FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
- Faculty/Staff Ally of the Year, UC-Irvine Cross Cultural Center, 2017
- UC-Irvine Chancellor’s Fellow, 2012-2015
- British Sociological Association, Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness, Book of the Year Prize, 2013-2014, Making the Mexican Diabetic.
- Outstanding Community Based Participatory Research Investigator, Chancellors CBPR Community Awards, Institute for Clinical Translational Science, 2010
- Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Teaching, UC-Irvine Faculty Senate, 2010
- Mentor of the Month, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, 2010
- Engaged Scholar Award, Community Outreach Partnership Center, 2008
- National Science Foundation - Short Course on Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology (SCRM) Participation Award 2005, Measuring Human Behavior, University of Florida.