American Association of University Women Emerging Scholar Nominee, Spring 2002

Faculty Development Research Grant, CSU Fresno, Academic Years 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-3

University Research Award, CSU Fresno, Academic Years 2000-2001, 2002-2003

California Arts Council Grant, "Feminist Art Symposium," Spring 2001

Harry C. Mitchell Trust, "Feminist Art Symposium," Spring 2001

Marshall Fishwick Travel to Popular Culture Collection Grant, Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Endowment Fund Program, Summer 2000

Course Proposal Development Grant, College of Social Sciences, CSU Fresno, Spring 2000

Dean’s Grant Award, College of Social Sciences, CSU Fresno, Spring 2000

Henry Belin du Pont Fellowship, Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware, Spring 1999 (declined due to conflicting commitments)

Visiting Research Scholar Fellowship, Feminist Research Institute, University of New Mexico, Spring 1999 (declined due to conflicting commitments)

Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Grant in Women's Studies, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, Spring 1994

Veronika Gervers Research Fellowship in Textile and Costume History, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, Fall 1993

Stella Blum Research Grant, Costume Society of America, 1994-1995 (one grant awarded annually for archival research)

Western Association of Women's Historians Graduate Student Fellowship, Honorable Mention, Spring 1995

Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Profession/CGWH/Berkshire Conference Graduate Student Award, Finalist, Spring 1995

Travel Grant, American Society for Aesthetics, October, 1993

Haynes Foundation Fellowship, The Graduate School, University of Southern California, Fall 1996-Spring 1997

McVicar Dissertation Fellowship, Department of History, University of Southern California, Spring 1995

Sharon Tedesco Fellowship, Program for the Study of Women and Men in Society, University of Southern California, Fall 1994 (all-university competition)

All-University Predoctoral Merit Fellowship, The Graduate School, University of Southern California, Fall 1990-Spring 1993