ACADEMIC HONORS, AWARDS, DISTINCTIONS
- 2009-2010 CET University Recognition for Excellence in Teaching, USC's Center for Excellence in Teaching
- 2009-2010 CDIP Grant for Research and Professional Development, CSU Chancellor’s Office)
- 2009 Most Outstanding Teaching Assistant Departmental Nominee, USC-Annenberg School for Communication
- 2009 Stark Foundation Award for Research in Popular Media and Culture
- 2009 Communication Summer Research Award, USC-Annenberg School for Communication
- 2007 Summer Research Grant, USC-Annenberg School for Communication
- 2005-2007 All-University Diversity Fellowship, University of Southern California Provost’s Office
- 2005-present Annenberg Annual Graduate Scholarship,USC-Annenberg School for Communication
- 2005- present Chancellor's Fellowship,California State University Chancellor's Office
- 2004 WAGS/UMI most Distinguished Master's Thesis, International Finalist, Western Association of Graduate Schools and UMI
- 2004 CSU Most Distinguished Master’s Thesis, California State University, Los Angeles
- 2004 California Pre-Doctoral Summer Research Internship (assigned to Dr. Marita Sturken, USC Annenberg), CSU Chancellor’s Office
- 2004 Special Recognition in Graduate Studies, CSULA
- 2004 Certificate of Honor, Communication Studies, CSULA Alumni Association
- 2003-2004 Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholarship, CSU Chancellor’s Office
- 2003 State Representative, Academic Team, CSULA Humanities & Letters, Grad. Division CSU Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Conference
- 2003 1st Place, Graduate Division, Humanities and Letters, CSULA 11th Annual Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Symposium
- 2003 Registration Scholarship, Standing on the Bones of Our Ancestors
- 2000 Honored Graduate, CSULA Natural and Social Sciences
- 2000 Golden Key Undergraduate Scholarship, Ford Foundation and Golden Key Honor Society
- 2000 CSULA Alumni Undergraduate Scholarship, CSULA Alumni Association
- 1999-2000 ASI Book Scholarships (recurring), Associated Students Inc.
- 1998-2000 Departmental Honors, Anthropology, CSULA; Certificate of Honor, Anthropology, CSULA Alumni Association; Dean's List, recurring, Natural and Social Sciences
Deborah E.R. Hanan