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

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English professor Tomás Morín wins prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship

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Anthony Pinn Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Pulitzer Prize awarded to Rice history professor

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Kirsten Ostherr Awarded 2021 DeBakey Fellowship

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Bryan Washington awarded two top literary prizes

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Alex Byrd named a Piper Professor

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English professor Johnson wins Guggenheim Fellowship

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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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Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer Memorialized Iceland’s First Glacier Lost to Climate Change

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

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Sophie Esch Receives 2019 Latin American Studies Association Prize

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