Social Science Research Council/Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (SSRC/JSPS) Fellowship, 2007-2008. 

Society for Music Theory Travel Grant, 2008. 

Social Science Research Council, Japan Studies Dissertation Workshop, 2007-2008.   

CUNY Graduate Research Grant, 2006, 2008, Japanese popular music

PSC/CUNY Professional Development Grant, 2007.  

Harvard-Yenching Library Travel Grant, 2007, Japanese popular music  

Díaz-Ayala Travel Grant, Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, 2007, Cuban music.   

Hewitt Pantaleoni Prize, MACSEM, (Middle Atlantic Chapter of Society for Ethnomusicology), Best Student Paper, 2006.