Honors & Awards

• Lifetime Achievement Award, Marxist Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. 08/2024
• Distinguished Contribution Award, Environmental Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. 08/2024
• Honorable Mention for the PEWS Professional Article Award, Political Economy of the World System Section of the American Sociological Association. 08/2024
• University of Utah Distinguished Research Award. University of Utah, 03/2023
• Outstanding Marxist Sociology Article Award, Marxist Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. 08/2020
• Superior Research Award (Senior category), College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Utah. 03/2020
• Excellence in Mentoring Award, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Utah. 03/2020
• Paul Sweezy Marxist Sociology Book Award, Marxist Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. Award received for the book, The Tragedy of the Commodity. 07/2017
• Honorable Mention for the Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award, Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association. 06/2017
• Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award. Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association, 08/2015
• Superior Research Award, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. University of Utah, 05/2014
• Outstanding Junior Faculty Award. College of Humanities and Social Sciences, North Carolina State University, 05/2012
• Gerald L. Young Book Award in Human Ecology (for The Ecological Rift). Society of Human Ecology, 10/01/2010
• Gary D. Hill Teaching Excellence Award. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, 05/2010
• Outstanding Publication Award. Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association, 08/2007