2006 Graduate School Students Association Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence
  • presented annually to one faculty member at Tulane University

    2004 Keynote Lecturer, Tulane Reading Project
  • Race, Identity and Society in James McBride's The Color of Water [Link]

    2003 President's Junior Faculty Teaching Award
  • presented annually to one Assistant Professor at Tulane University

    2003 President's Service Learning Teaching Award
  • presented annually to one faculty member at Tulane University

    2003 Creative Collaboration Award, Gulf South Summit on Service Learning and Civic Engagement
  • in conjunction with students from SOC 618, SOC 206, Office of Service Learning, and the Urban Conservancy

    2002 Newcomb Alumnae Association's Excellence in Teaching Award
  • presented annually to one Assistant Professor at Tulane University

    Courses Taught at Tulane
  • Sociology 101.  Introductory Sociology. 
  • Sociology 106.  Urban Sociology. 
  • Sociology 201.  Foundations of Sociology. 
  • Sociology 206.  Urban Sociology. 
  • Sociology 601.  Sociology of Hurricane Katrina. 
  • Sociology 617.  Race, Ethnicity and Urban Labor Markets. 
  • Sociology 618.  Wealth, Power and Inequality. 


    • Service Learning Activities
  • "Merchants Group Hosts Open House" Times-Picayune, Thursday, December 9, 2004 (Downtown Edition)[Link]
  • "Directory Aims to Give Boost to St. Claude" Times-Picayune, Thursday, December 2, 2004 (Downtown Edition)[Link]
  • "Stay Local! -- St. Claude Directory" [Link]
  • "Beyond Bourbon Street" -- Award-Winning Collaboration with the Urban Conservancy, 2002-03 [Link]