Davidson College Food and Sustainability Grant (Phase II) for developing an extended multi-day class simulation exercise on the United States Farm Bill (2015) 

Davidson College Food and Sustainability Grant (Phase I) for developing research projects, course assignments and related content related to the sustainability of pork production in North Carolina (2014)

 Davidson College Faculty Study and Research (FS&R) Grant for two student research assistants to analyze sustainability ratings in the food and electronics sectors (2014)

Davidson College Faculty Study and Research (FS&R) Grant for a student research  fellow to analyze sustainability ratings in the higher education sector (2012)

 Davidson College Assessment Grant to review literature related to interdisciplinary environmental studies programs and develop an assessment plan for ENV 202 (2012)

 Curriculum Development Grant to integrate a community-based learning component into POL 472: Citizens, Consumers and the Environment (2012)

 Academy of Management Organizations and Natural Environment (ONE) Best Dissertation Award First Runner-Up (2011)

University of Wisconsin’s National Science Foundation (NSF) IGERT Associate Award to conduct research on ecotourism in China’s Yunnan Province (2010)

Intel Research’s People and Practices (PaPR) Grant for “Cultural Politics of Technology Consumption” Research (2009)

Stone Award for the Best Masters Paper on Environmental and Resource Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School (2005)

National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (2003)

Princeton Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department Prizes for most outstanding undergraduate work and best theoretical thesis (1999)

Kenneth Harris Memorial Award for contributions made to the ethical and moral life of Princeton University (1999)

John Fischer Zeidman Fellowship providing a full scholarship to study Chinese language in Beijing (1996)