AWARDS and HONORS

Alpha Eta Society, National Honor Society for Colleges of Allied Health, inducted 2009

NIDCD-sponsored Research Symposium, Minority Student Leadership Award, $1,000 (2004)

ASHA annual Convention, Student Research Travel Award, $750 (2004)

Editor’s Award, “Best of 2002: Diagnostic Audiology,“ 8th Annual Audiology Literature Review, The Hearing Journal, for article titled “Digit speech recognition thresholds for non-native speakers of English” by Ramkissoon, et. al., in the American Journal of Audiology (2003)

Phyllis Arlens Burkhead Memorial Fellowship Award, University of Illinois, $1,000 (2003)

Ehud & Janie Yairi International Graduate Student Award, University of Illinois, $1,000 (2002)

Teachers rated as Excellent, University of Illinois (2000, 1999)

Summer Research Opportunities Program, University of Illinois, $2,000 (2000)

Starkey Student Travel Grant, American Academy of Audiology Convention, $750 (2000)

Ida Levinson Clinical Award, Outstanding Student in Audiology, University of Illinois (1994)

Institute of International Education Graduate Fellowship, $ 40,000 (1992-1994)

Natal Provincial Administration Undergraduate Fellowship, R 4,000 (1987-1988)