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

Public and Applied Humanties

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

Religious Studies and Classics

Spring 2023
Book Award for “Street Scriptures,” Harry Shaw Award for Outstanding Work in African American Popular Cultural Studies, from the Popular Culture Association
Alejandro Nava
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
Academic Leadership Institute Selection
Caleb Simmons
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
University of Arizona Early Career Award
Caleb Simmons
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2019
COH Outstanding Senior Award
Chelsea Forer
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2018
COH Teaching and Outreach Grants
Courtney Friesen
Grants
2017
Paul J. Achtemeier Award for New Testament Scholarship, Society of Biblical Literature
Courtney Friesen
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2016
Manfred Lautenschläger Award for Theological Promise
Courtney Friesen
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
AZ Humanities Grants
Cynthia White
Grants
Summer 2022
National Endowment for the Humanities--Summer Institute
Daisy Vargas
Grants
2021
Public Humanities Fellowships, Lived Religion in the Digital Age Research Initiative
Daisy Vargas
Fellowships
2020
Young Scholars in American Religion Program
Daisy Vargas
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2019
Center for Religion and the City Summer Research Grants
Daisy Vargas
Grants
Fall 2023
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)
David Soren
Grants
Fall 2023
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)
David Soren
Grants
Fall 2023
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)
David Soren
Grants
2021
National Endowment for the Humanities--Digital Humanities Advancement Grant
Eleni Hasaki
Grants
Spring 2022
University of Arizona Distinguished Head/Director's Award
Karen K Seat
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2022
Best Anthology, John Whitmer Historical Association Awards
Konden Smith Hansen
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2020
Mormon History Association's "Best First Book" Award
Konden Smith Hansen
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Summer 2017
National Endowment for the Humanities--Summer Institute
Konden Smith Hansen
Grants
Spring 2024
Digital Borderlands in the Classroom Faculty Fellowship
Kristy Slominski
Fellowships