AWARDS AND HONORS:
Radford University Foundation Award for Excellence in
Teaching, May 1986
Radford University nominee for Commonwealth of Virginia
Council of Higher Education Outstanding Faculty Awards
Program, 1987, 1988, 1992, 2001
Virginia Social Science Scholar in Anthropology Award,
1988
College of Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished
Teaching, 1993-1994
Omicron Delta Kappa Honorary, initiated 4/19/98
Author of the Month, Radford University Bookstore, October 1998
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2000 (nominated ~4 times)
Guest Lecturer, University of Tennessee Anthropology Department Visiting Lecturer Series, September 26-27, 2000
Keynote speaker, Small Membership Congregations Conference, November 20, 2000.
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Distinguished Faculty Achievement Certificate, 2001
Featured in Radford University 2001-2002 Annual Report, one of three faculty members from the College of Arts & Sciences featured
Radford University Programming Excellence Award 2003-2004 to the Appalachian Events Committee, April 2004 (Faculty Advisor)
Alpha Lambda Delta, Freshman Honorary, inducted Spring 2004 (members vote for one or two professors to honor each year
President, Appalachian Studies Association, 2004-2005.