International Sociological Association, Plenary Presenter, July 2018, Toronto, Canada
AWARDS & HONORS
2019 Alpha Kappa Delta Theta of New York, Faculty Appreciation Award
2019 Advisory Board Member, Language Discourse & Society,
International peer-reviewed journal for International Sociological
Association Research Committee 25—Language & Society
2018 Plenary Speaker, International Sociological Association
XIX World Congress, Quadrennial Meeting, Toronto, Canada
2018 St. John’s University, Division of Student Affairs
Division Appreciation Award/Service to Students
2016 – 2017 Participant – Walter Stafford Project: Inequality in New York City
New York University, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public
Service (http://wagner.nyu.edu/stafford-symposium/symposium)
2016 Mentor of the Year
McNair Scholars Program – St. John's University
2015 “Author-Meets-Critic” Session – Scheduled at the Annual Meeting of the
Eastern Sociological Society: New York, NY to discuss Savage Portrayals: Race, Media, and the Central Park Jogger Story
2015 Faculty Recognition Award
St. John’s University, Queens, NY
2013 – 2014 Faculty Fellow
Institute for Writing Studies/Writing Across the Curriculum
St. John's University, Queens, NY
2013 Faculty Recognition Award
St. John’s University, Queens, NY
2011 Faculty Recognition Award
St. John’s University, Queens, NY
2010 Faculty Recognition Award
St. John’s University, Queens, NY
2004 – 2006 Urban Visionaries Film Festival, Museum of Television & Radio, NY, NY – Screenings of Student Work
2004 – 2005 TriBeCa Film Festival, New York, NY – Youth Section – Screenings of Student Work
2000 – 2005 Presidential Scholarship
Fordham University, Bronx, NY
2003 – 2004 Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY – Documentary Exhibit
2001 – 2003 Hamptons International Film Festival, East Hampton, NY – Screenings of Student Work
2001 – 2002 Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah – Gen-Y Studio – Screenings of Student Work
1992 Community Action Network: Media Award (National)
1992 Community Action Network: Certificate of Merit
1989 Pulitzer Prize Nomination for Spot News coverage
(Team-reported story nominated by the Daily News.)
1989 Society of the Silurians: Honorable Mention in Spot News
1989 AP Awards: 3rd Place in Spot News
1989 New York Press Club: Honorable Mention in Byline Print Award
FELLOWSHIPS
2011 Visiting Research Fellow, Research and Evaluation Center
John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY
New York, NY
2009 – 2010 Faculty Fellow
Institute for Writing Studies/Writing Across the Curriculum
St. John's University, Queens, NY
2005 – 2006 Teaching Associate
Fordham University, Bronx, NY
1993 – 1994 Charles H. Revson Fellow
Columbia University
New York, NY
1981 – 1983 National Science Foundation Fellow
Stanford University
Stanford, CA