 Seavey is a frequent panelist for film funding and prizes for organizations such as the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Southern Humanities Media Fund, the International Documentary Association, The Jack Kent Cooke Family Foundation, The Heinz Family Foundation, and the News and Documentary Emmy Awards, among many others.Seavey was named the “Woman of Vision” by Women in Film and Video in 2006.In 2012, she was named one of the top 50 Professors in Journalism in the U.S.