Selected Awards and Honors:

• 2024 H. Aldous Dixon Award of Excellence, Weber State University

• 2024 Dale L. Morgan Award for best scholarly article in 2022 Utah Historical Quarterly

• 2022 Sustainability Research Award - Faculty, Weber State University

• 2020 Brady Presidential Distinguished Professor for “the highest quality teaching, scholarship, research and community service.” Award Video

• 2019-2020 John S. Hinckley Fellow for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service, Weber State University

• 2017 Sustainability Research Award - Faculty, Weber State University

• 2015 Sustainability Research Award - Faculty, Weber State University

• 2013 “Woman of Wit” Award, Weber State University Women’s Center

• 2009 Theodore C. Blegen Award for best article in forest and conservation history, The Forest History Society

• 2007-2008 Joy Hilliard Fellowship in Environmental History, Denver Public Library

• Weber Writes Award for Spring 2007, Weber State University

• 2005 Hemingway Faculty Collaboration Award, Weber State University

• 2002 Theodore C. Blegen Award for best article in forest and conservation history, The Forest History Society

• Visiting Professor, USIA Ukraine Exchange, May 2000

• Fellowship, Thomas S. Foley Institute of Public Policy and Public Service, Washington State University, 1999-2000

• 2000 Harriett B. Rigas Award for Outstanding Woman in Graduate Studies at the Doctoral Level, Honorable Mention, Washington State University

• 1999 Woman of Distinction Award - Outstanding Student at Washington State University

• 1999 Bernard Bobb Teaching Excellence Award, Department of History, Washington State University

• Outstanding Faculty - Student Choice Award, College of Eastern Utah, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996

• Outstanding Woman in Graduate Studies Award, Honorable Mention, Washington State University, 1991

• 1989 President's Award, Northern Arizona University

• Highest Ranking Scholar Award, Northern Arizona University, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989

• Outstanding Senior Woman, Northern Arizona University, 1989

• Northern Arizona University Commencement Speaker, 1989