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

Religious Studies and Classics

Fall 2023
Provost Award for Innovation in Teaching
Kristy Slominski
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023
Interfaith America's Religion and Health Curriculum Grant
Kristy Slominski
Grants
Fall 2022
Chatfield Outstanding Untenured Researcher Award
Kristy Slominski
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Summer 2022
Experiential Learning Design Accelerator Fellow
Kristy Slominski
Fellowships
Summer 2022
Faculty Challenge Grant for Increasing Access to Undergraduate Research
Kristy Slominski
Grants
Summer 2022
Young Scholars in American Religion Program
Kristy Slominski
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2021
Dorrance Dean’s Award for Research and Entrepreneurialism
Kristy Slominski
Grants
Spring 2020
Wabash Center Fellowship for the Early Career Religion Faculty Workshop
Kristy Slominski
Fellowships
Fall 2019
University of Arizona Provost’s Author Support Fund
Kristy Slominski
Grants
Fall 2022
The book Trans Talmud was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Awards
Max Strassfeld
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2022
Berlin Prize
Max Strassfeld
Fellowships
Spring 2024
2023, Finalist for American Academy of Religionís Award for Excellence in Textual Studies
Rae Erin Dachille
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2024
2023, Finalist for American Academy of Religionís Best First Book in the History of Religions
Rae Erin Dachille
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2024
CEAS Faculty Travel Grant
Rae Erin Dachille
Grants
Spring 2022
Provost Author Support Award
Rae Erin Dachille
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Summer 2022
NEH Summer Institute, The Imagination and Imaginal Worlds in the Mirror of Buddhism
Rae Erin Dachille
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
Classical Association of the Middle West and South Grants
Robert Groves
Grants
2021
Society for Classical Studies Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics at College Level
Robert Groves
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
University of Arizona Office of Digital Learning Technology Innovations in Digital Learning Seed Grants
Robert Groves
Grants
Spring 2024
The University of Arizona Foundation Leicester and Kathryn Sherrill Creative Teaching Award
Robert Stephan
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2021
Gerald J. Swanson Prize for Teaching Excellence
Robert Stephan
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2021
Margaret M. Briehl and Dennis T. Ray Five Star Faculty Award
Robert Stephan
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2020
COH Distinguished Teaching Award
Robert Stephan
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2019
COH Distinguished Undergraduate Advising/Mentoring Award
Robert Stephan
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
University of Arizona Five Star Faculty or Administrator Award
Robert Stephen
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2020
COH Distinguished Teaching Award
Robert Stephen
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2019
COH Distinguished Undergraduate Advising/Mentoring Award
Robert Stephen
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Russian and Slavic Studies

Spring 2022
The First Book Subvention Program of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Anastasia Gordienko
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2022
University of Arizona Provost’s Author Support Fund
Anastasia Gordienko
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
US Department of Education Title VI NRCS Grants
Anastasia Gordienko
Grants