Honors and Awards
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Memphis State University, Distinguished Teaching Award, 1980.
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Tennessee Academy of Science, Fellow, 1983
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Tennessee Academy of Science, Distinguished Service Award, 1985.
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Memphis State University, Honors Teacher of the Year, 1991.
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West Tennessee Science Teachers, Science Olympics Outstanding Service Award, 1993.
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Memphis Organization of Science Teachers, Dedicated Service Award, 1995.
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Named "Outstanding Tennessean" by Tennessee Governor Donald Sundquist, 1997.
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Tennessee Science Teachers Association, Tennessee Science Educator of the Year for 1998-99 (Higher Education Division), 1998.
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Elected to Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, March, 2000
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City of Memphis School System Vision Award, 1999-2000.
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Thomas W. Briggs Foundation, Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, May, 2001.
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The College of Arts of Sciences W. Russell Smith Award, Excellence in Teaching, 2003.
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The Southeastern Section of The American Physical Society George B. Pegram Award, For Contributions to the Teaching of Physics, 2007.
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The University of Memphis, Distinguished Teaching Award, 2008.