Faculty Recognition Archive

Christopher Beam, assistant professor of psychology and gerontology, has won the Fuller and Scott Award from the Behavior Genetics Association. The highest honor given to a junior association member, the award recognizes outstanding scientific accomplishments by a member who is early in their career, having received their terminal degree less than seven years prior. (7/1/22)

A paper by Daniela Bleichmar, professor of art history and history, titled “Painting the Aztec Past in Early Colonial Mexico: Translation and Knowledge Production in the Codex Mendoza,” was elected as one of 12 preeminent articles published in the Renaissance Society of America’s commemorative 75th anniversary issue of Renaissance Quarterly. (9/13/22)

Joseph Boone, Gender Studies Professor in Media and Gender and professor of English, comparative literature and gender studies, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. The fellowship, which includes a $60,000 grant, supports his project titled “The Melville Effect: Meditations on Contemporary Art and Culture,” a book on how contemporary artists engage author Herman Melville’s literary aesthetics in various media. (1/20/22)

David Bottjer, professor of Earth sciences, biological sciences and environmental studies, has been awarded the William H. Twenhofel Medal by the Society for Sedimentary Geology. The award, which requires a record of sustained high achievement, recognizes outstanding contributions to sedimentology, paleontology, stratigraphy or allied scientific disciplines. (1/27/22)

Youngmin Choe, associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures, has been awarded an Arts Writers Grant by the Andy Warhol Foundation. The annual award, which supports arts criticism, includes $50,000 to help Choe develop her book Craft Media: Materiality, Mediation, and the Decompression of Compressed Modernity. (12/1/22)

Robin Coste Lewis, writer-in residence, has been named an inaugural Ford Foundation Scholar in Residence at The Museum of Modern Art. The one-year residency — which includes a stipend and open access to the museum’s resources, research collections and networks — enables mid-career or established professionals with demonstrated records of achievement to pursue independent research that contributes to new understandings of modern and contemporary art. (6/17/22)

Melissa Daniels-Rauterkus, associate professor of English, has received the 2021 SAMLA 93 Award for her monograph Afro-Realisms and the Romances of Race: Rethinking Blackness in the African American Novel. The award, given annually to two outstanding scholarly works, recognizes Daniels-Rauterkus’ efforts to expand the critical understandings of American literary realism and African American literature. (11/15/22)

Percival Everett, Distinguished Professor of English, has been named the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Circle of Book Critics. The award is given to an institution or person who has made significant contributions to book culture. Everett will receive the award at the National Book Critics Circle Awards on March 17. (1/20/22)

Joan Flores-Villalobos, assistant professor of history, has been named a 2022 Career Enhancement Fellow by the Institute for Citizens & Scholars. The Career Enhancement Fellowship, funded by the Mellon Foundation, seeks to increase the presence of underrepresented faculty members in the humanities, social sciences and arts by creating career development opportunities for selected fellows with promising research projects. (5/18/22)

Scott Fraser, Director of Science Initiatives and Provost Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Physiology and Biophysics, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Pediatrics, Radiology, Ophthalmology and Quantitative and Computational Biology, has received the Outstanding Researcher Award from SoCalBio. The award recognizes Fraser’s contributions and spirit of innovation. (12/1/22)

Stephan Haas, professor of physics and astronomy, has been named one of the Outstanding Referees of the Physical Review journals by the American Physical Society (APS). The Outstanding Referee program recognizes scientists who have been exceptionally helpful in assessing manuscripts for publication in the APS journals. (3/3/22)

John Hawthorne, professor of philosophy, has received an Alvin Platinga Prize honorable mention from the American Philosophical Association. The award recognizes outstanding original essays that engage philosophical issues related to theism. Hawthorne received this honor alongside Jeffrey Russel, professor of philosophy, for their essay “Multiple Universes and Self-Locating Evidence,” which was co-authored with Yoaav Isaacs of Baylor University and published in Philosophical Review. (12/8/22)

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Professor Emerita of Sociology, has received a Robert E. Park Book Award honorable mention from the American Sociological Association Community and Urban Sociology Section for her book South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South L.A. (NYU Press, 2021), co-written with Manuel Pastor, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity and Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change. (8/7/22)

Laura Melissa Guzman, Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a 2022 ASN Early Career Investigator Award from The American Society of Naturalists. The award recognizes outstanding and promising work by investigators who received their doctorates in the three years preceding the application deadline or who are in their final year of graduate school. (5/16/22)

Clifford Johnson, professor of physics and astronomy, has received the Andrew Gemant award from the American Institute of Physics. The yearly award acknowledges the achievements of a person who has made significant contributions towards the cultural, artistic or humanistic dimensions of physics. (12/7/22)

Scott Kanoski, associate professor of biological sciences, has been elected 2023 President of the International Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. The nonprofit organization aims to advance scientific research on food and fluid intake and its associated biological, psychological and social processes. (7/13/22)

Emily Liman, professor of biological sciences, has received the Kenneth S. Cole Award for her investigative work in the field of membrane biophysics. The award, given to one or more investigators in the field, recognizes the value of Liman’s research as well as her potential for future contribution. (12/11/22)

Smaranda Marinescu, associate professor of chemistry, has received a Humboldt Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The fellowship supports her research on electrocatalytic metal-organic frameworks for converting renewable energy into chemical bonds, work aimed at achieving environmentally sustainable energy storage and production. (9/27/22)

Natalia Molina, Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, has been elected a member of the Society of American Historians. Members of the society, which was found in 1939 to promote literary distinction in the writing of history and biography, are elected based on achievement in the presentation of history and biography in books, essays, film and other forms of public communication. (5/18/22)

Santiago Morales, assistant professor of psychology, has been named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science (APS). The designation goes to APS members in the earliest stages of their research careers who have already advanced the field and show great potential for continued contributions. (2/23/22)

Alaina Morgan, assistant professor of history, has been named a Scholars-in-Residence Fellow by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The fellowship, which includes a $35,000 stipend and the use of a private office in the Schomburg Center’s Scholars Center, was founded to support and encourage research and writing on the history, politics, literature and culture of the peoples of Africa and the African diaspora. (6/28/22)

Manuel Pastor, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity and Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change, was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. One of the world’s most prestigious honorary societies, the academy honors exceptional scholars, leaders, artists and innovators, and engages them in sharing knowledge and addressing challenges facing the world. (4/28/22)

Pastor also received a Robert E. Park Book Award honorable mention from the American Sociological Association Community and Urban Sociology Section for his book South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South L.A. (NYU Press, 2021), co-written with Professor Emerita of Sociology Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo. (8/7/22)

Christian Phillips, assistant professor of political science, has received the 2022 APSA-IPSA Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award for Nowhere to Run: Race, Gender, and Immigration in American Elections (Oxford University Press, 2021). Given jointly each year by the American Political Science Association and the International Political Science Association, the award goes to an author whose first book in political science “exemplifies qualities of broad ambition, high originality and intellectual daring.” (7/12/22)

Steve Ross, Dean’s Professor of History, Myron and Marian Casden Director of the Casden Institute for the Study of Jewish Role in American Life and professor of history, has been named a Distinguished Professor for accomplishments that have brought great distinction to USC. (3/7/22)

Jeffrey Russel, professor of philosophy, has received an Alvin Platinga Prize honorable mention from the American Philosophical Association. The award recognizes outstanding original essays that engage philosophical issues related to theism. Russel received this honor alongside John Hawthorne, professor of philosophy, for their essay “Multiple Universes and Self-Locating Evidence,” which was  co-authored with Yoaav Isaacs of Baylor University and published in Philosophical Review. (12/8/22)

Karen Sternheimer, professor (teaching) of sociology, has received the Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award from the American Sociological Association. The award recognizes her work as creator and founding editor of the Everyday Sociology blog, deemed  “an individual project of outstanding impact on the teaching and learning of sociology.” (6/15/22)

Karen Tongson, professor of gender and sexuality studies, English and American studies and ethnicity, has been named the 2023 Hunt-Simes Chair in Sexuality Studies by the Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Center at the University of Sydney. The chair enables international scholars to travel to the University of Sydney and collaborate with researchers there for up to two months, studying subjects that include LGBTQI studies, queer studies, trans studies and their cognate fields. (7/12/22)

David Treuer, professor of English, has been awarded the Berlin Prize by the American Academy in Berlin. The annual prize goes to United States-based scholars, writers, composers and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their fields, from the humanities and social sciences to journalism, fiction, visual arts and music composition. Treuer will use the fellowship in Berlin to work on his book The Savage Mind, an autobiographical essay about the nature and culture of American violence. (5/23/22)

John Wilson, professor of sociology, civil and environmental engineering, computer science, architecture and preventive medicine, has been named a Fellow of the American Association of Geographers in recognition of his scholarship, editorial stewardship, program building and wide-ranging service. (1/19/22)

Wendy Wood, Provost Professor of Psychology and Business, has been elected to serve president-elect of the Association for Psychological Science. She begins her three-year term —first as president-elect, then president, and finally immediate past president — on June 1. The association, which comprises more than 25,000 psychological science researchers, practitioners, teachers and students globally, is dedicated to advancing scientific psychology across disciplinary and geographic borders, (5/25/22)

Hajar Yazdiha, assistant professor of sociology, has been awarded a 2022 Ford Foundation Fellowship. Administered at the Fellowships Office of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, the fellowship program aims to increase diversity among U.S. college and university faculties, maximize the educational benefits of diversity and increase the number of professors who use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. (7/28/22)

