Faculty Awards & Honors

The School of Arts and Humanities is proud to highlight the achievements of our faculty, recipients of prestigious awards, honors and endowed chair titles. Please see the below drawers for a breakdown of recognized faculty by award or distinction.

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Faculty celebrated as 2023 Guggenheim Fellow

Professor Jac Jemc (Literature) was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, a prestigious distinction that selected 170 fellows of nearly 2,500 applicants. The fellowship supports research and creative work. Jemc is a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow in Fiction.

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Composer Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Letters

Internationally recognized composer Roger Reynolds (Music) was inducted into the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters at a ceremony held May 24, 2023 in New York City. The UC San Diego Department of Music now boasts three faculty members as part of prestigious academy.

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Roger Reynolds speaks with seated musicians

Endowed Chairs

Endowed chairs are highly honored academic positions that attract and support distinguished faculty.

History

David Goodblatt Chair in Ancient Jewish Civilization: Mira Balberg
Herman Wouk Chair of Modern Jewish Studies: Deborah Hertz
Hwei-Chih and Julia Hsiu Endowed Chair in Chinese Studies: Karl Gerth
Harriet and Louis Bookheim Endowed Chair in Biblical Hebrew and Related Languages: not currently filled
Gerry and Jeannie Ranglas Endowed Chair in Ancient Greek History: Denise Demetriou
Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Endowed Chair in Byzantine Greek History: Edward Watts
Nicholas Family Endowed Chair in Modern Greek History: Thomas Gallant
Frank Caylus Grandier Chair in Medieval European History: not currently filled
Paul G. Pickowicz Endowed Chair in Modern Chinese History: Micah Muscolino

Literature

Rebeca Hickel Endowed Chair in Elizabethan and Early Modern Literature: Daniel Vitkus
Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature: Daisuke Miyao
Katzin Chair in Jewish Civilization: Lisa Lampert-Weissig
Judaic Studies: Amelia Glaser
Chuan Lyu Endowed Chair in Taiwan Studies: Ping-hui Liao

Music

Cecil Lytle Chancellor's Endowed Chair in African and African-American Music: Anthony Davis
Chancellor's Distinguished Professorship: Lei Liang
Conrad Prebys Presidential Chair in Music: Rand Steiger
Reed Family Presidential Chair in Music: Steven Schick
Roghieh Chehre-Azad Distinguished Professorship: Shahrokh Yadegari

Philosophy

Allison Endowed Chair: Christopher Shields
Tata Chancellor's Endowed Professorship in Philosophy: Craig Callender
Valtz Family Chair in Philosophy: currently unfilled

Theatre and Dance

Arthur and Molli Wagner Chair in Acting: Stephen Buescher

Awards and Honors

American Academy of Arts and Letters

American Academy of Arts and Letters members

2023: Roger Reynolds, Music
2021: Anthony Davis, Music
2020: Chinary Ung, Music

American Council of Learned Societies Fellows

2020: Shelley Streeby, Literature
2018: Sar a Johnson, Literature
2016: Jan Pasler, Music
2011: Weijing Lu, History
2010: Christian Wuthrich, Philosophy
2006: Nancy Caciola, History
1989: Takashi Fujitani, History
1989: Lisa Lowe, Literature
1973: Michael Parrish, History

Ford Foundation Fellows

2015: Jessica Graham, Literature
2005: Sara Johnson, Literature
1990: Michael Hardimon, Philosophy
1989: David Gutierrez, History
1985: Michael Monteón, History
1976: Chinary Ung, Music
1968: Richard Arneson, Philosophy

Grawemeyer Award

2019: Lei Liang, Music
1989: Chinary Ung, Music

Guggenheim Fellows

2023: Jac Jemc, Literature
2021: Amy Adler, Visual Arts
2018: Nicole Miller, Visual Arts
2015: Pinar Yoldas, Visual Arts
2015: Rand Steiger, Music
2012: Eileen Myles, Literature
2011: Eric Van Young, History
2009: Lei Liang, Music
2008: Rae Armantrout, Literature
2006: Anthony Davis, Music
2006: Robert Edelman, History
2005: Fanny Howe, Literature
2003: Lisa Lowe, Literature
2002: Takashi Fujitani, History
2002: Lev Manovich, Visual Arts
2001: Todd Kontje, Literature
1998: Norman Bryson, Visual Arts
1997: Eleanor Antin, Visual Arts
1996: Louis Montrose, Literature
1993: Seth Lerer, Literature
1988: Don E. Wayne, Literature
1987: Faith Ringgold, Visual Arts
1987: Allan Havis, Theatre and Dance
1986: Susan Kirkpatrick, Literature
1985: Henry Allison, Philosophy
1984: David Ringrose, History
1978: Jaime Concha, Literature
1977: Chinary Ung, Music
1976: Robert Westman, History
1976: David Antin, Visual Arts
1975: Masao Miyoshi, Literature
1975: Roy Harvey Pearce, Literature
1974: Jerome Rothenburg, Visual Arts
1974: James Lyon, Literature
1973: Harvey Sollberger, Music
1972: Avrum Stroll, Philosophy
1971: Masao Miyoshi, Literature
1970: David Crowne, Literature
1969: Harvey Sollberger, Music
1967: Frederick Olafson, Philosophy
1964: Roger Reynolds, Music

