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

Carmen King de Ramirez

Spring 2022
Fulbright (García-Robles Border Scholar)
Spanish and Portuguese
Fellowships
Fall 2021
Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Faculty Grant
Spanish and Portuguese
Grants
Fall 2021
Mellon-Fronteridades Faculty Fellowship
Spanish and Portuguese
Fellowships

César Ramón Méndez

Spring 2023
College of Humanities Outstanding Graduate Assistant in Teaching Award
Spanish and Portuguese
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Changzhong "Shin" Lee

Spring 2024
The Khyentse Foundation Student Award
Center for Buddhist Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Chantelle Warner

Fall 2022
The Chatfield Outstanding Tenured Researcher Award
German Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Fall 2022
Title VI Language Resource Center Grant
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy
Grants
Spring 2020
ACTFL Research Priorities Grants
German Studies
Grants
Fall 2018
US Department of Education Title VI National Language Resource Center Grant
Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy
Grants

Chelsea Forer

Spring 2019
COH Outstanding Senior Award
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Chen Chen

2021
GPSC Peer Award
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2021
Katheryne B. Willock Library Research Award
East Asian Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Christabel Makafui Kporvie

Spring 2024
Charles I. Rosenberg Memorial Award
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Colin Joseph Koprowski

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

Colleen Lucey

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
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Spring 2022
COH Distinguished Teaching Award
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2019
Association for Women in Slavic Studies, Honorable Mention for best article in Slavic women's and gender studies
Russian and Slavic Studies
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2019
Fisher Fellowships
Russian and Slavic Studies
Fellowships
2018
U.S. Department of State Peer-to-Peer Grants
Russian and Slavic Studies
Grants

Courtney Friesen

2018
COH Teaching and Outreach Grants
Religious Studies and Classics
Grants
2017
Paul J. Achtemeier Award for New Testament Scholarship, Society of Biblical Literature
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2016
Manfred Lautenschläger Award for Theological Promise
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards

Cynthia White

2021
AZ Humanities Grants
Religious Studies and Classics
Grants
2021
AZ Humanities Grants
French and Italian
Grants

Daisy Vargas

Summer 2022
National Endowment for the Humanities--Summer Institute
Religious Studies and Classics
Grants
2021
Public Humanities Fellowships, Lived Religion in the Digital Age Research Initiative
Religious Studies and Classics
Fellowships
2020
Young Scholars in American Religion Program
Religious Studies and Classics
Honors, Prizes, Awards
2019
Center for Religion and the City Summer Research Grants
Religious Studies and Classics
Grants

Dalila Ayoun

Fall 2023
Elected President of the Association for French Language Studies (AFLS)
French and Italian
Honors, Prizes, Awards
Summer 2023
IDEX UCAJEDI Advanced Research Program 2023
French and Italian
Fellowships