Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship (Urban studies, American studies), Rockefeller Foundation (Emory University), 2000-2000
Visiting Junior Scholar (Human geography), Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (University of British Columbia), 2000-2000
Ph.D. Student Paper Competition (Urban geography), Urban Geography Specialty Group (Association of American Geography), 1999-1999
Ph.D. Student Paper Competition (Cultural geography), Cultural Geography Specialty Group (Association of American Geographers), 1999-1999
Buell Dissertation Colloquim (Landscape theory and design), Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture and Landscape (Columbia University), 1999-1999
Ph.D. Student Paper Competition (Cultural geography), American Ethnic Geography Specialty Group (Association of American Geographers), 1998-1998
E. Willard Miller Award (Geography), Department of Geography (Pennsylvania State University), 1995-1995