2023-2024 American Council on Education Fellowship, a competitive, selective, professional development award.
2023 Winds of Change Award
2023 Winds of Change Award from the Forum on Workplace Inclusion recognizes an individual who has demonstrated sustained support for advancing diversity and inclusion in the workplace; has raised awareness of workplace diversity and inclusion issues; and has been a catalyst for change regarding workplace diversity and inclusion and/or has impacted change within an industry, organization or local community.
2023 Top 50 Women Leaders of Virginia
2023 Top 50 Women Leaders of Virginia. This group of esteemed individuals are leading organizations across fields including healthcare, financial services, engineering, education, and more. This year’s awardees encourage and promote lasting changes around them, impacting the lives of other women and empowering them to lead in their own path.
2021 National Association
2021 National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education Inclusive Excellence Individual Leadership Award for outstanding contributions to research, administration, practice, advocacy and/or policy, and whose work informs and advances the understanding of diversity and inclusive excellence in higher education
2018 American Education Studies
2018 American Education Studies Association Critics’ Choice Outstanding Scholarship Award Winner for “A Black Woman’s Journey from Cotton Picking to College Professor: Lessons about Race, Class, and Gender in America”
2012 Larine Y. Cowan
2012 Larine Y. Cowan “Make a Difference Award” for Visionary Leadership in Diversity (a campus-wide award recognizing significant contributions to diversity at Illinois; received inaugural award for visionary leadership)
2011 Outstanding Research Contribution
2011 “Outstanding Research Contribution in African American Studies Award” for Critical Race, Feminism, and Education: A Social Justice Model
2010 Professor William H. Creswell, Jr.
2010 Professor William H. Creswell, Jr., Humanitarian and Community Service Award (a campus-wide award recognizing contributions to Illinois that impact the campus community)
1) Blackwildgirl is a Winner in the 2025 Independent
Authors Network Book of the Year Award in Biography/Autobiography” Category
2) Blackwildgirl is a winner of the 2025 American Legacy Book Award in Nonfiction: Inspirational
Blackwildgirl is also a finalist in Autobiography/Memoir and Women’s Issues / Women’s Studies
3)Blackwildgirl is a 2025 Literary Global Independent Author Nonfiction Autobiography Winner. “Your work stood out among a wide field of talented storytellers and has been recognized for its exceptional creativity, originality, and contribution to independent literary.”
4) Blackwildgirl is recognized in the 2024 International Book Award Finalist in Nonfiction: Inspirational
