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

Public and Applied Humanities

Harris Kornstein
Experiential Learning Faculty Grant, University of Arizona Office of Student Engagement and Career Development
Grants | Spring 2022
Harris Kornstein
COH Teaching and Outreach Grant
Grants | Spring 2022
Jonathan Jae-an Crisman
ACLS Digital Extension Grants
Grants | 2021
Kharen Morgan
University of Arizona Native American Student Affairs 2020-2021 Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award
Honors, Prizes, Awards | Spring 2021
Madison Doser
Centennial Achievement Award
Honors, Prizes, Awards | Fall 2022

Public and Applied Humanties

Harris Kornstein
RII Production Grant
Grants | Spring 2023
Harris Kornstein
Digital Humanities Seed Grant, NYU Center for the Humanities
Grants | Spring 2023
Harris Kornstein
LGBTQ+ Research Grant, Institute for LGBT Studies
Grants | Spring 2023
Harris Kornstein
RII Workshop Support Grant
Grants | Spring 2023
Harris Kornstein
Dorrance Dean’s Award for Scholar/Specialist-in-Residence
Grants | Spring 2023
Harris Kornstein
The Chatfield Impact Award
Honors, Prizes, Awards | Fall 2023
Harris Kornstein
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
Fellowships | Spring 2023
Jacqueline Barrios
Dorrance Dean’s Award for Scholar/Specialist-in-Residence
Grants | Spring 2023
Jonathan Jae-an Crisman
Dorrance Dean’s Award for Scholar/Specialist-in-Residence
Grants | Spring 2023
Stephanie K Springer
Experiential Learning Design Accelerator Fellow
Fellowships | Winter 2022
Stephanie K Springer
The Chatfield Impact Award
Honors, Prizes, Awards | Fall 2022
Stephanie K Springer
COH Teaching and Outreach Grant
Grants | Spring 2020
Stephanie K Springer
COH Teaching and Outreach Grant
Grants | Spring 2020
Tom Hong Do
2022 NCTE Richard C. Ohmann Outstanding Article in College English Award
Honors, Prizes, Awards | Fall 2022

Religious Studies and Classics

Alejandro Nava
Book Award for “Street Scriptures,” Harry Shaw Award for Outstanding Work in African American Popular Cultural Studies, from the Popular Culture Association
Honors, Prizes, Awards | Spring 2023
Caleb Simmons
University of Arizona Early Career Award
Honors, Prizes, Awards | 2021
Caleb Simmons
Academic Leadership Institute Selection
Honors, Prizes, Awards | 2021
Chelsea Forer
COH Outstanding Senior Award
Honors, Prizes, Awards | Spring 2019
Courtney Friesen
COH Teaching and Outreach Grants
Grants | 2018
Courtney Friesen
Paul J. Achtemeier Award for New Testament Scholarship, Society of Biblical Literature
Honors, Prizes, Awards | 2017
Courtney Friesen
Manfred Lautenschläger Award for Theological Promise
Honors, Prizes, Awards | 2016
Cynthia White
AZ Humanities Grants
Grants | 2021
Daisy Vargas
National Endowment for the Humanities--Summer Institute
Grants | Summer 2022
Daisy Vargas
Public Humanities Fellowships, Lived Religion in the Digital Age Research Initiative
Fellowships | 2021
Daisy Vargas
Young Scholars in American Religion Program
Honors, Prizes, Awards | 2020
Daisy Vargas
Center for Religion and the City Summer Research Grants
Grants | 2019
David Soren
Joseph and Mary Cacioppo Foundation Grant for the production of a documentary archaeological film on Life on the Tiber (grant managed by the School of Anthropology)
Grants | Fall 2023
David Soren
Joseph and Mary Cacioppo Foundation Grant to continue archaeological work at the villa and infant burial site of Poggio Gramignano in Umbria (grant managed by the School of Anthropology)
Grants | Fall 2023
David Soren
Quadro Economico, Regione di Umbria Grant to construct protection for the archaeological site at Poggio Gramignano; awarded in conjunction with the Comune or Mayor’s Office of Lugnano in Teverina (grant managed by the School of Anthropology)
Grants | Fall 2023
Eleni Hasaki
National Endowment for the Humanities--Digital Humanities Advancement Grant
Grants | 2021
Karen K Seat
University of Arizona Distinguished Head/Director's Award
Honors, Prizes, Awards | Spring 2022
Konden Smith Hansen
Best Anthology, John Whitmer Historical Association Awards
Honors, Prizes, Awards | Fall 2022
Konden Smith Hansen
Mormon History Association's "Best First Book" Award
Honors, Prizes, Awards | 2020
Konden Smith Hansen
National Endowment for the Humanities--Summer Institute
Grants | Summer 2017
Kristy Slominski
Provost Award for Innovation in Teaching
Honors, Prizes, Awards | Fall 2023
Kristy Slominski
Interfaith America's Religion and Health Curriculum Grant
Grants | Spring 2023
Kristy Slominski
Young Scholars in American Religion Program
Honors, Prizes, Awards | Summer 2022
Kristy Slominski
Chatfield Outstanding Untenured Researcher Award
Honors, Prizes, Awards | Fall 2022
Kristy Slominski
Experiential Learning Design Accelerator Fellow
Fellowships | Summer 2022
Kristy Slominski
Faculty Challenge Grant for Increasing Access to Undergraduate Research
Grants | Summer 2022
Kristy Slominski
Dorrance Dean’s Award for Research and Entrepreneurialism
Grants | Fall 2021
Kristy Slominski
Wabash Center Fellowship for the Early Career Religion Faculty Workshop
Fellowships | Spring 2020
Kristy Slominski
University of Arizona Provost’s Author Support Fund
Grants | Fall 2019
Max Strassfeld
Berlin Prize
Fellowships | Spring 2022
Max Strassfeld
The book Trans Talmud was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Awards
Honors, Prizes, Awards | Fall 2022