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!

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Award Type
2020

Numata Buddhist Studies Scholarship for Visiting Researchers

Albert Welter
East Asian Studies
Fellowships
2020

The Stevens Foundation Research Grants

Liudmila Klimanova
Russian and Slavic Studies
Grants
2020

DAAD AA Excellence Award in International Exchange

Albrecht Classen
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2020

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Bryan Carter
Center for Digital Humanities
Grants
2020

Provosts Investment Fund

Bryan Carter
Center for Digital Humanities
Grants
2020

Young Scholars in American Religion Program

Daisy Vargas
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2020

University of Arizona Foundation Leicester and Kathryn Sherrill Creative Teaching Award

Joela Jacobs
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2020

Mormon History Association's "Best First Book" Award

Konden Smith Hansen
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2020

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Sawyer Seminar , CO-PI

Hai Ren
East Asian Studies
Grants
Fall 2019

COH Outstanding Senior Award

Frances Lee Forbes
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2019

University of Arizona Provost’s Author Support Fund

Kristy Slominski
Religious Studies and Classics
Grants
Fall 2019

University Fellowship

Alicia M Brown
Spanish and Portuguese
Fellowships
News Article
Spring 2019

Speaker at the 2019 TedEx Talks, University of Arizona

Albrecht Classen
German Studies
Fellowships
Spring 2019

COH Outstanding GAT Award

Valentina Vinokurova
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2019

COH Outstanding Senior Award

Chelsea Forer
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2019

COH Distinguished Undergraduate Advising/Mentoring Award

Robert Stephen
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2019

COH Distinguished Teaching Award

Joela Jacobs
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2019

COH Teaching and Outreach Grant

Letizia Bellocchio
French and Italian
Grants
Spring 2019

COH Distinguished Undergraduate Advising/Mentoring Award

Robert Stephan
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
News Article
Spring 2019

USR Foundation--Education, Exchanges, and Community Building Grant

Andrea Holm
Writing Skills Improvement Program
Grants
Spring 2019

College of Humanities Research Grant

Marina Cárcamo-García
Spanish and Portuguese
Grants
Spring 2019

Conference "Vegetal Poetics," funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for Research Support (with Solvejg Nitzke, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany and Isabel Kranz Universität Wien, Austria)

Joela Jacobs
German Studies
Grants
News Article
2019

Association for Women in Slavic Studies, Honorable Mention for best article in Slavic women's and gender studies

Colleen Lucey
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2019

Fisher Fellowships

Colleen Lucey
Russian and Slavic Studies
Fellowships
2019

First-time attendee scholarship, Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries

Julie Swarstad Johnson
Poetry Center
Fellowships
2019

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Program in Public Understanding

Julie Swarstad Johnson
Poetry Center
Grants
2019

A Tale of Two Stūpas: The Revival of Buddhism in Contemporary Hangzhou

Albert Welter
East Asian Studies
Grants
2019

Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowships

Nathaniel M. Smith
East Asian Studies
Fellowships
2019

ACTFL Research Priorities Grants

Liudmila Klimanova
Russian and Slavic Studies
Grants
2019

Robert L. Baker Research Fellowships

Liudmila Klimanova
Russian and Slavic Studies
Fellowships