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.

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

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

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 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 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 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

UCSD 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 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

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

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

Conrad Prebys Presidential Chair in Music: Rand Steiger
Reed Family Presidential Chair in Music: Steven Schick
Chanellor's Distinguished Professorship V: Lei Liang

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