Celebrating Excellence: HFA's 2026 Award and Fellowship Recipients

Awards and Recognitions

The College of Humanities and Fine Arts is proud to announce this year's award and fellowship recipients, honoring exceptional contributions in research, teaching, creative activity, and service across the College. Recipients will be celebrated at the inaugural HFA Awards Ceremony on Monday, April 13, 2026. Photos from the ceremony can be viewed here.

Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award

  • Elisa Gonzales, Junior Category
    Undergraduate Program Director | Assistant Professor of Voice and Acting, Theater Department
  • Juana Valdés, Mid-Career Category
    Associate Professor, Art Department
  • Susan Jahoda, Senior Category
    Graduate Program Director | Professor, Art Department

HFA Global Engagement Award

  • David Mednicoff
    Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies of Public Policy, Judaic and Near Eastern Studies Department

HFA Board of Advocates Humanities at Work Fellow 2026-28

HFA Outstanding Graduate Student Award

HFA Outstanding Staff Award

  • Megan Hoy
    Program Office Manager, French & Italian Studies, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Department
  • Jess Johnson
    Outreach and Community Engagement Director, History Department

Joye Bowman Social Justice Award

  • Ela Gezen
    Professor of German, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Department

College Outstanding Teacher Award

  • Daniel Gordon
    Honors Program Director | Professor of History, History Department
  • Susan E. Shapiro
    Director, Religious Studies Certificate Program | Associate Professor, Judaic and Near Eastern Studies Department

HFA Dean's Outstanding Fellows

  • Catrina S. Kim, Early Career
    Assistant Professor of Music Theory, Music and Dance Department
  • Caroline H. Yang, Mid-Career
    Associate Professor, Associate Chair, English Department
  • Laura Ciolkowski, Teaching
    Senior Lecturer II & Director of Graduate Studies, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Department | Director, Jail Education Initiative
  • Jennifer Ngaire Heuer, Outstanding Fellow
    Professor, History Department

 

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