Awards

• Finalist, NAACP Image Award, Outstanding Literary Work, Debut Author Category Crook County: Racism and Injustice in American’s Largest Criminal Courts

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• Farrel Grant for Public Policy and the Badesch Fellowship

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• Finalist, National Council on Crime and Delinquency’s Media, Just Society Award for Crook County: Racism and Injustice in American’s Largest Criminal Courts

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• New Scholar Award, Semi-Finalist, American Society of Criminology’s Division on People of Color and Crime

• Winner, Distinguished Article Prize, Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological Association for Criminology Article, “The Inter-organizational Utility of Welfare Stigma in the Criminal Justice System.”

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• ​Winner - Kimberlé Crenshaw Outstanding Article Award, The Society for the Study of Social Problem’s, Division on Racial and Ethnic Minorities for “Criminal Justice Through ‘Colorblind’ Lenses: A Call to Examine the Mutual Constitution of Race and Criminal Justice.”

• Winner, ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, Crook County: Racism and Injustice

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• Winner, Edwin Sutherland Book Award, The Society for the Study of Social Problem’s, Law Division for Crook County: Racism and Injustice in American’s Largest Criminal Courts

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• Finalist, C. Wright Award, The Society for the Study of Social Problem’s, for Crook County: Racism and Injustice in American’s Largest Criminal Courts

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• Winner, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Prize, The Society for the Study of Social Problem’s, Law Division for Crook County: Racism and Injustice in American’s Largest Criminal Courts

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• Winner, Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, The American Sociological Association’s (ASA) Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities (SREM) for Crook County: Racism and Injustice in American’s Largest Criminal Courts

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• Winner, Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, The American Sociological Association’s (ASA) Sociology of Culture Section for Crook County: Racism and Injustice in American’s Largest Criminal Courts

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• Best Book Award, the American Sociological Association’s, Section on Race, Class and Gender for Crook County: Racism and Injustice in American’s Largest Criminal Courts

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• Winner, Silver Medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards, Crook County: Racism and Injustice in American’s Largest Criminal Courts

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• Winner, Prose Award for Excellence in Social Sciences, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers for Crook County: Racism and Injustice in American’s Largest Criminal Courts

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• Finalist, Prose Category Award for Law and Legal Studies, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers for Crook County: Racism and Injustice in American’s Largest Criminal Courts