2016 - Pormotion to Full Professor (Catedrática) of Sociology, atribuído por University of San Francisco

2015 - Post-sabbatical Merit Award for Exceptional Productivity, atribuído por College of Arts and Sciences, University of San Francisco

2011 - College Collective Achievement Award, awarded to the Global Women's Rights Forum Committee, atribuído por University of San Francisco

2010 - Finalist for the Book Prize of the Brazil Section , atribuído por Latin American Studies Association

1998 - LASA 1998 Gender Paper Award (3rd prize), atribuído por Gender and Feminist Section da Latin American Studies Association

1990 - Honors in Master in Law, atribuído por University of São Paulo, School of Law

1986 - First Paper Prize of the "First National Paper Contest on the National Constitutional Assembly" , atribuído por Federal University of Paraná, School of Law