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 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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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

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

Theatre and Dance


Awards and Honors

American Academy of Arts and Letters

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

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

UC and UC San Diego Awards

UC San Diego Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award

UC San Diego Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award

For Senate Members

For Non-Senate Members

UC San Diego Academic Senate Faculty Research Lecturer

UC San Diego Academic Senate Faculty Research Lecturer

UC San Diego Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Award

UC San Diego Chancellor's Associates Faculty Excellence Award

UC San Diego Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity Award

UC San Diego Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action and Diversity Award

UC San Diego Hellman Fellows

UC San Diego Hellman Fellows

UC San Diego Revelle Medal

Revelle Medal Winners

 

UC Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award

UC Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award

  • 1996: Avrum Stroll, History

UC President's Research Fellowship in the Humanities

UC President's Research Fellowship in the Humanities

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