African American and African Diaspora Studies
Faculty Distinction 2021/22
Kevin Fellezs
Associate Professor of Music and African American and African Diaspora Studies
Office of the Provost’s Addressing Racism Seed Grant
Kevin Fellezs
Associate Professor of Music and African American and African Diaspora Studies
Office of the Provost’s Addressing Racism Seed Grant
Kevin Fellezs
Associate Professor of Music and African American and African Diaspora Studies
Office of the Provost’s Addressing Racism Seed Grant
Farah Jasmine Griffin
William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies and Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies
PROSE Award for Literature for Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
Mellon Foundation Fellow in Residence
PBS NewsHour Best Book of the Year
Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year in Nonfiction
Farah Jasmine Griffin
William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies and Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies
PROSE Award for Literature for Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
Mellon Foundation Fellow in Residence
PBS NewsHour Best Book of the Year
Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year in Nonfiction
Farah Jasmine Griffin
William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies and Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies
PROSE Award for Literature for Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
Mellon Foundation Fellow in Residence
PBS NewsHour Best Book of the Year
Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year in Nonfiction
Kellie Jones
Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art and Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Chair Department of African and African Diaspora Studies
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for “Black Curators Matter: An Oral History Project”
Kellie Jones
Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art and Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Chair Department of African and African Diaspora Studies
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for “Black Curators Matter: An Oral History Project”
Kellie Jones
Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art and Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Chair Department of African and African Diaspora Studies
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant for “Black Curators Matter: An Oral History Project”
Mabel O. Wilson
Nancy and George Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies: Director in the Institute for Research in African-American Studies
Research Associate, Visual Identities in Art and Design (VIAD), University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Association of Art Museum Curators Awards for Excellence Publications – “Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America”
Vincent Scully Prize, National Building Museum, National Building Museum, Washington, DC
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bevy Leadership Award, Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation
Mabel O. Wilson
Nancy and George Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies: Director in the Institute for Research in African-American Studies
Research Associate, Visual Identities in Art and Design (VIAD), University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Association of Art Museum Curators Awards for Excellence Publications – “Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America”
Vincent Scully Prize, National Building Museum, National Building Museum, Washington, DC
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bevy Leadership Award, Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation
Mabel O. Wilson
Nancy and George Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies: Director in the Institute for Research in African-American Studies
Research Associate, Visual Identities in Art and Design (VIAD), University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Association of Art Museum Curators Awards for Excellence Publications – “Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America”
Vincent Scully Prize, National Building Museum, National Building Museum, Washington, DC
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bevy Leadership Award, Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation
The Faculty Distinction awards are compiled annually by the offices of the Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences in coordination with the Arts and Sciences Departments. The information displayed is archival in nature and reflects distinctions of the previous academic year - 2020 is a collection of awards an honors from the 2019-2020 academic year.
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