Faculty Excellence
- 2013. Outstanding Author Contribution Award, given by Emerald Group Publishing Limited (publisher of Research in the Sociology of Health Care) for “Racial Residential Segregation and Access to Health Care Coverage: A Multilevel Analysis” (co-authored with Andrew S. Fullerton).
- 2016. Honorable Mention for Outstanding Publication Award, Southwestern Sociological Association, for Legalizing LGBT Families: How the Law Shapes Parenthood.
- 2010. “Distinguished Paper Award” from the Southwestern Sociological Association for “Legislating the Family,” coauthored with D’Lane R. Compton.
- 2007. Public Policy Fellowship, The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law.
- Provost's Teaching Excellence Award for Instructional or Clinical Faculty, 2019
- Brown Foundation Fellow at the Dora Maar House, Menerbes France, May 2014
- Joseph S. Werlin Sociology Faculty Award to Promote Latin American-US Cultural Understanding for AY 2012-2013 and AY 2013-2014
- Ross Lence Teaching Excellence Award, Social Sciences, University of Houston 2007
- Finalist, UH Teaching Excellence Award in Tenure/Tenure Track, 2006
- Finalist, UH Teaching Excellence Award in Innovative Teaching, 2006
- Research Fellowship, Friends of Women Studies, University of Houston, 2004
- 2017. Outstanding Women Honoree, Education, Houston YWCA (May 4, 2017)
- 2013. University Commission on Women, Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award (Pre-Tenure Category)
- 2012. University of Houston Provost’s Teaching Excellence Award
- 2012. College of Liberal Arts and Social Science’s Ross M. Lence Teaching Excellence Award
- 2011. Best Publication Award, American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on the Body and Embodiment
- 2014. Fellow, Center for Ideas and Society, UC Riverside
- 2012. ASA Section for Mathematical Sociology Best Graduate Student Paper Award for “Predicting Social Influence: A Model at the Intersection of Sociology and Psychology” (with David Melamed)