Awards

2019	American Sociological Association: Jessie Bernard award.
2019	UCONN, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Research Excellence award.
2018	Sociologists for Women in Society: Feminist Mentoring award.
2017	Fulbright-Nehru Senior Professional Excellence award.
2016	Fulbright-Nehru Senior Professional Excellence award.
2016	American Sociological Association/Asia and Asian American Section’s Contributions to the Field (career) award.
2013	Hirabayashi Book Award for co-edited Human Rights in Our Own Backyard: Injustice and Resistance in the US (Human Rights Section of American Sociological Association).
2012	UCONN, Department of Sociology Graduate Students’ Award for Mentoring.
2011	Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority’s Phenomenal Woman award.
2010	UCONN Alumni Association Teaching Excellence Award.
2009	American Sociological Association, Asia and Asian American Section Teaching Award.
2009	Department of Sociology Graduate Students’ Award for Mentoring.

Other awards and honors. Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Beta Kappa.

Grants & Fellowships

2017	Global Religion Research Initiative grant for international collaboration. (with Anjana Narayan).
2017	SWS Social Action grant (with Anjana Narayan).
2016	FIRE/UCONN grant for research on immigrants in CT (with Marysol Asencio).
2016	FIRE/UCONN grant to travel to India (for preliminary research on Water, “Inequalities, Rights).
2014	American Institute for Pakistan Studies grant for travel to and short-term research in Pakistan.
2014	UCONN development grant for developing an online course.
2010	Spencer Foundation with Gaye Tuchman
2009	University of Chicago-Illinois, small grant for work on women in the informal economy