*2021 EQUITY AWARD, AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
*2020-2021 ANTHONY KAYE FELLOW, NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER
*2020 ROBERT D.W. CONNOR AWARD, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH CAROLINA
*2018 WILLIE D. HALSELL ARTICLE PRIZE, MISSISSIPPI HISTORICAL SOCIETY
*2018 FILSON FELLOWSHIP, FILSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
* 2018 ALYCE HUNLEY WHAYNE VISITING RESEARCHERS GRANT, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LIBRARY
*2017-2018 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF EDUCATION/SPENCER FOUNDATION POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
*2016 FINALIST FOR THE HOOKS NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, BENJAMIN L. HOOKS INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
*2017 NEW SCHOLAR'S BOOK AWARD, AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, DIVISION F
*2015-2016 ARCHIE K. DAVIS FELLOWSHIP, NORTH CAROLINIANA SOCIETY
*2013-2014 VISITING SCHOLAR, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
*2013-2014 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF EDUCATION/SPENCER FOUNDATION POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP (DECLINED)
*2012 C. VANN WOODWARD DISSERTATION PRIZE, SOUTHERN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
*2012 CLAUDE A. EGGERTSEN DISSERTATION PRIZE, HISTORY OF EDUCATION SOCIETY
*2009-2010 FORD FOUNDATION DIVERSITY DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP
*2009-2010 SPENCER FOUNDATION DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP
*MELLON MAYS UNIVERSITY FELLOWS DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP, WOODROW WILSON NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION, 2009 (DECLINED)
*JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY RESEARCH GRANT, 2008
*HUGGINS-QUARLES AWARD, ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS, 2008
*DRUSILLA DUNGEE HOUSTON PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING RESEARCH, ASSOCIATION OF BLACK WOMEN HISTORIANS, 2007
