While at USU he has been recognized as Teacher of the Year and Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year by the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services, and with the Carol and Bill Strong Human Services Award. An active leader in gifted education at the national and state levels, Dr. Hunsaker has served on the Board of Directors of the National Association for Gifted Children and as President of the Utah Association for Gifted Children and has been recognized with NAGC’s Early Leader Award and UAGC’s Jewel Bindrup Award. He is author of articles published in Gifted Child Quarterly, Journal for the Education of the Gifted, and Roeper Review.