1. Teaching Recognition, Kent State University, September 2001.

2. Distinguished Teacher Award, Speech Communication Association of Ohio, October 2000.

3. Graduate Student Senate Faculty Mentoring Award, April 2000.

4. Finalist for Distinguished Scholar Award, Kent State University, April 2000. [also nominated in 2001]

5. Tied for 16th Most Prolific Scholar in Communication, Communication Monographs, June 1999.

6. Included in Who's Who in the Media and Communications, a companion volume to Who's Who in America. Marquis Who's Who, 1998-1999

7. Spotlight on Scholarship panel, National Communication Association, November 1997.

8. Recognized for student recruitment, Inside, Kent State University, Fall 1996.

9. Included in Women in communication: A biographical sourcebook, N. Signorielli (Ed.). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.

10. Outstanding Merit Award, Speech Communication Association, Committee on Assessment and Testing, November, 1995.

11. Member of the Kent Research Group, Kent State University, 1995-present.

12. 1994 Summer Research and Creative Activity Appointment, awarded by Kent State University Research Council.

13. Ranked 4th Most Prolific Female Scholar in Communication, Communication Quarterly, Fall 1992.

14. Kent State University President's Honor Roll, 1992

15. Member, Phi Beta Delta (Beta Zeta Chapter) Honor Society for International Scholars, April 1992.

16. Top-ten Mass Communication Division paper, International Communication Association, 1989.

17. Ranked 31st in list of most prolific researchers of all time in Communication, Communication Education, 1991.

18. Top-program Instructional Practices Division paper presented at the meeting of the Eastern Communication Association, Syracuse, May 1987.

19. Ranked 12th in list of most prolific researchers in the last 5 years, Eastern Communication Association, Syracuse, May 1987.

20. Top-three Instructional Development Division paper, Speech Communication Association, November 1986.

21. Nominated and elected Vice-Chair of Instructional Development Division, Speech Communication Association, 1986.

22. Elected paper reader for International Communication Association Instructional Development Division, 1986.

23. Elected to Speech Communication Association Legislative Council, 1986.

24. Top-three Instructional Development Division paper presented at the meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Chicago.

25. Nominated for Vice-Chair of Instructional Development Division, International Communication Association, 1985.

26. Keynote address speaker, West Virginia Speech Communication Association annual meeting, October 1984.

27. Top-three Mass Communication Division paper presented at the meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Anaheim.

28. Top-ten Mass Communication Division paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Minneapolis.

29. Scholarly Papers Competition Top Paper Award presented at the meeting of the Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas.

30. Top-three Mass Communication Division paper presented at the meeting of the Speech Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.