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 received the 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award, UC Berkeley's highest teaching accolade. She was awarded a UC Presidents Humanities Research Fellowship (2017–18) and became a Guggenheim Fellow (2017–18).