognizes an outstanding student in the Film Studies Program within the Department of English in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI.