• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award, Northern Illinois University, October 2022.

  • Office of Assessment Services Best Practices in Assessment Award, Northern Illinois University, November 2013.
     

  • CCCC Technology Innovator Award. Presented at Computers and Writing 2011, University of Michigan, May 2011.
     

  • Patricia L. Francis Award for Outstanding Service to the Department of English, Northern Illinois University, April 2008.
     

  • The Charles Moran Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Field.  Presented by Computers and Composition at Computers and Writing 2006, Texas Tech University, May 2006.
     

  • David Raymond Award for the Use of Technology in Teaching. Northern Illinois University, March 2003
                      

  • Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of California, Berkeley, May 1990
     

  • Academy of American Poets Award, University of Wyoming, April 1981