Richard Antaramian, assistant professor of history, has been awarded the Der Mugrdechian SAS Outstanding Book Award from the Society for Armenian Studies for his book Brokers of Faith, Brokers of Empire: Armenians and the Politics of Reform(Stanford University Press, 2020). This award honors work that advances knowledge and scholarship on Armenian society, culture and history. (11/1/21)

Joe Árvai, Dana and David Dornsife Chair, Wrigley Institute Director and Professor of Psychology,has been appointed a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board. Árvai and other board members provide advice to EPA leadership to help advance the agency’s mission. (8/5/21)

Laura Baker, professor of psychology, was awarded the Dobzhansky Award by the Behavior Genetics Association (BGA). The award is the highest honor bestowed to BGA members and recognizes lifetime contributions to the field. (6/29/21)

Alice Baumgartner, assistant professor of history, has been awarded a California Book Award for her book South to Freedom: Runway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War. The award recognizes the best California writers in a particular year and illuminates the wealth and diversity of California-based literature. (7/19/21)

Jeb Barnes, professor of political science, has been named a finalist for the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching by Baylor University. Barnes was nominated for his record as a teacher with positive, inspiring and long-lasting effects on students and his distinguished scholarship. As a finalist, he will receive a $15,000 prize as well as $10,000 for the Department of Political Science and International Relations. Baylor will announce the winner of the Cherry Award in spring 2022. (3/31/21)

Richard Brutchey, professor of chemistry, received a Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award for his work on semiconductor solvent for thin film processing. Brutchey received the award during USC’s 40th annual Academic Honors Convocation. (4/13/21)

Megan Becker, assistant professor (teaching) of international relations, received the 2021 CQ Press Award for Teaching Innovation from the American Political Science Association for creating a qualitative replication project to teach undergraduates about research methods. The award recognizes a political scientist who has developed an effective new approach to teaching in the discipline. (8/12/2021)

Yehuda Ben-Zion, professor of Earth sciences, has been awarded the Beno Gutenberg Medal by the European Geosciences Union (EGU). The award, which recognizes Ben-Zion’s important contributions to the Earth sciences, will be celebrated during the EGU General Assembly held April 3–8, 2022. (11/3/21)

Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Provost Professor of Public Policy, Psychology, and Behavioral Science, has been named a Fellow of the Society for Risk Analysis. Fellows are selected for their achievements in science or public policy relating to risk analysis and substantial service to the society. (12/10/21)

Enrique Martínez Celaya, Provost Professor of Humanities and Arts, has been appointed to the board of governors of Otis College of Art and Design. Martínez Celaya and his fellow board members serve as ambassadors to raise awareness of Otis College among the public as well as prospective students and faculty while helping both to forge new pathways to employment for graduates and to grow fundraising efforts. (6/17/21)

Mark Chaisson, assistant professor of quantitative and computational biology, received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. Among the foundation’s most prestigious awards, the CAREER grant supports Chaisson’s research on a method to curate duplicated genes in vertebrate genomes using computational methods. (8/1/21)

Irene Chiolo, associate professor of biological sciences, received a Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award for her collection of 13 publications focusing on highways for heterochromatic DNA repair. Chiolo was presented the award during USC’s 40th annual Academic Honors Convocation. (4/13/21)

Emily Cooperdock, assistant professor of Earth sciences, has been selected as the inaugural 2021 Dorothy LaLonde Stout Education Lecturer by the American Geophysical Union. The Dorothy Stout Lecture recognizes significant contributions in Earth and space science education and public outreach. (9/10/21)

Frank Corsetti, professor of Earth sciences, has been awarded the distinguished career award by the Geological Society of America’s Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division. The award recognizes Corsetti’s accomplishments in research, education and mentoring, and service in geobiology. (8/23/21)

Melissa Daniels-Rauterkus, associate professor of English, earned a William Sanders Scarborough Prize honorable mention from the Modern Language Association for her book Afro-Realisms and the Romances of Race: Rethinking Blackness in the African American Novel (LSU Press, 2020). The prize is awarded annually for an outstanding scholarly study of Black American literature or culture published the previous year. (12/7/21)

Deisy Del Real, assistant professor of sociology, won the award for best article from the sociology of migration research committee of the International Sociological Association for her article “Toxic Ties: The Reproduction of Legal Violence within Mixed-Status Intimate Partners, Relatives, and Friends.” The award is based on “the insight offered in the work and the potential of the work to influence other migration scholars’ future research on related topics.” (3/12/21)

Yu Deng, assistant professor of mathematics, has earned a Sloan Research Fellowship. The two-year fellowship, awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, recognizes distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to the field. (2/16/21)

Percival Everett, Distinguished Professor of English, was named a finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel Telephone (Graywolf Press, 2020) about loss and grief. (1/11/21)

Steve Finkel, college dean of graduate and professional education and professor of biological sciences, has been elected president of the American Society for Microbiology. His term runs from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. (7/1/2021)

Scott Fraser, Provost Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Physiology and Biophysics, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Pediatrics, Radiology and Ophthalmology, has been awarded the Edwin G. Conklin Medal in Developmental Biology. The medal is bestowed annually by the Society for Developmental Biology to recognize a developmental biologist who makes extraordinary research contributions to the field and is an excellent mentor for the next generation of scientists. (1/25/21)

Brittany Friedman, assistant professor of sociology, has been named a 2021–2022 American Bar Foundation/JPB Foundation Access to Justice Faculty Scholar. The scholarship supports her project “Pay-to-Stay as a Civil Justice Crisis: How Civil Lawsuits Against Incarcerated People for the Cost of Incarceration Deepen Socioeconomic Inequality.” (9/30/21)

Sheel Ganatra, assistant professor of mathematics, received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. Among the foundation’s most prestigious awards, the CAREER grant will support Ganatra’s research on systematic frameworks for computing invariants in symplectic geometry and mirror symmetry coming from pseudoholomorphic curve theory. (2/11/21)

Christian Grose, associate professor of political science and public policy, has been recognized for the best article published in Political Research Quarterly in 2020. Gross was honored at the 2021 Western Political Science Association’s annual meeting for the article “Economic Interests Cause Elected Officials to Liberalize Their Racial Attitudes.” (4/7/21)

Sarah Gualtieri, professor of American studies and ethnicity, history and Middle East studies, received the Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award from the Arab American National Museum for her book, Arab Routes: Pathways to Syrian California (Stanford University Press, 2020). (9/20/21)

Seth Holmes, Dean’s Professor of Anthropology and Medical Education, was awarded the Rising Voices Award with his fellow filmmakers by the Portland Film Festival for his work producing the documentary film First Time Home. (11/4/21)

Zakiyyah Iman Jackson, associate professor of English, has won a LAMBDA Literary Award in the LGBTQ Studies category for her book Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World (NYU Press, 2020). The LAMBDA awards recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the world, and winners were selected by a panel of literary professionals from more than 1,000 submissions. (6/2/21)

Jackson also has been awarded the Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Prize from the National Women’s Studies Association for her book Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World. The $1,000 prize recognizes groundbreaking monographs in women’s studies that make significant multicultural feminist contributions to women of color and transnational scholarship. (10/20/21)

Jackson also has been selected as the 2021 Harry Levin Prize Winner by the American Comparative Literature Association. The award recognizes her novel Becoming Human: Meaning and Matter in an Antiblack World (NYU Press, 2020) as an outstanding first book in the discipline of comparative literature. (4/14/21)

Jackson also has won a LAMBDA Literary Award in the LGBTQ Studies category for her book Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World (NYU Press, 2020). The LAMBDA awards recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the world, and winners were selected by a panel of literary professionals from more than 1,000 submissions. (6/2/21)

Jefferey Jenkins, Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science and Law, received the 2021 V.O. Key Award for his book, Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865–1968 (Cambridge University Press, 2020). The award, bestowed annually by the Southern Political Science Association, recognizes exceptional books about southern politics. (10/18/21)

Clifford Johnson, professor of physics and astronomy, has received a citation from the American Physical Society “for outstanding contributions to the understanding of strongly coupled field theories and their implications for quantum gravity, black holes, and the physics of extended objects.” (10/13/21)

Scott Kanoski, associate professor of biological sciences, has received the Alan N. Epstein Award from the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. The award recognizes his research advancing the understanding of ingestive behavior. (5/20/21)

Saori Katada, professor of international relations, was elected vice president of the International Studies Association, one of the oldest interdisciplinary organizations dedicated to understanding international, transnational and global affairs and comprising more than 7,000 members around the globe. Katada’s term runs through April 2022. (4/15/21)

Scott Kanoski, associate professor of biological sciences, has received the Alan N. Epstein Award from the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. The award recognizes his research advancing the understanding of ingestive behavior. (5/20/21)

Anna Krylov, professor of chemistry, was named a 2021-2022 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar. Scholars travel to more than 100 colleges and universities each year, spending two days meeting with students and faculty members, participating in classroom discussions and seminars, and giving a lecture to the academic community and the general public. (2/19/21)

Peter Kuhn, Dean’s Professor of Biological Sciences and professor of biological sciences, medicine, biomedical engineering, aerospace and mechanical engineering, and urology, has been awarded an honorary professorship at the University of Manchester. The appointment supports his collaborative work with the university on early lung cancer detection. (3/5/21)

Naomi Levine, assistant professor of biological sciences, quantitative and computational biology and Earth sciences, received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. Among the foundation’s most prestigious awards, the CAREER grant will support Levine’s efforts to develop and test new hypotheses related to phytoplankton adaptation using a new framework that combines evolutionary theory with ecological and physical ocean models. (3/10/21)

Robin Coste Lewis, writer in residence, has won the Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize, through which she will spend the 2021–22 academic year at the American Academy in Rome. Rome Prize fellowships support advanced independent work and research in the arts and humanities, giving recipients “the gift of time and space to think and work.” (4/23/21)

Adam MacLean, assistant professor of quantitative and computational biology, received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. Among the foundation’s most prestigious awards, the CAREER grant will support MacLean’s efforts to develop mathematical models to understand how stem cells decide their fate. (2/9/21)

Stanislav Minsker, assistant professor of mathematics, received a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. Among the foundation’s most prestigious awards, the CAREER grant will support Minsker’s development of statistical and machine learning methods possessing two important characteristics, robustness and efficiency. (1/29/21)

Natalia Molina, professor of American studies and ethnicity, has been named Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity for accomplishments that have brought great distinction to USC. (4/5/21)

Carol Muske-Dukes, professor of English, has won the Pushcart Prize for her poem “Monarch,” which was published in spring 2020 in The Kenyon Review. The award is given for a poem previously published in a national literary magazine. “Monarch” will now be republished in the new Pushcart Prize anthology. Also, Muske-Dukes’ poem “Grief Dream” was published in Poem-a-Day on April 12 by the Academy of American Poets. (7/14/21)

Sri Narayan, professor of chemistry, has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He will be inducted into the fellows program, which spotlights academic inventors who have “demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society,” at the academy’s annual meeting in June 2022. (12/7/21)

Viet Thanh Nguyen, University Professor, Aerol Arnold Chair of English and professor of English, American studies and ethnicity and comparative literature, has been named recipient of the Sidney Hook Memorial Award from the Phi Beta Kappa Society. The award recognizes Nguyen’s national distinction in three endeavors — scholarship, undergraduate teaching and leadership in the cause of liberal arts education. Phi Beta Kappa will present the award to Nguyen on Aug. 3 during its 46th Triennial Council. (7/29/21)

Olu Orange, adjunct assistant professor of political science and director of the USC Dornsife Mock Trial Program, has been named “a top lawyer of the decade” by the Daily Journal. Orange, a civil rights attorney, is one of 18 lawyers — including Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye — who were selected for this honor from the 266,000 practicing in California. (1/22/21)

Daphna Oyserman, Dean’s Professor of Psychology and professor of psychology, education and communication, has been awarded the 2021 Distinguished Lifetime Career Award by the International Society for Self and Self-Identity. The honor recognizes her enduring contributions to understanding self and identity over the course of her academic career. (7/14/21)

Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, associate professor of history, spatial sciences and law, has been awarded a 2021–22 Shelby Cullom Davis Center Fellowshipat Princeton University. The fellowship, which takes place from January to June 2022, will support Perl-Rosenthal’s work on his project “Generation Revolution: Political Lives in a Revolutionary Age, ca. 1760-1825.” (3/31/21)

Hashem Pesaran, John Elliott Distinguished Chair in Economics, has been named an Honorary Fellow by the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis. (11/3/21)

Lisa Pon, professor of art history, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Pon will use the award to to complete her book about the Renaissance artist Raphael. (4/9/21)

Hanna Reisler, Lloyd Armstrong Jr. Chair in Science and Engineering and professor of chemistry, was named University Professor by USC President Carol L. Folt for her multidisciplinary interests and significant accomplishments in several disciplines. (4/5/21)

Reisler was also elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the world’s most prestigious honorary societies recognizing exceptional scholars, leaders, artists and innovators. (4/23/21)

Alison Dundes Renteln, professor of political science, anthropology, public policy and law, has been appointed to the California Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Established by the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the commission is the only independent, bipartisan agency charged with advising the president and Congress on civil rights and reporting annually on federal civil rights enforcement. (1/19/21)

Jonathan Stange, assistant professor of psychology, has received the 2021 President’s New Researcher Awardfrom the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. The award recognizes his innovative research in cognition, affect regulation and mood disorders. (9/22/21)

Benjamin Uchiyama, assistant professor of history, received the John Whitney Hall Award from the Association for Asian Studies for his book Japan’s Carnival War: Mass Culture on the Home Front, 1937-1945 (Cambridge University Press, 2019). (2/17/21)

Jackie Wang, assistant professor of American studies and ethnicity, was named a 2021 National Book Award in Poetry finalist for her debut collection, The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void (Nightboat Books, 2021). (10/11/21)

University Professor Emeritus Michael Waterman has been named recipient of the William Benter Prize in Applied Mathematics. Awarded to one individual biannually, the prize recognizes outstanding mathematical contributions that have had a direct and fundamental impact on scientific, business, finance and engineering applications. (1/8/20)

Wendy Wood, Provost Professor of Psychology and Business, received a Career Contribution Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. The award, which honors a scholar who has made major theoretical or empirical contributions to social psychology or personality psychology, or to bridging these areas together, includes a $1,000 honorarium as well as a complimentary one-year membership to the organization. (12/1/21)

Duncan Williams, professor of religion, American studies and ethnicity and East Asian languages and cultures, received a Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award for his book American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War (Harvard University Press, 2019). Williams was presented the award during USC’s 40th annual Academic Honors Convocation. (4/13/21)

Also he has won the 2022 Grawemeyer Award in Religion. The $100,000 prize recognizes ideas he set forth in his book American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War (Harvard University Press, 2019). (12/10/21)

Carol Wise, professor of political science and international relations, received a Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award for her book Dragonomics: How Latin America is Maximizing or (Missing Out) on China’s International Development Strategy (Yale University Press, 2020). Wise received the award during USC’s 40th annual Academic Honors Convocation. (4/13/21)

Professor Emerita of History Lois Banner has been awarded the Berlin Prize by the American Academy in Berlin. The annual prize goes to United States-based scholars, writers, composers and artists who represent the highest standards of excellence in their fields, from the humanities and social sciences to journalism, fiction, visual arts and music composition. Banner will use the fellowship in Berlin to work on her book Ideal Beauty: The Life and Times of Greta Garbo. (5/15/20)

Lisa Bitel, Dean’s Professor of Religion and professor of religion and history, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. The award supports her book project on religious conversion to Christianity in early medieval Britain and Ireland. (12/17/20)

Richard Brutchey, professor of chemistry, was awarded a Cottrell Plus SEED Award by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. The SEED Award, which stands for singular exceptional endeavors of discovery, supports exceptionally creative new research or educational activities with the potential for high impact. (8/14/20)

Richard Brutchey, professor of chemistry, was awarded an Inorganic Nanoscience Award from the American Chemical Society. The award honors sustained excellence, dedication and perseverance in research and service in the area of inorganic nanoscience. (3/19/20)

Enrique Martínez Celaya, Provost Professor of Humanities and Arts, received a Doctor of Fine Arts honoris causa from Otis College of Art and Design. He also delivered the college’s 2020 commencement address to graduates. (5/10/20)

Mark Chaisson, assistant professor of biological sciences, received a 2020 Sloan Research Fellowship. The fellowship recognizes early-career scholars who represent the most promising scientific researchers working today. (2/11/20)

Karl Christe, professor (research) of chemistry, has been awarded the M. Frederick Hawthorne Award in Main Group Inorganic Chemistry by the American Chemical Society. The award recognizes a researcher who makes significant contributions to chemistry involving the elements of groups 1, 2 and 13-18 in the periodic table. (8/13/20)

Gerald Davison, professor of psychology and gerontology, was awarded the 2020 Clinical Science Visionary Award by the Society for a Science in Clinical Psychology. The society described Davison as “a hero of clinical science” when bestowing the award, which recognizes distinguished conceptual contributions to the field of psychological clinical science. (10/10/20)

Steven Finkel, professor of biological sciences and college dean of graduate and professional education, has received the Raubenheimer Faculty Award in recognition of outstanding performance in the areas of teaching, scholarship and service within the university. (11/3/20)

Steven Fleming, professor of the practice of the spatial sciences and creative technologies, received the 2020 Distinguished Academic Service Award from the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation. The award honors Fleming’s outstanding contribution to geospatial intelligence education and tradecraft. (10/1/20)

Valery Fokin, professor of chemistry and a founding member of the Bridge Institute at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, was awarded the Markovnikov medal by the Department of Organic Chemistry at Lomonosov Moscow State University for “outstanding achievements in organic chemistry.” (1/27/20)

Fokin was also elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows, an honor that recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering and medicine research, practice or education. (3/30/20)

Susan Forsburg, professor of biological sciences, has been named Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences by USC President Carol L. Folt for accomplishments that have brought special renown to USC. (10/20/20)

Scott Fraser, Provost Professor of Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Physiology and Biophysics, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Pediatrics, Radiology and Ophthalmology, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine. He was recognized for “integrating biophysics, quantitative biology, and molecular imaging to enable unprecedented views of normal function and disease in live organisms, from embryonic development to old age.” (10/19/20)

Sarah Gualtieri, professor of American studies and ethnicity, history and Middle East studies, was awarded the Alixa Naff Migration Studies Prize by the Moise Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies at North Carolina State University. She received the prize, which recognizes outstanding scholarly studies focusing on Middle East and North African migration and diasporas, for her book Arab Routes: Pathways to Syrian California (Stanford University Press, 2019). (11/18/20)

