FOR WRITING AND EDITING

58 Individual Awards for Excellence in Writing and Editing
Minnesota Magazine & Publications Association Awards
1995 – 2004

Award for Feature Writing in Minnesota Monthly magazine
Minnesota Magazine & Publications Association Gold Award
1991

FOR NUTCRACKER: THE UNTOLD STORY

Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence, 1999

Parent’s Choice Gold Award, 1998

National Parenting Publications (NAPPA) Gold Award, 1998

The Dove Foundation Family Approved Seal, 1998

Parenting Magazine‘s Video Magic Award, 1998

Child magazine’s Top Videos of the Year, 1998

Crayola Kids Holiday Videos, 1998

Sesame Street Parents Best Videos, 1998

Kid’s First! Coalition for Quality Children’s Media Award, 1997

FOR ACADEMIC WORK

Selected as Kopenhaver Center Fellow
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) – 2014 Montreal Convention

Awarded Grant from the Diederich College Initiative
For the study of Communication, Values, Ethics, and Social Justice – Marquette University, 2014

Way Klinger Teaching Advancement Award
2014 – 2015

Teaching Excellence Award
Diederich College of Communication, 2012

Gender Resource Center Summer Faculty Fellowship
Marquette University, 2012

Kenneth Harwood Outstanding Dissertation Award
Broadcast Education Association, 2012