2023-2025. Build and Broaden Program (SBE-2315809), National Science Foundation. “Identifying
and Understanding the Social and Policy Determinants of Obstetric-Care Use, Maternal
Mortality and Morbidity in Texas and the USA: A National and Targeted Assessment.”
Co-Principal Investigator ($340,111).
2023-2025. Sociology Program (SES-2242177), National Science Foundation. “NSF-SSRC:
Public Health Guidance, Visits to Neighborhood Establishments, and the Spread of SARS-CoV-2
in the U.S.” Co-Principal Investigator ($440,756).
2022-2024. Sociology Program (SES-2147450), National Science Foundation. “Racial/Ethnic
Residential Segregation, Health-Promoting Organizations, and Health-Related Outcomes
in the United States.” ($191,062).
2021-2023. National Science Foundation (BCS-2121931). “Community Perceptions of Flood
Mitigation Strategies.” ($299,504).
2020-2022. UH Grants to Enhance Research on Racism, "Racial/Ethnic Residential Segregation,
Health-Promoting Organizations, and Health-Related Outcomes in the United States."
($9,785).
2019. Teaching Innovation Program Grant, Faculty and Departmental Instructional Support,
University of Houston. “New Hybrid Courses in Sociology’s New Health and Medicine
Concentration” Co-Principal Investigator ($10,000).
2017-2018. New Faculty Research Program, Division of Research, University of Houston
($6,000).
2016-2018. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural
Understanding, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($4,000).
2015-2016. Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (SES-1518873), National
Science Foundation. “The Role of Health-Promoting Community Organizations in Urban
Neighborhoods.” Co-Principal Investigator ($6,334).
2022. UH Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality. “State Policies on Gender
and Sexuality and Migration Decisions.” ($4,910).
2019. National Science Foundation. “Religious Exemption Laws and Sexual and Gender
Minorities.” Expert Consultant ($7,000.)
2018-2020. National Science Foundation. “The Effects of Workplace and Legal Context
on Understandings of an Emerging Protected Category.” ($294,492).
2017-2019. Department of Labor. “Analyzing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Discrimination in Federal Contractor and Noncontractor Firms.” Co-Principal Investigator
($249,967).
2016-2017. Fund to Advance the Discipline, American Sociological Association. “The
Demography of Sexuality: Queering Demographic Research, Theory, and Methods.” ($7,812).
2009-2011. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural
Understanding, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($4,000).
2023. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). “Skills development in synthetic
biology for climate-smart and sustainable agriculture.” Co-Principal Investigator
($999,551).
2022-2023. New Faculty Research Grant. Division of Research, University of Houston.
“Social Entrepreneurs' motivation and the effects of education on future social entrepreneurs.”
($6,000).
2021. Seed Research Grant, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($1,200).
2018-2020. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural
Understanding, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($4,000).
2018. Research Progress Grant, University of Houston ($4000).
2016-2017. Summer Publication Fellowship, American Association of University Women
($6,000).
2015-2017. Advanced Scholars Grant, National Center for Student Parent Programs. “Student
Parents on Campus from Baby Boomers to Millennials: Best Practices for Student Parents
Success in Higher Education." Principal Investigator ($10,000).
2014. New Faculty Program Grant, Division of Research, University of Houston ($6000).
2012-2014. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Sociology Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US
Cultural Understanding, University of Houston ($4,000).
2022. Small Grant, Division of Research, University of Houston. “How Low-Income Individuals
Experience and Manage the Health Outcomes and Aesthetics of Dental Caries and Malocclusion
Traits.” ($6,000).
2021. Research Progress Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. “How Low-Income Individuals Experience and Manage the Health Outcomes
and Aesthetics of Dental Caries and Malocclusion Traits.” ($3,965)
2019. Teaching Innovation Program Grant, Faculty and Departmental Instructional Support,
University of Houston. “New Hybrid Courses in Sociology’s New Health and Medicine
Concentration.” Co-Principal Investigator ($10,000).
2019. Project Completion Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. “Under the Knife: Cosmetic Surgery, Boundary Work, and the Pursuit of
the Natural Fake.” ($4,000).
2017. Small Grant, Division of Research, University of Houston. “Status Characteristics
and Perceptions of Body Shaming.” ($5,000).
2016. Project Completion Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. “Embodied Resistance, Volume 2” ($2,000).
2016. Teaching Innovation Program Grant, Faculty Development and Instructional Support,
University of Houston. “Developing Students’ Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis
Skills: A New Certificate Program.” ($26,450).
2015. Research Progress Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. “Under the Knife: Authenticity, Stigma, and the Cosmetically Altered Body.”
($2,000).
2014. Research Outreach Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. “Under the Knife: Commodification, Authenticity, and the Cosmetically
Altered Body.” ($2,500).
2012. Small Grant, Division of Research, University of Houston. “Bodywork: Clusters
and Sequences, Psychological Health, and Social Networks.” ($3,000).
2012. Faculty Development Initiative Program Grant, Office of Faculty Development
and Instructional Support, University of Houston. “Hybrid Course in the Sociology
of the Body.” ($3,900).
2012. Grant-In-Aid Program, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. “A Bodywork Continuum: Demographics, Clusters, and Tipping Points.” ($6,000).
2011. Quality Enhancement Plan Grant, Office of Undergraduate Discovery Programs,
University of Houston. “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Overweight Body: Research,
Methodologies, and Pedagogy. Co-Principal Investigator ($10,000).
2010. Quality Enhancement Plan Grant, Office of Undergraduate Discovery Programs,
University of Houston. “Researching the Social Body: Qualitative Investigations.”
($5000).
2010. Small Grant, Division of Research, University of Houston. “Gendered Appearance
Norms in U.S. Laws and Organizations: An Analysis of Employment Discrimination Lawsuits,
1973-2008.” ($3,000).
2009. Quality Enhancement Plan Grant, Office of Undergraduate Discovery Programs,
University of Houston. “Advanced Research Practicum in Sociology” Co-Principal Investigator
($8,500).
2008. WGSS Faculty Summer Fellowship, University of Houston ($4000).
2008. New Faculty Grant, Division of Research, University of Houston ($6,000).
2006. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation ($7,500).
2023-2025. Build and Broaden Program (SBE-2315809), National Science Foundation. "Identifying
and Understanding the Social and Policy Determinants of Obstetric Care, Maternal Mortality,
and Morbidity." Co-Principal Investigator ($340,111).
2023. WGSS Faculty Summer Fellowship, University of Houston ($4,000).
2023. New faculty Research Program, Division of Research, University of Houston. “Fertility,
Education, and African American Women’s Later-Life Health Disparities.” ($6,000).
2022. Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award for Research Promoting Latin American-US
Cultural Understanding, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($1,000).
2018. Faculty Research Seed Grant, Center for Mexican American Studies, University
of Houston. “Linkages between marital status and physical health among older adults
of Mexican descent.” ($3,500).
2018. Project Completion Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. “Social activities and mental health among older adults in Mexico: The
implications of gender, socioeconomic resources, and marital status.” ($1,800).
2018. Research Progress Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. “Work, live and play: The impact of local resource allocation on international
migrants’ health outcomes.” Co-Principal Investigator ($5,400).
2014-2016. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural
Understanding, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($4,000).
2024. National Science Foundation. “Automated Coding of Status Hierarchies in Task
Groups: Can Moderators alter Status Hierarchies to Reduce Racial Inequalities?” Co-Principal
Investigator ($152,180).
2023-2025. Build and Broaden Program (SBE-2315809), National Science Foundation. "Identifying
and Understanding the Social and Policy Determinants of Obstetric Care, Maternal Mortality,
and Morbidity." Co-Principal Investigator ($340,111).
2022. UR-Women of Color Coalition Stimulus Research Grant, University of Houston.
“The Impact of HIV Criminalization Laws on Healthcare Seeking Behaviors.” ($7,000).
2020-2022. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural
Understanding, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($4,000).
2021. REACH: Research for Aspiring Coogs in the Humanities, University of Houston.
“Black Migration Houston,” Co-Principal Investigator ($3,000).
2021. Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality, University of Houston.
“Black Migration Houston.” Co-Principal Investigator ($4,000).
2021. New Faculty Research Award Program, Division of Research, University of Houston.
“Assessing Racial/ethnic Disparities in Maternal Mortality Among U.S. Women.” ($5,996).
2020. Digital Research Commons Development Grant, University of Houston. “Black Migration
Houston.” Collaborator ($6,500).
2022-2024. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural
Understanding, Department of Sociology, University of Houston ($4,000).
2019-2020. Rapid-Response Grant on Covid-19, Social Science Research Council. “Resilient
Latinos: Educational Pathways in the Age of Covid-19.” Co-Principal Investigator ($).
2023. Small Grant, Division of Research University of Houston. “The Conditionality
of Merit.” ($3200).
2023. Research Progress Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. “The Conditionality of Merit.” ($2300).
2020-2022. Grant to Enhance Research on Racism, Division of Research, University of
Houston. “The Downstream Consequences of Race-Related Managerial Job Insecurity.”
($7,771).
2019. Research Progress Grant, Division of Research, University of Houston. “Framing
Giving and the Threat of Rejection.” ($2880).
2014-2018. National Science Foundation (SES-1419517). “The Study of Social Structure,
Identity, and Exchange.” Co-Principal Investigator ($272,519).
2014-2018. Research Experience for Undergraduates, National Science Foundation. Co-Principal
Investigator ($12,000).
2010. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (SES-1003281), National Science Foundation.
“Forms of Exchange, Uncertainty, and Retention in Social Networks.” ($8,699).