diff --git a/src/containers/CourseFilterControls/CourseFilterControls.jsx b/src/containers/CourseFilterControls/CourseFilterControls.jsx
index 59d00cd..e145b32 100644
--- a/src/containers/CourseFilterControls/CourseFilterControls.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/CourseFilterControls/CourseFilterControls.jsx
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export const CourseFilterControls = ({
                 <div className="filter-form-col">
                   <FilterForm {...{ filters, handleFilterChange }} />
                 </div>
-                <hr className="h-100 bg-primary-200 m-1" />
+                <hr className="h-100 bg-primary-200 mx-3 my-0" />
                 <div className="filter-form-col text-left m-1">
                   <SortForm {...{ sortBy, handleSortChange }} />
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/containers/CourseFilterControls/__snapshots__/CourseFilterControls.test.jsx.snap b/src/containers/CourseFilterControls/__snapshots__/CourseFilterControls.test.jsx.snap
index 2bbd31b..3630c56 100644
--- a/src/containers/CourseFilterControls/__snapshots__/CourseFilterControls.test.jsx.snap
+++ b/src/containers/CourseFilterControls/__snapshots__/CourseFilterControls.test.jsx.snap
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ exports[`CourseFilterControls snapshot is not mobile 1`] = `
           />
         </div>
         <hr
-          className="h-100 bg-primary-200 m-1"
+          className="h-100 bg-primary-200 mx-3 my-0"
         />
         <div
           className="filter-form-col text-left m-1"
diff --git a/src/containers/CourseList/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap b/src/containers/CourseList/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap
index f13cff0..d5fe234 100644
--- a/src/containers/CourseList/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap
+++ b/src/containers/CourseList/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
+exports[`CourseList snapshots renders loading 1`] = `
+<div
+  className="course-list-loading"
+>
+  <Spinner
+    animation="border"
+    className="mie-3"
+    screenReaderText="loading"
+  />
+</div>
+`;
+
 exports[`CourseList snapshots with filters 1`] = `
 <div
   className="course-list-container"
diff --git a/src/containers/CourseList/hooks.js b/src/containers/CourseList/hooks.js
index af4b3c0..6804cc5 100644
--- a/src/containers/CourseList/hooks.js
+++ b/src/containers/CourseList/hooks.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useCheckboxSetValues } from '@edx/paragon';
 import { StrictDict } from 'utils';
 import { actions, hooks as appHooks } from 'data/redux';
 import { ListPageSize, SortKeys } from 'data/constants/app';
+import { RequestKeys } from 'data/constants/requests';
 
 import * as module from './hooks';
 
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ export const useCourseListData = () => {
   });
   const handleRemoveFilter = (filter) => () => setFilters.remove(filter);
   const setPageNumber = (value) => dispatch(actions.app.setPageNumber(value));
+  const initIsPending = appHooks.useIsPendingRequest(RequestKeys.initialize);
+
   return {
     pageNumber,
     numPages,
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ export const useCourseListData = () => {
       handleRemoveFilter,
     },
     showFilters: filters.length > 0,
+    initIsPending,
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/src/containers/CourseList/hooks.test.js b/src/containers/CourseList/hooks.test.js
index dfc9c22..9ff166c 100644
--- a/src/containers/CourseList/hooks.test.js
+++ b/src/containers/CourseList/hooks.test.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jest.mock('data/redux', () => ({
   hooks: {
     useCurrentCourseList: jest.fn(),
     usePageNumber: jest.fn(() => 23),
+    useIsPendingRequest: jest.fn(),
   },
 }));
 
