2011
Tom Watson Brown Book Prize
Society of Civil War Historians - Best book on the American Civil War published in 2010
John W. Kluge Fellowship
Library of Congress
Lincoln Prize Finalist and Honorable Mention
Gilder Lehrman Institute and Gettysburg College
Francis B. Simkins Award
Southern Historical Association
2010
Fletcher M. Green and Charles W. Ramsdell Award
Southern Historical Association
Honorary Research Fellow
United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney, Australia (2010-13)
2009-10
United States Studies Centre Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Sydney
2008-09
Center for Economic History Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Los Angeles
2007
Columbia University Prize in American Economic History in Honor of Allan Nevins
Economic History Association
Distinguished Dissertation Award (co-winner)
University of Missouri
2006
Minnesota Population Center Proposal Development Grant
University of Minnesota
Nels Andrew Cleven Founder's Paper Prize Award
Phi Alpha Theta
2005
Alfred D. Chandler Travel Grant
Business History Conference
2003-04
Frank F. and Louise I. Stephens History Fellowship
University of Missouri
Allen Cook White, Jr. Fellowship Fund
University of Missouri
1997, 2001
Richard S. Brownlee Fund Award
State Historical Society of Missouri
1996
Faculty Development Grant
William Woods University