Awards and Honors

• Virginia Commonwealth University, University Award of Excellence, 2001(highest faculty honor offered by VCU; first woman to receive this award).
• Virginia Association of Teachers of English, Frances Wimer Award for Longtime Service to the Profession, 2001.
• Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education, Award of Excellence, 2000.
• National Council of Teachers of English, Rewey Belle Inglis Award for Outstanding Woman in English Education, 1997.
• Bank One Visiting Lecturer, Youngstown State University English Festival, Youngstown, Ohio, April 1994.
• Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education, Distinguished Scholarship Award, 1993.
• Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Awards Gold Medal, Total Publications Program, Hollins College, 1986.
• Virginia Association of Teachers of English, Extraordinary Sacrifice and Service Award, 1984.
• Virginia Association of Teachers of English, Service Award, 1983.