• 2018:
University of California Humanities Research Institute, Short-term Residential Research Groups,
Words of Wild Survival: Wombs, Wounds, Wastelands, and Water • 2017: Mae C. King Distinguished Paper Award on Women, Gender and Black Politics, Association for the Study of Black Women in Politics • 2017 Pipeline Award for serving as an outstanding mentor and introducing the most students to the NCOBPS 2017 Annual Meeting • 2015 and 2011: UC Irvine Chancellor's Award for Fostering Undergraduate Research • 2009: Lucius Barker Best Paper Award in Racial and Ethnic Politics • Member of the LGBTQ+ Caucus of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists • Former president of the LGBTQ Caucus of the American Political Science Association • Former co-chair of the Ken Sherrill Best Dissertation on Sexuality and Politics Prize Award Committee • Past member of the African Politics Conference Group Best Paper Award Committee == References ==