Percival Everett, Distinguished Professor of English, has won the 2023 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for his novel Dr. No (Graywolf Press, 2022). The prize recognizes a book-length work of any genre for its originality, merit and impact. The award judges noted, “This is such a strange and brilliant book. Nothing like it has existed before.”
Our love of fear and being frightened reaches beyond Halloween fun. It’s rooted in complex biological and psychological responses, says Tok Thompson of anthropology.
Robin Coste Lewis, writer in residence, has been awarded the 2023 Pen/Voelker Award for Poetry for her collection To The Realization of Perfect Helplessness (Knopf, 2022). The annual award is presented to a poet whose collection of poetry represents a notable and accomplished literary presence. The award judges noted Lewis’ innovative use of various mediums and “collage-like weaving of texts and [literary] figures,” expanding “ways we might imagine what it means to ‘read’ and ‘see’ on the plane or stage of a book’s page.”
Jefferey Sellers, professor of political science and international relations and spatial sciences, has received the Daniel Elazar Distinguished Scholar Award from the Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations Section of the American Political Science Association. Citing his most recent book, Multilevel Democracy: How Local Institutions and Civil Society Shape the Modern State (Cambridge University Press, 2020), the section noted how Sellers’ work “truly spans the globe, [with the] unifying theme to approach problems and solutions through the eyes of the local community” and inspires young scholars.
Francille Wilson, associate professor of American studies and ethnicity, history and gender and sexuality studies, has been awarded the Carter G. Woodson Scholar’s Medallion by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. The award is presented annually to a trained historian who is active in the association’s scholarly work and whose career is distinguished through at least a decade of research, writing and activism in the field of African American life and history.
Jackie Wang, assistant professor of American studies and ethnicity, has been named American Democracy Fellow by the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University for her book project, The Carceral Laboratory: The Rise of High-Tech Prisons and Police. Wang’s project explores connections between scholarly work in American history with possibilities for the application of historical insights in the realms of public discourse and policy.
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