Prizes & Fellowships
Prof. Twomey (left) creating early modern paper from recycled cotton pulp as part of an NEH summer seminar (Photo courtesy Todd Moe @ North Country Public Radio)
2022–23 Johnson Fellow, the Wallace Johnson Program for First Book Authors, Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University
2020 National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar Technologies and Cultures of Writing in the Age of Print - SUNY Potsdam, NY
2016–17 Boston College Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Dissertation Completion Fellowship
2015–16 Boston College GSAS, Engelhard Pingree Research Fellowship, for the most significant contribution to the university research mission
2014–15 Institute of Historical Research, London, UK, IHR Mellon Dissertation Fellowship
2014 National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar Arts, Architecture, and Devotional Interaction in England, 1200–1600 - York, UK
2014 Medieval Academy of America, John Leyerle-CARA Prize for Dissertation Research
2013–14 Boston College History Department, Dissertation Research Fellowship
2012 The Charles Homer Haskins Society, Denis Bethell Prize, for the best paper presented by a junior scholar
Short-Term Grants
Prof. Twomey teaching an international school class in Venice during her 2014-16 research trips to Europe and North Africa sponsored by the IHR, AHA, ACHA, and Huntington Library.
2024 Durham University Barker Visiting Fellowship
2024 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Center for Transformative Teaching Pedagogic Intervention Grant
2021 Forrest E. Mars Jr. Chocolate History Research Grant, Mars Wrigley, St. Lawrence University Chocolate Passport Project
2019 Medieval Academy of America, Olivia Remie Constable Award
2019-23 St. Lawrence University, Scholarly Development Grant
2019-23 St. Lawrence University Center for Teaching and Learning, Instructional Mini-Grant
2018 Boston College Technology Advisory Board, Faculty Exploratory Technology Grant
2016 American Historical Association, Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grant
2015 International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England, Graduate Student Workshop, Tools of the Trade: Digital Humanities & Archaeology - Glasgow, UK
2015 American Catholic Historical Association, Presidential Graduate Scholarship
2014 American Catholic Historical Association, Graduate Student Summer Research Grant
2014 The Huntington Library, Short-Term Travel Grant for Study in Great Britain
2014 Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Short-Term Pre-Doctoral Residency
2013–16 Boston College History Department, Summer Research Grant