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

Liudmila Klimanova

Spring 2025
World Languages 360 AI Grant
Russian and Slavic Studies
Grants
Fall 2024
2024 Innovation in Language Program Direction Award (The American Association of University Supervisors, Coordinators and Directors of Language Programs (AAUSC))
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2022
2021 Dorothy Chun Award for Best Journal Article
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2022
University of Arizona Leicester and Kathryn Sherrill Creative Teaching Award
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
CERCLL Awards 2021 Fellowshipss
Russian and Slavic Studies
Fellowships
2021
Stevens Initiative / Aston Institute Research Grants
Russian and Slavic Studies
Grants
2020
The Stevens Foundation Research Grants
Russian and Slavic Studies
Grants
2019
ACTFL Research Priorities Grants
Russian and Slavic Studies
Grants
2019
Robert L. Baker Research Fellowships
Russian and Slavic Studies
Fellowships
2015
ACTFL-NFMLTA/MLJ Emma Marie Birkmaier Award for Doctoral Dissertation Research in Foreign Language Education
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Lorraine Turpault d'Huvé

Spring 2022
Charles L. Rosenberg Memorial Award
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Lu Zheng

Fall 2024
College of Humanities Dorrance Doctoral Fellowship
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Lucy Swanson

2021
French Government Tournées Film Festival Grants
French and Italian
Grants

Madeline Hannon

Fall 2024
College of Humanities Dorrance Doctoral Fellowship
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards

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

Matthew Mars

Summer 2025
Ted Bradshaw Outstanding Research Award
Public and Applied Humanties
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