Professorship
2021-2024. NEH Distinguished Professor in Teaching in the Humanities.
Award for scholarship
2012
John K. Walsh Award from La Corónica for best article of the year: The Written Record as Witness: Language Shift from Arabic to Romance in the Documents of the Mozarabs of Toledo in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries.
Teaching Honors, Awards, and Certificates
2021 Presidential Distinction Award.
Liberal Arts Golden Apple Award for Teaching.
2020 Alumni Teaching Award of Honor. (awarded to all TxState faculty)
2013 Top 14 Hispanic Professors in Texas.
2012 Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, Favorite Professor Award.
2011 Dean Nominee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Dean’s Excellence Award in Teaching Liberal Arts.
2010 Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, Favorite Professor Award.
Service
Nominee: Mariel M Muir Excellence in Mentoring, Texas State University. August 2018.
Award: College Achievement Award for Excellence in Service. College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. 2016.