Awards

Susan J. Rosowski Award for Creative Teaching and Mentoring, Western Literature Association (2012). This award is given every other year to honor a lifetime’s work of mentoring students and supporting the careers of scholars in the field.
Wylder Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western American Literature, 2004
Paladin Prize for the best essay published in The Magazine of Western History in 2006 for “Monopolizing The Virginian-or-Railroading Wister.” Montana: The Magazine of Western History.
Outstanding Research in the Humanities at Utah State University, 1998
Class of 1938 Professorship, awarded for excellence in teaching, 1995
Excellence in Teaching Award, 1988
UNH Women's Commission Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Educational Equity and the Status of Women, 1987.
"Willa Pilla" award for the funniest paper presented at the Western Literature Association Convention, for "Something Offensive for Everyone," 1987.
Don D. Walker award for Best Essay on Western American Literature, for "Every Husband's Right: Sex Roles in Mari Sandoz's Old Jules," 1984.