2025 Finalist for the LASA Visual Studies Book Prize
2023 The Jones Lecture Award, Lafayette College.
2019 Honorable Mention, Humanities Essay Award, Latin American Studies Association, Mexico Section.
2017 Professional Geographer Award, American Association of Geographers, Energy and Environment Specialty Group.
2016 Honorable Mention, Social Sciences Essay Award, Latin American Studies Association, Mexico Section.
2015 Roseberry-Nash Prize, Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology.
2013 Finalist for the Rappaport Prize, Anthropology and Environment Section of the American Anthropological Association.
2008 Museum Studies Distinguished Dissertation Award, New York University.