Awards / Honors
Fulbright Senior Specialist Candidate 2005 – 2010
NSF ADVANCE Leadership Award 2006 - 2009
SACNAS Distinguished Scientist of the Year 2006
21 Leaders for the 21st Century, Women’s eNews 2006
Research featured on American Chemical Society Organic Chemistry Division calendar September 2006
Oklahoma City Journal Record’s “50 Making a Difference” 2004, 2005, 2006; Circle of Excellence 2006
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 2005
WICHE Compact for Faculty Diversity Annual Institute Plenary Speaker 2005
Tulsa Women’s Studies Women and Science Series Opening Speaker 2005
National GEM Consortium Annual Conference Keynote Speaker 2005
20th Anniversary MIT Women’s Studies Program Opening Speaker 2005
Minority Health Professions Foundation Hall of Fame Inductee, 2005
Research featured on Journal of Organic Chemistry cover, Feb 4, 2005
Outstanding Professor, Oklahoma Educator’s Leadership Academy, 2004 - 2005
American Institute of Chemical Engineering, Senior Member 2004
SACNAS National Conference Keynote Speaker, 2004
Capitol Hill Press Conference Speaker, GAO Report on Gender Issues, July 22, 2004
National Organization for Women (NOW) Woman of Courage Award, 2004
Capitol Hill Briefing, “A National Analysis of Diversity in Science & Engineering Faculties,” Jan. 15, 2004
Guggenheim Award, 2003 - 2004
Ford Foundation Fellowship, 2003 - 2004
AISES Sequoyah Fellow 2003
US Black Engineer & Information Technology Magazine’s Woman of Achievement 2003
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Minority Faculty Travel Award 2003
ATHENA Award of Norman (the first in the state of Oklahoma), Finalist 2003
ACS National Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into the Chemical Sciences, Nominee 2002
ACS Regional Award for Encouraging Females into the Chemical Sciences, Nominee 2002
Iota Sigma Pi National Vice-President 1999-2002.
Capitol Hill briefing, "Diversity in Academia: A Look at Science and Engineering", October 11, 2001.
Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award, 2001.
Oklahoma's Air Space Museum permanent exhibit of Getaway Special research results,  2000.
Alpha Phi Omega, “Leader of the 20th Century” 1999
Research featured in Chemical & Engineering News 1998, April 13, p. 47.
OU Sooners Football Team Honorary Faculty Coach, September, 1995
Richard Saunders International Trained Brain, 1994
Member Spotlight, The Iotan , March, 6, 1994, 3.  (The first such award given.)
NSF Research Grant Creativity Extension Award, 1989-1991
Provost's Faculty Administrative Fellow, 1989-1990.
OU Sooner Spotlight, 1986.
OU Associates' Distinguished Lecturer, 1985-1986.
Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award 1985
ACS Petroleum Research Foundation Type G Award 1985
OU Junior Faculty Research Fellow, 1984.
Robert A. Welch Postdoctoral Fellow, 1980.
UT-Austin Graduate Student Assembly Member, College of Natural Sciences, 1977 - 1979.
Robert A. Welch Travel Grant for Graduate Students, 1979.
Robert A. Welch Predoctoral Fellow, 1977, 1978, 1979.
Eufaula High School Most Popular Student (student election) 1968
Eufaula High School Football Senior Attendant, 1968.
Oklahoma State OSSAA Tournament, Class A Math IV, 2nd Place 1968, 3rd Place 1967

Professional Service
Advisory Board for Center for WorkLife Law at University of California, Hastings 2007 - date
ACS Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry Selection Committee 2006 – 2009
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics & Harvard Dept of Physics Adv. Committee 2005-date
Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics External Advisory Board 2005 - date
ACS (American Chemical Society) Committee on Science 2004-2008
ACS Fall National Meeting Presidential Event Symposium Organizer and Chair 2005 - 2006
ACS Spring National Meeting Presidential Event Session Chair 2006
International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem) Session Chair 2005
ACS Fall National Meeting Committee on Science Session Organizer and Chair 2005
Langston Univ. Integrated Network College (LINC) for STEM Advisory Committee Member 2004-date
U of Wisconsin Center for the Integration of Teaching Research and Learning Scholar 2004 - 2005
WIPP (Women Impacting Public Policy) National Advisory Board Council 2005-date
McGraw-Hill Organic Chemistry Education Advisor 2004
U of Connecticut Women in Engineering Leadership Institute 2004
Assistant Editor, Just Garcia Hill’s Progress Magazine 2002 – 2004
Associate Editor (Diversity Editor), AWIS Magazine 2002 – 2003
Sigma Xi National Committee on Diversity Member 2001 – 2004
AmeriCorps Smart-Start Site Supervisor 2000 - 2004
AISES (American Indians in Science and Engineering Society) Sequoyah Fellow 2003
NIH Biotechnology Institute Minority Fellows Advisory Board 2001 – 2002
Iota Sigma Pi National Vice-President 1999-2002
Expert witness Tonya Coates vs. WalMart Stores District Court of Jackson County OK 1999-2001
ACS Task Force on Collection and Dissemination of Data on Women in Chemical Sciences 2001
ACS Board Task Force on US Minority Faculty in Chemical Academic Community 2001 - 2002
MIT’s National Initiative for Minority Women Faculty 2001 – 2004
Sigma Xi, University of Oklahoma Norman Chapter President and Treasurer 1994 – date.
ACS James Norris Award for Physical Organic Chemistry Canvassing Committee 1987-1990
ACS Women Chemists' Committee 1988-1991, 1991-1994
Oklahoma ACS Pentasectional Meeting Organization Committee 1986
SACNAS Life Member 1995
UT - Austin Longhorns Chemistry Tutor 1978 – 1979.
Eufaula High School Majorette 1964 – 1968, Feature Twirler 1967 - 1968
Eufaula Junior High Football and Basketball Cheerleader 1965 – 1966.