Faculty Distinction 2022/23

Celebrating the awards, honors, and recognition of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences

Lila Abu-Lughod

Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science

Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Catherine Lacey

Assistant Professor of Writing

Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Victoria Bailey

Adjunct Professor of Theatre Arts

2023 Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre

Shana Redmond

Professor of English and Comparative Literature

2023 Guggenheim Fellow

David Scott

Ruth and William Lubic Professor of Anthropology

2023 Guggenheim Fellow

Mabel O. Wilson

Nancy and George Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies; Director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies

2023 Guggenheim Fellow
Elected to American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2022

Carol L. Prives

Da Costa Professor of Biology

Inducted to Royal Society of London

Panagiota Daskalopoulos

Professor of Mathematics

Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 2023

George Chauncey

De Witt Clinton Professor of American History

John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity, awarded by the Library of Congress, 2022

Mae Ngai

Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and Professor of History; Co-Director Center for Study of Race and Ethnicity

2022 Bancroft Prize 

Jennifer Lee

Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Social Sciences

Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Mario Small

Quetelet Professor of Social Science

Elected to the National Academy of Sciences 2022

Awarded the Social Science Research Katznelson Fellowship, 2022

As the intellectual heart of Columbia University, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences anchors a longstanding tradition of academic excellence and a world class approach to undergraduate, graduate, and professional education. Each year, it is our privilege to recognize and celebrate the professors who advance a tradition of excellence that dates back to Columbia’s founding in 1754.

As we gather to graduate in person the first class since the start of the pandemic, the Executive Committee would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the rigorous commitment to pedagogy and scholarly excellence that these awards and honors represent. Our remarkable faculty go above and beyond to foster the extraordinary research and learning environment of which our students are the proud beneficiaries as they make their way into the world.

Carlos J. Alonso

Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Vice President for Graduate Education
Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor in the Humanities

Amy E. Hungerford

Executive Vice President for Arts & Sciences
Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Ruth Fulton Benedict Professor of English and Comparative Literature

Josef Sorett

Dean of Columbia College
Vice President for Undergraduate Education
Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor