2013 – Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship

2010 – Invited as Member of Marquis’ Who’s Who in America (2011 edition)

2009 – Invited participant in Provost T. Sullivan’s Seminar on Graduate and Post-doctoral mentoring in the Humanities

2009 – Recipient of John H. D’Arms Faculty Award for Distinguished Graduate Mentoring in the Humanities

2007 – Nominated for a John H. D’Arms Faculty Award

2006 – A Derivational Approach to Syntactic Relations, Chapter 1 (S. Epstein, E. Groat, R. Kawashima and H. Kitahara, 1998, Oxford University Press) selected for inclusion in the six volume collection Syntax: Critical Concepts in Linguistics, H. Lasnik, and B. Freidin, eds. forthcoming. Routledge Press: New York.

2006 – Aspects of Epstein et al (1998) and Epstein (1999), excerpted in Minimalist Syntax: The Essential Readings,H.  Lasnik and Z. Boscovic, eds. Blackwell Publishers.

2006 – Inducted into ‘AcademicKeys: Who’s Who In Humanities Higher Education’

2003 – Co-edited volume (with T. Seely) Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program, Blackwell Publishers, which was selected for book review in Language: The Journal of the Linguistic Society of America

2002 – Inducted into Who’s Who Among America’s College Teachers

2001 – Faculty Career Development Award Recipient ($5000)

2001 – Excellence in Research Award Recipient, University of Michigan.

1999 – Excellence in Education Award Recipient, University of Michigan.

1996 – Invited Participant in the 19th Faculty Seminar at Harvard’s Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, ‘Discussion of Leadership Skills: Teaching and the Case Method’

1996 – Levenson Excellence in Teaching Prize Nominee, Harvard University

1996 – Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize Nominee, Harvard University

1996 – Harvard College Research Program Faculty Sponsor (faculty mentor for student-initiated scholarly research)

1994 – Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize Recipient, Harvard University (for “excellence in the work of undergraduates and the art of teaching”)

1991 – Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Nominee, Harvard University

1984-1985 – Graduate School Dean’s Fellowship Award Recipient, University of Connecticut at Storrs

1984 – Inducted into Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

1982 – Honorable Mention Recipient, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Competition

1981-1987 – Predoctoral Fellowship Award Recipient, University of Connecticut at Storrs