Sherman Jackson, King Faisal Chair of Islamic Thought and Culture, and professor of religion and American studies and ethnicity, has been named Distinguished Professor of Religion by USC President Carol L. Folt for accomplishments that have brought special renown to USC. (10/20/20)

Steve Kay, Provost Professor of Neurology, Biomedical Engineering and Biological Sciences, was awarded the Director’s Award for Research by the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms. The honor recognizes his trailblazing research and his broad contributions to the field of chronobiology. (6/15/20)

Kay was named University Professor by USC President Carol L. Folt for his multidisciplinary interests and significant accomplishments in several disciplines. (10/20/20)

Carly Kenkel, Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, has received the Early Career Award from the International Coral Reef Society. Kenkel also has been named a fellow of the society. (3/18/20)

Aaron D. Lauda, professor of mathematics, was elected a fellow of the American Mathematical Society for his contributions to higher representation theory and link homology, in particular on the categorification of quantum groups. (1/9/20)

Naomi Levine, assistant professor of biological sciences and Earth sciences, has received the Raubenheimer Faculty Award in recognition of outstanding performance in the areas of teaching, scholarship and service within the university. (11/3/20)

Nancy Lutkehaus, professor of anthropology and political science, has received the Raubenheimer Faculty Award in recognition of outstanding performance in the areas of teaching, scholarship and service within the university. (11/3/20)

Smaranda Marinescu, associate professor of chemistry, has been awarded the 2021 Harry Gray Award for Creative Work in Inorganic Chemistry by a Young Investigator by the American Chemical Society. The award recognizes creative and impactful work by a young investigator in a forefront area of inorganic chemistry. (8/13/20)

Mark Marino, professor (teaching) of writing, was awarded the N. Katherine Hayles Award for Criticism of Electronic Literature by the Electronic Literature Organization. (8/21/20)

Maya Maskarinec, assistant professor of history, has received a 2020 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support her research and writing of a book about how prominent families in late medieval and early modern Rome appropriated Christian saints and the stories of their lives into their own histories to further their moral and political authority. (1/14/20)

Greta Matzner-Gore, assistant professor of Slavic languages and literatures, has received the Raubenheimer Faculty Award in recognition of outstanding performance in the areas of teaching, scholarship and service within the university. (11/3/20)

Andrew McMahon, W. M. Keck Provost Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine and Biological Sciences, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in honor of his outstanding contributions to developmental biology. (5/1/20)

Jill McNitt-Gray, professor of biological sciences and biomedical engineering, is the inaugural winner of the American Society of Biomechanics Jean Landa Pytel Award for diversity mentorship in biomechanics. (7/15/20)

Natania Meeker, associate professor of French and comparative literature, has won the 2019 Science Fiction & Technoculture Studies book prize. Established in 2012 by the Speculative Fiction and Cultures of Science program at the University of California, Riverside, the prize honors an outstanding scholarly monograph that explores the intersection between popular culture, especially science fiction, and the sciences. (6/25/20)

Natalia Molina, professor of American studies and ethnicity, has been selected as a 2020 MacArthur Foundation Fellow. The fellowship, known informally as the “genius grant,” provides each recipient with a $625,000, “no strings attached” award. Molina is one of 21 fellows selected this year by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, which recognizes “talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.” (10/6/2020)

Kenneth Nealson, Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and professor of Earth sciences and biological sciences, received the 2020 Jim Tiedje Award from the International Society of Microbial Ecology in recognition of his outstanding lifetime contribution to microbial ecology. (4/1/20)

Viet Thanh Nguyen, University Professor, Aerol Arnold Chair of English and professor of English and American studies and ethnicity and comparative literature, received the Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The award honors writers for exceptional accomplishment in any genre. (4/10/20)

Viet Thanh Nguyen University Professor, Aerol Arnold Chair of English and professor of English, American studies and ethnicity and comparative literature, has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board. He is the first Asian American and Vietnamese American member of the Pulitzer board. (09/07/20)

Greta Panova, associate professor of mathematics, has been awarded the 2020 Institute of Mathematics and Informatics (IMI) Prize. The IMI Mathematics Award is given every threee years to a Bulgarian citizen, under the age of 40, with high achievements in the field of mathematics. (6/30/20)

Manuel Pastor, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity and Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change, has been named a member of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s newly created Council of Economic Advisors. The council will advise the governor and Director of the California Department of Finance Keely Martin Bosler on wide-ranging economic issues and deepen relationships between the administration and academic researchers. (2/21/20)

Pastor has also been appointed to a new Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery by Newsom. The task force comprises California business, labor, health care and community leaders, who will recommend plans to protect California’s workforce and economy, particularly in areas most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. (4/24/20)

Christian Phillips, assistant professor of political science, has received the Raubenheimer Faculty Award in recognition of outstanding performance in the areas of teaching, scholarship and service within the university. (11/3/20)

Lisa Pon, professor of art history, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Advancement Grant. The award supports her efforts to digitally reconstruct the private library of Renaissance Pope Julius II. (12/17/20)

Matthew Pratt, professor of chemistry and biological sciences, has received the 2021 Horace S. Isbell Award for excellence in and promise of continued quality of contribution to research in carbohydrate chemistry. (8/11/20)

Alison Dundes Renteln, professor of political science, anthropology, public policy and law, has been elected to the Class of 2023 Board of Trustees of the Law and Society Association. The association elects board members annually to serve three-year terms. (11/10/20)

Alexandre Roberts, assistant professor of classics, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. The honor supports his book project on physics and alchemy in the pan-Mediterranean Byzantine world between 300 and 1400 A.D. (12/17/20)

Steve Ross, Myron and Marian Casden Director of the Casden Institute for the Study of Jewish Role in American Life and professor of history, has received the Raubenheimer Faculty Award in recognition of outstanding performance in the areas of teaching, scholarship and service within the university. (11/3/20)

Andrew Stott, professor of English and college dean of undergraduate education and academic affairs, has won the 14th annual Marfield Prize for outstanding writing in 2019. Stott received the prize — which recognizes the author of a nonfiction book about the visual, literary, media or performing arts — for his book What Blest Genius?: The Jubilee That Made Shakespeare. (4/30/20)

Antónia Szabari, associate professor of French and comparative literature, has won the 2019 Science Fiction & Technoculture Studies book prize. Established in 2012 by the Speculative Fiction and Cultures of Science program at the University of California, Riverside, the prize honors an outstanding scholarly monograph that explores the intersection between popular culture, especially science fiction, and the sciences. (6/25/20)

Mark Thompson, Ray R. Irani, Chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Chair in Chemistry and professor of chemistry and chemical engineering and materials science, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for developing highly efficient electrophosphorescent materials for organic light emitting devices used in displays and lighting worldwide. (2/7/20)

Mark Thompson, Ray R. Irani, Chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Chair in Chemistry and professor of chemistry and chemical engineering and materials science, has won the Stephanie L. Kwolek Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry for his discovery and development of inorganic molecular materials for flat panel displays and lighting. (6/24/20)

Robert Vos, assistant professor (teaching) of spatial sciences, was awarded outstanding case study of 2019-20 by Case Studies in the Environment for his work The Spatially Explicit Water Footprint of Blue Jeans: Spatial Methods in Action for Sustainable Consumer Products and Corporate Management of Water. (7/9/20)

Arieh Warshel, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Dana and David Dornsife Chair in Chemistry, has been elected a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences for his lifelong contributions to science. (1/2/20)

John Wilson, professor of sociology, civil and environmental engineering, computer science, architecture and preventive medicine, has been awarded a Geospatial Fellowship by the Geospatial Software Institute conceptualization project. The fellowships aim to advance COVID-19 research and education through the use of geospatial software and data. (10/16/20)

Erin Graff Zivin, professor of Spanish and Portuguese and comparative literature, was elected to the Modern Language Association’s Executive Council. Her four-year term extends to January 2025. (12/17/20)

Gian Maria Annovi, associate professor of Italian and comparative literature, has been awarded the Howard R. Marraro Prize by the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) for his book Pier Paolo Pasolini: Performing Authorship (Columbia University Press, 2017). The MLA selection committee for the biennial award praised Annnovi’s “deft selection and analysis of visual and literary texts” and wrote that his book “offers a new point of departure for Pasolini scholarship.” The award was presented on Jan. 5 in Chicago. (1/7/19)

Megan Becker, lecturer of international relations, was named a Faculty Fellow at ProjectTIER (Teaching Integrity in Empirical Research). As one of five social scientists chosen from around the world, Becker will design resources for teaching undergraduate students transparent research practices. (4/22/19)

Susanna Berger, assistant professor of art history, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Berger will use the award to help her write a new book, tentatively titled Visual Expertise and the Aesthetics of Deception in Early Modern Italy. (4/12/19)

David Bottjer, professor of Earth sciences, biological sciences and environmental studies, was awarded the 2019 Paleontological Society Medal. The award is the society’s most prestigious, honoring a renowned scientist who has made significant advances in the of knowledge in paleontology. (5/9/19)

Stephen Bradforth, divisional dean for natural sciences and mathematics and professor of chemistry, has been awarded a 2019 Cottrell Plus STAR Award. The Cottrell Scholar program champions the best early career teacher-scholars in science, and the Plus STAR Awards recognize Cottrell Scholars’ outstanding research and educational accomplishments 12 years or more after their entrance into the program. Bradforth will receive the award at the Cottrell Scholar Conference in July. (3/11/19)

