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School of Liberal Arts Faculty Awards and Honors,
2002-2007

 

 

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND HONORS FROM NON-UNIVERSITY SOURCES

Albrecht, Thomas, Assistant Professor, English

  • Participant, Summer Institute for Literary Studies, National Humanities Center, $2,280

Allen, John, Assistant Professor, Theatre and Dance

  • CEC ArtsLink, $3,500
  • Louisiana Division of the Arts, $6,700
  • U.S. Embassy, Moscow (with Barbara Hayley, Professor, Theatre and Dance), $6,400
  • Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, Distinguished Visiting Lectureship, $4000
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette, $6,500
  • Arts and Humanities Council of Greater Baton Rouge, $1,000
  • American College Dance Festival Association, Gala Concert Artist (3 works)
  • Regional Dance America, Gala Concert Artist
  • Classical Arts Award, Best Modern Dance Production

Andrews, E. Wyllys V, Professor, Anthropology

  • Co- Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement (4 grants) $23,594
  • Co- Principal Investigator, N.A.S.A. Graduate Student Researchers Program, $75,000

Avelar, Idelber, Professor, Spanish and Portuguese

  • Rockefeller Resident Fellowship, University of Chile ( Santiago)
  • Brazilian Foreign Ministry International Award for best essay on Machado de Assis
  • Brazilian Ministry of Education Fellowship for Visiting Faculty, Federal University of Minas Gerais
  • Chilean Ministry of Education Grant for Visiting Faculty, University of Chile ( Santiago)

Balée, William L., Professor, Anthropology

  • World Wildlife Fund Travel Grant for formation of Associacao Ka'apor, Brazil, $2,500

Bankston, Carl L. III, Professor and Chair, Sociology

  • Co-Principal Investigator, the American Sociological Association Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline, $7,000
  • Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation for Rental Market Discrimination, $7,500
  • President, Mid-South Sociological Association
  • Stanford Lyman Distinguished Book Award
  • Louisiana Library Association Literary Award
  • Thomas and Znaniecki Award for Outstanding Book in International Migration

Bass, Laura, Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese

  • Participant, National Endowment for Humanities Summer Seminar, Boston Athenaeum
  • Millar Meiss Publication Subvention Grant

Bogdan, Radu, Professor, Philosophy

  • Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Bucharest

Boone, Elizabeth, Professor, Art

  • Visiting Scholar, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC, $10,000
  • Millard Meiss Publications Subvention Grant, $3,000
  • Andrew W. Mellon Professor, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Brayfield, April, Associate Professor, Sociology

  • National Science Foundation, $7,330
  • Finalist, Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, Sloan Center for Work and Family
  • Invited Scholar-in-Residence, Institute for Social Policy and Labour, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour, Budapest, Hungary

Bricker, Victoria R., Professor Emerita, Anthropology

  • Member, American Philosophical Society
  • Tatiana Proskouriakoff Award, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University

Burger, Ronna, Professor, Philosophy

  • Siemens Stiftung Fellowship, Munich
  • Earhart Foundation Fellowship

Chism, Sandy, Associate Professor, Art

  • Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans, $2,500
  • Pollock Krasner Grant, Santa Fe Art Institute, $ 1,000
  • Louisiana Division of the Arts Fellowship, $5,000

Cooley, Peter, Professor, English

  • U.S. Representative to the International Poetry Festival, Wellington, New Zealand
  • Featured Reader, Ohio Poetry Circuit

Desai, Gaurav, Associate Professor of English and African and African Diaspora Studies; Chair, Department of English

  • National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute Participant, $3,250
  • Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Travel Grant, $1000
  • Frederick Burkhardt Fellowship for Recently Tenured Scholars, American Council of Learned Societies, $75,000
  • Visiting Fellow (now Life Member), Clare Hall, Cambridge University
  • Director, Faculty Development Seminar, National Humanities Center
  • Rockefeller Foundation Residency at the Bellagio Conference Center, Italy

Devine, Joel A., Professor, Sociology and Director, Partnership for the Transformation of Urban Communities

  • Principal, Institute for the Study of Race and Poverty Planning Grant, Ford Foundation, $200,000
  • Principal, Partnership for the Transformation of Urban Communities Planning Grant, John D. and Catharine T. MacArthur Foundation, $200,000
  • Co-Principal, Fulbright Committee (CIEE), Faculty Exchange: Tulane ( New Orleans, USA) and EHESS ( Paris, France), $17,000
  • Principal, HANO Research, Research & Evaluation Group, Campus Affiliates Program, Tulane University, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, $91,499

