N.I.S.O.D. Excellence Award (2009)

Who's Who in America (2009)

PTK Teacher of the Month (2007)

Who’s Who Among American Educators (2004, 2007)

Outstanding History Professor at the University of Houston-Clear Lake (1999)

Ten Year Service Award Brazosport College (2004)

Five Year Service Award Brazosport College (1999)

C.W. Moores Fellowship (1996-1997)

Murry Miller  Alumni Endowment Scholarship (Summer, 1995 and 1996)

American Society for Ethnohistory Student Grant (1994)

 Phi Alpha Theta Zeta-Kappa Appreciation Award (1994)