Five-Year Service Award for Continuous and Loyal Service to the Commonwealth of Virginia, 2016
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Grant, Longwood University, 2016
Commendation for Guiding Students to Academic Success (nominated/awarded by students), The Sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha - International Women's Fraternity, Longwood University, 2015
Outstanding First Year Student Advocate Award (nominated by students/awarded by The Office of First Year Experience & Family Programs), Longwood University, 2015
Princeps Honorary Organization Faculty Recognition, Longwood University, Fall 2014
Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society Faculty Member Inductee, 2013
Ph.D. Banner Carrier for the College of Arts and Letters (4.00 GPA), Old Dominion Univ, Spring 2012
Shining Star Faculty Award (student-nominated), Old Dominion U - Division of Student Affairs, 2011
Graduate Scholarly Paper Award (for a Paper Presented at the 2008 Rhetoric Society of America Conference), Sigma Tau Delta – The International English Honor Society, 2009
Henry Regnery Endowed - Outstanding Graduate Student-Scholar Award, Sigma Tau Delta, The International English Honor Society, 2008
Conference Travel Grants, Old Dominion University, Department English, 2008 and 2009