MacArthur Fellows

1993: Nancy Cartwright, Philosophy
1991: Patricia Churchland, Philosophy

National Book Critics Circle Award

2009: Rae Armantrout, Literature
2008: Seth Lerer, Literature

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows

2012: Sarah Schneewind, History
2008: Mark Hanna, History
2006: Monte Johnson, Philosophy
2002: David Brink, Philosophy
2001: Eric Watkins, Philosophy
1996: Eric Watkins, Philosophy
1990: David Brink, Philosophy
1989: John Welchman, Visual Arts
1984: Gerald Doppelt, Philosophy
1974: Gerald Doppelt, Philosophy
1974: Michael Parrish, History

National Humanities Center Fellows

2006: Jann Pasler, Music
2003: David Ringrose, History

National Humanities Medal

1998: Ramon Eduardo Ruiz, History

Pulitzer Prize

2020: Anthony Davis, Music for "The Central Park Five"
2010: Rae Armantrout, Poetry for "Versed"
1989: Roger Reynolds, Music for "Whispers Out of Time"

Silver Lion Award

Silver Lion Award from La Biennale di Venezia

2023: Miller Puckette, Music for “designing and developing the software Max/Msp and Pure Data, two of the most important and widespread programs for computer music, which provided new possibilities for successive generations of composers, musicians and multimedia artists”

Tony Award

1997: Judith Dolan, Costume Design for Candide

UC and UC San Diego Awards

UC San Diego Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award

For Senate Members

2022: King Britt, Music
2019: Rebecca Jo Plant, History
2018: Ari Larissa Heinrich, Literature
2017: Rachel Klein, History
2016: Charlie Oates, Theatre & Dance
2015: Mark Hanna, History
2014: Natalia Molina, History
2014: Nancy Kwak, History
2013: Nicole Tonkovich, Literature
2013: Michael Trigilio, Visual Arts
2012: Sara Johnson, Literature
2012: Emily Roxworthy, Theatre & Dance
2011: Patrick Patterson, History
2010: Hasan Kayali, History
2010: Anna Joy Springer, Literature
2010: Eric Watkins, Philosophy
2009: Paul Pickowicz, History
2008: Donald Rutherford, Philosophy
2008: Steven Schick, Music
2007: Ursula Meyer, Theatre & Dance
2006: Grant Kester, Visual Arts
2005: Kathryn Shevelow, Literature
2004: Carol Plantamura, Music
2003: David Luft, History
2000: Stephen Cox, Literature
1999: Pamela Radcliff, History
1998: James Winker, Theatre & Dance
1996: Gerald Doppelt, Philosophy
1995: David Gutierrez, History
1994: Phel Steinmetz, Visual Arts

For Non-Senate Members

2021: Jeyseon Lee, Literature
2018: Todd Salovey, Theatre and Dance
2018: Adriana De Marchi Gherini, Literature
2011: Catherine Ploye, Literature
2010: Ken Anderson, Music
2010: Rebecca Wells, Literature
2009: Kamau Kenyatta, Music
2007: Stephen Potts, Literature
2006: John Granger, Literature
2005: Melvyn Freilicher, Literature
2002: Charles Chamberlain, Literature

UC San Diego Academic Senate Faculty Research Lecturer

2013: Michael Parrish, History
2011: Marcel Henaff, Literature
2008: Donald Rutherford, Philosophy
2005: Page duBois, Literature
2003: Michael Davidson, Literature
2002: Jorge Huerta, Theatre and Dance
1995: Martin Rudwick, History
1988: Patricia Churchland, Philosophy
1986: Louis Montrose, Literature
1984: Bernard Rands, Music

UC San Diego Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Award

2018: Craig Callender, Philosophy (Research in Humanities and Social Sciences)
2018: Robert Brill, Theatre and Dance (Performing and Visual Arts)
2017: Pamela Radcliff, History (Graduate Teaching)
2017: Ruben Ortiz-Torres, Visual Arts (Performing and Visual Arts)
2016: David Brink, Philosophy (Research in Humanities and Social Sciences)
2016: Teddy Cruz, Visual Arts (Community Service)
2016: Anya Gallaccio, Visual Arts (Performing and Visual Arts)
2015: Roger Reynolds, Music (Performing and Visual Arts)
2015: Dennis Childs, Literature (Community Service)
2014: Susan Narucki, Music (Performing and Visual Arts)
2013: Anna Joy Springer, Literature (Performing and Visual Arts)
2012: Steven Schick, Music (Performing and Visual Arts)
2011: Anthony Davis, Music (Performing and Visual Arts)
2011: Camille Forbes, Literature (Community Service)
2010: Naomi Iizuka, Theatre and Dance (Performing and Visual Arts)
2010: Lisa Lowe, Literature (Graduate Teaching)
2010: Samuel Rickless, Philosophy (Undergraduate Teaching)
2009: Nancy Cartwright, Philosophy (Research in Arts, Humanities & Soc. Sci.)
2008: Naomi Oreskes, History (Community Service)
2007: Craig Callender, Philosophy (Graduate Teaching)
2006: Shelley Streeby, Literature (Graduate Teaching)
2003: Joseph Esherick, History (Graduate Teaching)
2003: Paul Pickowicz, History (Graduate Teaching)
2001: Jorge Mariscal, Literature (Community Service)
2000: Bertram Turetzky, Music (Community Service)
1998: Cecil Lytle, Music (Community Service)
1997: Paul M. Churchland, Philosophy (Teaching)
1996: Eleanor Antin, Visual Arts (Arts)
1992: Roger Reynolds, Music (Arts)

