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

Aileen Feng

Fall 2023
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, Newberry Library, Chicago, IL (2023-2024)
French and Italian
Fellowships
2021
Academic Leadership Institute Selection
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2018
Renaissance Society of America Research Fellowships
French and Italian
Fellowships
Spring 2016
COH Distinguished Teaching Award
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2016
Medieval Academy of America Book Subvention Award
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2016
Provostís Author Support Fund
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2016
Villa I Tatti, Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fellow, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
French and Italian
Fellowships

Alana Komatsu

Spring 2024
The Blair Prize in Japanese Studies
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Albert Welter

Spring 2023
East Asian Buddhist Interactions: Focus on Greater Hangzhou Region Connections with Japan during the Song Dynasty/Kamakura-Muromachi Periods
East Asian Studies
Grants
2021
Numata Visiting Researcher Fellowships Khyentse Foundation Ryukoku University
East Asian Studies
Fellowships
2020
Numata Buddhist Studies Scholarship for Visiting Researchers
East Asian Studies
Fellowships
2019
A Tale of Two Stūpas: The Revival of Buddhism in Contemporary Hangzhou
East Asian Studies
Grants
2017
Hangzhou Buddhist Culture Project: “The Hangzhou Region and the Chinese Creation of East Asian Buddhism”
East Asian Studies
Grants
2017
International conference Grants, “Creating the World of Chan/ Sŏn /Zen: Chinese Chan Buddhism and its Spread throughout East Asia”
East Asian Studies
Grants

Albrecht Classen

Fall 2023
Joint winner of The Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize: Literatures written in languages other than English for his book "Freedom, Imprisonment, and Slavery in the Pre-Modern World"
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2023
Outstanding Teaching Through the Pandemic, Certificate of Recognition, Pearson Publisher
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2022
Fulbright Research and Teaching Grant
German Studies
Grants
Fall 2022
Honorary Member of the American Association of Teachers of German
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2021
Chatfield Outstanding Tenured Researcher Award
German Studies
Grants
2021
Humanities Board of Directors
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
Tulliola- Renato Filippelli” World Award Winner of the foreign section E
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2020
DAAD AA Excellence Award in International Exchange
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2019
Speaker at the 2019 TedEx Talks, University of Arizona
German Studies
Fellowships
2018
Eic Travel Award, Humanities Open Access
German Studies
Fellowships
Fall 2017
Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2017
Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions for outstanding services to German and Medieval Studies
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2016
Michael Delhoyde Award for Distinguished Contributions in Editing, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2016
NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising, Certificate of Merit (Faculty or Administrator Advising Category)
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2015
Excellence in Academic Advising Faculty or Administrator Advisory Award
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Alejandro Nava

Spring 2023
Book Award for “Street Scriptures,” Harry Shaw Award for Outstanding Work in African American Popular Cultural Studies, from the Popular Culture Association
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards