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As researchers and scholars, our faculty is second to none. We are proudest, though, of our students who are learning to probe the big questions and develop the analytical and interpretive skills to address them.

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SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES > Faculty Awards and Distinctions

Faculty Awards and Distinctions


Our faculty members are second to none. They are distinguished through their innovative research and scholarship, inspired teaching and creativity, and high level of engagement with students.

 Kiese Laymon, NYT List of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

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Luis Duno-Gottberg: One of the Winners of the 2023 IES Abroad Faculty-Led Program Awards

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Fette awarded Fulbright grant to research migration, citizenship in French children’s literature

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Rice’s Kiese Laymon awarded ‘genius grant’ MacArthur Fellowship

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Alex Byrd named a Piper Professor

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Anthony Pinn Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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English professor Tomás Morín wins prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship

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Rice wins NEH grant to create digital database of the Atlantic slave trade

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English professor Johnson wins Guggenheim Fellowship

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Pulitzer Prize awarded to Rice history professor

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López-Durán 2019 Robert Motherwell Book Award

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Aysha Pollnitz Awarded a Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellowship

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Kiese Laymon Awarded 2022 United States Artist Award and the 2022 NAACP Image Award for Fiction

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Nathan Citino Wins Scholar’s Award from Truman Library Institute to Support Research for Upcoming Book

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Kirsten Ostherr Awarded 2021 DeBakey Fellowship

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Sophie Esch Receives 2019 Latin American Studies Association Prize

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