2016 - Pormotion to Full Professor (Catedrática), awarded by University of San Francisco

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

2011 - Collective Service Award - Global Women's Rights Forum Committee, awarded by University of San Francisco

2010 - Finalist for the Book Prize of the Brazil Section , awarded by Latin American Studies Association

1998 - LASA 1998 Gender Paper Award, awarded by Gender and Feminist Section da Latin American Studies Association

1990 - Honors in Master in Law, awarded by University of São Paulo, School of Law

1986 - First Paper Prize in the "First National Paper Contest on the National Constitutional Assembly" , awarded by Federal University of Paraná, School of Law