Achievements

Named New York's Top Energy Detective by the Buffalo Sabres and National Fuel’s Conservation Incentive Program, subsequently honored by Erie County Legislature with the naming of June 25th, 2009 as "Western New York Spencer Miliotto Day" (Summer 2009)

Kenmore East High school - Maryanne Reigstad Nonfiction Writing Award (Spring 2013)

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education – Buffalo State Re-Accreditation team member (Spring 2015, Spring 2022)

Phi Beta Kappa Association of Western New York, Peter M. Vasilion Scholarship (Spring 2016)

English Department Chair Student Advisory Committee member (Spring 2016 - Fall 2017)

Served as English Department representative on the Arts & Humanities Dean’s Student Council (Fall 2016 - Spring 2017)

Editor-in-Chief of Buffalo State College’s newly resurrected Literary Arts Magazine, Portrait (Fall 2016 - Fall 2018)

Featured as part of Buffalo State College’s “Students Who Soar” spotlight program (Fall 2017)

English Department Award for Excellence in English Education (Spring 2018)

Webmaster for the Western New York Network of English Teachers (Spring 2018 - Fall 2021)

Participated in Buffalo State College’s Social Justice Fellowship project, “Sophia’s Legacy” (Summer 2019)

Webmaster for the Western New York chapter of American Mensa (Fall 2019 → Fall 2021)

Published in the Mensa Bulletin as part of the article entitled "To the Members of American Mensa (Briefly):" (Winter 2020)

Local and Regional essay judge for the Mensa Foundation Scholarship Program (Spring 2020, Spring 2021)

Organized and oversaw the research poster submission process for the 2022 STEP and CSTEP Statewide Conference (Spring 2022)