Awards and Recognitions

Faculty Exceptional Research Award – School of International Service, American University, 2024
William Cromwell Award for Outstanding Teaching – School of International Service, American University, 2021-2022
Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship – The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 2018
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, 2012-2015
UC Dissertation-Year Fellowship – UC Berkeley, 2011
Leo Lowenthal Dissertation Fellowship – UC Berkeley (Sociology), 2011 (Declined)
Simpson Award – UC Berkeley (Institute of International Studies), 2011
Fall Research Grant – UC Berkeley (Sociology), 2010
Undergraduate Mentorship Recognition – UC Berkeley (Sociology), 2010
Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, Alternate – Ford Foundation, 2010
Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship – UC Berkeley, 2008
National Science Foundation Fellowship – National Science Foundation, 2005
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship – United States Department of Education, 2005
Graduate Opportunity Program Fellowship – UC Berkeley, 2004
Fulbright to India, Finalist – Institute of International Education, 2002-2003
Honors in Urban Studies – Columbia University, 2002

John Ruggie ISA Annual Best Book Award – International Studies Association, 2023
Lee Ann Fujii Book Award – International Studies Association, 2023
Paul Sweezy Outstanding Book Award – American Sociological Association Marxist Sociology Section, 2023
Book Award – Society for the Study of Social Problems Global Division, 2023
Best Book – International Studies Association, Global Development Studies, 2023
Best Book Prize, Honorable Mention – African Studies Association, 2023
Book Award, Honorable Mention – American Sociological Association Sociology of Development Section, 2023
Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award, Honorable Mention – American Sociological Association Race, Gender, and Class Section, 2023
Distinguished Book Award, Honorable Mention – American Sociological Association Sex and Gender Section, 2023
Book Prize, Honorable Mention – American Anthropological Association Society for the Anthropology of Work, 2023
Best Scholarly Article Award – American Sociological Association Section on Global and Transnational Sociology, 2018
Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Article Award – American Sociological Association Section on Race, Gender, and Class, 2018
Oliver Cromwell Cox Article Award, Honorable Mention – American Sociological Association Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, 2017
John Rieger Graduate Paper Award – International Visual Sociology Association, 2012