Awards and Achievements

Wang Family Excellence Award Nomination From President Framroze M. Virjee, 2020-21

Faculty Leadership in Collegial Governance, CSUF 2019-20 Award

Faculty Marshal for the College of Communications 2019

Distinguished Faculty Marshal for Department of Communication Studies 2019

CSUF, Twenty-five Years of Service, 2015

CSUF College of Education’s Honor an Educator Award, 2014

Signed Memorandum of Agreement with U of Havana

Guest lecturer at Jin-Ai University in Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Faculty Leadership in Collegial Governance, CSUF 2013 Nomination, 2014, 2016 Nomination

Academic Advising Certificate in Excellence, CSUF, 2009

Faculty Leadership in Collegial Governance, CSUF 2009 Nomination

Outstanding Faculty Recognition, CSUF, 2008

Outstanding Service Award, CSUF, 2005-06

Faculty on the Bench Award, CSUF Basketball Program, 2006

Outstanding Teacher and Scholar, CSUF, 2004-05

Most Influential Professor for a President’s Scholar, CSUF, 2003

Most Influential Professor for a President’s Scholar, CSUF, 2002

Two Thousand Notable American Women, American Biographical Institute, 2002

Claremont Graduate University Scholarship, 1998-2001

Alpha Iota of Pi Lambda Theta Honor Society, 1999 – Present

CSUF Forgivable Loan Scholarship, 1999-2000

Director, California Corporate Board Registry, State of California

Director & Founder College of Communications Advising Center

Golden Key National Honor Society, Honorary Members, CSUF, 1998

Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007

Citation, Long Beach Police Department, 1997

Long Beach Police Department Academic Advisory Board, 1997

School of Communications Outstanding Mentor Award, CSUF, 1992

Plaque of Appreciation, Faculty Advisor, Resident Student Association, 1990

Certificate of Appreciation, Lion’s International Student Speakers’, 1998

Hollenbeck Police and Businessmen’s Council Award, 1984