Awards and Honors

Selected to be included in Thomson Gale's Something about the Author's and Contemporary Authors' listings of prominent and emerging authors, 2005.

Featured as one of the "103 Outstanding School Librarians" in The Whole School LibraryHandbook edited by Blanche Woolls and David V. Loertscher (American Library Association, 2005).

Received a Certificate of Recognition from the UB Career Services for being cited as a person who provided particular assistance to students, 2005.

Appointed to the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Board of Examiners, 2004-2006.

Appointed to the Advisory Board of Library Media Connection, 2004-present.

Selected for YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) Spotlight—Biography, with contributions to the profession, presented on the YALSA website, October 2001

Who's Who in America, 53rd and 54th editions, 1999-2000.

Who's Who in America: South and Southwest, 25th and 26th editions, 1997-1998, 2000.

HEA Title II-B Fellowship, Florida State University, 1990-1991.

Florida Association of Media in Education Scholarship, Florida State University, 1990-1991.

Florida State University Student Representative to the American Library Association National Conference, 1991.

Outstanding Florida Social Studies Teacher Award, Florida Association of Women Realtors, 1977.

Phi Kappa Phi Scholastic Honorary, 1963 to present.

Beta Phi Mu, Scholastic Honorary, 1992 to present.

Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Social Studies, Manatee Jr. College, 1962.

Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Florida State University, 1963.

Florida State University Fellowship, 1968-1969.

Kiwanis Scholarship, Manatee Community College and Florida State University, 1960-1963.

Florida State University Scholarship, 1962-1963.