AWARDS
Major awards and Honors:
Career Award, International Migration Section, American Sociological Association, 2026
Honorable Mention, Thomas and Zaniecki Best Book Award from the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association, 2021 (for Durable Ethnicity)
Elected and Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2018
Elected to Vice President of the American Sociological Association, 2010-2013
Elected to the Sociological Research Association, 2009
Career Award, Latino Section, American Sociological Association, 2008
Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award for the Best Book in Sociology from the American Sociological Association, 2006 (for Race in Another America)
Honorable Mention, Thomas and Zaniecki Best Book Award from the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association, 2010 (for Generations of Exclusion)
Otis Dudley Duncan Award for best book in Social Demography from the Population Section of the American Sociological Association, 2009 (for Generations of Exclusion)
Distinguished Book Award from the Pacific Sociological Association, 2009 (for Generations of Exclusion)
Best Book Award from the Latino Section of the American Sociological Association, 2009 (for Generations of Exclusion)
Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for the Best Book from the Race and Ethnic Minorities section of the American Sociological Association, 2006 (for Race in Another America)
Otis Dudley Duncan Award for best book in Social Demography from the Population Section of the American Sociological Association, 2005 (for Race in Another America)
Best Book Award from the Brazil Section of the Latin American Studies Association, 2006 (for Race in Another America)
Hubert Herring Award for the Best Book in Latin American Studies from the Pacific Council for Latin American Studies, 2005 (for Race in Another America)
Finalist, C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2006 (for Race in Another America)
Finalist, Culture Section Award for Best Book, 2006 (forRace in Another America)
GRANT AWARDS FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING:
“Social Science Analysis of Race and Ethnicity in Latin America” 2008-2014
Ford Foundation, New York 2008-14
Ford Foundation, Santiago and Mexico City 2009-11.
Various grants from Princeton University, 2008-13
“Examining Key Issues Affecting Workforce Development: Immigrant Workers, Other New Entrants in the Economy, and Latino and Black Relations”Ford Foundation (with Abel Valenzuela, Michael Stoll and Manuel Pastor) 2006-2007
“Global Network and Conference on Ethnic, Race and Caste Discrimination and Legal Remedies in Brazil, Central Europe, India, South Africa and the United States.” (with James Cavallaro of the Harvard Law School), 2005.
UCLA Center for International Studies
Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University
“The Paradox of Miscegenation. Race Relations in Brazil” Ford Foundation, 2000-2002
“Training Fellowship in Latin American Sociology” (with David Lopez and Maurice Zeitlin) Mellon Foundation. 1995-2005.
“Racial Classification in Brazil” National Science Foundation, 1997-1999.
“Mexican American Study Project” (with Ortiz):
National Institute for Child and Human Development [1 RO1 HD33436-O1A2], 1997-2000
Russell Sage Foundation, 1996-98, 2003- 06
UC-MEXUS, 1993-94, 1997-98, 2002-03
Haynes Foundation, 1996-98
Rockefeller Foundation, 1996-98
Ford Foundation, 1993-94, 1995-96
California Policy Seminar, 1994-95
Numerous grants from UCLA including the Institute of American Cultures, Academic Senate, California Center for Population Research, Office of the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor for Research, Dean of Social Sciences and Office of Academic Development
Various Brazil Research Grants
Rockefelller Foundation, 1989-90
UCLA Academic Senate, 1989-96