2012-2013 — Conference grant to co-convene (with Awam Amkpa), "How Migration Makes Meaning: A Conference on Slavery and Abolition in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans," New York University Abu Dhabi Institute, March 31-April 2, 2014
2007 — Wolfe Institute Fellowship
2004-2006 — Claire and Leonard Tow Professorship,
2004 — Selected a Broeklundian favorite professor by graduating seniors of Brooklyn College
2004 and 2000 — PSC-CUNY research grants
2003-2004 — Tow Travel Fellowship
2001-2002 — Mrs. Giles Whiting Fellowship
1998 — Paul W. Barrus Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching, Texas Association of College Teachers (TACT) and the Faculty Senate of Texas A & M University-Commerce
1998 — Nominated by Texas A & M University-Commerce for the state-wide Minnie Stevens Piper Award for excellence in teaching
1996-1997, 1991 — Texas A & M/East Texas State University Organized Research Grants
