Watenpaugh has been a Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies (2013),[REF] a Senior Fellow in International Peace at the United States Institute of Peace (2008-2009)[REF] and has served on the editorial board of the International Journal of Middle East Studies [REF].
His scholarship has won multiple awards from professional organizations, including the American Historical Association's Pacific Branch,[REF] and his most recent book, Bread from Stones, is an Ahmanson Foundation Book in the Humanities [REF].