Awards & Grants
College of Humanities faculty, staff, and students have won a wide array of awards, honors, fellowships and commendations.
A message from our Dean:
Given the College of Humanities' high national ranking, it is no surprise that its faculty, staff, and students are among the University of Arizona's most decorated award winners. From their international translation prizes and federally funded research projects, to their prestigious teaching awards and national lifetime achievement honors, the people who comprise the College of Humanities are routinely recognized for the outstanding work they do in their disciplines, for the campus, and throughout the world. The list below is only a representative sample of the accolades COH's teachers, researchers, students, and leaders have earned recently, but it demonstrates well the level of engagement, commitment, and creativity that COH people bring to all of their projects. Straight to the goal!
– Dean A-P Durand
Spring 2026
University of Tokyo Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia
Albert Welter
East Asian Studies
Grants
Spring 2026
Finalist for the 2026 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
Margaree Little
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2026
College of Humanities Distinguished Teaching Award
Nathaniel Katz
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2026
Encyclopedia Outstanding Contributor Award
Albrecht Classen
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2026
Integrative Well-Being Prize awarded by the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona
Albrecht Classen
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2026
Awarded the Amy R. Williamsen Scholarship
Fernanda Hernández Venegas
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2026
Outreach Grant from the German Embassy, Washington, DC
Albrecht Classen
German Studies
Grants
Spring 2026
Department of German Studies Outstanding Graduate Student Award in recognition of Excellence in Teaching, Research, Service and Engagement
Harriet Olulo
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2026
University Faculty Service Award
Beatrice C Dupuy
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2026
The Spanish and Portuguese Mentor Award
Monica P Morales
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2026
Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Student Award
Ziling Wan
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2026
Charles I. Rosenberg Memorial Award
Olabisi Shodunke
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2026
University of Arizona Community Impact Faculty Award
Stephanie K Springer
Public and Applied Humanties
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2026
Gerald J. Swanson Prize for Teaching Excellence
Stephanie K Springer
Public and Applied Humanties
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2026
2025 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Book of the Year Award- Mid-Career Category
Lillian Gorman
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2026
LASA (Latin American Studies Association) Latinx Studies Section Book of the Year Award
Lillian Gorman
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2026
College of Humanities Distinguished Undergraduate Advising/Mentoring Award
Itsumi Ishikawa-Peck
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2025
Princeton Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship
Eleni Hasaki
Religious Studies and Classics; School of Anthropology
Fellowships
Fall 2025
Bridging Differences in Higher Education Learning Fellowship, UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center
Christine Hoekenga
Humanities Administration
Fellowships
Fall 2025
U of A Accelerator Fellowship, AY 24-25
Albrecht Classen
German Studies
Fellowships
Fall 2025
Khyentse Foundation Student Award for Excellence in Buddhist Studies
Jiang Wu
Center for Buddhist Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2025
Graduate College Teaching and Mentoring Award
Suzanne Panferov Reese
Public and Applied Humanties
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2025
Provost's Scholarly Engagement Fund
Kate Mackay
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy
Grants
Fall 2025
College of Humanities GAT Award for Teaching Excellence
Antonia Kampe
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2025
College of Humanities GAT Award for Teaching Excellence
Yuyu Zhang
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2025
Michael Delahoyde Award for Distinguished Contributions in Editing with three other professors a special issue of the Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature (79.2)
Katia Bezerra
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2025
Most Ambitious Researcher Award in the field of German Studies, Scientific Laurels
Albrecht Classen
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2025
Inclusion in the 26th Edition of the “World Top Scientists Awards (WTS 2025)” under the category of “Best Research Article Award”
Albrecht Classen
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2025
2025 Society for Classical Studies Award for Excellence in Teaching at the College Level
Sarah L McCallum
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards