Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Award 2020
Michigan Association of State Universities Distinguished Professor of the Year Award Nominee 2022
Student Gold Medallion Award. Eastern Michigan University 2021
Outstanding Paper Award 2016: Using the Lens of Social Capital to Understand Diversity in the Earth System Sciences Workforce (2015), Callahan, C. N., Libarkin, J. C., McCallum, C. M., & Atchison, C. L., Journal of Geoscience Education63(2), 98-104.