Best article in the Social Sciences, Latin American Studies Association - Mexico Section (2025)
Honorable Mention, Kimberly Hanger Article Prize, Latin American and Caribbean Section, Southern Historical Society (2025)
Winner, Merle Curti Award for best book in U.S. social history, Organization of American Historians (2016)
Co-winner, CRL James book award, Working Class Studies Association (2016)
Honorable Mention, Theodore Saloutos Book Award for best book in immigration history, Immigration and Ethnic History Society (2016)
Honorable Mention, Deep South Book Prize, Summersell Center for the Study of the South (2016)
George Washington Egleston Prize for best dissertation in American history, Yale University (2009).
