Professional Awards
Phi Beta Kappa
NESA Sociologist of the Year: 2002 Sociologist of the Year Award. Presented by the New England Sociological Association (NESA).
NESA Apple Award for Distinguished Teaching: Fall 1995 Apple Award for Distinguished Teaching. Presented by the New England Sociological Association (NESA).
Sabbatical Fellowship: 1988-1989, Boston College.
Faculty Fellowship: 1984, Boston College.
The Swedish Council for the Social Sciences and Humanities Award for Outstanding Research on Migration: 1981, $5,000 award for outstanding research on migration in the book Migrants as Actors.
Fellowship for Foreign Scholars, The Swedish Institute Affiliated with The Swedish Institute for Social Research: May 1973, The University of Stockholm.
The American-Scandinavian Foundation Fellowship, Thord-Gray Memorial Fund Fellowship Affiliated with the Ethnology Institute: May 1973 – Feb. 1974, The University of Stockholm.
Center for West European Studies Fellowship, Ford Foundation Fellowship: Sept. 1971 – May 1972, The University of Michigan.
Professional Award Nominations
2001 Nominee for Mary Kay Waldron Teaching Award at Boston College. Nominated by Boston College students.
Book Awards
Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award: 2015 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award. Waiting for Cancer to Come: Genetic Testing and Women’s Medical Decision Making for Breast and Ovarian Cancer.
Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title: The Handbook of Feminist Research. Selected by Choice Magazine for 2008 Outstanding Academic Title.
American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Award: The Handbook of Feminist Research. Selected by American Educational Studies Association for 2007 Critics Choice Award.
YBP Core 1000 Book: Working Women in America: Split Dreams, co-authored with Gregg Lee Carter. Selected as a YBP 2005 “Core 1000” book.
Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book: Am I Thin Enough Yet? The Cult of Thinness and the Commercialization of Identity. Selected by Choice Magazine for 1996 Outstanding Academic Books.
Book Award Nominations
Waiting for Cancer to Come: Genetic Testing and Women’s Medical Decision Making for Breast and Ovarian Cancer. Nominated by International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry for 2014 Best Qualitative Research Book.
