2015-2016, Nominated (under review), The University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award (ROTA).
2015, Nominated, Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (not awarded).
2014-2015, Nominated, The University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award (ROTA). (not awarded)
2014, Inducted as a U.S. National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow.
2013, Top Poster Award, Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risk Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
2013, Recipient, Promising Professor Award, Mass Communication and Society Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
2013, Best of Research and Initiatives Selection, The University of Texas-Austin’s 4th Annual Sustainability Symposium.
2012, Recipient, Ellen A. Wartella Award for Distinguished Research, College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin, $1,500 prize.
2009, Emerging Nanoscale Materials Specialty Group Student Merit Award, Society for Risk Analysis.
2009, AEJMC Research You Can Use selection: Dunwoody, S., Brossard, D., & Dudo, A. Socialization or rewards? Predicting U.S. scientist-media interactions. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 86(2): 299-314.
2006, Top Paper and Eason Prize Winner, Science Communication Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
2005, Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student Award, International Communication Association.
2000, Excellence in Environmental Communication Award, Communication Department, Muhlenberg College.
1998-2000, Magna cum laude and Communication Honors, Muhlenberg College.