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ const testCheckboxSetValues = [testFilters, testSetFilters];
 
 describe('CourseList hooks', () => {
   let out;
+
+  appHooks.useCurrentCourseList.mockReturnValue(testListData);
+  appHooks.useIsPendingRequest.mockReturnValue(false);
+  paragon.useCheckboxSetValues.mockImplementation(() => testCheckboxSetValues);
+
   describe('state values', () => {
     state.testGetter(state.keys.sortBy);
     jest.clearAllMocks();
@@ -44,8 +50,6 @@ describe('CourseList hooks', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       state.mock();
       state.mockVal(state.keys.sortBy, testSortBy);
-      paragon.useCheckboxSetValues.mockImplementationOnce(() => testCheckboxSetValues);
-      appHooks.useCurrentCourseList.mockReturnValueOnce(testListData);
       out = hooks.useCourseListData();
     });
     describe('behavior', () => {
@@ -72,12 +76,17 @@ describe('CourseList hooks', () => {
       test('showFilters is true iff filters is not empty', () => {
         expect(out.showFilters).toEqual(true);
         state.mockVal(state.keys.sortBy, testSortBy);
-        appHooks.useCurrentCourseList.mockReturnValueOnce(testListData);
+        paragon.useCheckboxSetValues.mockReturnValueOnce([[], testSetFilters]);
         out = hooks.useCourseListData();
-        // checkbox values default to returning a list, and were only overridden once.
-        // Thus this time, the values for the list should be empty.
+        // don't show filter when list is empty.
         expect(out.showFilters).toEqual(false);
       });
+      test('initIsPending loads from useIsPendingRequest', () => {
+        expect(out.initIsPending).toEqual(false);
+        appHooks.useIsPendingRequest.mockReturnValueOnce(true);
+        out = hooks.useCourseListData();
+        expect(out.initIsPending).toEqual(true);
+      });
       describe('filterOptions', () => {
         test('sortBy and setSortBy are connected to the state value', () => {
           expect(out.filterOptions.sortBy).toEqual(testSortBy);
diff --git a/src/containers/CourseList/index.jsx b/src/containers/CourseList/index.jsx
index d57aae9..88ff7a1 100644
--- a/src/containers/CourseList/index.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/CourseList/index.jsx
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
 import { useIntl } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
-import { Pagination } from '@edx/paragon';
+import { Pagination, Spinner } from '@edx/paragon';
 
-import { ActiveCourseFilters, CourseFilterControls } from 'containers/CourseFilterControls';
+import {
+  ActiveCourseFilters,
+  CourseFilterControls,
+} from 'containers/CourseFilterControls';
 import CourseCard from 'containers/CourseCard';
 
 import { useCourseListData } from './hooks';
@@ -20,21 +23,21 @@ export const CourseList = () => {
     numPages,
     showFilters,
     visibleList,
+    initIsPending,
   } = useCourseListData();
-  return (
+  return initIsPending ? (
+    <div className="course-list-loading">
+      <Spinner animation="border" className="mie-3" screenReaderText="loading" />
+    </div>
+  ) : (
     <div className="course-list-container">
       <div id="course-list-heading-container">
-        <h2 className="my-3">
-          {formatMessage(messages.myCourses)}
-        </h2>
-        <div
-          id="course-filter-controls-container"
-          className="text-right"
-        >
+        <h2 className="my-3">{formatMessage(messages.myCourses)}</h2>
+        <div id="course-filter-controls-container" className="text-right">
           <CourseFilterControls {...filterOptions} />
         </div>
       </div>
-      { showFilters && (
+      {showFilters && (
         <div id="course-list-active-filters-container">
           <ActiveCourseFilters {...filterOptions} />
         </div>
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ export const CourseList = () => {
         {visibleList.map(({ cardId }) => (
           <CourseCard key={cardId} cardId={cardId} />
         ))}
-        {(numPages > 1) && (
+        {numPages > 1 && (
           <Pagination
             variant="secondary"
             paginationLabel="Course List"
@@ -57,7 +60,6 @@ export const CourseList = () => {
   );
 };
 
