Outstanding Faculty Award, Department of Public Administration, San Diego State University, 2008-2009.
Named one of three “Powers to Be” in Education in San Diego Magazine’s issue on “Our Next Generation of Civic Power Brokers”, December 2008.
President’s Leadership Fund Award for Faculty Excellence, San Diego State University, 2008, $5,000
International Society for Third Sector Research Young Scholar Dissertation Award – Honorable Mention, 2008
Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, May 2007
Department of Public Administration and Policy Distinguished Dissertation Award – Honorable Mention, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, May 2007
Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation, International Society for Third Sector Research, July 2004
Ferrel Heady Award for Outstanding Professional Paper, Department of Public Administration, University of New Mexico, May 2002.
