- Finalist, Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service Learning, Campus Compact (2004)
- W.E.B.Dubois Fellowship, Harvard University (2002)
- Mellon Post-doctoral Fellowship on the Performance of Democracies, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University (1995)
- Pre-doctoral and Post-doctoral Fellowships, Program on Non-Violent Sanctions and Cultural Survival, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University (1994)
- Thomas T. Hoopes Prize for "excellence in the art of teaching," Harvard College (1993)
- Candace Rogers Award, Eastern Sociological Society (1992)
- Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education (1989)
- Henry Russell Shaw Fellowship, Harvard College (1984)
- Phi Beta Kappa Society (1984)
