Awards and Achievements
A lifetime of awards
National and Regional Awards
Fellow, American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM) – 1996
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Old Dominion University Chapter – 2004
Saint Louis University Max K. Horwitt Memorial Lecture Distinguished Lectureship – 2008
Virginia Commonwealth Finalist for SCHEV (State Council of Higher Education for Virginia) Outstanding Faculty Award – 2016
American Diabetes Association Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award – 2016
Old Dominion University (ODU) Awards
Old Dominion University Darden College Young Investigator Grant Award – 2003
Old Dominion University Darden College of Education Largest Grants Award – 2006
Old Dominion University Darden College of Education Publications Award – 2006
Old Dominion University Darden College of Education Sarah and Rufus Tonelson Award (for outstanding teaching, research, and service) – 2007
Old Dominion University Darden College of Education Largest Grants Award – 2009
Old Dominion University Darden College of Education Publications Award – 2009
Old Dominion University Darden College of Education Service Award – 2011
Old Dominion University Friends of the Library Outstanding Achievement Award (18th Annual) – 2012
Old Dominion University Faculty Research Achievement Award – 2012
Old Dominion University Finalist for SCHEV (State Council of Higher Education for Virginia) Outstanding Faculty Award – 2014 and 2015
Old Dominion University Darden College of Education Publications Award – 2014
Old Dominion University Entsminger Entrepreneurial Fellow – 2015-present (emerita status)
Old Dominion University A. Rufus Tonelson Distinguished Faculty Award (for excellence in teaching, research, and service: top faculty award at ODU) – 2015