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
Fall 2023

Highly Ranked Scholar - Lifetime: ScholarGPS

Albrecht Classen
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2023

Research Leadership Institute

Wenhao Diao
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2023

Dorrance Dean’s Award for Research & Entrepreneurialism

Jasmine Linabary
Public and Applied Humanties
Grants
Spring 2023

Best First Book Prize for "Love for Sale: Representing prostitution in Imperial Russia", American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages

Colleen Lucey
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023

National Endowment for the Humanities Initiatives

Letizia Bellocchio
French and Italian
Grants
Spring 2023

National Endowment for the Humanities Initiatives

Borbala Gaspar
French and Italian
Grants
Spring 2023

National Endowment for the Humanities Initiatives

Beppe Cavatorta
French and Italian
Grants
Spring 2023

Outstanding Teaching Through the Pandemic, Certificate of Recognition, Pearson Publisher

Albrecht Classen
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023

Valentin and Evgenia Dunkel Award for Russian and Slavic Studies

Diana Avdeeva
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023

Alexander and Mary Tsien Dunkel Award for Russian and Slavic Studies

Diana Avdeeva
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship

Harris Kornstein
Public and Applied Humanties
Fellowships
Spring 2023

Dorrance Dean’s Award for Scholar/Specialist-in-Residence

Harris Kornstein
Public and Applied Humanties
Grants
Spring 2023

Dorrance Dean’s Award for Scholar/Specialist-in-Residence

Jacqueline Barrios
Public and Applied Humanties
Grants
Spring 2023

Dorrance Dean’s Award for Scholar/Specialist-in-Residence

Jonathan Jae-an Crisman
Public and Applied Humanties
Grants
Spring 2023

LGBTQ+ Research Grant, Institute for LGBT Studies

Harris Kornstein
Public and Applied Humanties
Grants
Spring 2023

RII Workshop Support Grant

Harris Kornstein
Public and Applied Humanties
Grants
Spring 2023

College of Humanities Distinguished Teaching Award

Marcy J Ziska
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023

Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship

Kaoru Hayashi
East Asian Studies
Fellowships
Spring 2023

The Blair Prize in Japanese Studies

Seneca Stine
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023

The Blair Prize in Japanese Studies

Tori Wendell
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023

The Hucker Founders Award

Sophie Camille Olivia Michele Louis
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023

The Hucker Founders Award

Leighanna Pipatanangkura
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023

Book Award for “Street Scriptures,” Harry Shaw Award for Outstanding Work in African American Popular Cultural Studies, from the Popular Culture Association

Alejandro Nava
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023

The Japan Foundation Award

Ana Lent
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023

The Center for East Asian Studies Graduating Senior Award

June Speelman
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023

Interfaith America's Religion and Health Curriculum Grant

Kristy Slominski
Religious Studies and Classics
Grants
Spring 2023

Gerald J. Swanson Prize for Teaching Excellence

Letizia Bellocchio
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023

College of Humanities Outstanding Graduate Assistant in Teaching Award

Ramón César Méndez Villanueva
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023

College of Humanities Distinguished Advising/Mentoring Award

Janice McGregor
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023

University of Arizona Mentoring Future Scholars Award

Lillian Gorman
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards