- Recipient, Research Fellowship for “Norman Mailer’s Short Fiction” at The Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin, June 2024
- Co-Recipient, Robert F. Lucid Award for Norman Mailer: Works and Days, October 2019
- Recognition for 15 Years of Service, Middle Georgia State University, December 2018
- Nominee, The Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award for Online Teaching, State of Georgia, Summer 2014
- Norman Mailer Fellow, the Norman Mailer Writers Colony, Salt Lake City, UT, 2014
- Grant Recipient, “The Post-PC Project,” Middle Georgia State College, 2012
- Title III Grant Recipient, Writer and Teacher: World Literature Online, Macon State College, 2004
- Title III Grant Recipient, Writer: Online Writing Center, Macon State College, 2004
- Award for Excellence in Electronic Administration and Teaching, University of South Florida Dept. of English, 2002
- Alice Hearne Award for Outstanding Doctoral Candidate, University of South Florida Department of English, 2001
- The Provost’s Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student, University of South Florida, 2000
- The Provost’s Commendation for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student, University of South Florida, 1999
- Addison-Wesley, Longman Award for Teaching Excellence, USF Department of English, 1998
- Joseph Bentley Teaching Fellowship For Excellence in Teaching, USF Department of English, 1997
- Pass with Distinction M.A. and Ph.D. comprehensive exams, USF, 1997, 2001
