Grants

International Women's Media Foundation · 2015

Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists — Inaugural Grantee

$19,500

International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF)

Awarded to create a multimedia presentation — including extensive reporting, data visualization, and a curated resource website — about women veterans and homelessness in the U.S. One of the inaugural grantees of this fund.

San Antonio Metropolitan Health District · 2021

Community-Wide Domestic Violence Survey Grant

~$150,000

San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (with UTSA research team)

Grant funding to conduct a community-wide survey on domestic violence before and during COVID-19 across San Antonio and Bexar County.

City of San Antonio · contributed to grant proposal

YWCA San Antonio — Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program

City of San Antonio

Contributed substantially to a grant proposal for a teen dating violence prevention program at YWCA San Antonio, which received City of San Antonio funding. Amount TBD.

VA National Center for PTSD · May 2010

National Center for PTSD Training — Menlo Park, CA

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for PTSD, Menlo Park, CA

Competitive appointment to a weeklong immersion in PTSD and MST research, led by VA researchers at one of the most respected PTSD research institutions in the world.

San Antonio/Bexar County · 2019–2021

U.S. Census Bureau Complete Count Committee — Appointed Member

San Antonio/Bexar County Complete Count Committee

Appointed to the local committee supporting accurate Census enumeration for San Antonio and Bexar County.

Tableau Public · 2017

Data Viz of the Day

Tableau Public editors' selection for "San Antonio Population Characteristics by ZIP Code"

Peer recognition in the data visualization community — selected from tens of thousands of published visualizations.

UTSA College of Public Policy · 2017

"Most Outstanding Graduate Student"

University of Texas at San Antonio, College of Public Policy — four-program college

NASW Texas · 2016

"Outstanding Student of the Year"

National Association of Social Workers — Texas chapter

NASW Alamo Branch · 2016

"Social Work Student of the Year"

National Association of Social Workers — Alamo Branch

UTSA · 2014/15

"Foundation Student of the Year" — Inaugural Awardee

UTSA College of Public Policy, Department of Social Work

Routledge · 2018

Investigative Reporting: From Premise to Publication, 2nd Edition

Burstiner, M. (2018). New York, NY: Routledge.

2018

Homelessness among U.S. Veterans: A Critical Perspective

Tsai, J. (Ed.). (2018).

American Bar Association · 2010

The Lawyer's Guide to Working Smarter with Knowledge Tools

Lauritsen, M. (2010). American Bar Association.

San Antonio magazine · September 2020

"Lily Casura" — Profile

San Antonio magazine, pp. 12–13. September 2020.