Provost’s Teacher-Scholar Award, Cal Poly Pomona

Exceptional Service Award, Cal Poly Pomona

Mini-grant Program, Faculty Center for Professional Development, Cal Poly Pomona

Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program Travel Grant (with Jessica Kizer, UCI), California State University

Early Caraeer Summer Support Program, Office of Research, Cal Poly Pomona

President’s Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award, Office of Research, Cal Poly Pomona

Faculty Fellow, Center for Community Engagement, Cal Poly Pomona

Young Alumni Achievement Award, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA

Presidential Grant Award, Willamette University

Strategic Communications Training Program (with Dr. Ruth Zambrana, University of Maryland), The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Multidisciplinary Junior Faculty Fellowship Program, American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education/Ford Foundation