-CourseList.propTypes = {
-};
+CourseList.propTypes = {};
 
 export default CourseList;
diff --git a/src/containers/CourseList/index.scss b/src/containers/CourseList/index.scss
index 6dd1e29..eeeeec1 100644
--- a/src/containers/CourseList/index.scss
+++ b/src/containers/CourseList/index.scss
@@ -2,3 +2,10 @@
   display: flex;
   justify-content: space-between;
 }
+
+.course-list-loading {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
+  align-items: center;
+  height: 100%;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/containers/CourseList/index.test.jsx b/src/containers/CourseList/index.test.jsx
index 691a552..b848583 100644
--- a/src/containers/CourseList/index.test.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/CourseList/index.test.jsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ describe('CourseList', () => {
     setPageNumber: jest.fn().mockName('setPageNumber'),
     showFilters: false,
     visibleList: [],
+    initIsPending: false,
   };
   const createWrapper = (courseListData) => {
     useCourseListData.mockReturnValueOnce({
@@ -30,6 +31,10 @@ describe('CourseList', () => {
   };
 
   describe('snapshots', () => {
+    it('renders loading', () => {
+      const wrapper = createWrapper({ initIsPending: true });
+      expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
     test('with no filters', () => {
       const wrapper = createWrapper();
       expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
diff --git a/src/containers/Dashboard/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap b/src/containers/Dashboard/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap
index fb763df..30cc0f3 100644
--- a/src/containers/Dashboard/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap
+++ b/src/containers/Dashboard/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ exports[`Dashboard snapshots there are available dashboards 1`] = `
 </div>
 `;
 
-exports[`Dashboard snapshots there are courses 1`] = `
+exports[`Dashboard snapshots there are courses, or they are still loading 1`] = `
 <div
   className="d-flex flex-column p-2"
   id="dashboard-container"
diff --git a/src/containers/Dashboard/index.jsx b/src/containers/Dashboard/index.jsx
index fad09cd..3d7ef02 100644
--- a/src/containers/Dashboard/index.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/Dashboard/index.jsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   thunkActions,
   hooks as appHooks,
 } from 'data/redux';
+import { RequestKeys } from 'data/constants/requests';
 
 import CourseList from 'containers/CourseList';
 import WidgetSidebar from 'containers/WidgetSidebar';
@@ -25,10 +26,12 @@ export const Dashboard = () => {
   const hasCourses = appHooks.useHasCourses();
   const hasAvailableDashboards = appHooks.useHasAvailableDashboards();
   const showSelectSessionModal = appHooks.useShowSelectSessionModal();
+  const initIsPending = appHooks.useIsPendingRequest(RequestKeys.initialize);
+
   return (
     <div id="dashboard-container" className="d-flex flex-column p-2">
       {hasAvailableDashboards && <EnterpriseDashboardModal />}
-      {hasCourses ? (
+      {initIsPending || (!initIsPending && hasCourses) ? (
         <Container fluid size="xl">
           <Row>
             <Col
diff --git a/src/containers/Dashboard/index.test.jsx b/src/containers/Dashboard/index.test.jsx
index 551b0e7..f18d644 100644
--- a/src/containers/Dashboard/index.test.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/Dashboard/index.test.jsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jest.mock('data/redux', () => ({
     useHasCourses: jest.fn(),
     useHasAvailableDashboards: jest.fn(),
     useShowSelectSessionModal: jest.fn(),
+    useIsPendingRequest: jest.fn(),
   },
 }));
 
@@ -34,21 +35,32 @@ describe('Dashboard', () => {
     hasCourses,
     hasAvailableDashboards,
     showSelectSessionModal,
+    initIsPending,
   }) => {
     hooks.useHasCourses.mockReturnValueOnce(hasCourses);
     hooks.useHasAvailableDashboards.mockReturnValueOnce(hasAvailableDashboards);
     hooks.useShowSelectSessionModal.mockReturnValueOnce(showSelectSessionModal);
+    hooks.useIsPendingRequest.mockReturnValueOnce(initIsPending);
     return shallow(<Dashboard />);
   };
 
