Doris has won the following awards:
- Graduate of New York Institute of Photography 1994
- HONORABLE MENTION, Digital Photography Contest, New York Institute of Photography 1999
- FIRST PLACE, Wild Pittsburgh Photo Contest 2000
- FIRST PLACE, Amateur Category, Wildbird Magazine’s annual photo contest 2005
- HONORABLE MENTION, Wildlife Category, Pennsylvania Magazine’s photo contest 2006
- WINNER, Feathered Friends Category, Birds & Blooms Magazine’s backyard photo contest 2009
- HONORABLE MENTION, Wildlife Category, Pennsylvania Magazine’s photo contest 2013
- SILVER/SECOND PLACE AWARD in the 2019 Feathered Quill Book Awards Program in the Children’s Early Readers (6-8) category
- FIRST PLACE AWARD in the 2019 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards Best Photography category
- RUNNER-UP Close-up Native Plants and their Wildlife Visitors 2020 National Wildlife Federation Gardening for Wildlife photo contest
- FIRST PLACE Best Photography 2021 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards
- SECOND PLACE Best Photography 2024 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards