Faculty Distinction 2020/21
Anthropology
Faculty Distinction 2020/21
Vanessa Agard-Jones
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Heyman Center Fellowship
Vanessa Agard-Jones
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Heyman Center Fellowship
Vanessa Agard-Jones
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Heyman Center Fellowship
Brian Boyd
Lecturer in Discipline of Anthropology
Presidential Teaching Award, Columbia University
Brian Boyd
Lecturer in Discipline of Anthropology
Presidential Teaching Award, Columbia University
Brian Boyd
Lecturer in Discipline of Anthropology
Presidential Teaching Award, Columbia University
Zoë Crossland
Professor of Anthropology
Outstanding Public Archaeology Initiative Award, Society for American Archaeology
Zoë Crossland
Professor of Anthropology
Outstanding Public Archaeology Initiative Award, Society for American Archaeology
Zoë Crossland
Professor of Anthropology
Outstanding Public Archaeology Initiative Award, Society for American Archaeology
Maria Jose De Abreu
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Heyman Center Fellowship
Maria Jose De Abreu
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Heyman Center Fellowship
Maria Jose De Abreu
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Heyman Center Fellowship
Claudio Lomnitz
Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology
Elected to Mexico’s El Colegio Nacional
Kirkus Review’s Top 10 Non-Fiction Books for 2021 for Nuestra América: My Family in the Vertigo of Translation
Claudio Lomnitz
Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology
Elected to Mexico’s El Colegio Nacional
Kirkus Review’s Top 10 Non-Fiction Books for 2021 for Nuestra América: My Family in the Vertigo of Translation
Claudio Lomnitz
Campbell Family Professor of Anthropology
Elected to Mexico’s El Colegio Nacional
Kirkus Review’s Top 10 Non-Fiction Books for 2021 for Nuestra América: My Family in the Vertigo of Translation
Mahmood Mamdani
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology
Chancellor, Kampala International University
Mahmood Mamdani
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology
Chancellor, Kampala International University
Mahmood Mamdani
Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Professor of Anthropology
Chancellor, Kampala International University
Brinkley Messick
Professor of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies; Director, Middle East Institute
Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award
Bayard Dodge Distinguished Visiting Professor, American University in Cairo
Brinkley Messick
Professor of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies; Director, Middle East Institute
Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award
Bayard Dodge Distinguished Visiting Professor, American University in Cairo
Brinkley Messick
Professor of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies; Director, Middle East Institute
Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award
Bayard Dodge Distinguished Visiting Professor, American University in Cairo
Rosalind Morris
Professor of Anthropology
The Zama Zama Project – Official Selection, Berlinale Forum Expanded
Grant for opera “Southern Crossings,” Sloan Foundation
World premiere of documentary film, We are Zama Zama, 23rd Encounters South African International Documentary Festival
Rosalind Morris
Professor of Anthropology
The Zama Zama Project – Official Selection, Berlinale Forum Expanded
Grant for opera “Southern Crossings,” Sloan Foundation
World premiere of documentary film, We are Zama Zama, 23rd Encounters South African International Documentary Festival
Rosalind Morris
Professor of Anthropology
The Zama Zama Project – Official Selection, Berlinale Forum Expanded
Grant for opera “Southern Crossings,” Sloan Foundation
World premiere of documentary film, We are Zama Zama, 23rd Encounters South African International Documentary Festival
Elizabeth Povinelli
Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology
Eye Art & Film Prize, Dutch Eye Filmmuseum and the Paddy and Joan Leigh Fermor Arts Fund
Starred Kirkus Review, The Inheritance , Duke University
Adriaan Gerbrands Laureate, Department of Anthropology, Leiden University, Netherlands
Regna Darnell Distinguished Lecture in Theory, Ethnography and Activism in Anthropology
CORE Residency Program, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Elizabeth Povinelli
Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology
Eye Art & Film Prize, Dutch Eye Filmmuseum and the Paddy and Joan Leigh Fermor Arts Fund
Starred Kirkus Review, The Inheritance , Duke University
Adriaan Gerbrands Laureate, Department of Anthropology, Leiden University, Netherlands
Regna Darnell Distinguished Lecture in Theory, Ethnography and Activism in Anthropology
CORE Residency Program, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Elizabeth Povinelli
Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology
Eye Art & Film Prize, Dutch Eye Filmmuseum and the Paddy and Joan Leigh Fermor Arts Fund
Starred Kirkus Review, The Inheritance , Duke University
Adriaan Gerbrands Laureate, Department of Anthropology, Leiden University, Netherlands
Regna Darnell Distinguished Lecture in Theory, Ethnography and Activism in Anthropology
CORE Residency Program, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
David Scott
Ruth and William Lubic Professor of Anthropology; Chair, Department of Anthropology
Curatorial Director, 2021 Kingston Biennial, National Gallery of Jamaica
David Scott
Ruth and William Lubic Professor of Anthropology; Chair, Department of Anthropology
Curatorial Director, 2021 Kingston Biennial, National Gallery of Jamaica
David Scott
Ruth and William Lubic Professor of Anthropology; Chair, Department of Anthropology
Curatorial Director, 2021 Kingston Biennial, National Gallery of Jamaica
Audra Simpson
Professor of Anthropology
Mark Van Doren Award for Teaching, Columbia University
Audra Simpson
Professor of Anthropology
Mark Van Doren Award for Teaching, Columbia University
Audra Simpson
Professor of Anthropology
Mark Van Doren Award for Teaching, Columbia University
Paige West
Professor of Anthropology
The Explorers Club 50
Guggenheim Fellowship
Paige West
Professor of Anthropology
The Explorers Club 50
Guggenheim Fellowship
Paige West
Professor of Anthropology
The Explorers Club 50
Guggenheim Fellowship
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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