Interim Dean of Faculty John Carey recognizes faculty who were promoted, awarded tenure, appointed to a named professorship, or given awards or grants from the Dean of Faculty Office and from the centers and institutes within the Arts and Sciences during the 2025-26 academic year. A reception in the fall will celebrate recipients of Dean of Faculty awards and faculty newly appointed to endowed chairs.
Named Professorships
- Ivan Aprahamian (Chemistry), appointed to the Roth Family Distinguished Professorship
- William Cheng (Music), appointed to the Eunice and Julian Cohen Professorship for the Study of Ethics and Human Values
- Robert Hawley, (Earth and Planetary Sciences), appointed to the Cheheyl Professorship
- Carl Renshaw (Earth and Planetary Sciences), appointed to the Frank J. Reagan 1909 Professorship
Promotion to Full Professor
- Asher Auel (Mathematics)
- Laurie Churba (Theater)
- Jeffrey Friedman (Government)
- Feng Fu (Mathematics)
- Ash Fure (Music)
- Justin Mankin (Geography)
- Janice McCabe (Sociology)
- Paul Novosad (Economics)
- Roopika Risam (Film and Media Studies, Comparative Literature)
- Robert St. Clair (French)
- Zaneta Thayer (Anthropology)
- Emily Walton (Sociology)
- D.G. Webster (Environmental Studies)
- Jacqueline Wernimont (Film and Media Studies)
Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
- César Alvarez (Music)
- Amanda Amodeo (Biological Sciences)
- Hsien-Chih Chang (Computer Science)
- Maron Greenleaf (Anthropology)
- Matt Hooley (Native American and Indigenous Studies)
- Mingwei Huang (Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)
- C. Brenhin Keller (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
- Sunmin Kim (Sociology)
- Iyabo Kwayana (Film and Media Studies)
- Elisabeth Newton (Physics and Astronomy)
- Theresa Ong (Environmental Studies)
- David Petruccelli (History)
- Jonathan Phillips (Cognitive Science)
- Paul Robustelli (Chemistry)
Promotion to Senior Lecturer
- Rebecca Bennett Clark (Writing Program, English and Creative Writing)
- Min Young Godley (Writing Program, MALS)
- Flora Krivak-Tetley (Environmental Studies)
- Brian Messier (Music)
Dean of Faculty Awards
- Frank J. Guarini Award for Extraordinary Contributions to Off-Campus Programs: Carlos Cortez Minchillo (Spanish and Portuguese)
- Jerome Goldstein Award for Distinguished Teaching: Iyabo Kwayana (Film and Media Studies)
- Karen E. Wetterhahn Memorial Award for Distinguished Creative or Scholarly Achievement: Amanda Amodeo (Biological Sciences)
- John M. Manley Huntington Award for Newly Tenured Faculty: Elisabeth Newton (Physics and Astronomy)
- John M. Manley Huntington Award for Newly Promoted Faculty: Roopika Risam (Film and Media Studies, Comparative Literature)
- Robert A. Fish 1918 Memorial Prize: Thomas Jack (Biological Sciences)
- Dean of the Faculty Teaching Award: Herschel Nachlis (Government)
- Dean of the Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentoring and Advising: Mingwei Huang (Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)
- Elizabeth Howland Handy-Otis Norton Pierce Award: Russell Muirhead (Government)
- Dean of the Faculty Award for Exceptional Service: Erich Osterberg (Earth and Planetary Sciences), James Feyrer (Economics)
Dean of the Faculty Senior Faculty Grants
- Jesse Casana (Anthropology)
- Sergi Elizalde (Mathematics)
- Jeffrey Friedman (Government)
- Desirée Garcia (Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies)
- Michael Herron (Quantitative Social Science)
- Andrew McCann (English and Creative Writing)
Wilson Award
- Graziella Parati (French and Italian Studies)
James Wright Sustaining Faculty Excellence Award
- Hsien-Chih Chang (Computer Science)
- Ash Fure (Music)
- Justin Mankin (Geography)
- Jonathan Phillips (Cognitive Science)
Ralph J. and Sheila Q. Maffei Faculty Fellowship Award
- Jeffrey Friedman (Government)
- Paul Novosad (Economics)
- David Petruccelli (History)
Mellon Research and Professional Development Award
- Desiree Garcia (Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies)