   describe('snapshots', () => {
-    test('there are courses', () => {
-      const wrapper = createWrapper({
+    test('there are courses, or they are still loading', () => {
+      const pendingNoCoursesWrapper = createWrapper({
+        hasCourses: false,
+        hasAvailableDashboards: false,
+        showSelectSessionModal: false,
+        initIsPending: true,
+      });
+      expect(pendingNoCoursesWrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
+
+      const doneLoadingWithCoursesWrapper = createWrapper({
         hasCourses: true,
         hasAvailableDashboards: false,
         showSelectSessionModal: false,
+        initIsPending: false,
       });
-      expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
+      expect(doneLoadingWithCoursesWrapper).toEqual(pendingNoCoursesWrapper);
     });
 
     test('there are no courses', () => {
@@ -56,6 +68,7 @@ describe('Dashboard', () => {
         hasCourses: false,
         hasAvailableDashboards: false,
         showSelectSessionModal: false,
+        initIsPending: false,
       });
       expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
     });
@@ -65,6 +78,7 @@ describe('Dashboard', () => {
         hasCourses: false,
         hasAvailableDashboards: true,
         showSelectSessionModal: false,
+        initIsPending: false,
       });
       expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
     });
@@ -74,6 +88,7 @@ describe('Dashboard', () => {
         hasCourses: false,
         hasAvailableDashboards: false,
         showSelectSessionModal: true,
+        initIsPending: false,
       });
       expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
     });
@@ -85,6 +100,7 @@ describe('Dashboard', () => {
         hasCourses: false,
         hasAvailableDashboards: false,
         showSelectSessionModal: false,
+        initIsPending: false,
       });
       expect(wrapper.find(EmptyCourse).length).toEqual(1);
       expect(wrapper.find(CourseList).length).toEqual(0);
@@ -97,6 +113,7 @@ describe('Dashboard', () => {
         hasCourses: true,
         hasAvailableDashboards: true,
         showSelectSessionModal: true,
+        initIsPending: false,
       });
       expect(wrapper.find(EmptyCourse).length).toEqual(0);
       expect(wrapper.find(CourseList).length).toEqual(1);
@@ -109,6 +126,7 @@ describe('Dashboard', () => {
         hasCourses: true,
         hasAvailableDashboards: true,
         showSelectSessionModal: false,
+        initIsPending: false,
       });
       expect(wrapper.find(EmptyCourse).length).toEqual(0);
       expect(wrapper.find(CourseList).length).toEqual(1);
diff --git a/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap b/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap
index 6434cb7..b9036e4 100644
--- a/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap
+++ b/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/__snapshots__/index.test.jsx.snap
@@ -20,12 +20,16 @@ exports[`MasqueradeBar snapshot can masquerade 1`] = `
       value=""
     />
   </FormGroup>
-  <Button
+  <StatefulButton
     disabled={true}
-    variant="danger"
-  >
-    Submit
-  </Button>
+    labels={
+      Object {
+        "default": "Submit",
+      }
+    }
+    state="default"
+    variant="brand"
+  />
 </div>
 `;
 
@@ -49,12 +53,16 @@ exports[`MasqueradeBar snapshot can masquerade with input 1`] = `
       value="test"
     />
   </FormGroup>
-  <Button
+  <StatefulButton
     disabled={false}
-    variant="danger"
-  >
-    Submit
-  </Button>
+    labels={
+      Object {
+        "default": "Submit",
+      }
+    }
+    state="default"
+    variant="brand"
+  />
 </div>
 `;
 
