She is the 2009 recipient of the SIUE Alumni Association's Great Teacher Award, the 2004 recipient of thePsi Chi Outstanding Faculty Member Award, and a 2006 co-recipient of the Kimmel Leadership Center Advisor of the Year Award. She served as the Psychology Department's Senior Assignment coordinator between the spring of 2005 and the fall of 2009, has mentored over 75 undergraduate students in her research lab, and has co-published and presented with students.