Honors and Grants:
(2011). National Art Education Association Distinguished Fellow.
(2011). Southeastern Region Art Educator of the Year. The National Art education Association.
(2010). National Higher Education Art Educator of the Year. The National Art Education Association.
2010 National Art Education Association Foundation grant for portion of eLASTIC research. $8500.
(2009). Virginia Art Educator of the Year. Virginia Art Education Association.
2009 Qatar National Research Fund grant for "Research for the Development of eLASTIC: Electronic Learning and Assessment Tool for Interdisciplinary Connections." $1.05 million.
2006 Center for Teaching Excellence research grant, Virginia Commonwealth University. $3000.
2005 Lifeworks Foundation grant for the Blackwell summer art program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. $2000.
2004-05 Research Seminar Series in the Arts and Humanities, Virginia Commonwealth University. $10,000.
2004 Student Technology Expertise Program Grant. Virginia Commonwealth University. $1500.
2003 Lifeworks Foundation grant for Art and Culture of Cuba study abroad program. $3000.
2003 University of Georgia Community Partnership grant for work with Gaines Elementary School and artist Tim Rollins. $2500.
2002 University of Georgia Community Partnership grant for work with Gaines Elementary School and artist Joseph Norman. $2500.
2001 Lifeworks Foundation grant for the Empty Bowls project. $3000.
1998 Doctoral Fellow of the Getty Education Institute for the Arts. $12800.
1998 Faculty fellow of the VA COOL service-learning program, Richmond, VA. $5000.
1998 Radford University Foundation Grant for Art Education Outreach Center activities. $5000.
1995 Virginia Tech Service Learning Center and the Department of Computer Science. $4000.
1992 STAR (Student, Teacher, Administrator Research) Grant from Montgomery County Schools for the Classroom Art Placement Service. $2500. (2007). Southeastern Region Higher Education Art Educator of the Year. The National Art Education Association. (2003). Outstanding Paper Award for Interactive computer technology and art education: The intentionally tangled curriculum. With B. S. Carpenter II. Society for information technology and teacher education, 2003 14th international conference proceedings. Phoenix: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.(2000). Southeast VA Higher Educator of the Year in Art Education.
(1993). First Place VA Graphics Communication Competition. (1982-84). 11 Graphic Art awards from the Virginia Press Association.