Ph.D. The University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1989M.A. International Relations, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 1979 B.A. Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 1969 Honors and Awards
• Marilyn Gittell Scholar Activist Award (2013), Presented by the Urban Affairs Association and Sage Publications at the UAA National Convention in San Francisco. Accompanied by an invited lecture and panel discussion
• Selected as one of six "Powerful Women of the Bay Area" (2012), Coalition of San Francisco Bay Area Women's Organizations
• Community Leadership Award, John George Democratic Club (2006)
• Community Leadership Award – Pueblo (People United for a Better Life in Oakland) (2006)
• Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of California, Berkeley (1988)
• Passed the Comprehensive Examinations with Honors, U.C. Berkeley (1988)
• Marcus Foster Outstanding Teacher Award (1983)