Awards, Grants & Fellowships

Recent Awards*, Grants and Fellowships (Selected)

External

2026 Jack Shand Research Grant ($5134) with Drs. Bandana Purkayastha & Anjana Narayan

2026* American Sociological Association (ASA) Labor and Labor Movements, Honorable Mention in the Distinguished Scholarly Article Award (for article titled 'Ideal and Aspiring Citizens') 

2026* Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) Sociological Forum Inaugural Author Award (for article titled 'Covert Carcerality for 'High-Income Cheap Labor')

2025* American Sociological Association (ASA) Political Economy of World System Terence K. Hopkins Student Paper Award (for article titled 'Covert Carcerality for ‘High-Income Cheap Labor’)

2024* Laura Bassi Award (partial editorial support)

2023 Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiatives (APARRI) ($7000, with Drs. Bandana Purkayastha and Anjana Narayan) 

Internal (Wake Forest University)

2026 AI Compass Pilot Research Grant ($3200)

2026 Humanities Institute Summer Writing Grant ($6000)

2025 Faculty Summer Research Grant ($6000)