Awards & Grants

Students and faculty at awards ceremony

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

 

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 2025
University of Arizona Big Idea Challenge Grant
Matthew Mars
Grants
Spring 2025
W.A. Franke Honors College Academy of Scholars
Matthew Mars
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Summer 2025
Ted Bradshaw Outstanding Research Award
Matthew Mars
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2022
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 2025
Graduate College Teaching and Mentoring Award
Suzanne Panferov Reese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
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
Spring 2025
College of Humanities Distinguished Undergraduate Advising/Mentoring Award
Alison Jameson
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2025
Capacity Building Grant from the Research Leadership Institute
Arum Park
Grants
Fall 2024
Chatfield Award for Anti-Discrimination Research, Teaching, or Service
Arum Park
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2024
Research Leadership Institute 2024-2025
Arum Park
Fellowships
Fall 2024
RII Research Development Grant - FY25 Faculty Seed Grant
Arum Park
Grants
Spring 2023
Provost Author Support Fund for Reciprocity, Truth, and Gender in Pindar and Aeschylus
Arum Park
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Summer 2025
Life Worth Living Fellowship
Bhakti Mamtora
Fellowships
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
Spring 2025
Frank W. Beare Award for Outstanding Book in Christian Origins, Post-Biblical Judaism and/or Graeco-Roman Religions
Courtney Friesen
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