2013. Outstanding Author Contribution Award, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 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, Southwestern Sociological Association, for “Legislating
the Family,” coauthored with D’Lane R. Compton.
2007. Public Policy Fellowship, The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law.
2019. Teaching Excellence Award for Instructional or Clinical Faculty, University
of Houston.
2023. Best Paper Award Shortlist, Journal of Professions and Organization Conference,
for “What drives organizational missions in the nonprofit sector? An Institutional
logic dependence perspective,” co-authored with Young-joo Lee.
2022. Best Paper Award, Midwest Academy of Management Annual Conference, for “The
Antecedents of Institutional Conformity: The Case of the Local United Way Affiliates
and their Response to Field Change Efforts,” co-authored with Laurie E. Paarlberg,
Megan LePere-Schloop, and Wenpei You.
2021. Emerging Scholar Award, ARNOVA.
2019. The Ruth C. Schaffer Award, Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University, for
“How does community philanthropy function: Direct effects of social problems and the
moderating role of community racial diversity,” co-authored with Tiffany Amorette
Young.
2019. Doctoral Fellowship Award, ARNOVA.
2016. STARS Award, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University.
2014. Brown Foundation Fellow, Dora Maar House, Menerbes, France.
2007. Ross M. Lence Teaching Excellence Award, College of Liberal Arts and Social
Sciences, University of Houston.
2006. Finalist, Teaching Excellence Award in Tenure/Tenure Track, University of Houston.
2006. Finalist, Teaching Excellence Award in Innovative Teaching, University of Houston.
2004. Research Fellowship, Friends of Women Studies, University of Houston.
2020. Teaching Excellence Award, University of Houston.
2012. Summer Writing Fellowship, Research Committee on Academic Personnel, Sonoma
State University.
2009. Summer Writing Fellowship, Research Committee on Academic Personnel, Sonoma
State University.
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
2008. Favorite Faculty Award, Newcomb College Institute.
2000. The Robert F. Winch Memorial Award, Northwestern University.
1998. Council for Independent Colleges Fellowship, Northwestern University.
2010. Postdoctoral Fellowship on the Health of Older Minorities, Sealy Center on Aging,
University of Texas Medical Branch.
2008. Postdoctoral Fellowship on Aging and the Life Course, Carolina Population Center,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
2008. Gordon D. and Izola P. Morgan Fellowship, Department of Sociology, Washington
State University.
2006. Gordon D. and Izola P. Morgan Fellowship, Department of Sociology, Washington
State University.
2005. James F. Short Jr. Award, Department of Sociology, Washington State University.
2014. Research Fellowship, The Center for Mexican American Studies, University of
Houston.
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)
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)