– Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame Induction – 2016
– Mellon Foundation Summer Residency Fellowship – 2014 – Duke University
– 2014 Digital Moving Image Salon Celebration of Excellence Award – Spelman College
– Heineken Affinity Award Finalist – Tribeca Film Institute – 2013
– Mellon Future of Minority Studies Postdoctoral Mentoring Fellowship for HBCU Faculty – Summer 2012
– 2011 Creative Movement Award –Insight Arts Social Justice Award – Chicago
– Teacher of the Year – Bennett College for Women, Greensboro, NC (2011)
– Trail Blazer Award – Hayti Heritage Film Festival – Durham, NC (2010)
– AFI-CPB Fellowship – Digital Content Lab – American Film Institute (2008)
– Retrospective Screening – 22nd Mar Del Plata Int’l Film Festival – Argentina (2007)
– Illinois Arts Council – Award in Media Arts (2005)
– Chicago Artist-in-Residence Fellowship – CSRPC – University of Chicago (2003)
– 2003 Women in Film Award – St. Louis International Film Festival
– Women in the Director’s Chair ACTION! Award (2003)
– Illinois Humanities Council Grant (2000 – 2001) Sisters in Cinema
– 2001 GLAAD Media Award – Best Documentary – Living With Pride
– 2000 Biennial – The Whitney Museum of American Art – NY – Living With Pride
– Selected – “Fifty Creatives to Watch.” Variety. August 23 -29, 1999
– The Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media (1998), Living With Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100
– Astraea National Lesbian Action Foundation (1998 -9), Living With Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100
– Illinois Arts Council Fellowship (1997)
– Chicago International Film Festival, Intercom (1996) Silver Hugo, Remembering