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

Obenewaa Oduro-Opuni

Fall 2020
Research, Innovation and Impact Challenge Grant
German Studies
Grants

Peter Ecke

Summer 2026
Fulbright US Scholar Award
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2025
University of Arizona Foundation, Board of Trustees Small Grant for University Strategic Priority - Pillar Four: Arizona Global – Setting the Standard for a Global University in the Digital Age
German Studies
Grants
Summer 2024
National Endowment for the Humanities: Awards for Faculty
German Studies
Fellowships
Spring 2022
DAAD Fellowship “Research Stay of Scholars and Scientists”
German Studies
Fellowships
2020
ACTFL Research Priorities Grants
German Studies
Grants
2020
Deutsch macht Spaß Grants
German Studies
Grants
Fall 2018
Provost Author Support Fund
German Studies
Fellowships

Phyllis Taoua

Fall 2024
Chatfield Impact Award
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
CNRS and University of Arizona International Research Center Fellowships
French and Italian
Fellowships
2021
France-Arizona Institute for Global Grand Challenges
French and Italian
Grants

Poetry Center

Spring 2025
Marshall Foundation Grant
Poetry Center
Grants
Fall 2024
Molly Blank Fund
Poetry Center
Grants
Spring 2024
Borchard Center on Literary Arts Sponsored Poetry and Prose Reading
Poetry Center
Grants
Spring 2024
Flinn Foundation Creative Communities Grant
Poetry Center
Grants
Fall 2023
Borchard Center on the Literary Arts Grant
Poetry Center
Grants
Fall 2023
Poetry Center/Alley Cat Mural Project
Poetry Center
Grants

Rae Erin Dachille

Fall 2024
Chatfield Outstanding Tenured Researcher of the Year Award
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2024
2023, Finalist for American Academy of Religionís Award for Excellence in Textual Studies
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2024
2023, Finalist for American Academy of Religionís Best First Book in the History of Religions
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2024
CEAS Faculty Travel Grant
Religious Studies and Classics
Grants
Spring 2022
Provost Author Support Award
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Summer 2022
NEH Summer Institute, The Imagination and Imaginal Worlds in the Mirror of Buddhism
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Ramón César Méndez Villanueva

Spring 2023
College of Humanities Outstanding Graduate Assistant in Teaching Award
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Richard A Edmiston

Spring 2023
University of Arizona Award for Excellence
Humanities Administration
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Robert Côté

2019
University of Arizona Global Education Award
Writing Skills Improvement Program
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Robert Groves

2021
Classical Association of the Middle West and South Grants
Religious Studies and Classics
Grants
2021
Society for Classical Studies Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Classics at College Level
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
University of Arizona Office of Digital Learning Technology Innovations in Digital Learning Seed Grants
Religious Studies and Classics
Grants

Robert Stephan

Spring 2025
Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award (Archaeological Institute of America)
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards