English and Comparative Literature

Faculty Distinction 2023/24

Joseph Albernaz

Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Lectureship (Vanderbilt University)

Joseph Albernaz

Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Lectureship (Vanderbilt University)

Joseph Albernaz
Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Lectureship (Vanderbilt University)

Denise Cruz

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

Ivy+ Mellon Leadership Fellow, Columbia University

2023-24 Provost Senior Teaching Scholar

Denise Cruz

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

Ivy+ Mellon Leadership Fellow, Columbia University

2023-24 Provost Senior Teaching Scholar

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

Ivy+ Mellon Leadership Fellow, Columbia University

2023-24 Provost Senior Teaching Scholar

Denise Cruz

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

Ivy+ Mellon Leadership Fellow, Columbia University

2023-24 Provost Senior Teaching Scholar

Denise Cruz

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

Ivy+ Mellon Leadership Fellow, Columbia University

2023-24 Provost Senior Teaching Scholar

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

Ivy+ Mellon Leadership Fellow, Columbia University

2023-24 Provost Senior Teaching Scholar

Patricia Dailey

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Institute for Ideas and Imagination Short-Term Faculty Visitorship

Patricia Dailey

Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Institute for Ideas and Imagination Short-Term Faculty Visitorship

Patricia Dailey
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Institute for Ideas and Imagination Short-Term Faculty Visitorship

Nicholas Dames

Theodore Kahan Professor of Humanities

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism for *The Chapter*

Nicholas Dames

Theodore Kahan Professor of Humanities

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism for *The Chapter*

Nicholas Dames
Theodore Kahan Professor of Humanities

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism for *The Chapter*

Kathy Eden

Chavkin Family Professor of English Literature and Professor of Classics

Election to the British Academy

Kathy Eden

Chavkin Family Professor of English Literature and Professor of Classics

Election to the British Academy

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

Election to the British Academy

Kathy Eden

Chavkin Family Professor of English Literature and Professor of Classics

Election to the British Academy

Kathy Eden

Chavkin Family Professor of English Literature and Professor of Classics

Election to the British Academy

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

Election to the British Academy

Brent Edwards

Peng Family Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Ford Foundation Scholar in Residence, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2022-23

Brent Edwards

Peng Family Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Ford Foundation Scholar in Residence, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2022-23

Brent Edwards
Peng Family Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Ford Foundation Scholar in Residence, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2022-23

Frances Negrón-Muntaner

Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities

Valor y Cambio selected for La Poligrafica, triennial of best in Puerto Rico art. organized by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, April

Bigs & Littles Mentoring award

Frances Negrón-Muntaner

Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities

Valor y Cambio selected for La Poligrafica, triennial of best in Puerto Rico art. organized by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, April

Bigs & Littles Mentoring award

Frances Negrón-Muntaner
Julian Clarence Levi Professor in the Humanities

Valor y Cambio selected for La Poligrafica, triennial of best in Puerto Rico art. organized by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, April

Bigs & Littles Mentoring award

Carlos Nugent

Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature

1921 Prize for the Best Essay of the Year (Tenure-Track Category), American Literature Society, 2023

Annette Kolodny Prize for the Best Environmentally Themed Paper at the Last Annual Meeting, American Studies Association (Awarded November 2023 for a Talk in November 2022)

Carlos Nugent

Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature

1921 Prize for the Best Essay of the Year (Tenure-Track Category), American Literature Society, 2023

Annette Kolodny Prize for the Best Environmentally Themed Paper at the Last Annual Meeting, American Studies Association (Awarded November 2023 for a Talk in November 2022)

Carlos Nugent
Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature

1921 Prize for the Best Essay of the Year (Tenure-Track Category), American Literature Society, 2023

Annette Kolodny Prize for the Best Environmentally Themed Paper at the Last Annual Meeting, American Studies Association (Awarded November 2023 for a Talk in November 2022)

Julie Peters

H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Global Professorial Fellowship, Queen Mary University of London School of Law

Julie Peters

H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Global Professorial Fellowship, Queen Mary University of London School of Law

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

Global Professorial Fellowship, Queen Mary University of London School of Law

Shana Redmond

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation

Hutchins Family Fellowship, Hutchins Center for African & African American Studies Research, Harvard University

Shana Redmond

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation

Hutchins Family Fellowship, Hutchins Center for African & African American Studies Research, Harvard University

Shana Redmond
Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation

Hutchins Family Fellowship, Hutchins Center for African & African American Studies Research, Harvard University

James Shapiro

Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Appointed Gerhard Casper Fellow, American Academy in Berlin, Spring 2024

“1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare” winner of Baillie Gifford ‘Best of the Best’ Prize (for best of all previous 25 prize-winners) for the best non-fiction book published in Britain

James Shapiro

Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Appointed Gerhard Casper Fellow, American Academy in Berlin, Spring 2024

“1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare” winner of Baillie Gifford ‘Best of the Best’ Prize (for best of all previous 25 prize-winners) for the best non-fiction book published in Britain

James Shapiro
Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Appointed Gerhard Casper Fellow, American Academy in Berlin, Spring 2024

“1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare” winner of Baillie Gifford ‘Best of the Best’ Prize (for best of all previous 25 prize-winners) for the best non-fiction book published in Britain

Gayatri Spivak

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Honorary Doctorate, Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos de Educacion Inclusiva (Consortium of 9 Latin American Universities)

Columbia University Asian Faculty Association Inaugural Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award

Honorary Doctorate, Nanterre

Gayatri Spivak

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Honorary Doctorate, Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos de Educacion Inclusiva (Consortium of 9 Latin American Universities)

Columbia University Asian Faculty Association Inaugural Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award

Honorary Doctorate, Nanterre

Gayatri Spivak
Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Honorary Doctorate, Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos de Educacion Inclusiva (Consortium of 9 Latin American Universities)

Columbia University Asian Faculty Association Inaugural Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award

Honorary Doctorate, Nanterre

Gauri Viswanathan

Class of 1933 Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Stanley Kelley Jr. Visitorship for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University (2024-2025)

Gauri Viswanathan

Class of 1933 Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Stanley Kelley Jr. Visitorship for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University (2024-2025)

Gauri Viswanathan
Class of 1933 Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Stanley Kelley Jr. Visitorship for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University (2024-2025)

Gauri Viswanathan

Class of 1933 Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Stanley Kelley Jr. Visitorship for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University (2024-2025)

Gauri Viswanathan

Class of 1933 Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Stanley Kelley Jr. Visitorship for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University (2024-2025)

Gauri Viswanathan
Class of 1933 Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Stanley Kelley Jr. Visitorship for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton University (2024-2025)

Jennifer Wenzel

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

2023-24 Heyman Center Senior Faculty Fellowship

Contributor to The Aesthetic Life of Infrastructure, awarded 2023 MLA Prize for an Edited Collection.

2023 Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award

Jennifer Wenzel

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

2023-24 Heyman Center Senior Faculty Fellowship

Contributor to The Aesthetic Life of Infrastructure, awarded 2023 MLA Prize for an Edited Collection.

2023 Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award

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

2023-24 Heyman Center Senior Faculty Fellowship

Contributor to The Aesthetic Life of Infrastructure, awarded 2023 MLA Prize for an Edited Collection.

2023 Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award

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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