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

Madison Doser

Fall 2022
Centennial Achievement Award
Public and Applied Humanities
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Maggie Camp

Spring 2020
COH Distinguished Undergraduate Advising/Mentoring Award
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Marcy J Ziska

Spring 2023
College of Humanities Distinguished Teaching Award
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Marina Cárcamo-García

Spring 2022
Department of Spanish and Portuguese Research Grant
Spanish and Portuguese
Grants
Summer 2021
Court Interpretation Training Institute (CITI) Award
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2020
NCI Awards Graduate Fellowship
Spanish and Portuguese
Fellowships
Spring 2019
College of Humanities Research Grant
Spanish and Portuguese
Grants

Mary Kaitlin M Murphy

Spring 2023
Dorrance Dean’s Award for Research & Entrepreneurialism
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Max Strassfeld

Fall 2022
The book Trans Talmud was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Awards
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2022
Berlin Prize
Religious Studies and Classics
Fellowships

Melissa Fitch

2019
University of Arizona Global Service Award
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2017
University Distinguished Professor
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2017
University of Arizona Academic Leadership - Selected as one of twenty University of Arizona Faculty or Administrator, administrators and staff from a pool of more than 100 for leadership potential for nine-month training program.
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2016
Fulbright Academic and Professional Excellence Award
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2015
1885 Society Distinguished Scholar Award
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Mely Bohlman

Fall 2018
COH Outstanding Senior Award
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Mia Carvalho Guimarães

2020
Fulbright Scholar
Spanish and Portuguese
Fellowships

Miquel Simonet

Fall 2023
Chatfield Outstanding Tenured Researcher Award
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Natalie Elaine Olson

Spring 2022
University of Arizona Award for Excellence
Humanities Administration
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Natalie Hsu

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

Nathan J Mehr

Spring 2023
Telly Awards
Humanities Administration
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Nathaniel M. Smith

2021
Japan Foundation Grants
East Asian Studies
Grants
2019
Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowships
East Asian Studies
Fellowships

Nichole Guard

2021
University of Arizona Award for Excellence
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2020
University of Arizona Award for Excellence
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Obenewaa Oduro-Opuni

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

Peter Ecke

Summer 2024
National Endowment for the Humanities: Awards for Faculty
German Studies
Fellowships
2020
ACTFL Research Priorities Grants
German Studies
Grants
2020
Deutsch macht Spaß Grants
German Studies
Grants

Phyllis Taoua

2021
CNRS and University of Arizona International Research Center Fellowships
French and Italian
Fellowships