Awards
Best Dissertation Award in Latina/o Studies, Latin American Studies Association, 2012
Postdoctoral Associate, Program in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration, Yale University, 2011-2012
University of Michigan Teaching Fellow, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching and Rackham Graduate School, Summer 2002
Visiting Doctoral Fellow, Center for Jazz Studies, Columbia University, 2001-2002
College Teaching Award, Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2000
Fellowships & Grants
Faculty Research Grant, Hampshire College, 2004-2010, 2012, 2014
Rackham Dissertation Fellowship, University of Michigan, Summer 2009
Fronteras Faculty Grant, University of Massachusetts/Five Colleges, Amherst, MA. 2006-2007
George Washington Henderson Fellow, ALANA/U.S. Ethnic Studies & Sociology, University of Vermont, 2003-2004
Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Cornell University, 2003-2004 (Declined)
Fred C. Andersen Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Carleton College, 2002-2003
Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship, University of Michigan, Winter 2001
Rackham Merit Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1996–2002
American Sociological Association Presidential Fellowship, 1993 – 1996
Research Grant, Program in American Culture, University of Michigan, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001
Student Academic Multicultural Initiatives Research Grant, University of Michigan, 1996,1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Student Academic Multicultural Initiatives Conference Grant, University of Michigan, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Rackham and International Institute Conference Grant, University of Michigan, 1996, 2001, 2002
Spring/Summer Research Partnership Grant, Rackham Graduate School and Office for the Vice President for Research, University of Michigan, May-August 1996
Honors
Visiting Scholar, Latin@ and Latin American Studies, Fordham University. 2014-2015
Five College Visiting Professor, Department of Spanish, Latina/o and Latin American Studies, Mount Holyoke College. Fall 2013
Visiting Professor, Sociology and American Studies, Amherst College. Spring 2013
Dean of Multicultural Affairs, Hampshire College. Spring 2013 (Declined)
Visiting Professor, Sociology and Latin@ Studies, Amherst College. Spring 2013
Visiting Scholar, Regional Oral History Office, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. 2009
Tepoztlán Transnational History of the Americas Institute Fellow. Tepoztlan, Mexico. Summer 2006
CISA (Crossroads in the Study of the Americas) Faculty Fellow, Five Colleges, Amherst, MA. 2004-2010