* Shapiro Award for Best Book in Israel Studies 2016 * University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship Award 2015 * Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers 2013 * Robin and Jean Gibson Term Professor for the year 2012-2013 * Nomination for the SAGE Prize for Innovation 2012 for the article "The Quest for Victory: Collective Memory and National Identification among the Arab-Palestinian Citizens of Israel," Sociology, 45 (3), 2011 * Excellence Award for Assistant Professors, University of Florida 2010 * Nomination for the SAGE Prize for Innovation 2010 for the article "Religiosity National Identity, and Legitimacy: Israel as an Extreme Case," Sociology, 43 (3), 2009 (Co-authored with Alin Ceobanu) * Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship - 2007