Selected Scholarly Awards & Honors:

• Wilbur Marvin Fellowship, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Fall 2021.
• CUNY DSI Research Fellowship, Dominican Studies Institute, City College, City University of New York, Fall 2021.
• Fulbright Fellowship, Archivo General de la Nación, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, February through June 2016.
• Fulbright Fellowship, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) and Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, January through August 2003.
• Best Book Award, Latino Studies Section of the Latin American Studies Association, June 2009. For Black Behind the Ears.
• Best Book Award, New England Council of Latin American Studies, October 2008. For Black Behind the Ears.
• Honoree, The Dominican List (Inaugural edition), Dominican American National Roundtable, Washington, D.C., 2012.

Selected Teaching Awards & Honors:

• The Illustrious Award for Education, Latino Studies Institute, New York, NY, September 2018
• Sherrerd Teaching Award, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 2017-2018.
• Community Based Learning Faculty Member of the Year, Five Colleges, Inc., April 2008.

Selected Editorial Awards & Honors:

• $1 million endowment for Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism.
• Best Digital Feature 2021 award from the Council of Learned Journals for Meridians "On the Line" series.

Selected Community Awards & Honors:

• Keynote Speaker, Massachusetts Governor’s Office, Hispanic Heritage Month Opening Ceremonies, State House, Boston, MA, October 2, 2013.​
  
• Keynote Address, “Taking Intersectionality Global”, American Association of University Women Gender Studies Symposium, University of Missouri, St. Louis, October 26, 2013.