Devlin, Rachel J., Associate Professor, History

  • Research Fellowship, Social Sciences Research Council. Full salary + $5,000, (2000-01)

Dinerstein, Joel, Assistant Professor, English

  • Harry Ransom Center Research Fellowship, $3000
  • Eugene M. Kayden Press Book Award (in recognition of the best book in the humanities published by an American university press)
  • Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Best Research in Recorded Jazz, Rock, Rhythm & Blues, or Soul

Du, Shanshan, Associate Professor, Anthropology

  • Charles A. Ryskamp Research Fellowship, American Council of Learned Societies

Dunn, Christopher, Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese

  • Fulbright Scholars Award for Teaching/Research in Brazil, $20,000

Edwards, John H. Y., AssociateProfessor, Economics

  • World Bank, $50,000

Elliott, James R., Assistant Professor, Sociology

  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, $68,364

Glidden, Hope, Professor, French and Italian

  • Principal Investigator, Louisiana Board of Regents Traditional Graduate Fellows Program grant, $72,000

Harris, Ronna, Associate Professor, Art

  • Joan Mitchell Award, $6,000
  • Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans, $2,000

Hayley, Barbara, Professor, Theatre and Dance

  • Global Site Performance, $13,000
  • City of Moscow International Festival of Authentic Music and Theatre Art, $2,000
  • U.S. Embassy, Moscow (with John Allen, Assistant Professor, Theatre and Dance), $6,400
  • Classical Arts Award, Special Achievement in Dance

Hollander, Philip, Assistant Professor, Germanic and Slavic Studies

  • Fellow, Institute for Israeli Studies, Brandeis University
  • Participant, United States Holocaust Museum and Memorial's Hess Faculty Seminar on Literature and the Holocaust
  • Participant, Brandeis University Summer Institute for Israel Studies.

Horiba, Yutaka, Professor, Economics

  • Conference Grant, The Japan Foundation
  • Osaka University , 7,840
  • Association of Japanese Trust Banks, $2,195

Jack, Katharine M., Assistant Professor, Anthropology

  • National Geographic Society, Conservation Trust, $28,000
  • Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, $15,000

Jazwinski, Barbara, Professor, Music

  • Composition Commissions: National Music Teachers Association, Flexible Music Ensemble, The New Hudson Saxophone Quartet, NYC, New York University New Music Ensemble
  • Composition Performances: Louisiana Music Teachers Association/National Music Teachers Association, International Computer Music Conference, Ensemble Onix, Mexico, WPRB 103.3FM Princeton, NJ, Radio Monalisa, Amsterdam, New Orleans Spectri Sonori, Rutgers University, Rowan University, North/South Consonance, International Festival of Contemporary Music, Laboratorium, Warsaw, Poland, Wayne Paterson University, New York City, Beijing, China, Hamburg, Germany, New York University, Patterson University
  • Conference Director, First National Conference on American Composers – Leonard Bernstein

Jernegan, Jeremy, Associate Professor, Art

  • Award of Excellence, 5th annual Grand Isle Juried Exhibition
  • 3-D Gold Medal, George E. Ohr Challenge Exhibition, George Ohr Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS

Jones, Kevin, Assistant Professor, Art

  • KAT fund, Houston Contemporary Art Museum, $5,000

Kehoe, Dennis, Professor, Classical Studies

  • National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, $5,000.
  • Membership, School of Historical Studies, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, $3,500.

Klingler, Thomas A., Associate Professor, French and Italian.

  • American Council of Learned Societies research fellowship, $40,000
  • National Endowment for the Humanities research fellowship, $40,000
  • Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Louisiana Publication Initiative Grant, $4,000
  • Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Outreach Grant, $2,500
  • Principal Investigator, Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund Enhancement Grant, $34,000
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund Enhancement Grant, $36,340
  • Cane River National Heritage Area research grant. $12,000
  • Fellow, Camargo Foundation ( Cassis, France)

Koritz, Amy, Associate Professor, English

  • Transforma Projects/National Performance Network Seed Support Program, Home, New Orleans (Collaborative Grant), $30,000

Kuczynski, Michael, Associate Professor, English

  • Lester J. Cappon Fellowship in Documentary Editing, Newberry Library, $1,200
  • Franklin Research Fellowship, American Philosophical Society, $3,000
  • Visiting Fellow, Trinity College, Oxford University

Latner, Richard, Professor, History

  • Principal Investigator, Louisiana Board of Regents Traditional Graduate Fellows Program grant, $72,000

