Awards & Honors

Writing

• Association of Jewish Libraries Virtual Writer-in-Residence (December 2012)
• Sophie Brody Medal Honor Title (2012; for Quiet Americans)
• Notable Book of 2011 (for Quiet Americans, from The Jewish Journal)
• Top 10 Books of 2011 (for Quiet Americans, from Shelf Unbound)
• Finalist, Emerging Writer Fellowship, The Writer’s Center (2011)
• Special Mention, Pushcart Prize (2011; nominations for 2010 and 2011 volumes)
• Winner, Patricia Painton Scholarship, Paris Writers Workshop (2008)
• Writing Resident, Robert M. MacNamara Foundation (2006)
• Honorable Mention, NLAPW-Nob Hill Soul-Making Literary Contest (2005)
• Finalist, Main Street Rag Short Fiction Contest (2005)
• Finalist, Moment-Karma Short Fiction Contest (2004)
• Semifinalist, Elixir Press Full-Length Fiction Award (2004)
• Recipient, John Woods Scholarship, and Finalist, Ivan Klima Fellowship in Fiction Writing, Prague Summer Program (2004)
• Winner, David Dornstein Memorial Creative Writing Contest (for writing on Jewish themes, 2003)
• Writing Resident, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts (2003)
• Finalist, Improper Bostonian Annual Fiction Contest (2002)
• Writing Resident, Vermont Studio Center (2002)

Scholarship

• Summer Institute in Literary Studies Seminar, National Humanities Center (2003)
• Krupp Foundation Fellowship, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University (1997-98)
• Research Grant, Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Harvard University (1997)
• Dissertation Travel Grant, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University (1996)

Teaching

• Letter of Commendation for Distinguished Teaching Performance, Harvard Extension School (2002)
• Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning/Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education, Harvard University (1999)
• Senior Teaching Fellow, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University (1999)
• Graduate Writing Fellow, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University (1996)