2024-2026 R21 National Institute on Aging (NIA), (co-I with Olivia Atherton [PI],
Angelina Sutin, Richard Robbins, and Keke Lai). 鈥淏ehavior-Opportunity Gaps and Midlife
Cognitive Health: Geographical Linkages to Enrich an Ongoing Longitudinal Family Study
of Dementia Risk in a Minoritized Population.鈥� ($457,808)
2023-2025. Build and Broaden Program (SBE-2315809), National Science Foundation. 鈥淚dentifying
and Understanding the Social and Policy Determinants of Obstetric-Care Use, Maternal
Mortality and Morbidity in Texas and the USA: A National and Targeted Assessment.鈥�
Co-Principal Investigator ($340,111).
2023-2025. Sociology Program (SES-2242177), National Science Foundation. 鈥淣SF-SSRC:
Public Health Guidance, Visits to Neighborhood Establishments, and the Spread of SARS-CoV-2
in the U.S.鈥� Co-Principal Investigator ($440,756).
2022-2024. Sociology Program (SES-2147450), National Science Foundation. 鈥淩acial/Ethnic
Residential Segregation, Health-Promoting Organizations, and Health-Related Outcomes
in the United States.鈥� ($191,062).
2021-2023. National Science Foundation (BCS-2121931). 鈥淐ommunity Perceptions of Flood
Mitigation Strategies.鈥� ($299,504).
2020-2022. UH Grants to Enhance Research on Racism, "Racial/Ethnic Residential Segregation,
Health-Promoting Organizations, and Health-Related Outcomes in the United States."
($9,785).
2019. Teaching Innovation Program Grant, Faculty and Departmental Instructional Support,
91视频. 鈥淣ew Hybrid Courses in Sociology鈥檚 New Health and Medicine
Concentration鈥� Co-Principal Investigator ($10,000).
2017-2018. New Faculty Research Program, Division of Research, 91视频
($6,000).
2016-2018. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural
Understanding, Department of Sociology, 91视频 ($4,000).
2015-2016. Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (SES-1518873), National
Science Foundation. 鈥淭he Role of Health-Promoting Community Organizations in Urban
Neighborhoods.鈥� Co-Principal Investigator ($6,334).
2024 UH Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality. 鈥淪exual Identity Fluidity
Questions on the General Social Survey Follow-on Study.鈥� ($23,000)
2022. UH Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality. 鈥淪tate Policies on Gender
and Sexuality and Migration Decisions.鈥� ($4,910).
2019. National Science Foundation. 鈥淩eligious Exemption Laws and Sexual and Gender
Minorities.鈥� Expert Consultant ($7,000.)
2018-2020. National Science Foundation. 鈥淭he Effects of Workplace and Legal Context
on Understandings of an Emerging Protected Category.鈥� ($294,492).
2017-2019. Department of Labor. 鈥淎nalyzing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Discrimination in Federal Contractor and Noncontractor Firms.鈥� Co-Principal Investigator
($249,967).
2016-2017. Fund to Advance the Discipline, American Sociological Association. 鈥淭he
Demography of Sexuality: Queering Demographic Research, Theory, and Methods.鈥� ($7,812).
2009-2011. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural
Understanding, Department of Sociology, 91视频 ($4,000).
2023. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 鈥淪kills development in synthetic
biology for climate-smart and sustainable agriculture.鈥� Co-Principal Investigator
($999,551).
2022-2023. New Faculty Research Grant. Division of Research, 91视频.
鈥淪ocial Entrepreneurs' motivation and the effects of education on future social entrepreneurs.鈥�
($6,000).
2021. Seed Research Grant, Department of Sociology, 91视频 ($1,200).
2018-2020. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural
Understanding, Department of Sociology, 91视频 ($4,000).
2018. Research Progress Grant, 91视频 ($4000).
2016-2017. Summer Publication Fellowship, American Association of University Women
($6,000).
2015-2017. Advanced Scholars Grant, National Center for Student Parent Programs. 鈥淪tudent
Parents on Campus from Baby Boomers to Millennials: Best Practices for Student Parents
Success in Higher Education." Principal Investigator ($10,000).