Lewis, Nghana, Assistant Professor, English and African & African Diaspora Studies

  • Louisiana Board of Regents Education Enhancement Grant, $87,000
  • Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Early Career Fellowship, $30,000

Luongo, Thomas F., Associate Professor, History

  • Andrew W. Mellon Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome

Lusnia, Susann, Assistant Professor, Classical Studies

  • Franklin Summer Research Grant, American Philosophical Society, $5,000
  • Margot Tytus Visiting Scholar, Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati, $2000

Mack, Eric, Professor, Philosophy

  • Liberty Fund Resident Scholar
  • Bradley Foundation Scholar, Bowling Green State University

Mackin, Jim, Associate Professor, Communication

  • Commencement Speaker, School of Communication, University of Texas, Austin

Mark, Rebecca, Associate Professor, English and Interim Executive Director, Newcomb Institute.

  • Public Service Humanities Award, Mississippi Humanities Council (Joint Winner)
  • President, Eudora Welty Society

Masquelier, Adeline M., Associate Professor, Anthropology

  • American Council of Learned Societies, $40,000
  • National Endowment for the Humanities, $40,000
  • African Studies Centre-Leiden/Centre d'Etude d'Afrique Noire-Bordeaux

Maxwell, Judith M., Professor, Anthropology

  • Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc., $10,000

Mayer, Vicki, Associate Professor, Communication

  • Business and Diversity Conference Award, International Radio and TV Society, New York
  • Invited Speaker, Media Arts, Film and Media, Women’s Studies: University of Wisconsin. UC- Los Angeles.

McCall, Anne, Associate Professor, French and Italian and Associate Dean, School of Liberal Arts

  • Fellow, Columbia University’s International Institute for Scholars ( Paris, France)

Miller, Marylin, Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese

  • Participant, School of Criticism and Theory, Cornell University

Morris, Paula, Assistant Professor, English

  • New Work Grant, Creative New Zealand, NZ$18,000
  • New Work Grant, Asia-NewZealand Foundation, NZ$2000
  • New Zealand Book Council, International Writers Program, to appear at Shanghai Literary festival, NZ$2500
  • University of Arkansas, Visiting Writer, $3000
  • University of Nevada, Visiting Writer, $1000
  • University of Iowa, International Writers Program, Writer-in-Residence, $5200
  • Hubert Church Award for Best First Book of Fiction, Montana New Zealand Book Awards
  • Finalist, Reviewer of the Year, Montana New Zealand Book Awards
  • Longlist, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
  • Visiting Writer, Birkbeck College, London
  • Writer in Residence, Michael King Writer’s Centre, Auckland, New Zealand

Nair, Supriya, Associate Professor of English and Director of Womens Studies

  • Visiting Fellow (now Life Member), Clare Hall, Cambridge University

Nelson, Katherine R., Assistant Professor, Anthropology

  • Co-Principal Investigator, National Geographic Society, $30,000
  • National Endowment for the Humanities, $5,000
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, $5,000
  • Field Museum of Natural History, $1,500

Olson, Mary, Associate Professor, Economics

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, $100,000

Pavlovic, Tatjana, Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese

  • Research grant, Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of Education and United States Universities, $2,500
  • Research grant, Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of Education and United States Universities, $1,500

Pascal Escher, Alice, Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance

  • Guest Artist, Libertyville Dance Academy, Chicago
  • Classical Arts Award, Best Modern Dance Production, Newcomb Dance Co.

Pfrimmer, Amy, Head of the Vocal Program, Professor of Practice, Music

  • Solo artist with London Symphony Orchestra, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Montreal Opera, New Orleans Opera, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Teatro Lirico d'Europa, Mozart Festival Opera, Baltimore Choral Arts, Illinois Symphony, Santa Barbara Symphony, Memphis Symphony, Shreveport Opera, Lake Charles Symphony, Pensacola Opera, Ohio Light Opera, Baton Rouge Symphony, University of West Florida Music Hall Artist Series
  • Artist in Residence, University of West Florida
  • Artist in Residence, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA )

Pizer, Donald, Professor Emeritus, English

  • Brackenridge Lecturer, University of Texas, San Antonio
  • Eidson Lecturer, University of Georgia

Poe, Elizabeth, Professor, French and Italian

  • Fellow, Camargo Foundation ( Cassis, France)

Porto, Mauro, Assistant Professor, Communication

  • Consultant on Press Freedom, Freedom Press
  • Kellogg Foundation Brazil Journalism Certification Board

