ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS
* 2000 Who's Who Among America's Teachers
* 1995 Nominated for the Academy of Arts ad Sciences Outstanding Teacher of the Year, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.
* Trailblazer Award, Appalachian Black Faculty Staff Committee.
* 1994 Presidential Award for service to the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.
* 1993 Appalachian State University Student Government Association, Arts and Sciences Teacher of the Year.
* 1992 Nominated by Appalachian state University Student Government Association, Arts and Sciences Teacher of the Year.
* 1991 Alternate, National Endowment of the Humanities Seminar on Generations, Cycles And Modernity, Duke University.
* 1988 - 1989 Faculty Research Grant, Hampton University.
* 1981 - 1982 National Science Foundation Fellowship, Department of Political Science, Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia.
* 1980 Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia.
* North Carolina Board of Governor's Doctoral Fellowship Award
* 1978 Graduate Research Assistant, Appalachian State University