Outstanding Graduate Research Award (co-author with Deana Ford) from Studying and Self-Regulated Learning SIG, American Educational Research Association, 2018

Graduate Teaching Award, College of Education, Old Dominion University, 2017

Outstanding Graduate Research Award (co-author with Katrice Hawthorne) from Studying and Self-Regulated Learning SIG, American Educational Research Association, 2016

Largest Grant Award, College of Education, Old Dominion University, 2012

Most Collaborative Grant Award, College of Education, Old Dominion University, 2012

Recipient, Graduate Mentoring Award, Old Dominion University, 2011

Finalist, Graduate Mentoring Award, Old Dominion University, 2009

Finalist, Graduate Mentoring Award, Old Dominion University, 2008

Shining Star Award (Helping students succeed academically, professionally or personally inside and outside the classroom), Old Dominion University, 2009

Tonelson Award for Outstanding Faculty Member in Research, Teaching, and Service, College of Education, Old Dominion University, 2004

Department Scholarship Award, Education Curriculum and Instruction, Old Dominion University, 2000.

Outstanding Teacher Education Award for Research, University of Memphis, 1996

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, 1992