Select Fellowships & Awards
2021
Democratic Anxieties in the Americas Research Grants, Social Science Research
Council
Faculty Research Award, “The Impact of the Pandemic in Brazil’s Urban
Slums,” Tufts University
2020
Tisch Faculty Fellow, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts
University
2019
Best Dissertation Award, American Sociological Association
Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Dissertation Award, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association
Honorable Mention, Best Article Award for “Rethinking Favela Governance: Nonviolent Politics in Rio de Janeiro’s Gang Territories,” Section on Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association
American Short-Term Research Publication Grant, American Association of University Women
2018
Co-Honorable Mention, Student Paper Prize for “Activism Under Fire: Governance and Citizenship in Rio de Janeiro's Conflict Zones,” Sociology of Development Section of the American Sociological Association
Community Action Research Initiative Grant, American Sociological Association
2017
Alma J. Young Emerging Scholar Award, Urban Affairs Association
Dean’s Graduate Fellowship, Humanities Center, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University
Public and Applied Sociology Award, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University
Alternate & Honorable Mention, Dissertation Fellowship, Ford Foundation
2016
Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, Law and Social Sciences Divisions of the National Science Foundation
Best Paper Presented by a Junior Scholar, “When the Police Come to Town: Safety and Order in a Rio de Janeiro Militarized Community,” presented by the Defense, Public Security, and Democracy Section of the Latin American Studies Association
Student Paper Competition Winner, “Rethinking Urban Militarism: Lessons from Rio de Janeiro’s ‘Favela Pacification Program,’” presented by the Conflict, Social Action and Change Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems
Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, Office of the President, Northeastern University
2012-2015
Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Research Grant, Office of the Provost, Northeastern University
Departmental Fellowship for Graduate Study, Northeastern University
University Excellence Fellowship, Northeastern University
Teaching Assistantship, Northeastern University