UC San Diego Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity Award

2016: Emily Roxworthy, Theatre and Dance
2013: Division of Arts and Humanities
2012: Luis Alvarez, History
2012: Nadine George, Theatre and Dance
2007: Jorge Huerta, Theatre and Dance

UC San Diego Hellman Fellows

2021: Danielle Dean, Visual Arts
2021: Jade Power Sotomayor, Theatre and Dance
2021: Jordan Rose, Visual Arts
2020 Wilfrido Terrazas, Music
2020: Monique Wonderly, Philosophy
2019: Sara Hankins, Music
2019: Nicole Miller, Visual Arts
2019: Vanessa Stalling, Theatre and Dance
2019: Kathryn Walkiewicz, Literature
2019: Pinar Yoldas, Visual Arts
2018: Erik Carlson, Music
2018: Erica Cho, Visual Arts
2018: Stephanie Richards, Music
2017: Natacha Diels, Music
2017: Simeon Man, History
2017: Julie Burelle, Theatre and Dance
2016: Amy Cimini, Music
2016: Deborah Stein, Theatre and Dance
2016: Matthew Vitz, History
2016: Alena Williams, Visual Arts
2015: Dana Murillo , History
2014: Gloria Chacon, Literature
2013: Ben Doller, Literature
2012: Saba Bazargan, Philosophy
2012: Nancy Kwak, History
2012: Katharina Rosenberger, Music
2011: Todd Henry, History
2011: Tara Knight, Theatre and Dance
2010: Anthony Burr, Music
2010: Mark Hanna, History
2010: G. Mark Hendrickson, History
2010: Sara Johnson, Literature
2010: Eun-Young Jung, Music
2010: Dayna Kalleres, Literature
2010: Luis Martin-Cabrera, Literature
2010: Patrick Patterson, History
2010: Babak Rahimi, Literature
2010: Katharina Rosenberger, Music
2010: Anna Joy Springer, Literature
2009: Robert Castro, Theatre and Dance
2009: Dennis Childs, Literature
2009: Amelia Glaser, Literature
2009: Nancy Kwak, History
2009: Lei Liang, Music
2009: Luis Martin-Cabrera, Literature
2009: Patrick Patterson, History
2009: Anna Joy Springer, Literature
2009: Clinton Tolley, Philosophy
2009: Christian Wüthrich, Philosophy
2008: Dennis Childs, Literature
2008: Liam Clancy, Theatre and Dance
2008: Ricardo Dominguez, Visual Arts
2008: Catherine Gere, History
2008: Monte Johnson, Philosophy
2008: Dayna Kalleres, Literature
2008: Margaret Loose, Literature
2008: Daniel Widener, History
2007: Amelia Glaser, Literature
2007: Rebecca Plant, History
2006: Amy Alexander, Visual Arts
2006: Sara Johnson, Literature
2006: Rebecca Plant, History
2006: Megan Wesling, Literature
2005: Jonathan Cohen, Philosophy
2005: Camille Forbes, Literature
2005: Shahrokh Yadegari, Theatre and Dance
2004: Frank Biess, History
2004: Richard Cohen, Literature
2004: Weijing Lu, History
2003: Lisa Lampert, Literature
2003: Dana Nelkin, Philosophy
2003: Victoria Petrovich, Theatre and Dance
2002: Nancy A. Guy, Music
2002: Samuel Rickless, Philosophy
2001: Grant Kester, Visual Arts
2001: Milos Kokotovic, Literature
2000: Shelley Streeby, Literature
1999: Elizabeth Newsome, Visual Arts

UC San Diego Revelle Medal

Revelle Medal Winners

2023: Eleanor Antin, Visual Arts
2022: Patricia Churchland, Philosophy
2020: Rae Armantrout, Literature
2016: Roger Reynolds, Music
2015: Cecil Lytle, Music

UC Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award

1996: Avrum Stroll, History

UC President's Research Fellowship in the Humanities

2012: Frank Biess, History
2011: Lisa Lowe, Literature
2010: Christian Wuthrich, Philosophy
2008: Lisa Lampert-Weissig, Literature
2008: Weijing Lu, History
2007: Sarah Schneewind, History
2006: Nancy Caciola, History
2002: Frank Biess, History
2000: Joseph W. Esherick, History
2000: Nancy Caciola, History
1997: Hasan Kayali, History
1997: David Brink, Philosophy
1996: Louis Montrose, Literature

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