She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on such topics as strategic communication, social marketing, and health communication. Dr. Sundstrom received the 2016 ExCEL Award for Outstanding Faculty of the Year in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. She was named one of Charlie Magazine’s 50 Most Progressive individuals in Charleston for breaking new ground in women’s health. In 2017, Dr. Sundstrom was nominated for 120 Under 40: The New Generation of Family Planning Leaders organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.