Awards and Honors

• Selected for inclusion in Academic Keys Who’s Who in Education (WWE), 2005
• Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Education, 2002
• Recipient of the AERA/OERI Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2001–2004 (accepted)
• Recipient of the University of California Office of the President Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2001 (declined)
• University of California, Los Angeles, Teacher Education Program—Social Justice Fellow, 2000
• University of California, Berkeley—Passed Qualifying Examinations with Distinction, 2000
• University of California, Berkeley—Recipient of the Myrtle L. Judkins Memorial Fellowship for Excellence in Scholarship and Research, 1999–2000
• University of California, Berkeley—Recipient of the Ned Flanders Fellowship for commitment to research in Urban Education, 1999–2000
• State of California Senate—Certificate of Recognition for Commitment to Oakland High School, 1999
• University of California at Berkeley—Outstanding Instructor Award Recipient, 1999
• Oakland Unified School District—Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Performance and Achievement as a Teacher and Coach, 1999
• "Positive Images of Oakland." Selected appearance in a calendar featuring young men and women committed to community service in Oakland, 1999
• University of California, Santa Barbara—Office of the Vice Chancellor Award for Outstanding High School Teachers, 1998
• San Jose State University—Dorothy Wright Award for Teaching Excellence, awarded to exemplary high school English teachers, 1997
• University of California, Berkeley—Louise M. Patterson Certificate for Academic Achievement and positive contributions to the African American Campus Community; UC Berkeley, 1994,1997–1999
• University of California, Berkeley—Graduate Opportunity Program Fellowship, 1996
• Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1995, 1997–2000