Stephen Bradforth, divisional dean for natural sciences and mathematics and professor of chemistry, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Bradforth was recognized for “tracking electronic structure that guides chemical reactivity within complex environments and challenging teaching quality and innovation in the undergraduate STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields.” He will receive an official certificate and a rosette pin on Feb. 15, 2020, during the society’s annual meeting in Seattle. (11/26/19)

Luis Chiappe, adjunct professor of Earth sciences and biological sciences, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Chiappe was recognized for “distinguished contributions to the field of paleontology, particularly for the origin and early evolution of birds.” He will receive an official certificate and a rosette pin on Feb. 15, 2020, during the society’s annual meeting in Seattle. (11/26/19)

Ann Crigler, professor of political science and policy, planning and development, received the 2019 Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award from the American Political Science Association’s Political Communication Section. The award committee cited Crigler’s “theoretically ambitious, methodologically innovative, empirically grounded analysis of substantially important questions that has helped the field as a whole advance.” (8/30/19)

Ann Crigler, professor of political science and policy, planning and development, has been awarded the Walter Wolf Award for Defense of Academic Freedom and Faculty Rights. This award is given to USC faculty who defend and advocate for academic freedom through distinguished faculty service, teaching, scholarship, or activity as a public intellectual. She was nominated by her peers and selected from a pool of applicants. (5/1/19)

Antonio Damasio, University Professor, David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, and professor of psychology, philosophy and neurology, received the Paul D. MacLean Award for Outstanding Neuroscience Research in Psychosomatic Medicine from the American Psychosomatic Society. The society noted Damasio’s seminal contributions to the understanding of brain processes underlying emotions, feelings and consciousness. He received the award March 9 at the society’s annual meeting. (3/18/19)

Bill Deverell, professor of history, director of the USC Libraries Initiative for Collective-Focused Research and director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, has received the Hubert Howe Bancroft Award from the Friends of the Bancroft Library. The award honors significant achievements in support of historical research and scholarship on California and the American West and in the preservation of its ephemera and memorabilia. (4/27/19)

William Deverell, professor of history, was awarded an Ozzie Award in the category of “Long-Form Feature Content – City and Regional” for his feature story “A Little Girl, a Deep Well and a Big Story” in Journal of Alta California. The award, presented by Folio, recognizes excellence in uncompromising journalism. (11/5/19)

Steven Finkel, college dean of graduate and professional education and professor of biological sciences, has been named president-elect of the American Society for Microbiology. His leadership will begin on July 1, 2020. (12/4/2019)

Valery Fokin, professor of chemistry, received the G.A. Gamow Award from the Russian-American Science Association (RASA-America) in recognition of his pioneering chemical research and development of efficient methods for designing chemical compounds. Fokin received the award, which was founded to honor members of the Russian-speaking scientific diaspora for their outstanding achievements, on Nov. 9 at the association’s annual RASA-America Conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (11/11/19)

Kimberly Freeman, associate dean, chief diversity officer, has received the 2019 Inclusive Excellence Awards Outstanding Dissertation Award from the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education. Freeman received the honor at the association’s 2019 annual conference in Philadelphia held March 7–9. (3/19/19)

Salpi Ghazarian, director of the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies, was named a 2019 Aurora Forum Goodwill Ambassador. Ambassadorships are given to leaders whose work promotes innovative and effective approaches to advancing positive social change in Armenia and beyond. (8/1/19)

Robert Guralnick, professor of mathematics, has been named a 2019 Simons Fellow in mathematics. The fellowship provides funds to faculty for up to a semester-long research leave, enabling recipients to focus solely on research for the long periods often necessary for significant advances. (3/18/19)

Karla Heidelberg, professor (teaching) of biological sciences and environmental studies, was named Antarctic organisms and ecosystems program director for the Antarctic Sciences Section of the National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs. (8/21/19)

Mark Irwin, professor of English, has won the Philip Levine Prize for Poetry, for his 10th collection of poems, Shimmer. The award, an annual national poetry book contest sponsored by the Creative Writing Program at California State University, Fresno, is open to any poet writing in English, except those affiliated with Fresno State. In addition to a $2,000 prize, the contest offers publication by Florida-based Anhinga Press. (1/28/19)

Juhi Jang, associate professor of mathematics, has been named a 2019 Simons Fellow in mathematics. The fellowship provides funds to faculty for up to a semester-long research leave, enabling recipients to focus solely on research for the long periods often necessary for significant advances. (3/18/19)

Steve Kay, Provost Professor of Neurology, Biomedical Engineering and Biological Sciences and director of convergent biosciences at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Members of the society elect fellows who embody the society’s purpose of using science for the benefit of humanity. (4/17/19)

Carly Kenkel, Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, has received a 2019 Sloan Research Fellowship. Bestowed annually by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, these two-year fellowships include $70,000 in research funding and recognize scientists for distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their fields. (2/19/19)

Anna Krylov, professor of chemistry, was awarded the 2020 Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics by the American Physical Society. Krylov is the first woman ever to receive the award, which recognizes her “innovative work developing high accuracy electronic structure theory to inspire interpretation of spectroscopy of radicals, excited states, and ionization resonances in small molecules, biomolecules, and condensed phase solutes.” (10/16/19)

Robin Coste Lewis, writer in residence, has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Lewis will use the award to finish To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness, her next full-length poetry collection. (4/12/19)

Lewis has also been named an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow, one of 13 in the nation recognized for their literary merit. (4/24/19)

Voyage of the Sable Venus (Knopf, 2015) by Robin Coste Lewis, writer in residence, was named one of the 10 best poetry collections of the decade by Literary Hub. (10/16/19)

Peter Mancall, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Linda and Harlan Martens Director of the Early Modern Studies Institute and professor of history and anthropology, has been elected Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University, for the 2019–20 academic year. (8/9/19)

Smaranda Marinescu, Gabilan Assistant Professor of Chemistry, has received a 2019 Sloan Research Fellowship. Bestowed annually by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, these two-year fellowships include $70,000 in research funding and recognize scientists for distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their fields. (2/19/19)

Maya Maskarinec, assistant professor of history, has received a Humboldt Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to support her project “Monasteries and the Development of Legal Science in Tenth- and Eleventh-Century Italy” at the Freie Universität Berlin. She has also received the 2019 Hagiography Society Book Prize for her monograph City of Saints: Rebuilding Rome in the Early Middle Ages. (12/16/19)

Kenneth Nealson, Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and professor of Earth sciences and biological sciences, has been awarded the Jim Tiedje Award by the International Society for Microbial Ecology. The award recognizes his outstanding lifetime contribution to microbial ecology. (6/20/19)

Maggie Nelson, professor of English, has been elected to the 239th class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The academy recognizes the outstanding achievements of individuals in academia, the arts, business, government, and public affairs. (4/18/19)

The Sympathizer (Grove Press, 2015) by Viet Thanh Nguyen, University Professor, Aerol Arnold Chair of English and professor of English, American studies and ethnicity and comparative literature, was named one of the 10 best debut novels of the decade by Literary Hub. (10/16/19)

University Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen, Aerol Arnold Chair of English and professor of English, American studies and ethnicity and comparative literature, will receive an honorary degree from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, at its commencement ceremony on May 19. (3/6/19)

Ann Owens, associate professor of sociology and management, has received a 2019 William T. Grant Scholars award, which supports the professional development of promising researchers in the social, behavioral and health sciences who have received their terminal degrees within the past seven years. (5/15/19)

Daphna Oyserman, Dean’s Professor of Psychology and professor of psychology, was named an American Educational Research Association Fellow in honor of her substantial accomplishments in education research. (2/19/19)

Jessica Parr, associate professor (teaching) of chemistry, has been awarded the Distinguished Faculty Service Award. This award honors faculty service to USC beyond normal research, administrative, clinical and teaching responsibilities. Nominees must have also contributed to faculty governance in an exceptional manner. Parr was nominated by her peers and selected from a pool of applicants. (5/1/19)

Rhacel Parrenas, professor of sociology and gender studies, has received the Jessie Bernard Award from the American Sociological Association. The annual award recognizes significant cumulative scholarly work achieved throughout a professional career that has enlarged the horizons of sociology to encompass fully the role of women in society. Parrenas will be presented with the award during a ceremony on Aug. 11 at the ASA annual convention in New York City. (1/28/19)

Rhacel Parreñas, professor of sociology and gender studies, was elected vice president of the American Sociological Association. She will assume the role in August 2020, following a year of service as vice president-elect. (6/3/19)

Parreñas was also elected a member of the Sociological Research Association (SRA), which recognizes and advances excellence in sociological research, both theoretical and empirical. (8/15/19)

M. Hashem Pesaran, John Elliot Distinguished Chair in Economics, has been elected a distinguished fellow of the International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI). Founded in 2015, IETI, is a nonprofit organization that promotes the innovations of engineering and technology worldwide. (3/13/19)

Elena Pierpaoli, professor of physics and astronomy, has been named a 2019 Simons Fellow in theoretical physics. The fellowship provides funds to faculty for up to a semester-long research leave, enabling recipients to focus solely on research for the long periods often necessary for significant advances. (3/18/19)

Alexandre Roberts, assistant professor of classics, has received a Humboldt Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to support his project “Matter Redeemed: Ancient Physics and Alchemy in Byzantium and the Islamic World” at the Freie Universität Berlin. (12/16/19)

Hubert Saleur, professor of physics and astronomy, has been named the 2018 Laureate of the Jean Ricard Prize by the Société Française de Physique for his work in quantum field theory and statistical physics, and their applications to condensed matter. (10/10/19)