2014. New Faculty Program Grant, Division of Research, 91视频 ($6000).
2012-2014. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Sociology Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US
Cultural Understanding, 91视频 ($4,000).
2022. Small Grant, Division of Research, 91视频. 鈥淗ow Low-Income Individuals
Experience and Manage the Health Outcomes and Aesthetics of Dental Caries and Malocclusion
Traits.鈥� ($6,000).
2021. Research Progress Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. 鈥淗ow Low-Income Individuals Experience and Manage the Health Outcomes
and Aesthetics of Dental Caries and Malocclusion Traits.鈥� ($3,965)
2019. Teaching Innovation Program Grant, Faculty and Departmental Instructional Support,
91视频. 鈥淣ew Hybrid Courses in Sociology鈥檚 New Health and Medicine
Concentration.鈥� Co-Principal Investigator ($10,000).
2019. Project Completion Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. 鈥淯nder the Knife: Cosmetic Surgery, Boundary Work, and the Pursuit of
the Natural Fake.鈥� ($4,000).
2017. Small Grant, Division of Research, 91视频. 鈥淪tatus Characteristics
and Perceptions of Body Shaming.鈥� ($5,000).
2016. Project Completion Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. 鈥淓mbodied Resistance, Volume 2鈥� ($2,000).
2016. Teaching Innovation Program Grant, Faculty Development and Instructional Support,
91视频. 鈥淒eveloping Students鈥� Quantitative and Qualitative Data Analysis
Skills: A New Certificate Program.鈥� ($26,450).
2015. Research Progress Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. 鈥淯nder the Knife: Authenticity, Stigma, and the Cosmetically Altered Body.鈥�
($2,000).
2014. Research Outreach Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. 鈥淯nder the Knife: Commodification, Authenticity, and the Cosmetically
Altered Body.鈥� ($2,500).
2012. Small Grant, Division of Research, 91视频. 鈥淏odywork: Clusters
and Sequences, Psychological Health, and Social Networks.鈥� ($3,000).
2012. Faculty Development Initiative Program Grant, Office of Faculty Development
and Instructional Support, 91视频. 鈥淗ybrid Course in the Sociology
of the Body.鈥� ($3,900).
2012. Grant-In-Aid Program, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. 鈥淎 Bodywork Continuum: Demographics, Clusters, and Tipping Points.鈥� ($6,000).
2011. Quality Enhancement Plan Grant, Office of Undergraduate Discovery Programs,
91视频. 鈥淚nterdisciplinary Perspectives on the Overweight Body: Research,
Methodologies, and Pedagogy. Co-Principal Investigator ($10,000).
2010. Quality Enhancement Plan Grant, Office of Undergraduate Discovery Programs,
91视频. 鈥淩esearching the Social Body: Qualitative Investigations.鈥�
($5000).
2010. Small Grant, Division of Research, 91视频. 鈥淕endered Appearance
Norms in U.S. Laws and Organizations: An Analysis of Employment Discrimination Lawsuits,
1973-2008.鈥� ($3,000).
2009. Quality Enhancement Plan Grant, Office of Undergraduate Discovery Programs,
91视频. 鈥淎dvanced Research Practicum in Sociology鈥� Co-Principal Investigator
($8,500).
2008. New Faculty Grant, Division of Research, 91视频 ($6,000).
2006. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation ($7,500).
2023-2025. Build and Broaden Program (SBE-2315809), National Science Foundation. "Identifying
and Understanding the Social and Policy Determinants of Obstetric Care, Maternal Mortality,
and Morbidity." Co-Principal Investigator ($340,111).
2023. New faculty Research Program, Division of Research, 91视频. 鈥淔ertility,
Education, and African American Women鈥檚 Later-Life Health Disparities.鈥� ($6,000).
2024-2026 Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award for Research Promoting Latin American-U.S.
Cultural Understanding. Department of Sociology, 91视频 ($4,000).
2022. Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award for Research Promoting Latin American-US
Cultural Understanding, Department of Sociology, 91视频 ($1,000).
