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Outstanding Service Medal, bestowed by the Department of Homeland Security Secretary, 2024.
 
American Law Institute, a leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to improve the law, elected in 2021
 
W. L. Marr International Faculty Kopp Award recognizes one faculty member annually who has made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of the international mission of Pennsylvania State University, 2023
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Dean's Faculty Fellow, 2020-2021
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2020 Best Book Award, Law Category, American Book Fest, November 2020
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Fastcase 50 Award, August 2020 
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2020 Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award, Penn State University, March 2020
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2019 AILA Elmer Fried Excellence in Teaching Award, American Immigration Lawyers Association, June 20, 2019
 
Arnold Addison Award for Town and Gown Relations, Borough of State College, April 18, 2019
 
Light of Liberty Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service to the Community by a legal organization, Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center, June 12, 2019
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Enlund Scholar-In-Residence, DePaul University College of Law, April 10, 2019
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Penn State Law, Faculty Diversity Award, April 2019
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Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist, May 2017
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American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, (on behalf of the Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic at Penn State Law) Excellence in Legal Advocacy, September 2017 
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National Immigration Project, 2017 Honoree, June 2017
 
Penn State Law, Faculty Diversity Award, February 2017
 
Global Connections, Spirit of Internationalization Award, March 15, 2016  
 
Named Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar at Penn State Law, July 2013 
 
Appointed to American Bar Association Commission on Immigration: 2010-2013
 
Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General, Leadership Plaque, June 2008
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Department of Homeland Security, Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, award for leadership as co-chair of NGO working group, June 2008
 
Department of Homeland Security, Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Leadership Plaque, April 2006
 
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Pro Bono Attorney of the Year, June 2003
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Indiana University, Political Science Dept., William Jennings Bryan Prize for top senior honors thesis, 1996