Ramer, Samuel, Associate Professor, History

  • Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Teacher Institute for Advanced Study Grant

Riley, Jon, Professor, Philosophy

  • Folger Shakespeare Library Research Award, Washington DC
  • National Humanities Center Fellowship, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Rodning, Christopher B., Assistant Professor, Anthropology

  • Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, Anthropology Program, $167,012
  • Co-Principal Investigator, National Geographic Society, $20,000

Rothenberg, Molly, Associate Professor, English

  • Readership, Folger Institute, $4,000
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Focus Grant for World Literature Program (with Ray Taras), $15,000

Sachs, Martin, Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance

  • Big Easy Entertainment Award, Dirty Blonde, Best Lighting Design

Schierhorn, Paul, Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance

  • Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) Fellow

Schroeder, Susan, France Vinton Scholes Professor of Colonial Latin American History

  • Principal Investigator, National Endowment for the Humanities, Collaborative Translation, $80,000.

Sensen, Oliver, Assistant Professor, Philosophy

  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft grant
  • DAAD Scholarship
  • Arts and Humanities Research Board, UK

Soufas, Christopher, Professor, Spanish and Portuguese

  • Guggenheim Fellow (2001)

Sparks, Randy, Professor and Department Chair, History

  • National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Research Grant

Sullivan, Henry, Professor, Spanish and Portuguese

  • Research Grant, Committee for Cultural Cooperation between US Universities & Spain's Ministry of Education (U of Minnesota), $1,760
  • Research Grant, Committee for Cultural Cooperation between US Universities & Spain's Ministry of Education (U of Minnesota), $2,100

Ukadike, Frank, Associate Professor, Communication

  • Fulbright Senior Scholar Research Award
  • Keynote Address, International conference on Transcultural Modernities, Frankfurt University
  • Africa Media Foundation Board member

Velkley, Richard, Celia Scott Weatherhead Distinguished Professor, Philosophy

  • Grant from Freedom Project, John Templeton Foundation
  • Bradley Foundation Lecture, Boston College
  • Olin Foundation Lecture, University of Chicago

Verano, John W., Associate Professor, Anthropology

  • National Geographic Society, $25,340
  • Fellowship in Pre‑Columbian Studies, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC

White, Michele, Assistant Professor, Communication

  • Fellow, Cyber-disciplinary Humanities Institute, Dartmouth College
  • Resident, Center for Cultural Studies, UC-Santa Cruz

Wolfe, Justin, Associate Professor, History

  • Central American Visiting Scholar, Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
  • Fulbright Scholar Grant to Nicaragua, $26,400

Yun, Myeong-Su, Assistant Professor, Economics

  • Upjohn Institute, $5,000

 

AWARDS TO DEPARTMENTS, CENTERS, PROGRAMS AND SUMMER PROJECTS

Jewish Studies Program, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies

Brian Horowitz, Director and Associate Professor, Germanic and Slavic Studies

  • New endowments of $125,000
  • Schusterman Jewish Studies Visiting Teacher Grant, $75,000
  • American-Israeli Enterprise Visiting Israeli Professor Grant, $60,000
  • Posen Foundation Cultural Judaism Grant, $150,000
  • Littower Library Grant, $25,000

Middle American Research Institute

Andrews, E. Wyllys V, Director and Professor of Anthropology

  • Booth‑Bricker Foundation, $100,000

Newcomb Dance Guest Artist Program, Department of Theatre and Dance

Barbara Hayley, Professor and Alice Pascal Escher, Associate Professor, Project Directors

  • Louisiana Division of the Arts and National College Choreography Initiative through the National Endowment for the Arts, $30,500 (4 grants)

New Orleans Dance Festival, Summer Project

Beverly Trask, Project Director and Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance

  • National Endowment for the Arts, Louisiana Division of the Arts, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, Arts Council of New Orleans, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, $93,816 (11 grants)

Shakespeare Festival at Tulane, Summer Project

  • Clare Moncrief, Executive Director; Ron Gural, Artistic Director and Professor, Theatre and Dance
  • Entergy Corporation, Hibernia National Bank, BellSouth, Inc., Whitney Bank, Fenner Foundation, Arts MidWest/National Endowment for the Arts, Louisiana Division of the Arts, Arts Council of New Orleans, $369,750 (16 grants)

Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane, Summer Project

  • B. Michael Howard, Artistic Director and Associate Professor, Music
  • 40 years of Musical Theatre and support by community of New Orleans

 

 

 


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