Awards & Grants

College of Humanities faculty, staff, and students have won a wide array of awards, honors, fellowships and commendations.

Toni Lee Alexander and Tyler Meier received Awards for Excellence in honor of their outstanding efforts for the College of Humanities.

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

 

If you know a person from our COH faculty, staff, or students who has won an award that is not listed below, tell us about it here!

Award Type

East Asian Studies

Fall 2021
COH Graduate Student Research Grant
Junyuan Chen
Grants
Winter 2021
National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations--National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages Graduate Students Research Support Award
Junyuan Chen
Grants
Spring 2023
Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship
Kaoru Hayashi
Fellowships
Spring 2021
University of Arizona Native American Student Affairs 2020-2021 Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Kharen Morgan
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2023
Cultivating Early Career Networks Between Global Asias and Japanese Studies Program
Kimberly Hassel
Fellowships
Spring 2023
The Hucker Founders Award
Leighanna Pipatanangkura
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2020
COH Distinguished Undergraduate Advising/Mentoring Award
Maggie Camp
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2024
The TECO Chinese Achievement Award
Natalie Hsu
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
Japan Foundation Grants
Nathaniel M. Smith
Grants
2019
Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowships
Nathaniel M. Smith
Fellowships
Fall 2022
Title VI National Resource Center (East Asia)
Scott Gregory
Grants
Fall 2022
Geiss Hsu Foundation Open-Access Award
Scott Wentworth Gregory
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2022
Geiss Hsu Foundation Subvention Award
Scott Wentworth Gregory
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023
The Blair Prize in Japanese Studies
Seneca Stine
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023
The Hucker Founders Award
Sophie Camille Olivia Michele Louis
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2023
Chatfield Outstanding Untenured Researcher Award
Sunyoung Yang
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
Japan Foundation Grants
Takashi Miura
Grants
2021
Residential Fellowships Institute for Advances Study in Princeton
Takashi Miura
Fellowships
Spring 2023
The Blair Prize in Japanese Studies
Tori Wendell
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Summer 2023
STARTALK
Wenhao Diao
Grants
Fall 2022
Title VI National Resource Center (East Asia)
Wenhao Diao
Grants
2017
Tao-Chung Ted Yao Memorial Award
Yi Wang
Honors, Prizes, Awards

French and Italian

Fall 2023
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, Newberry Library, Chicago, IL (2023-2024)
Aileen Feng
Fellowships
2021
Academic Leadership Institute Selection
Aileen Feng
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2018
Renaissance Society of America Research Fellowships
Aileen Feng
Fellowships
Spring 2016
COH Distinguished Teaching Award
Aileen Feng
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2016
Medieval Academy of America Book Subvention Award
Aileen Feng
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2016
Provostís Author Support Fund
Aileen Feng
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2016
Villa I Tatti, Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fellow, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
Aileen Feng
Fellowships
2018
Excellence in Global Service By University of Arizona Global
Anne-Marie Engels-Brooks
Honors, Prizes, Awards