Stephanie Schwartz, assistant professor of international relations, is an inaugural Global Shifts Emerging Scholars Global Policy Prize winner, an honor awarded by the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House. The competition rewards scholars who make their cutting-edge research on significant global issues more accessible to policymakers. Announcing the award, Perry House cited Schwartz’s essay “Calling Foul on ‘Refoulement’: Why Refugee Return is Not (Always) the Answer,” in which she explored the risks of repatriating refugees. (8/8/19)

Vanessa Schwartz, professor of art history and history, received a 2019 Millard Meiss Publication Fund Award from the College Art Association, which supports projects of high scholarly and intellectual merit. Schwartz’s award will support the publication of her study “Jet Age Aesthetic: The Glamour of Media in Motion.” (6/13/19)

Norbert Schwarz, Provost Professor of Psychology and Marketing, was elected to the Academia Europaea, the pan-European academy of science, humanities and letters. (9/19/19)

Karen Tongson, associate professor of English, gender studies and American studies and ethnicity, has been awarded the Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction by the Lambda Literary Foundation. This award, which honors activist and author Jeanne Córdova, is given to a writer committed to nonfiction work that captures the complexity of lesbian/queer life, culture or history. Tongson will be recognized on June 3 at the 31st Annual Lambda Awards ceremony in New York City. (5/15/19)

David Treuer, professor of English, was selected for the 2019 National Book Award in Nonfiction shortlist for his book The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present (Harvard Riverhead Books, 2019). (10/15/19)

Sherry Velasco, professor of Spanish, Portuguese and gender studies, was inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. The largest interdisciplinary honor society, Phi Kappa Phi provides opportunities for students, faculty and staff at select universities to engage in research, share their experiences and be recognized for their accomplishments by their respective academic communities. (11/12/19)

John Wilson, professor of sociology, civil and environmental engineering, computer science, architecture and preventive medicine and director of the Spatial Sciences Institute, has been selected to receive the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science’s Education Award. The honor recognizes his professional contributions of both national and international significance to geographic information science education. He will receive the award at the consortium’s annual symposium in June in Washington, D.C. (4/9/19)

Susanna Berger, assistant professor of art history, has been awarded the Roland H. Bainton Art and Music Prize by the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference. She received the honor for the best book published in 2017 in English in the field of early modern art or music for The Art of Philosophy: Visual Thinking in Europe from Late Renaissance to the Early Enlightenment (Princeton University Press, 2017). (11/14/18)

Béatrice Mousli Bennett, professor (teaching) of French, has been named an Officer of the French Order of Academic Palms (Officier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques) by the French Minister of Education. Bennett received the prestigious award in honor of her career and in recognition of her efforts to promote French culture and language. (5/31/18)

Daniela Bleichmar, associate professor of art history and history, is the winner of the 2018 Alice Award from the J. M. Kaplan Fund for her book Visual Voyages: Images of Latin American Nature from Columbus to Darwin (Yale University Press, 2017). The $25,000 award is given annually to a richly illustrated book that makes a valuable contribution to its field and demonstrates high standards of production. (10/19/18)

Irene Chiolo, professor of biological sciences, received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award from the National Science Foundation. Among the foundation’s most prestigious awards, the CAREER grant will support Chiolo’s research on heterochromatin DNA repair. (3/23/18)

Frank Corsetti, professor of Earth sciences, has been named winner of the 2019 William R. Dickinson Award by the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM). The honor recognizes a mid-career research geoscientist who is significantly influencing the sedimentary geology community with innovative work, a track record of impactful publications, pioneering approaches and an influential research program. Corsetti will receive the Dickinson Medal at the SEPM Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, on May 21, 2019. (7/4/18)

Jahan Dawlaty, associate professor of  chemistry, received the 2018 Journal of Physical Chemistry B Lectureship Award from the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Physical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Division. The honor recognizes his outstanding research publications in the journal. (2/20/18)

Sarah Feakins, associate professor of Earth sciences, has been named a 2018-19 AAAS Alan I. Leshner Leadership Institute Public Engagement Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She will help develop and implement public engagement activities, train other scientists and work to increase public engagement in issues related to food and water security.

Feakins also was named one of six Ocean Discovery Lecturers for the 2018–19 academic year by the International Ocean Discovery Program, which focuses on marine geosciences research that explores Earth’s history and environment. (2/14/18)

Eric Friedlander, Dean’s Professor of Mathematics and chair of mathematics, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society. Friedlander received the honor for his “distinguished contributions to several fields of mathematics” with an emphasis on algebraic geometry as well as his leadership in the American Mathematical Society. (11/29/18)

Margaret Gatz, professor of psychology, received the 2018 Distinguished Career Contribution in Gerontology Award from the Behavioral and Social Sciences Section of the Gerontological Society of America. The award was publicly announced on Aug. 1. Gatz also received the Dobzhansky Award from the Behavior Genetics Association in June. (8/22/18)

Dana Gioia, Judge Widney Professor of Poetry and Public Culture, has been named recipient of the 2018 Poets’ Prize. Gioia received the award for his collection of 99 Poems: New and Selected (Graywolf Press, 2016). (4/9/18)

Jennifer Greenhill, associate professor of art history, has been named a 2018-2019 Tyson Scholar in American Art by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art for her current book project, Commercial Imagination: American Art and the Advertising Picture. She also received the Joe and Wanda Corn Fellowship from the Smithsonian American Art Museum in support of the same project. (6/7/18)

Dennis Hedgecock, Paxson H. Offield Professor in Fisheries Ecology and professor of biological sciences, has received an Honored Life Member Award from the National Shellfisheries Association. An international organization of scientists, management officials and members of industry concerned with the biology, ecology, production, economics, and management of shellfish resources, the association recognized Manahan for his work in genetics. (4/25/18)

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, professor of sociology, was named a 2017–18 Weatherhead Fellow by the School of Advanced Research. The nine-month residential fellowship, available for scholars working in the humanities or social sciences, will support her book project analyzing Latino immigrant integration in the historically African-American mega-neighborhood of South Los Angeles. (3/8/18)

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Florence Everline Professor of Sociology and professor of sociology, received the 2018 Julian Samora Distinguished Career Award from the Latina/o Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. The award recognizes her outstanding contributions to the field of Latina/o sociology through scholarly publications, teaching and mentoring. (9/10/18)

Marc Hoyois, assistant professor of mathematics, received a 2018 K-Theory Prize from the K-Theory Foundation, which promotes K-theory research and scholarship. K-theory is a branch of mathematics that combines ideas from algebraic geometry, linear algebra and number theory. (10/3/18)

David Hutchins, professor of biological sciences, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society. Hutchins earned the distinction for his “fundamental contributions to understanding the influence of trace metals, ocean acidification, and climate change on the productivity and evolution of marine phytoplankton populations.” (11/29/18)

Clifford Johnson, professor of physics and astronomy, was awarded the 2018 Klopsteg Memorial Lecture Award by the American Association of Physics Teachers. The award recognizes educators who have made notable and creative contributions to the teaching of physics. Johnson’s exemplary commitment to both frontier research and to publicizing the excitement of physics on television and in movies and books continues to contribute to the public knowledge and understanding of physics. (3/8/2018)

Anna Krylov, Gabilan Distinguished Professorship in Science and Engineering and professor of chemistry, was awarded the 2017 Mildred Dresselhaus Award from the University of Hamburg for her outstanding contributions to electronic-structure theory, particularly for the development and application of powerful coupled-cluster-based methods. She also was named a 2018 Simons Fellow in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. (3/30/18)

Igor Kukavica, professor of mathematics, has been elected a fellow of the American Mathematical Society for his many contributions to nonlinear partial differential equations, as well as his mentoring of Ph.D. students and his general service to the mathematical profession. (2/1/18)

Rebecca Lemon, associate professor of English, has been awarded the Marlowe Society of America Roma Gill Prize for her essay “Scholarly Addiction: Doctor Faustus and the Drama of Devotion” in Renaissance Quarterly. The prize is awarded every two years for the best new work on Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe. (11/14/18)

Steven Lopez, professor of psychology and social work, has received the inaugural Martha Bernal Award for the Advancement of Diversity Training and Education in Clinical Psychology from the American Psychological Association. The honor recognizes his longstanding and outstanding record of research and training in issues related to culture. (1/30/17)

Donal Manahan, professor of biological sciences and vice dean of students, has received an Honored Life Member Award from the National Shellfisheries Association. An international organization of scientists, management officials and members of industry concerned with the biology, ecology, production, economics, and management of shellfish resources, the association recognized Manahan for his work in physiology. (4/25/18)

Jessica Marglin, Ruth Ziegler Early Career Chair in Jewish Studies and assistant professor of religion, was awarded the 2018 National Jewish Book Award in Sephardic Culture for her book, Across Legal Lines: Jews and Muslims in Modern Morocco (Yale University Press, 2016). The National Jewish Book Awards are given annually by the Jewish Book Council, which is solely dedicated to the promotion of Jewish books. (1/30/17)

Cheryl Mattingly, professor of anthropology and occupational science and therapy, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Denmark’s Aarhus University. Mattingly was recognized for her contributions to the development of anthropological theory and her demonstration of the interdisciplinary potential of a new ethnographically based and philosophically mediated humanism. (9/27/18)

Carol Muske-Dukes, professor of English, has been named a 2018 Pulitzer Prize long-list finalist for her book of poems Blue Rose (Penguin U.S.A., 2018). (4/16/2018)

Viet Thanh Nguyen, University Professor of English, American Studies and Ethnicity and Comparative Literature and Aerol Arnold Chair of English, was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. One of the world’s most prestigious honorary societies, the academy honors exceptional scholars, leaders, artists and innovators, and engages them in sharing knowledge and addressing challenges facing the world. (4/18/18)

Daphna Oyserman, Dean’s Professor of Psychology and professor of psychology, education and communication, has been awarded the 2018 Application of Personality and Social Psychology Award by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. The honor recognizes a social or personality psychologist who has applied theoretical or empirical psychological discoveries and advances to the understanding and improvement of important practical problems across his or her career. She will receive the award at the society’s annual convention in Portland, Ore., on Feb. 7, 2019. (9/13/18)

Manuel Pastor, Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change and professor of sociology and American studies and ethnicity, has won the 2018 Public Sociology in International Migration Award from the American Sociological Association’s International Migration Section. (8/28/18)

Elena Pierpaoli, professor of physics and astronomy, has been awarded the 2018 Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize, which recognizes theoretical, analytical, conceptual or observational discoveries leading to fundamental advances in understanding of the universe. Pierpaoli received the award as part of the international Planck Scientist Collaboration. (11/14/18)

John Platt, professor of Earth sciences, was awarded the 2018 Stephan Mueller Medal by the European Geosciences Union. The award recognizes Platt’s pioneering research in structural geology, which has increased understanding of deformation processes at plate margins through careful linking of field studies with mechanical and analytical analyses. (7/5/18)

Steve Ross, Myron and Marian Casden Director of the Casden Institute for the Study of Jewish Role in American Life and professor of history, received the 2017 Richard Wall Memorial Award from the Theatre Library Association. The award recognizes his exemplary work in the field of recorded performance for his book Hitler in Los Angeles: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America (Bloombury USA, 2017). (9/12/18)

George Sanchez, professor of American studies and ethnicity and history, has been elected vice president of the Organization of American Historians (OAH). He will become president-elect in 2019 and will serve as president from 2020-21. The OAH is the largest professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of American history. (2/22/18)

Darbe Saxbe, assistant professor of psychology, has received a Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions from the American Psychology Association for her work in the area of health psychology. Saxbe is invited to submit a paper to American Psychologist and to participate in an August symposium in San Francisco highlighting the research and career paths of award winners. (3/15/18)

Satoko Shimazaki, associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures, has received the 2018 John Whitney Hall Book Prize for her book, Edo Kabuki in Transition: From the Worlds of the Samurai to the Vengeful Female Ghost (Columbia University Press, 2016). Presented by the Association for Asian Studies, the award honors the author of an outstanding English language book published on Japan or Korea. (3/16/18)

Raymond Stevens, Provost Professor of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Neurology, Physiology and Biophysics, and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, was awarded the 2018 Stein and Moore Award by The Protein Society. The honor recognizes scientists who have made exceptional, sustained, high-impact contributions to the study of proteins. (3/15/18)

Raymond C. Stevens, Provost Professor of Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Neurology, Physiology and Biophysics, and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and director of the Bridge Institute at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience, has received the 2019 Biophysical Society Anatrace Membrane Protein Award. Announced on July 30, the award recognizes his achievements in membrane protein structural biology technologies that have led to ground-breaking research and drug therapeutics that target G protein-coupled receptors. Stevens will be honored at the Biophysical Society’s 63rd annual meeting on March 5, 2019. (8/28/18)

Professor Emerita of International Relations Judith Tickner received the Ole R. Holsti Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Studies Association for her exceptional record of scholarship in international studies, a distinguished record of teaching and mentorship, and service to the association’s west region. (1/30/17)

Arieh Warshel, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Dana and David Dornsife Chair in Chemistry, received the honorary degree Doctor of Science, honoris causa from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in recognition of his remarkable contribution in computational studies on chemistry research. (1/30/18)

Travis Williams, associate professor of chemistry, has been awarded a 2018 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award by the editorial board members of SYNTHESIS, SYNLETT and SYNFACTS in recognition of his high-impact research in the field of synthetic organic chemistry. (2/1/18)

Gian-Maria Annovi, associate professor of French and Italian and gender studies, has been awarded the Flaiano Prize (Premi Flaiano) for his book Pier Paolo Pasolini: Performing Authorship (Columbia University Press, 2017). Established in 1974 to honor the Italian author and screenwriter Ennio Flaiano and awarded annually, the Flaiano prizes recognize international achievements in the fields of creative writing, cinema, theater and radio-television. (6/15/17)

Megan Becker, lecturer in the School of International Relations (SIR), has been selected to receive the Craig L. Brians Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Mentoring from the American Political Science Association (APSA). The honor recognizes her work with undergraduates at SIR and across the university. (6/8/17)

Aimee Bender, professor of English and director of the Ph.D. program in Creative Writing and Literature, has been appointed a Distinguished Professor by USC President C. L. Max Nikias. The designation of Distinguished Professor is reserved for those who have brought special renown to USC. Bender, who has received two Pushcart Prizes, the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Award for Fiction and an Alex Award for her work, is an acclaimed author of novels and short fiction. (2/7/17)

Writing the South Seas: Imagining the Nanyang in Chinese and Southeast Asian Postcolonial Literature (University of Washington Press, 2015) by Brian Bernards, assistant professor of East Asian languages and cultures, has been chosen as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2016 by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries. According to the American Library Association, the prestigious Outstanding Academic Titles list “reflects the best in scholarly titles … and brings with it the extraordinary recognition of the academic library community.” (3/16/17)

Daniela Bleichmar, associate professor of art history and history and associate provost for faculty and student initiatives in the arts and humanities, earned a Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowship for Recently Tenured Scholars from the American Council of Learned Societies. The award will support her residence at the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif., during the academic year 2018–19 as she studies The Itinerant Lives of Painted Books: Mexican Codices and Transatlantic Knowledge in the Early Modern World. (7/6/17)

Joseph Boone, professor of English, comparative literature, and gender studies, has been awarded a Bogliasco Foundation Residency Fellowship at the foundation’s study center near Genoa, Italy. Boone will use the fellowship to work on his project “The Melville Effect,” about the importance of American author Herman Melville. (12/1/17)

Xiaojiang Chen, professor of biological sciences and chemistry, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. The elections honors AAAS members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues. (11/27/17)

Karl Christe, professor (research) of chemistry, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. The elections honors AAAS members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues. (11/27/17)

University Professor Antonio Damasio, David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience and professor of psychology, philosophy and neurology, has been awarded the first international Freud Medal by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Breukvlakken Foundation, the Dutch Psychoanalytic Association, the Dutch Association of Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy and the Psychoanalytic Funds Foundation. Damasio, director of the USC Dornsife Brain and Creativity Institute, received the award for his contributions to researching the neurobiology of the mind on Nov. 24 at a symposium held in Amsterdam. (12/8/17)

William Deverell, professor of history, was awarded a gold medal in the category of Performing Arts and Music (Adult Nonfiction) in the 19th annual Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards for his book Woody Guthrie L.A. 1937 to 1941 (Angel City Press, 2016). The annual awards recognize the best books published from small, independent and university presses. Deverell, who also is director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, shares the award with the book’s co-author, Darryl Holter, adjunct associate professor of history. (6/28/17)

William Deverell, professor of history and director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, is a recipient of a 2017 California Writers Residency through the Yefe Nof Residency and the literary journal 1888. He is one of three authors each given two weeks to write in the mountains of Lake Arrowhead to help further the tradition of the California voice. (5/15/17)

Moh El-Naggar, Robert D. Beyer (‘81) Early Career Chair in Natural Sciences and associate professor of physics, biological sciences and chemistry, has been named a finalist for the 2017 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists in the life sciences category. Honorees are considered to be among America’s most important young scientific researchers aged 42 years and younger, making their mark in today’s world through their discoveries and innovations. Finalists and laureates will be honored at an awards ceremony on Sept. 25 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. (6/1/17)

Jennifer Greenhill, associate professor of art history, has been named a Winterthur Research Fellow for her project “The Commercial Imagination: American Illustration and the Materialities of the Market, 1890-1930.” She was awarded the honor by the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library and the University of Delaware. (11/9/17)

Wolf Gruner, Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish Studies, professor of history and director of the Center for Advanced Genocide Research, has been awarded the Sybil Halpern Milton Book Prize from the German Studies Association for the best book on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust published in either 2015 or 2016. Gruner received the honor for his book Die Judenverfolgung im Protektorat Böhmen/Mähren. Lokale Initiativen, zentrale Entscheidungen, jüdische Antworten 1939-1945 (Anti-Jewish Persecution in the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia. Local Initiatives, Central Decisions, Jewish Responses) (Wallstein Verlag, 2016).

