Recognitions
AWARDS/HONORS
2020
1) American Educational Studies Association Book Award Nominee
2019
1) Interrogating the Emotionality of Whiteness
2) Lecture USC
3) Lecture UCSD “When Enough is Enough”
4) Nominated for AERA Early Scholar Award by Jim Scheurich, Christine Sleeter, Yolanda Sealy-Ruiz.
2018
1) 25 Women Making a Difference in Higher Education. Diverse: Journal for Higher Education.
2) How to Be a True Anti-Racist: Cheryl E. Matias by Kate Siber https://www.5280.com/2018/11/how-to-be-a-true-anti-racist/
3) Grappling with the Violence of Whiteness by Peace Talks featuring Dr. Cheryl Matias https://beta.prx.org/stories/260706
2016
1) Recipient for the 2016 Rosa Parks Diversity Award for my organization R.A.C.E., University of Colorado Denver.
2) AERA Book Award Nomination
3) Society of Professors in Education Honorable Mention Book Award
4) Candidate for 2016 university-wide Excellence in Research University of Colorado Denver
5) Recipient for Graduate School Dean’s Mentoring Award UNIVERSITY_WIDE University of Colorado Denver
2015
1) Recipient for Excellence in Research School of Education and Human Development, University of Colorado Denver
2) Nominated for 2015 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Scholars of Color Committee for Early Scholar Award
2014
2) 2014 Rosa Parks Diversity Award University of Colorado Denver.
2013
1) Awarded Travel Grant for Women Faculty of Color in the Academy University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
2012
1) Nominated for 2013 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Early Scholar Award for SIG Multicultural Education by Dr. Christine Sleeter.
2011
1) Nominated for 2012 American Education Research Association (AERA) Dissertation Award Division G by Dr. Ricky Lee Allen
2010
1) Nominated for 2012 American Education Research Association (AERA) Dissertation Award Division G by Dr. Don Nakanishi
2009
1) George Kneller Prize ($2000) UCLA Department of Education
2008
1) Ben & Alice Hirano Academic Prize Recipient ($500) UCLA Asian American Studies Center
2) Pedro Gonong Honors Scholarship ($2,000) Los Angeles UCLA Pilipino Alumni Association
2007
1) Fellowship ($15,000) UCLA Department of Education Fellowship
2) UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Science Fellowship ($15,000) Los Angeles
2006
1) Fellowship ($10,000) UCLA Department of Education Fellowship
2) UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Science Fellowship ($10,000) Los Angeles
2005
1) Best Academic Paper Award and Scholarship for 2005 Master’s Thesis ($500) California State University Long Beach: Asian American Studies
2001
1) Statewide student teacher of the year award ($1,000) Filipino American Educators Association Conference Oakland, CA
2) Student-Teacher Scholarship ($1,000) Oakland FILAMEDA (Filipino American Educators Association)