- Sunglim Kim (Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages)
- John Kulvicki (Philosophy)
- Tricia Treacy (Studio Art)
- Lindsay Whaley (Linguistics)
Dean of the Faculty Scholarly Innovation and Advancement Awards
- Nicola Camerlenghi (Art History), “Recovering Interconnectedness: An Early Franciscan Convent at the Nexus of Nature, Culture, Agriculture and Spirituality”
- Matthew Garcia (Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies), “So Close to Hollywood: Rethinking Latino and Indigenous Performance in the Entertainment Capital of the World”
- Mikhail Gronas (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies) and Peter Tse ’84 (Psychological and Brain Sciences), “The Aristotelian Brain: A Cognitive Neuroscientific Investigation of the Oldest Trick in the Book (and on Screen)”
- Justin Mankin (Geography), “Storylining the Weather for Climate Attribution”
- Jeremy Manning (Psychological and Brain Science), “Dream Stream: Targeted Dream Incubation for Mental Health”
- Carey Nadell (Biological Sciences) and Olga Zhaxybayeva (Biological Sciences), “Mobilization of DNA in Bacterial Communities via Domesticated Viruses”
- Katherine Nautiyal (Psychological and Brain Sciences), “Developing a Mouse Model to Study the Effects of Psilocybin on Alcohol Use”
- Peter Orner (English and Creative Writing), “In Absentia: Notes on Bobby Crimo”
- Roopika Risam (Film and Media Studies, Comparative Literature), “Can the Algorithm Write Back? Relational Epistemic Data for Reconfiguration through Experimental Situated Systems”
- Miya Xie (Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages), “Resonance Finder”
Leslie Center for the Humanities
Jonathan Crewe Fellowships for Associate Professors
Levi Gibbs (Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages)
Yuliya Komska (German Studies)
Co-sponsorships
Mauricio Acuña (Spanish and Portuguese); Paloma Asensio (Spanish and Portuguese); John Barger (Writing Program); Faith Beasley (French and Italian); Ingrid Brioso Rieumont (Spanish and Portuguese); Carlos Cortez Manchillo (Spanish and Portuguese); Jorge Cuellar (Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies); José del Pino (Spanish and Portuguese); yasser elhariry (French and Italian); Tatiana Filimonova (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies); Mikhail Gronas (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies); Mingwei Huang (Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies); Eugene Korsunsky (Engineering); Marie Larose (French and Italian); Eng-Beng Lim (Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies); Annabel Martin (Spanish and Portuguese); Nicole Maskiell (African and African American Studies); Gemma Mayo-Prada (Spanish and Portuguese); Aseel Najib (History); Rae Padula (Music); David Plunkett (Philosophy); Roberto Rey Agudo (Spanish and Portuguese); Analola Santana (Theater); Sachi Schmidt-Hori (Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages); Elyse Singer (Theater); Geneva Smith (Geography); Andrea Tarnowski (French and Italian); Devin Singh (Religion); Pamela Voekel (History); May Yang (Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)
Faculty Research Grants
Mauricio Acuña (Spanish and Portuguese); Nicola Camerlenghi (Art History); Eugenia Carabatsos (Writing Program, Film and Media Studies, MALS); Paul Carranza (Spanish and Portuguese); Paul Carranza (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies); Pablo Chin (Music); Maria-Clara De Greiff (Spanish and Portuguese); Heidi Denzel (German Studies); Rachel Dubit (Classics); Maria Gaki (Classics); Lada Kolomiyets (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies); Marie Larose (French and Italian); MK Long (Religion); Jenny Lynn (Classics); Klaus Mladek (German Studies); Eman Morsi (Comparative Literature); Kristin O’Rourke (Art History); Andrew Simon (Middle Eastern Studies); Elyse Singer (Theater); Bianca Stone (English and Creative Writing)
Humanities Lab Grants
Hayri Dortdivanlioglu (Studio Art)
