These are the awards and fellowships for 2024. Click the side menu links to view awards and fellowships from previous years.
Alexis Piquero has been appointed to the National Academies/National Research Council Committee on Law and Justice. This full committee oversees all products within law and justice Its primary function is to conduct research, provide analysis, and offer recommendations related to various aspects of law and justice in the United States.
Steven Fred Butterman, Professor in the Michele Bowman Underwood Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar Alumni Ambassador for the term 2024-2026. This prestigious appointment reflects his dedication to scholarly excellence and commitment to fostering international collaboration and understanding.
Logan Connors, Professor and Chair, Michele Bowman Underwood Department of Modern Languages & Literatures, was invited to hold a semester-long prestigious professorship at Sorbonne Université in Paris.
Patricia Engel, Associate Professor, Department of English, is the 2023 winner of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, a literary award. Her most recent book, a short story collection titled The Faraway World, was named a New York Times Editors’ Choice, a Washington Post Notable Book, and a Boston Globe Best Book of the Year.
Caleb Everett, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor in the Department of Anthropology, is the 2024, Winner of the PROSE Award in Language and Linguistics. PROSE awards are for excellence in scholarly books awarded by the American Association of Publishers. Everett is the first two-time winner in the category of "languages and linguistics". His first book “Numbers and the Making of Us” won in 2018. His 2024 book “A Myriad of Tongues” explores how languages reveal differences in how we think.
Tracy Devine Guzmán, Professor in the Michele Bowman Underwood Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, won a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship award for her proposal titled, “Indigenous Citizenship Rights and Environmentalism: Lessons from Mato Grosso.
Amishi Jha, Professor in the Department of Psychology, was named as a 2024 Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science.
Annette La Greca, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology, received the Aitana 2022 Award in recognition of her career in the field of child and adolescent psychology.
Rafael I. Nepomechie, Professor in the Department of Physics, received the Faculty Senate Outstanding Teaching Award.
Alexis R. Piquero, Professor of Sociology & Criminology and Arts & Sciences Distinguished Scholar, was an invited panelist to give testimony to the United States Civil Rights Commission – Racial Disparities in Violent Crime Victimization in the United States (November 17, 2023).
Carlos Prado, Lecturer in the Department of Art & Art History, was selected as a member of the International Academy of Ceramics, based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Vaidhyanathan Ramamurthy, Professor in the Department of Chemistry, received a prestigious Fulbright Fellowship for his proposal “Chemistry with Light: A sustainable option for better future and environment.”
Steven Safren, Professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Health Promotion and Care Research Lab, received the Faculty Senate Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award.
Richard Stanley, Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Mathematics, is the recipient of the Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement and for his major contributions to combinatorics.
Geoff Sutcliffe, Professor in the Department of Computer Science, was honored with the 2023 Best Paper Award for the work titled "Solving Modal Logic Problems by Translation to Higher-order Logic," and received the prestigious 2023 Thoralf Skolem Award for the enduring impact of his paper, "The TPTP Problem Library,"
Steven Safren, Professor in the Department of Psychology and director of the Health Promotion and Care Research Lab, received the Faculty Senate Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award.
Alexis R. Piquero, Professor in the Department of Sociology & Criminology, has been appointed to the National Academies/National Research Council Committee on Law and Justice. This full committee oversees all products within law and justice Its primary function is to conduct research, provide analysis, and offer recommendations related to various aspects of law and justice in the United States.
