Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Award 2020Michigan Association of State Universities Distinguished Professor of the Year Award Nominee 2022Student Gold Medallion Award. Eastern Michigan University 2021Outstanding 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 Education, 63(2), 98-104.