Awards
National
Book Authority, Best New Political History eBooks of 2023 for the Atlas of the 2020 Elections, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022 [with Robert H. Watrel, Kimberly Johnson Maier, Ryan D. Weichelt, Fiona M. Davidson, John J. Heppen, Erin H. Fouberg, J. Clark Archer, Richard L. Morrill, and Fred M. Shelley].
Library Journal, March 2019, Best Reference Books of 2018 for the Atlas of the 2016 Elections [with J. Clark Archer, Robert H. Watrel, Fiona M. Davidson, Erin H. Fouberg, John J. Heppen, Richard L. Morrill, Fred M. Shelley, and Ryan D. Weichelt].
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement
and Support of Education (CASE), Washington, DC, 2007 U.S./West Virginia Professor
of the Year Award.
Library Journal, April 2007, Best Reference Books of 2006 for the Historical Atlas
of U.S. Presidential Elections 1788 – 2004 [with J. Clark Archer, Stephen J. Lavin,
Fred M. Shelley].
Association of American Publishers, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division,
Outstanding Single Volume Reference Book in the Humanities & Social Sciences
of 2006 for the Historical Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 1788 – 2004 [with
J. Clark Archer, Stephen J. Lavin, Fred M. Shelley].
American Library Association, Choice Magazine, January 2003, Outstanding Academic
Book of 2003 for Atlas of American Politics: 1960-2000 [with J. Clark Archer, Stephen
J. Lavin, Fred M. Shelley].
Association of American Geographers “Geographers on Film” series interviewing
notable geographers of the 20th Century, February 27, 2001.
The Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center, Research
Grant ($3,000), Political Party Control of Congressional Redistricting 1790s-1990s,
May 1995.
American Library Association, Choice Magazine, January 1995, Outstanding Academic
Book of 1994 for The Historical Atlas of the Congresses of the Confederate States
of America: 1861-1865.
National Science Foundation, Research Grant ($65,950 awarded; $10,952 accepted),
Collaborative Research on a Multiple User Database on Historical Congressional
Statistics, 1788-1954, August 1993-July 1995.
Washington Books Publishers, “Best Book Design Award,” 1993, for The Historical
Atlas of State Power in Congress: 1790-1990. [with Gregory Elmes]
College and Research Libraries, September 1990, Selected Reference Books of 1989-90
for The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress: 1789-1989.
Library Journal, April 1990, Best Reference Books of 1989 for The Historical Atlas
of Political Parties in the United States Congress: 1789-1989.
Library of Congress, Cartographic Exhibition, “Tides of Party Politics: Two Centuries
of Congressional Elections, 1789-1989” Madison Building, Library of Congress, Washington,
DC, February-August 1989.
National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, Travel Grant, 26th International
Geographical Congress, Sydney, Australia, August 1988.
United States Department of Education, Center for International Education, Fulbright
Fellowship, Perugia, Italy, Summer 1987.
American Historical Association, 1986 Waldo G. Leland Prize (for the most outstanding
reference book in all fields of history for the period 1981-1986).
Organization of American Historians, 1984 Charles Thomson Prize (for the best
article on American history based on archival research) [with Ruth A. Rowles].
College and Research Libraries, July 1983, Selected Reference Books for 1982-83
for The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts: 1789-1983.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Research Grants ($102,829), Congressional
Political Party Research, October 1983 – March 1987.
WVU Minority Students Organization, Valuable Friend Award, 1983
Association of American Geographers, Annual Research Grant Recipient, 1982.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Research Grant ($84,752), Congressional
Political Party Research, October 1981 – September 1983.
Huntington Library, San Marino, California, Huntington Research Fellowship, Summer
1979.
National Endowment for the Humanities, Research Grant ($115,664), Congressional
District Boundary Research, May 1977 – September 1981.
Association of American Geographers, Annual Research Grant Recipient, 1977.
National Council for Geographic Education, Outstanding Geography Teaching Unit,
1976 Bicentennial Competition [with Ray A. Young].
Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History
of Cartography, Research Fellowship, Summer 1976.
Institute of World Affairs, Salisbury, Connecticut, International Seminar Fellow,
Summer 1972.
University
West Virginia University Foundation Outstanding University Teacher Award 2007.
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding College Teacher Award 2006-2007.
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Gabriel Award for American Studies 2006-2007.
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2006.
West Virginia University, Benedum Distinguished Scholar Award, 1986.
West Virginia University, Faculty Senate Research Grant, Summer 1986.
College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University, Outstanding Research Award,
1985.
West Virginia University, Faculty Senate Research Grant, Summer 1976.
Lilly Endowment Inc., Postdoctoral Fellow in Learning and Teaching, 1975-1976.
Ford Foundation/University of Michigan Horace H. Rackham Graduate School, Rackham
Prize Fellow, 1973-1974.