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

Courtney Friesen

2017
Paul J. Achtemeier Award for New Testament Scholarship, Society of Biblical Literature
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2016
Manfred Lautenschläger Award for Theological Promise
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Cynthia White

2021
AZ Humanities Grants
French and Italian
Grants
2021
AZ Humanities Grants
Religious Studies and Classics
Grants

Daisy Vargas

Summer 2022
National Endowment for the Humanities--Summer Institute
Religious Studies and Classics
Grants
2021
Public Humanities Fellowships, Lived Religion in the Digital Age Research Initiative
Religious Studies and Classics
Fellowships
2020
Young Scholars in American Religion Program
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2019
Center for Religion and the City Summer Research Grants
Religious Studies and Classics
Grants

Dalila Ayoun

Fall 2023
Elected President of the Association for French Language Studies (AFLS)
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Summer 2023
IDEX UCAJEDI Advanced Research Program 2023
French and Italian
Fellowships

David Soren

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)
Religious Studies and Classics
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)
Religious Studies and Classics
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)
Religious Studies and Classics
Grants

Denis Provencher

Spring 2022
Richard Ruiz Diversity Leadership Faculty Award
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
Research Chair Award University of Ottawa
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Derek Foehrkolb

2021
COH Outstanding Senior Award
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Dhruv Sharma

Fall 2024
College of Humanities Dorrance Doctoral Fellowship
German Studies
Fellowships

Diana Avdeeva

Spring 2023
Alexander and Mary Tsien Dunkel Award for Russian and Slavic Studies
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023
Valentin and Evgenia Dunkel Award for Russian and Slavic Studies
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2022
Weiner Award
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2022
Graduate College Fellowship
Russian and Slavic Studies
Fellowships

Diana Delgado

Fall 2021
Arizona Commission on the Arts, Research and Development Grants
Poetry Center
Grants

Edgard L. Ore-Giron

Spring 2024
Spanish and Portuguese Inaugural Mentorship Award
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Winter 2018
Margaret M. Briehl and Dennis T. Ray Five Star Faculty Award
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Eleni Hasaki

Fall 2024
Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
National Endowment for the Humanities--Digital Humanities Advancement Grant
Religious Studies and Classics
Grants

Emily Allerton

2021
COH Outstanding Senior Award
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Emily Yicha Shaver

Spring 2024
The TECO Chinese Achievement Award
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Erika Gault

2018
Louisville Institute First Book Grants for Scholars of Color
Africana Studies
Grants

Faith S Harden

Fall 2023
Hispanic American Historical Review Best Book Review Prize
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards