University of Illinois Fellowship
Donald Smalley Fellowship
Fall 1993
Pauline Gragg Fellowship
Fall 1993, Fall 1994
National Endowment for the Humanities
Summer Institute on Disability Studies
Passing-the-Torch Award
$5,000, selected annually to recognize the achievements of an emerging scholar in lgbt/queer studies
Best Special Issue Award
For Desiring Disability: Queer Theory Meets Disability Studies
Alan Bray Memorial Book Award
For Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability
University Facilitating Fund
For Crip Times: Disability, Globalization, and Resistance
Outstanding Journal Reviewer Award
For the Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies