2021

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Democratic Anxieties in the Americas Research Grants, Social Science Research

Council

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Faculty Research Award, “The Impact of the Pandemic in Brazil’s Urban

Slums,” Tufts University

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2020

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Tisch Faculty Fellow, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts

University

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2019

 

Best Dissertation Award, American Sociological Association

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Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Dissertation Award, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association

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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

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American Short-Term Research Publication Grant, American Association of University Women

 

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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

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2017

 

Alma J. Young Emerging Scholar Award, Urban Affairs Association

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Dean’s Graduate Fellowship, Humanities Center, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University

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Public and Applied Sociology Award, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University

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Alternate & Honorable Mention, Dissertation Fellowship, Ford Foundation

 

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2016

 

Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, Law and Social Sciences Divisions of the National Science Foundation

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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

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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

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Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, Office of the President, Northeastern University

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2012-2015

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Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Research Grant, Office of the Provost, Northeastern University

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Departmental Fellowship for Graduate Study, Northeastern University

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University Excellence Fellowship, Northeastern University

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Teaching Assistantship, Northeastern University

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