Brown received the 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award, UC Berkeley's most prestigious honor for teaching. She received a UC Presidents Humanities Research Fellowship (2017–18) and was a Guggenheim Fellow (2017–18).
Brown earned the 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award from UC Berkeley, its most esteemed recognition for teaching. From 2017 to 2018, she was bestowed with a UC Presidents Humanities Research Fellowship and became a Guggenheim Fellow.