Faculty Distinction 2019/20

English and Comparative Literature

Faculty Distinction 2019/20

Rachel Adams

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar

Rachel Adams

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar

Rachel Adams
Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar

Julie Crawford

Mark Van Doren Professor of Humanities

Dorothy Ford Wiley Visiting Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Julie Crawford

Mark Van Doren Professor of Humanities

Dorothy Ford Wiley Visiting Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Julie Crawford
Mark Van Doren Professor of Humanities

Dorothy Ford Wiley Visiting Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Denise Cruz

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Lenfest Distinguished Teaching Award

Heyman Center Fellowship

Denise Cruz

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Lenfest Distinguished Teaching Award

Heyman Center Fellowship

Denise Cruz
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Lenfest Distinguished Teaching Award

Heyman Center Fellowship

Patricia Dailey

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Provost Leadership Fellow

Patricia Dailey

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Provost Leadership Fellow

Patricia Dailey
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Provost Leadership Fellow

Nicholas Dames

Theodore Kahan Professor of Humanities

Heyman Center Fellowship

Nicholas Dames

Theodore Kahan Professor of Humanities

Heyman Center Fellowship

Nicholas Dames
Theodore Kahan Professor of Humanities

Heyman Center Fellowship

Andrew Delbanco

Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies

North Jersey Civil War Roundtable Book Award for The War Before the War

Andrew Delbanco

Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies

North Jersey Civil War Roundtable Book Award for The War Before the War

Andrew Delbanco
Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies

North Jersey Civil War Roundtable Book Award for The War Before the War

Kathy Eden

Chavkin Family Professor of English Literature and Professor of Classics

Elected Member, American Philosophical Society

Kathy Eden

Chavkin Family Professor of English Literature and Professor of Classics

Elected Member, American Philosophical Society

Kathy Eden
Chavkin Family Professor of English Literature and Professor of Classics

Elected Member, American Philosophical Society

Brent Edwards

Peng Family Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin for Epistrophies: Jazz and the Literary Imagination

Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Brent Edwards

Peng Family Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin for Epistrophies: Jazz and the Literary Imagination

Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Brent Edwards
Peng Family Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in Memory of Newton Arvin for Epistrophies: Jazz and the Literary Imagination

Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

T. Austin Graham

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Heyman Center Fellowship

T. Austin Graham

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Heyman Center Fellowship

T. Austin Graham
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Heyman Center Fellowship

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; Chair, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies

Address at the 50th Anniversary Symposium of African & African American Studies, Harvard University

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; Chair, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies

Address at the 50th Anniversary Symposium of African & African American Studies, Harvard University

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; Chair, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies

Address at the 50th Anniversary Symposium of African & African American Studies, Harvard University

Jack Halberstam

Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Director of the Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality

Biennial Humanities and Gendered Worlds Lecture, The Center for Gender and African Studies, Bloemfontein Campus of the University of the Free State

Annual Equality Lecture for the British Sociological Association at the British Library

Jack Halberstam

Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Director of the Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality

Biennial Humanities and Gendered Worlds Lecture, The Center for Gender and African Studies, Bloemfontein Campus of the University of the Free State

Annual Equality Lecture for the British Sociological Association at the British Library

Jack Halberstam
Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Director of the Institute for Research on Women, Gender and Sexuality

Biennial Humanities and Gendered Worlds Lecture, The Center for Gender and African Studies, Bloemfontein Campus of the University of the Free State

Annual Equality Lecture for the British Sociological Association at the British Library

Saidiya Hartman

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

MacArthur Genius Grant

Nickliss Prize for Gender and Women’s History, Organization of American Historians

Saidiya Hartman

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

MacArthur Genius Grant

Nickliss Prize for Gender and Women’s History, Organization of American Historians

Saidiya Hartman
Professor of English and Comparative Literature

MacArthur Genius Grant

Nickliss Prize for Gender and Women’s History, Organization of American Historians

Marianne Hirsch

William Peterfield Trent Professor of English

2020 Tanenbaum Warner Award, University Seminars, Columbia University

Marianne Hirsch

William Peterfield Trent Professor of English

2020 Tanenbaum Warner Award, University Seminars, Columbia University

Marianne Hirsch
William Peterfield Trent Professor of English

2020 Tanenbaum Warner Award, University Seminars, Columbia University

Amy Hungerford

Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Named Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Amy Hungerford

Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Named Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Amy Hungerford
Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Named Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Eleanor Johnson

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar

Eleanor Johnson

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar

Eleanor Johnson
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Provost’s Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar

Edward Mendelson

Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities

Isherwood Memorial Lecture, Centennial Lecture Series, The Huntington

Edward Mendelson

Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities

Isherwood Memorial Lecture, Centennial Lecture Series, The Huntington

Edward Mendelson
Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities

Isherwood Memorial Lecture, Centennial Lecture Series, The Huntington

Frances Negron-Muntaner

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

GEMMA Fellowship, University of Granada and University of Oviedo, Spain

Borimix Award for “Valor y Cambio,” Sociedad Educativa de las Artes, New York

Media Trailblazer Award, National Association of Latino Independent Producers

Frances Negron-Muntaner

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

GEMMA Fellowship, University of Granada and University of Oviedo, Spain

Borimix Award for “Valor y Cambio,” Sociedad Educativa de las Artes, New York

Media Trailblazer Award, National Association of Latino Independent Producers

Frances Negron-Muntaner
Professor of English and Comparative Literature

GEMMA Fellowship, University of Granada and University of Oviedo, Spain

Borimix Award for “Valor y Cambio,” Sociedad Educativa de las Artes, New York

Media Trailblazer Award, National Association of Latino Independent Producers

Colm Toibin

Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities

Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award, An Post Irish Books Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award, Premio Malaparte

Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence

Seamus Heaney Award for Lifetime Achievement, New York University

Colm Toibin

Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities

Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award, An Post Irish Books Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award, Premio Malaparte

Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence

Seamus Heaney Award for Lifetime Achievement, New York University

Colm Toibin
Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities

Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award, An Post Irish Books Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award, Premio Malaparte

Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence

Seamus Heaney Award for Lifetime Achievement, New York University

Gauri Viswanathan

Class of 1933 Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Director of the South Asia Institute

Plenary Speaker, Thinkfest, Lahore, Pakistan

“Occultism, Postcoloniality, and Modernsim” named one of the 17 Most Innovative Courses in 2019-2020 by Medium | Campuswire

Gauri Viswanathan

Class of 1933 Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Director of the South Asia Institute

Plenary Speaker, Thinkfest, Lahore, Pakistan

“Occultism, Postcoloniality, and Modernsim” named one of the 17 Most Innovative Courses in 2019-2020 by Medium | Campuswire

Gauri Viswanathan
Class of 1933 Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Director of the South Asia Institute

Plenary Speaker, Thinkfest, Lahore, Pakistan

“Occultism, Postcoloniality, and Modernsim” named one of the 17 Most Innovative Courses in 2019-2020 by Medium | Campuswire

Hannah Weaver

Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Lenfest Junior Faculty Development Grant

Hannah Weaver

Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Lenfest Junior Faculty Development Grant

Hannah Weaver
Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Lenfest Junior Faculty Development Grant

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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