| Competitive Research Grant, Auburn University, 2004-05 |
| Scharnagel Research Award, Department of History, Auburn University, 2004-05 |
| Humanities Development Grant, College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University, 2003-04 |
| Newcomen Article Award for the Best Article Published in 2002 in Enterprise & Society, 2003 |
| Competitive Research Grant, Auburn University, 2002 |
| College of Liberal Arts Summer Research Grant, Auburn University, 2002 |
| Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grant, 2002 |
| Scharnagel Research Award of the Department of History, Auburn University, 2002 |
| Competitive Research Grant, Auburn University, 1999 |
| College of Liberal Arts Summer Research Grant, Auburn University, 1999 |
| Dissertation Fellowship, University of Washington, 1998-99 |
| Schwartz Fellowship of the Department of History, University of Washington, 1997-98 |
| Rondeau Evans Dissertation Fellowship of the Department of History, University of Washington, 1996-97 |
| Chester Fritz Fellowship of Henry Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, 1996-97 |
| T.H. Kwoh Fellowship of Henry Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, 1996-97 |
| Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grant, Department of History Travel Grant, University of Washington, 1996 |
| Chester Fritz Fellowship of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, 1995-96 |
| Schwartz Fellowship of the Department of History, University of Washington, 1994-95 |
| Graduate Fellowship, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (declined), 1991 |
| Standley Zucker Outstanding Essay Prize, Department of History, Southern Illinois University, 1990 |