Phi Kappa Phi

Several Bureau of Indian Affairs Scholarships

University Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, New York

Summer University Faculty, Fellowship – 1985, San Diego State University, San Diego, California

Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, San Diego State University

Chairman, Academic Policy and Planning Committee 1987 – 1989, San Diego State University, San Diego, California

Chairman, Imperial Valley Campus, Academic Review Committee - 1988

Elected Senator, 1988 – 1993, San Diego State University, San Diego, California

Retention, Tenure, and Promotion Committee, College of Sciences, 1991-1992

Graduate Council, 1991, 1992, 1993

Graduate Curriculum Committee, 1991, 1992, 1993

Graduate Advisor, 1989 - 1995

Outstanding Professor, San Diego State University, Trustees, California State University, 1994-5

Vice-President/President/past-President, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, 1995/1996/1997

Outstanding Faculty and Staff Award, 2002-2003, Mortar Board, SDSU

Vice-Chair/Chair/past-Chair, Cordilleran Section, Geological Society of American, 2005/2006/2007

Most Influential Professor – chosen by top graduating senior from department, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2018

San Diego State University Senate Excellence In Teaching Award – Recognizing Excellence As A Teacher-Scholar 2006-2007

The President's Top 25 Award - San Diego State University, 2009

Elected to Honorary Membership, Pacific Section, The Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), November 2011