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

Frances Lee Forbes

Fall 2019
COH Outstanding Senior Award
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Giuseppe Cavatorta

Fall 2024
American Association of Teachers of Italian Distinguished Service Award
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Grace Faerber

Spring 2020
COH Outstanding Senior Award
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2020
Boren Fellowships
East Asian Studies
Fellowships

Hadley Forst

Fall 2023
International Phonetic Association (IPA) Student Research Award
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2022
Spanish and Portuguese Research Fellowship
Spanish and Portuguese
Fellowships

Hai Ren

Fall 2022
Biosphere 2 Faculty Innovative Teaching Fellow
East Asian Studies
Fellowships
2020
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Sawyer Seminar , CO-PI
East Asian Studies
Grants
2019
Bayu Scholar, Chongqing, China
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2018
Chongqing Bayu Scholar Distinguished Professor
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2018
Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Distinguished Professorship
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2017
Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Distinguished Professorship
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Summer 2016
Institute of Semiotics and Media Studies Research Fellow, Sichuan University, China
East Asian Studies
Fellowships
2016
Sichuan Fine Arts Institute Distinguished Professorship
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Hannah Dahl

Fall 2018
COH Outstanding Senior, Honorable Mention
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Harris Kornstein

Spring 2024
Confluencenter Directors Fund Grant
Public and Applied Humanties
Grants
Spring 2024
Early Career Scholars Award, Office of the Provost
Public and Applied Humanties
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2024
Faculty Research Grant, LGBTQ+ Institute
Public and Applied Humanties
Grants
Spring 2024
Mentored Undergraduate Research Grant
Public and Applied Humanties
Grants
Fall 2023
The Chatfield Impact Award
Public and Applied Humanties
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023
Digital Humanities Seed Grant, NYU Center for the Humanities
Public and Applied Humanties
Grants
Spring 2023
Dorrance Dean’s Award for Scholar/Specialist-in-Residence
Public and Applied Humanties
Grants
Spring 2023
LGBTQ+ Research Grant, Institute for LGBT Studies
Public and Applied Humanties
Grants
Spring 2023
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
Public and Applied Humanties
Fellowships
Spring 2023
RII Production Grant
Public and Applied Humanties
Grants
Spring 2023
RII Workshop Support Grant
Public and Applied Humanties
Grants
Spring 2022
COH Teaching and Outreach Grant
Public and Applied Humanities
Grants
Spring 2022
Experiential Learning Faculty Grant, University of Arizona Office of Student Engagement and Career Development
Public and Applied Humanities
Grants
Spring 2022
George H. Davis Travel Fellowship
Public and Applied Humanities
Grants
Spring 2022
NYU Outstanding Dissertation Award, Topic of Inequality
Public and Applied Humanities
Honors, Prizes, Awards