Faculty
Faculty members who teach in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences are scholars who are devoted to study and research in their own professional fields and committed teachers who care deeply about the intellectual engagement and growth of their students. The College is proud to be home to over 200 faculty members who, together, represent an elite group of nationally and internationally recognized scholars, authors, and teachers.
Awards
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is extremely proud of its accomplished faculty – world-class intellectuals in every department and program. H&SS professors are experts in their fields. They conduct research, publish books and papers, are quoted in the media, present at conferences, and win awards.
How do we describe our faculty? Passionate. Dedicated. Driven. Accessible. They drive our rich and rewarding curriculum, which connects and combines classical liberal arts with outstanding professional study.
We are happy to list the awards received by our faculty and congratulate them for their outstanding efforts.
2022 H&SS Awards Recipients
This year we received twenty-two nominations for the six HSS Faculty Awards. The quality of these applications was, once again, truly impressive and it was a difficult task to select from the high number of exceptional applicants. The high quality of the nominations is a testament to the commitment and excellence of the faculty of this college.
Distinguished Faculty Member
Stephen Stambough, Politics, Administration, and Justice
Outstanding Scholarship and Creativity
Dustin Abnet, American Studies
Outstanding Teaching
Natalie Novoa, African American Studies
Outstanding Service
Sarah Hill, Politics, Administration, and Justice
Outstanding Untenured Faculty Member
Trevis Matheus, Geography and the Environment
Outstanding Lecturer
Phuoc Duong, Anthropology/Asian American Studies
2022 Dean’s Faculty Scholarly Achievement Award
Lucia Alcalá -- “A cultural lens on Yucatec Maya families’ COVID-19 experiences” in Child Development.
Jesse Battan -- “What is the Correct Revolutionary Proletarian Attitude toward Sex?”: Red Love and the Americanization of Marx in the Interwar Years” in Marxism and America: New Appraisals.
Kevin Lambert -- “William Thomson’s Notebooks” in Symbols and Things: Material Mathematics in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.
2021/22 Dean's Research Award for Associate Professors
To assist associate professors in completing the research and publications necessary to attain the rank of full professor, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences has established a cash award for research for associate professors. This award has been funded by a gift from an anonymous emeriti faculty member and the Dean’s discretionary account:
Spring 2022
Eric Carbajal,
Modern Language and Literatures
Satoko Kakihara,
Modern Languages and Literatures
Summer 2022 Research/Writing & Pedagogical Innovations Stipends
Eddy Alvarez, Jr.,
Chicana and Chicano Studies
L. Maria Bo, English,
Comparative Literature, and Linguistics
Satoko Kakihara, Modern Languages and Literatures
Natalie Novoa,
African American Studies
Hiromi Tobaru,
Modern Languages and Literatures
André Zampaulo, Modern Languages and Literatures
2021/22 International Travel Grants
Fanny Daubigny, Modern Languages and Literatures
Sharon Kim, Sociology
Kevin Lambert, Liberal Studies
Mugdha Yeolekar, Religious Studies
2021/2022 Faculty Recognition: Scholarly and Creative Activity
We are proud of the H&SS faculty who were recognized for their outstanding records of scholarly and/or creative activity. Work produced between January 2018 and August 2021 was considered for the award
Dustin Abnet, American Studies
Sara Fingal, American Studies
Eric Estuar Reyes, Asian American Studies
Sarah Grant, Anthropology
Karen Stocker, Anthropology
Mario Alberto Obando, Jr., Chicana and Chicano Studies
David Kelman, English, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics
Kenneth Van Bik, English, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics
J. Chris Westgate, English, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics
Jochen Burgtorf, History
Jamila Moore Pewu, History
André Zampaulo, Modern Languages and Literatures
Emily Kuffner, Modern Languages and Literatures
Alissa Ackerman, Politics, Administration and Justice
Lidia Nuño, Politics, Administration and Justice
Alexei Shevchenko, Politics, Administration and Justice
David Traven, Politics, Administration and Justice
Yuko Okado, Psychology
Nancy L. Segal, Psychology
Zakyi Ibrahim, Religious Studies
Anthony Alvarez, Sociology
Taylor Cruz, Sociology