@@ -80,17 +88,55 @@ exports[`MasqueradeBar snapshot is masquerading failed with error 1`] = `
       value=""
     />
     <FormControlFeedback
+      hasIcon={false}
       type="invalid"
     >
       test-error
     </FormControlFeedback>
   </FormGroup>
-  <Button
+  <StatefulButton
     disabled={true}
-    variant="danger"
+    labels={
+      Object {
+        "default": "Submit",
+      }
+    }
+    state="default"
+    variant="brand"
+  />
+</div>
+`;
+
+exports[`MasqueradeBar snapshot is masquerading pending 1`] = `
+<div
+  className="masquerade-bar"
+>
+  <FormLabel
+    className="masquerade-form-label"
+    inline={true}
   >
-    Submit
-  </Button>
+    View as: 
+  </FormLabel>
+  <FormGroup
+    className="masquerade-form-input"
+    isInvalid={false}
+  >
+    <FormControl
+      floatingLabel="Student username or email"
+      onChange={[MockFunction handleMasqueradeInputChange]}
+      value=""
+    />
+  </FormGroup>
+  <StatefulButton
+    disabled={true}
+    labels={
+      Object {
+        "default": "Submit",
+      }
+    }
+    state="pending"
+    variant="brand"
+  />
 </div>
 `;
 
diff --git a/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/hooks.js b/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/hooks.js
index 54196cf..1142945 100644
--- a/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/hooks.js
+++ b/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/hooks.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { useIntl } from '@edx/frontend-platform/i18n';
-import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux';
+import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 
-import { thunkActions, selectors } from 'data/redux';
+import { thunkActions, hooks as appHooks } from 'data/redux';
 import { StrictDict } from 'utils';
 import * as module from './hooks';
 
@@ -32,14 +32,16 @@ export const useMasqueradeBarData = ({
   const {
     isMasquerading,
     isMasqueradingFailed,
+    isMasqueradingPending,
     masqueradeError,
-  } = useSelector(selectors.requests.masquerade);
+  } = appHooks.useMasqueradeData();
   const { masqueradeInput, handleMasqueradeInputChange } = module.useMasqueradeInput();
 
   return {
     canMasquerade,
     isMasquerading,
     isMasqueradingFailed,
+    isMasqueradingPending,
     masqueradeError,
     masqueradeInput,
     handleMasqueradeSubmit,
diff --git a/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/hooks.test.js b/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/hooks.test.js
index ab0773a..01ebdd9 100644
--- a/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/hooks.test.js
+++ b/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/hooks.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { MockUseState } from 'testUtils';
-import { thunkActions } from 'data/redux';
+import { thunkActions, hooks as appHooks } from 'data/redux';
 
-import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import * as hooks from './hooks';
 
 jest.mock('data/redux', () => ({
@@ -11,58 +10,70 @@ jest.mock('data/redux', () => ({
       clearMasquerade: jest.fn(),
     },
   },
-  selectors: {
-    requests: {
-      masquerade: jest.fn(),
-    },
+  hooks: {
+    useMasqueradeData: jest.fn(),
   },
 }));
 
 const state = new MockUseState(hooks);
 
 describe('MasqueradeBar hooks', () => {
-  let out;
   const authenticatedUser = {
     administrator: true,
   };
+  const defaultMasqueradeData = {
+    isMasquerading: false,
+    isMasqueradingFailed: false,
+    isMasqueradingPending: false,
+    masqueradeError: null,
+  };
+  const createHook = (masqueradeData = {}, user) => {
+    appHooks.useMasqueradeData.mockReturnValueOnce({
+      ...defaultMasqueradeData,
+      ...masqueradeData,
+    });
+    return hooks.useMasqueradeBarData({ authenticatedUser: user || authenticatedUser });
+  };
+
   describe('state values', () => {
     state.testGetter(state.keys.masqueradeInput);
   });
   describe('useMasqueradeBarData', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-      state.mock();
-      out = hooks.useMasqueradeBarData({ authenticatedUser });
-    });
+    beforeEach(() => state.mock());
     afterEach(state.restore);
     test('canMasquerade', () => {
+      const out = createHook();
       expect(out.canMasquerade).toEqual(true);
     });
     test('cannotMasquerade', () => {
-      out = hooks.useMasqueradeBarData({
-        authenticatedUser: {
-          administrator: false,
-        },
-      });
+      const out = createHook({}, { administrator: false });
       expect(out.canMasquerade).toEqual(false);
     });
     test('masqueradeError', () => {
-      expect(out.masqueradeError).toBeUndefined();
-      useSelector.mockReturnValueOnce({
-        masqueradeError: 'test error',
-      });
-      out = hooks.useMasqueradeBarData({ authenticatedUser });
+      let out = createHook();
+      expect(out.masqueradeError).toBeNull();
+      out = createHook({ masqueradeError: 'test error' });
       expect(out.masqueradeError).toEqual('test error');
     });
+    test('isMasqueradePending', () => {
+      let out = createHook();
+      expect(out.isMasqueradingPending).toEqual(false);
+      out = createHook({ isMasqueradingPending: true });
+      expect(out.isMasqueradingPending).toEqual(true);
+    });
     test('handleMasqueradeInputChange', () => {
+      const out = createHook();
       expect(state.stateVals.masqueradeInput).toEqual('');
       out.handleMasqueradeInputChange({ target: { value: 'test' } });
       expect(state.setState.masqueradeInput).toHaveBeenCalledWith('test');
     });
     test('handleMasqueradeSubmit', () => {
+      const out = createHook();
       out.handleMasqueradeSubmit('test')();
       expect(thunkActions.app.masqueradeAs).toHaveBeenCalledWith('test');
     });
     test('handleClearMasquerade', () => {
+      const out = createHook();
       out.handleClearMasquerade();
       expect(thunkActions.app.clearMasquerade).toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
diff --git a/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/index.jsx b/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/index.jsx
index 20eb2ab..2cf8fe1 100644
--- a/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/index.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/index.jsx
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import { AppContext } from '@edx/frontend-platform/react';
 
 import {
   Chip,
-  Button,
   FormControl,
   FormControlFeedback,
   FormLabel,
   FormGroup,
+  StatefulButton,
 } from '@edx/paragon';
 import { Close } from '@edx/paragon/icons';
 
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export const MasqueradeBar = () => {
     canMasquerade,
     isMasquerading,
     isMasqueradingFailed,
+    isMasqueradingPending,
     masqueradeInput,
     masqueradeError,
     handleMasqueradeInputChange,
@@ -59,18 +60,20 @@ export const MasqueradeBar = () => {
               floatingLabel={formatMessage(messages.StudentNameInput)}
             />
             {isMasqueradingFailed && (
-              <FormControlFeedback type="invalid">
+              <FormControlFeedback type="invalid" hasIcon={false}>
                 {masqueradeError}
               </FormControlFeedback>
             )}
           </FormGroup>
-          <Button
+          <StatefulButton
             disabled={!masqueradeInput.length}
-            variant="danger"
+            variant="brand"
             onClick={handleMasqueradeSubmit(masqueradeInput)}
-          >
-            {formatMessage(messages.SubmitButton)}
-          </Button>
+            labels={{
+              default: formatMessage(messages.SubmitButton),
+            }}
+            state={isMasqueradingPending ? 'pending' : 'default'}
+          />
         </>
       )}
     </div>
diff --git a/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/index.test.jsx b/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/index.test.jsx
index f3704e7..84382e5 100644
--- a/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/index.test.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/MasqueradeBar/index.test.jsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ describe('MasqueradeBar', () => {
     canMasquerade: true,
     isMasquerading: false,
     isMasqueradingFailed: false,
+    isMasqueradingPending: false,
     masqueradeInput: '',
     masqueradeError: '',
     handleMasqueradeInputChange: jest.fn().mockName('handleMasqueradeInputChange'),
@@ -57,5 +58,12 @@ describe('MasqueradeBar', () => {
       });
       expect(shallow(<MasqueradeBar />)).toMatchSnapshot();
     });
+    test('is masquerading pending', () => {
+      hooks.useMasqueradeBarData.mockReturnValueOnce({
+        ...masqueradeMockData,
+        isMasqueradingPending: true,
+      });
+      expect(shallow(<MasqueradeBar />)).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/data/redux/hooks.js b/src/data/redux/hooks.js
index f24e325..2ad2aab 100644
--- a/src/data/redux/hooks.js
+++ b/src/data/redux/hooks.js
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ export const useUpdateSelectSessionModalCallback = (dispatch, cardId) => () => d
 );
 
 export const useMasqueradeData = () => useSelector(requestSelectors.masquerade);
+
+export const useIsPendingRequest = (requestName) => useSelector(requestSelectors.isPending(requestName));
diff --git a/src/data/redux/requests/selectors.js b/src/data/redux/requests/selectors.js
index 4c6278a..c2a5192 100644
--- a/src/data/redux/requests/selectors.js
+++ b/src/data/redux/requests/selectors.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { RequestStates, RequestKeys } from 'data/constants/requests';
 
 export const requestStatus = (state, { requestKey }) => state.requests[requestKey];
 
-const statusSelector = (fn) => (state, { requestKey }) => fn(state.requests[requestKey]);
+const statusSelector = (fn) => (requestKey) => (state) => fn(state.requests[requestKey]);
 
 export const isInactive = ({ status }) => status === RequestStates.inactive;
 export const isPending = ({ status }) => status === RequestStates.pending;
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export const masquerade = (state) => {
   return {
     isMasquerading: isCompleted(request),
     isMasqueradingFailed: isFailed(request),
+    isMasqueradingPending: isPending(request),
     masqueradeError: error(request),
   };
 };
diff --git a/src/data/redux/requests/selectors.test.js b/src/data/redux/requests/selectors.test.js
index 9ee715f..4bf3c92 100644
--- a/src/data/redux/requests/selectors.test.js
+++ b/src/data/redux/requests/selectors.test.js
@@ -20,22 +20,23 @@ const testState = {
     [requestKey]: requestData,
   },
 };
+const mockUseSelector = (selector, state) => selector(state);
 const genRequests = (request) => ({
   requests: { [requestKey]: request },
 });
 const select = (selector, request) => (
-  selector(genRequests(request), { requestKey })
+  mockUseSelector(
+    selector(requestKey), genRequests(request),
+  )
 );
 describe('requests selectors unit tests', () => {
   test('requestStatus returns data associated with given key', () => {
     expect(selectors.requestStatus(testState, { requestKey })).toEqual(requestData);
   });
   const testStatusSelector = (selector, matchingRequest) => {
-    expect(selector(testState, { requestKey })).toEqual(false);
-    expect(selector(
-      { requests: { [requestKey]: matchingRequest } },
-      { requestKey },
-    )).toEqual(true);
+    expect(mockUseSelector(selector(requestKey), testState)).toEqual(false);
+    expect(mockUseSelector(selector(requestKey),
+      { requests: { [requestKey]: matchingRequest } })).toEqual(true);
   };
   test('isInactive returns true iff the given request is inactive', () => {
     testStatusSelector(selectors.isInactive, inactiveRequest);
@@ -78,6 +79,13 @@ describe('requests selectors unit tests', () => {
     expect(selectors.masquerade(mockResponse(completedRequest))).toEqual({
       isMasquerading: true,
       isMasqueradingFailed: false,
+      isMasqueradingPending: false,
+      masqueradeError: undefined,
+    });
+    expect(selectors.masquerade(mockResponse(pendingRequest))).toEqual({
+      isMasquerading: false,
+      isMasqueradingFailed: false,
+      isMasqueradingPending: true,
       masqueradeError: undefined,
     });
     expect(selectors.masquerade(mockResponse({
@@ -86,6 +94,7 @@ describe('requests selectors unit tests', () => {
     }))).toEqual({
       isMasquerading: false,
       isMasqueradingFailed: true,
+      isMasqueradingPending: false,
       masqueradeError: testValue,
     });
   });