College of Health and Human Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award, MSU Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver (2025-26)

Career Catalyst Award - Classroom to Career Hub, MSU Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver (2026)

Curriculum Academic Effectiveness and Policy Development's Sustained Excellence Award - Academic Affairs, Academic Effectives and Policy Development Office, MSU Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver (2024)

Appreciation Award for Outstanding Service to the College of Health and Human Sciences - College of Health and Human Sciences Dean's Office, MSU Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver (2024)

Roadrunners Who Soar - Faculty Award, MSU Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver (2021)

Inducted into the Applied Learning Center Hall of Distinction, The Applied Learning Center, Metropolitan State University of Denver (2018)

Regents’ Dissertation Writing Fellowship, School of Social Science, University of California, Irvine. (2006)

Volunteer/Spotlight of the Quarter: Straight Talk/Pathways Parole Reentry Program (2005)

Outstanding Sociology Teaching Assistant, University of California, Irvine (2003)

Inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society, San Diego State University, (1999) 

Graduated Cum Laude, with Distinction in Sociology (1999)