Academic Honors and Awards
- 2017 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize for the article “Achieving Meritocracy in the Workplace.” Article published in Volume 57 of the MIT Sloan Management Review
- NTU Professorship/Chair in Management. MIT Sloan School of Management (October 2014 Present)
- XI Premio Fundación Banco Herrero (2012) awarded annually to the most promising Spanish social scientist under the age of 40
- 2010 Outstanding Publication in Organizational Behavior Award for “The Paradox of Meritocracy in Organizations.” Academy of Management: OB Division (2011)
- Honorable Mention – Hidden Bias Research Prize for “Gender, Race, and Meritocracy in Organizational Careers.” Level Playing Field Institute (2011)
- 2010 Best Article Published in Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Madrid, Spain (2011)
- Honorable Mention – W. Richard Scott Award for Distinguished Scholarship for “Gender, Race, and Meritocracy in Organizational Careers.” American Sociological Association: Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section (2009)
- W. Maurice Young (1961) Career Development Professorship in Business. MIT Sloan School of Management (July 2006-June 2012)
- Finalist Paper for the Harlow Award for “Gender, Race, and Meritocracy in Organizational Careers.” Academy of Management: Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division (2005)
- W. Richard Scott Award for Distinguished Scholarship for “Social Capital at Work.” American Sociological Association: Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section (2001)
- Social Science Research Council Award and Fellowship. Program on the Corporation as a Social Institution, Sloan Foundation (2001)
- International Sociological Association Best Dissertation Award. Theme: “Major Theories or Paradigms of Dissertations” (2001)
- Clifford C. Clogg Award and Fellowship. American Sociological Association: Methodology Section (1998)
- The Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Paper Award for “Health in Comparative Perspective” (1997)
- The Miguel Angel Terribas Book Award for La Sociedad Transversal (De Miguel, Castilla, and Caïs 1994) (1995)
Teaching Awards
- Leila Arthur Cilker Teaching Award. Department of Sociology, Stanford University (1999)
- Stanford Centennial Teaching Award. Schools of Humanities and Sciences, Engineering, and Earth Sciences, Stanford University (1998)