Nominated for the College of Liberal Arts Teaching Award, Spring 2005.
Awarded the 2004-2005 Research Award, College of Liberal Arts ($750).
Awarded a sabbatical for the 2002-2003 academic year. (Title of Project: "Nostalgia: Sanctuary of Meaning").
Visiting Scholar at Western Michigan University, Fall 2002.
Visiting Scholar at Miami University, Spring 2003.
Nominated for the College of Liberal Arts Teaching Award, Spring 2002.
Nominated for the Horace T. Morse - University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award, Fall 2001.
Awarded the 2000-2001 Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts ($500).
Awarded a Single-Quarter Leave for Spring 1999 (Title of Project: "Lives in Transition: Nostalgia and the Continuity of Identity").
Selected for inclusion in the fifth edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1998.
Graduate Teaching Associateship, Department of Sociology, Western Michigan University, 1992, 1993-1994, and 1994-1995.
Chair's Graduate Student Excellence Award, Department of Sociology, Western Michigan University, 1991-1992, 1994-1995.
Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Scholarship, Department of Sociology, Western Michigan University, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, and 1993-94, 1994- 1995.
Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Sociology, Western Michigan University, 1994.
Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Contributions to the Department of Sociology, Western Michigan University, 1990-91.
Outstanding Graduate in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Saginaw Valley State University, 1989-90.
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Winter 1989.
Saginaw Valley State University Faculty Endowed Scholarship, 1989-90.
Saginaw Valley State University Community College Transfer Scholarship, 1988-90.
Saginaw Valley State University Residential Life Scholarship, 1988-1990.
Mid Michigan Community College Eugene W. Gillaspy Honors Scholarship, 1986-1988.