Roberto Rey Agudo (Spanish and Portuguese)
Victoria Somoff (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies)
Project Grants
Kianny Antigua (Spanish and Portuguese); Kimberly Juanita Brown (English and Creative Writing); Danielle Callegari (French and Italian); Jose del Pino (Spanish and Portuguese); Meryem Deniz (German Studies); Rachel Dubit (Classics); Brinker Ferguson (Native American and Indigenous Studies); Patrick Glauthier (Classics); Kate Gibbel (English and Creative Writing); Samia Hesni (Philosophy); Lawrence Kritzman (French and Italian); New Hampshire Humanities (Humanities Organization); Donald Pease (MALS); Tim Pulju (Linguistics); Israel Reyes (Spanish and Portuguese)
Venn Vision Grants
Folklore in Motion
Nancy Canepa (French and Italian); Iyago Kwayana (Film and Media Studies); Marie Larose (French and Italian Studies); Victoria Somoff (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies); and Lada Kolomiyets (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies)
Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Americas: The Cultural Fronts
Jodi Kim (English); Patricia Stuelke (English); Jorge Cuellar (Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies); and Pamela Voekel (History)
Art, Patronage, and Soft Power in Asia
Sunglin Kim (Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages); Chad Elias (Art History); Haely Chang (Hood Museum); and Hyeongjin Oh (Art History)
Nelson A. Rockefeller Center
Faculty Research Grant Awards
- Udi Greenberg (History), “Russian Translation of The End of the Schism”
- Madeline McKelway (Economics), “The Impact of Pre-Marital Counseling on Women’s Empowerment and Couples’ Wellbeing: A Field Experiment in Indonesia”
- Darrin McMahon (History), “Whaling, Lighting, and Enlightenment: The Nantuckois of Dunkirk and the Struggle to Illuminate the World”
- Paul Novosad (Economics), “Who Becomes an Elite in the U.S., 1900-2025”
- Geneva Smith (Geography), “Science in Times of Scarcity”
- Nathan Zorzi (Economics), “The Labor Market Costs of Transitioning to Electric Vehicles”
Neukom Institute for Computational Sciences
CompX Faculty Grant Awards (2026-27)
- Jesse Casana (Anthropology), “Advancing 3D Ground Penetrating Radar for Archaeology”
- Peter Chin (Engineering), “Microwave-Based, Multi-Modal Signal Processing and Foundation Model Framework for Non-Invasive Detection of Sarcopenia”
- Rachel Dubit (Classics), “Poetic Object Extraction Tool”
- Ash Fure (Music), “Adaptive Sonic Intensity: Sensor-Based Environmental Awareness and Modular Resonant Architecture”
- Robert Hawley (Earth and Planetary Sciences) and Jeff Kerby (Earth and Planetary Sciences), “EPOCHS: Remote Sensing and Computer Vision for Tracking Tundra Wildlife Impacts, Year-Round”
- Karol Kawiaka (Studio Art), “Unveiling Palladio’s Design Method: High-Precision 3D Modeling of Roman Baths and Il Redentore”
- Trica Keaton (African and African American Studies) and John Bell (African and African American Studies), “Black Paris Narrative”
- Katherine Mirica (Chemistry), “Computationally Guided Design of Conductive MOF Sensor Arrays for Selective Detection of Bacterial Volatile Metabolites”
- Chandrasekhar Ramanathan (Physics and Astronomy) and Peter Chin (Engineering), “Controlling Quantum Dynamics with Artificial Intelligence”
- Roopika Risam (Film and Media Studies), “Can the Algorithm Write Back? Relational Epistemic Data for Reconfiguration through Experimental Situated Systems”
- Caroline Robertson (Psychological Brain Sciences), Emily Finn (Psychological Brain Sciences), and Zaneta Thayer ’08 (Anthropology), “Computational Mapping of Multisystem Brain Dynamics Across Pregnancy and Postpartum”
- Viola Stoermer (Psychological Brain Sciences) and Yong Min Choi (Psychological Brain Sciences), “Computational Principles of Multisensory Spatial Attention in Human Brain”
- Mark Thornton (Psychological Brain Sciences), “Stress-Testing Social Interactomics in the Field: Dialect Creation in Un Nuevo Amanecer”
- Mark Williams (Film and Media Studies), “The Media Ecology Project”