Awards

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“Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics."

—Ernie Banks (in Doug Myers, Essential Cubs, 1999, p. 172)

Fellowships and Lectureships

My research has been recognized and benefited from receiving various academic fellowships and named lectureships. In general, these fellowships have been granted on either preliminary findings or on the promise and potential of my work to make a positive, long-lasting contribution to the academic discipline. In all accounts, such fellowships have enabled the long-term pursuit of varied data collection and analysis

Recent Fellowships

  • 2022, J. William Fulbright Scholar Fellowship, University of Surrey (England)

  • 2022, Visiting Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics (England)

  • 2019, Gambrinus Fellowship, Technische Universität Dortmund, Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik (Germany)

  • 2019, Visiting Scholar Fellowship, School of Law, University of Kent (England)

  • 2018, International Visiting Fellowship, Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick (England)

  • 2017, Public Discourse Project Fellowship, Humanities Institute, University of Connecticut

Recent Named Lectureships

  • 2022, W. E. B. Du Bois Lecturer, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for the International Education of Students, Embassy of the United States of America, and Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik (Germany)

  • 2018, Inaugural Jon H. Rieger Lecturer, University of Louisville

  • 2016, Charles Phelps Taft Memorial Lecturer, University of Cincinnati

Awards

I have been fortunate enough to see my research, teaching, and mentoring awarded and recognized for their high quality and contributions to both society and the discipline of sociology.

Research Awards

  • 2023, Outstanding Undergraduate Faculty Advisor Award, UConn (Finalist)

  • 2018, Outstanding Article Award, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (Honorable Mention)

  • 2017, UConn College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Excellence in Research Award-Social Sciences

  • 2016, Outstanding Publication Award (for The White Savior Film), Southwest Sociological Association

  • 2015, Rollins Book Prize (for The White Savior Film), Northeast American Culture Association (Finalist)

  • 2014, Distinguished Early Career Award, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American Sociological Association

  • 2014, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award (for White Bound), Society for the Study of Social Problems (Co-Winner)

  • 2013, C. Wright Mills Book Award (for White Bound), Society for the Study of Social Problems (Finalist)

  • 2013, Book Award (for White Bound), Association for Humanist Sociology (Honorable Mention)

  • 2012, Arts & Sciences Researcher of the Year, Mississippi State University

  • 2011, Prevention for A Safer Society (PASS) Award (for 12 Angry Men), National Council on Crime and Delinquency

Teaching and Mentoring Awards

  • February 2020, Provost Recognition of Teaching Excellence, University of Connecticut

  • June 2019, Provost Recognition of Teaching Excellence, University of Connecticut

  • August 2016, Provost Recognition of Teaching Excellence, University of Connecticut

  • 2016, Helena Znaniecki Lopata Mentoring Award, Society for the Study of Symbolic InteractionAugust 2016, Provost Recognition of Teaching Excellence, University of Connecticut

  • August 2015, Provost Recognition of Teaching Excellence, University of Connecticut

  • January 2015, Provost Recognition of Teaching Excellence, University of Connecticut

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