English and Comparative Literature

Faculty Distinction 2022/23

Rachel Adams

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Faculty Mentor Award, Office of University Life

Rachel Adams

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Faculty Mentor Award, Office of University Life

Rachel Adams
Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Faculty Mentor Award, Office of University Life

Denise Cruz

Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Chair, Department of English and Comparative Literature

Provost Leadership Fellow

Denise Cruz

Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Chair, Department of English and Comparative Literature

Provost Leadership Fellow

Denise Cruz
Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Chair, Department of English and Comparative Literature

Provost Leadership Fellow

Patricia Dailey

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Climate Humanities Course Development Gran

Patricia Dailey

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Climate Humanities Course Development Gran

Patricia Dailey
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Climate Humanities Course Development Gran

Jenny Davidson

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Keeley Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford University

Jenny Davidson

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Keeley Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford University

Jenny Davidson
Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Keeley Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford University

Andrew Delbanco

Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies

2022 Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities

Andrew Delbanco

Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies

2022 Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities

Andrew Delbanco
Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies

2022 Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities

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

Winner of the 2022 Christian Gauss Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society

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

Winner of the 2022 Christian Gauss Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society

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

Winner of the 2022 Christian Gauss Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society

Shana Redmond

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

2023 Guggenheim Fellow

Presidential Address, American Studies Association “The Dark Prelude”

Senior Fellow, Heyman Center for the Humanities

Irving Lowens Book Award, Society for American Music

Shana Redmond

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

2023 Guggenheim Fellow

Presidential Address, American Studies Association “The Dark Prelude”

Senior Fellow, Heyman Center for the Humanities

Irving Lowens Book Award, Society for American Music

Shana Redmond
Professor of English and Comparative Literature

2023 Guggenheim Fellow

Presidential Address, American Studies Association “The Dark Prelude”

Senior Fellow, Heyman Center for the Humanities

Irving Lowens Book Award, Society for American Music

James Shapiro

Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction “Winner of Winners” Award

James Shapiro

Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction “Winner of Winners” Award

James Shapiro
Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction “Winner of Winners” Award

Gayatri Spivak

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Inaugural Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award, Columbia University Asian Faculty Association

Honorary Doctorate, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Gayatri Spivak

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Inaugural Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award, Columbia University Asian Faculty Association

Honorary Doctorate, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Gayatri Spivak
Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Inaugural Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award, Columbia University Asian Faculty Association

Honorary Doctorate, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Alan Stewart

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award

Alan Stewart

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award

Alan Stewart
Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award

Julie Stone Peters

H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Roger Cotterrell Lecture in Sociological Jurisprudence, Queen Mary University of London

Julie Stone Peters

H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Roger Cotterrell Lecture in Sociological Jurisprudence, Queen Mary University of London

Julie Stone Peters
H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Roger Cotterrell Lecture in Sociological Jurisprudence, Queen Mary University of London

Colm Toibin

Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities, English & Comp Literature

Bodley Medal, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

Colm Toibin

Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities, English & Comp Literature

Bodley Medal, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

Colm Toibin
Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities, English & Comp Literature

Bodley Medal, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University

Gauri Viswanathan

Class of 1933 Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Nominated by Princeton University to Stanley Kelley Jr Visitorship for Distinguished Teaching (2024-2025)

Gauri Viswanathan

Class of 1933 Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Nominated by Princeton University to Stanley Kelley Jr Visitorship for Distinguished Teaching (2024-2025)

Gauri Viswanathan
Class of 1933 Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Nominated by Princeton University to Stanley Kelley Jr Visitorship for Distinguished Teaching (2024-2025)

Hannah Weaver

Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination, selected fellow for 2023-24

Heyman Junior Faculty Fellowship, current fellow 2022-23

Hannah Weaver

Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination, selected fellow for 2023-24

Heyman Junior Faculty Fellowship, current fellow 2022-23

Hannah Weaver
Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination, selected fellow for 2023-24

Heyman Junior Faculty Fellowship, current fellow 2022-23

Jennifer Wenzel

Professor of English and Comparative Literature and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies

Lenfest Prize

Heyman Center Fellow

Jennifer Wenzel

Professor of English and Comparative Literature and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies

Lenfest Prize

Heyman Center Fellow

Jennifer Wenzel
Professor of English and Comparative Literature and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies

Lenfest Prize

Heyman Center Fellow

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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