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 Faculty Awards & Honors

School of Arts and Humanities faculty have received many prestigious awards and honors, including earning the title of endowed chair. See a list of faculty award winners by award/distinction below.

Headshot of professor Jac Jemc

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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American Council of Learned Societies Fellows

American Council of Learned Societies Fellows

Ford Foundation Fellows

Ford Foundation Fellows

Grawemeyer Award

Grawemeyer Award

Guggenheim Fellows

Guggenheim Fellows

MacArthur Fellows

MacArthur Fellows

National Book Critics Circle Award

National Book Critics Circle Award

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows

National Humanities Center Fellows

National Humanities Medal

Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

Tony Award

UC and UC San Diego Awards

UC San Diego Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award

For Senate Members

For Non-Senate Members

UC San Diego Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Award


UC San Diego Academic Senate Faculty Research Lecturer


UC San Diego Hellman Fellows


UCSD Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity Award


UC Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award

  • 1996: Avrum Stroll, History

UC President's Research Fellowship in the Humanities

Endowed Chairs

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

History

  • Chair in Studies in Ancient Jewish Civilizations: 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

Music

Philosophy

  • Valtz Family Chair in Philosophy: Richard Arneson
  • Allison Endowed Chair: currently unfilled

Theatre and Dance

  • Arthur and Molli Wagner Chair in Acting: currently unfilled