2018. Faculty Research Seed Grant, Center for Mexican American Studies, University
of Houston. 鈥淟inkages between marital status and physical health among older adults
of Mexican descent.鈥� ($3,500).
2018. Project Completion Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. 鈥淪ocial activities and mental health among older adults in Mexico: The
implications of gender, socioeconomic resources, and marital status.鈥� ($1,800).
2018. Research Progress Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. 鈥淲ork, live and play: The impact of local resource allocation on international
migrants鈥� health outcomes.鈥� Co-Principal Investigator ($5,400).
2014-2016. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural
Understanding, Department of Sociology, 91视频 ($4,000).
2024. National Science Foundation. 鈥淎utomated Coding of Status Hierarchies in Task
Groups: Can Moderators alter Status Hierarchies to Reduce Racial Inequalities?鈥� Co-Principal
Investigator ($152,180).
2023-2025. Build and Broaden Program (SBE-2315809), National Science Foundation. "Identifying
and Understanding the Social and Policy Determinants of Obstetric Care, Maternal Mortality,
and Morbidity." Co-Principal Investigator ($340,111).
2022. UR-Women of Color Coalition Stimulus Research Grant, 91视频.
鈥淭he Impact of HIV Criminalization Laws on Healthcare Seeking Behaviors.鈥� ($7,000).
2020-2022. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural
Understanding, Department of Sociology, 91视频 ($4,000).
2021. REACH: Research for Aspiring Coogs in the Humanities, 91视频.
鈥淏lack Migration Houston,鈥� Co-Principal Investigator ($3,000).
2021. Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality, 91视频.
鈥淏lack Migration Houston.鈥� Co-Principal Investigator ($4,000).
2021. New Faculty Research Award Program, Division of Research, 91视频.
鈥淎ssessing Racial/ethnic Disparities in Maternal Mortality Among U.S. Women.鈥� ($5,996).
2020. Digital Research Commons Development Grant, 91视频. 鈥淏lack Migration
Houston.鈥� Collaborator ($6,500).
2024 National Science Foundation (PI with CO-PIs: Jason Moats, Benika Dixon, and Tara
Goddard. 鈥淩APID: Organizational Decision-making and Restoration of Rural Healthcare
Infrastructure and Access in Texas Smokehouse Creek Fire.鈥� ($45,000).
2022-2024. The Joseph Sidney Werlin Faculty Award to promote Latin American-US Cultural
Understanding, Department of Sociology, 91视频 ($4,000).
2019-2020. Rapid-Response Grant on Covid-19, Social Science Research Council. 鈥淩esilient
Latinos: Educational Pathways in the Age of Covid-19.鈥� Co-Principal Investigator ($).
2024-26 National Science Foundation (SES-121111; SES-2332912) 鈥淐ollaborative Research:
Automated Coding of Status Hierarchies in Task Groups: Can Moderators Alter Status
Hierarchies to Reduce Racial Inequalities.鈥� ($317,103; $152,180 to 91视频)
(PI at 91视频)
2023. Small Grant, Division of Research 91视频. 鈥淭he Conditionality
of Merit.鈥� ($3200).
2023. Research Progress Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University
of Houston. 鈥淭he Conditionality of Merit.鈥� ($2300).
2020-2022. Grant to Enhance Research on Racism, Division of Research, University of
Houston. 鈥淭he Downstream Consequences of Race-Related Managerial Job Insecurity.鈥�
($7,771).
2019. Research Progress Grant, Division of Research, 91视频. 鈥淔raming
Giving and the Threat of Rejection.鈥� ($2880).
2014-2018. National Science Foundation (SES-1419517). 鈥淭he Study of Social Structure,
Identity, and Exchange.鈥� Co-Principal Investigator ($272,519).
2014-2018. Research Experience for Undergraduates, National Science Foundation. Co-Principal
Investigator ($12,000).
2010. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (SES-1003281), National Science Foundation.
鈥淔orms of Exchange, Uncertainty, and Retention in Social Networks.鈥� ($8,699).