The book was also awarded one of the prizes for most outstanding German studies in humanities and social science in 2017 by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung, the VG WORT and the German Foreign Office. The book will be published in English by Berghahn Books in 2019. Gruner has also been appointed a member of the academic committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (10/23/17)

Robert Guralnick, professor of mathematics, was awarded the 2018 Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Algebra from the American Mathematical Society. The honor, awarded every three years for a notable paper published about algebra, recognizes Guralnick’s groundbreaking research on representation theory, cohomology and subgroup structure of finite quasi-simple groups, and the wide-ranging applications of this work to other areas of mathematics. (11/30/17)

Bruce Herring, assistant professor of biological sciences, was awarded a 2018 Memory and Cognitive Disorders Awards from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. The award, which supports innovative research by U.S. scientists who are studying neurological and psychiatric diseases, will fund Herring’s research into the molecular mechanisms that may lead to the development of Autism Spectrum Disorders. (12/18/17)

Andrew Hires, assistant professor of biological sciences, received a 2017 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. The award is part of the High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, which supports exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects. Hires also recently received a Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative award, which supports research that helps understand the brain and ways to treat, cure and prevent brain disorders. (10/5/17)

Suzanne Hudson, associate professor of art history and fine arts and director of graduate studies in art history, has received an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellowship for her research into the practical applications of art making. She will pursue coursework in art therapy, psychology and medical humanities while completing her book on the therapeutic origins of process within American modernism, Better for the Making: Art, Therapy, Process. (3/30/17)

Dana Johnson, associate professor of English and American studies and ethnicity, has been awarded the 2017 McElderry Fellowship by USC Dornsife’s Department of English. She will use the award to research a new collection of stories set in Cuba and a new novel set in the contemporary American South. (6/14/17)

Thomas Jordan, University Professor, William M. Keck Foundation Chair in Geological Sciences, professor of Earth sciences and director of the Southern California Earthquake Center, has been awarded the William Bowie Medal by the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The award is AGU’s highest honor and is given annually for outstanding contributions for fundamental geophysics and for volunteer activity above and beyond any job requirements. (7/20/17)

Arie Kapteyn, director of the Center for Economic and Social Research, was awarded the 2017 Pierson Medal by the Mr. N. G. Pierson Foundation. Kapteyn received the medal, which is awarded every three years to a scientist working in the Netherlands, for his pioneering work in the field of individual welfare and for contributions to policy and the establishment of high-quality institutes for economic research and doctoral education. (10/17/17)

Vitaly Kresin, professor of physics and astronomy, was elected a fellow of the American Physics Society. Fellows have made advances in physics through original research and publication, or have made significant innovative contributions in the application of physics to science and technology. (11/2/17)

Josh Kun, professor of communication and American studies and ethnicity, has been awarded the Berlin Prize. Kun is among 22 recipients of the semester-long fellowship in Berlin awarded annually by the American Academy in Berlin to top-tier scholars, writers, composers and artists from the United States who represent “the highest standards of excellence in their fields.” (5/22/17)

Andrew Lakoff, professor of sociology and divisional dean for social sciences, has been awarded a visiting fellowship to the Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Market Societies in Paris. Lakoff received the honor for his project “Ecological Knowledge and Infrastructure Planning in an Age of Environmental Crisis.” (8/29/17)

Lakoff also received the 2017 David Edge Prize for an article he co-authored titled “Vital Systems Security: Reflexive Biopolitics and the Government of Emergency,” published in Theory, Culture & Society. The award is bestowed annually for an outstanding article in the area of science and technology studies. (7/19/17)

Naomi Levine, Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Earth Sciences, has received a Simons Early Career Investigator in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution Award for her research into the role of marine microbial plasticity in evolution and biogeochemistry. The award is intended to help launch the careers of outstanding investigators who use quantitative approaches to advance understanding of marine microbial ecology and evolution. (4/12/17)

Robin Coste Lewis, writer in residence of the Visual Studies Program, has been named an Art of Change fellow by the Ford Foundation. Lewis, poet laureate for the City of Los Angeles, is one of 25 visionary artists and cultural leaders to receive the honor. The fellowship program supports the creation of powerful works of art that help advance freedom, justice and inclusion and strengthen democracy. (10/2/17)

Daniel Lidar, professor of chemistry and physics and astronomy, has been honored with a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Lidar, who holds a joint appointment at USC Viterbi School of Engineering, was recognized for his pioneering research in the area of quantum information science. The only candidate selected this year in the engineering category, he was chosen on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise. (4/12/17)

Brie Loskota, executive director of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture, has been selected as a Young Global Leader (YGL) of the World Economic Forum. Loskota was recognized for her record of professional accomplishments, commitment to society and potential to contribute to shaping the future of the world through leadership. (3/16/17)

Professor Emeritus of International Relations Abraham Lowenthal has been decorated with the Orden El Sol del Perú (Order the Sun of Peru) at a ceremony held at the Foreign Ministry in Lima, Peru, on April 27. Lowenthal received the honor, the oldest such award in Latin America, for “the significant role he has played during his extensive career as an active promoter of strengthening Inter-American Relations.” (5/5/17)

Megan Luke, assistant professor of art history, has been awarded a Fellowship for Experienced Researchers from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She will be based at the Freie Universität in Berlin for three residencies from 2017–19, where she will work on her forthcoming book, The Sculptural Surrogate: Reproduction and the Ritual Object. (1/30/17)

Jessica Marglin, Ruth Ziegler Early Career Chair in Jewish Studies and assistant professor of religion, was awarded the 2016 Norris and Carol Hundley Award for her book, Across Legal Lines: Jews and Muslims in Modern Morocco (Yale University Press, 2016). The Hundley Award is given annually by the American Historical Association’s Pacific Coast Branch for the most distinguished book on any historical subject. (8/15/17)

Marglin’s book also earned an honorable mention for the 2017 Peter Gonville Stein Book Award from the American Society for Legal History. (11/10/17)

Cheryl Mattingly, professor of anthropology, has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Mattingly, who holds a joint appointment at USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, will use the award to concentrate on her new book, Category Trouble: Stigma as Moral Experience. (4/12/17)

John “Jack” McArdle, professor of psychology and gerontology, has received the Saul B. Sells Award for Distinguished Multivariate Research from the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology. The highest honor bestowed by the society, the award is given annually to recognize an individual who has made a distinguished lifetime achievement in the field. It is the second time McArdle has received the award — an unprecedented honor — in recognition of his advancement of longitudinal methodology and statistics throughout his career. (5/5/17)

Natania Meeker, associate professor of French and comparative literature, has been named a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes académiques (Knight of the Order of Academic Palms) by the French Ministry of Education. This esteemed honor acknowledges distinguished academics, both French and foreign, who contribute to the expansion of French education and culture throughout the world. The award was given for Meeker’s efforts to promote French culture and literature, both as a USC Dornsife professor and in the framework of her collaboration with French universities and researchers. (4/27/17)

Viet Thanh Nguyen, Aerol Arnold Chair of English and professor of English, American studies and ethnicity and comparative literature, has been honored in France with the 2017 Sofitel Prize for Best Foreign Book. The Sofitel Prize is one of the first awards in France to distinguish works by non-French authors. (11/1/17)

Nguyen has been selected as a 2017 fellow of the MacArthur Foundation. The fellowship, known informally as the “genius grant,” provides each recipient with a $625,000, “no strings attached” award. Nguyen is one of 24 fellows selected this year by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, which recognizes “talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.” (10/11/17)

Nguyen has been named a “Great Immigrant” by Carnegie Corporation of New York, the country’s oldest grant-making foundation established by Scottish immigrant Andrew Carnegie in 1911. The award honors naturalized citizens from all walks of life who have made notable contributions to the progress of American society. (6/29/17)

Viet Thanh Nguyen, Aerol Arnold Chair of English and professor of English, American studies and ethnicity and comparative literature, has been honored with a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Nguyen was chosen on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise. He will use the award to work on his upcoming book The Committed, a sequel to his 2016 Pulitzer-award winning novel The Sympathizer (Grove Press, 2015). Nguyen also received the 2017 John G. Cawelti Award for Best Textbook/Primer from the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association for his nonfiction work Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War (Harvard University Press, 2016). (5/22/17)

Olu Orange, adjunct assistant professor of political science, has been selected as a recipient of a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award by California Lawyer magazine. CLAY Awards recognize California attorneys whose work has a far-reaching impact in law, business and society. Orange, director of the Dornsife Trial Advocacy Program, received the award on March 14 in San Francisco for his groundbreaking federal class action case challenging unconstitutional gang injunctions. It is the second time he has won the honor in three years. (3/28/17)

Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature and Gender Studies Gloria Orenstein has been awarded a 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Women’s Caucus for Art. Orenstein was recognized for her body of research, which ranges from Surrealism, contemporary feminist literature and the arts to ecofeminism and shamanism. She will receive the honor at an awards celebration in Los Angeles on Feb. 24, 2018. (12/7/17)

Carolyn Phillips, Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, has been named a 2017 Pew scholar in the biomedical sciences. The class of scholars are early-career researchers selected for their commitment to investigating health challenges in the brain as it ages. The award comes with four years of flexible funding to pursue foundational research. (6/15/17)

John Pollini, professor of art history and history, has been named a Morphomata Fellow by the University of Cologne, Germany. He will pursue his project “Augustus Caesar: From Image to Icon” at the university’s Morphomata Center for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. (11/6/17)

G. K. Surya Prakash, George A. and Judith A. Olah Nobel Laureate Chair in Hydrocarbon Chemistry and professor of chemistry, has received a 2018 Arthur C. Cope Late Career Scholar Award for his major contributions to the field of synthetic and mechanistic organic chemistry. He will deliver an awards address at the Arthur C. Cope Symposium during the American Chemical Society’s national meeting in Boston, Mass., in August 2018. (8/22/17)

George Sanchez, professor of American studies and ethnicity and history, has been honored with the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS). Sanchez received the award at the annual IEHS banquet, which was held in New Orleans on April 7. He was recognized for his numerous influential articles, reports and edited anthologies that have shaped the fields of Chicano, Latino and ethnic studies. He was also honored for his mentorship and teaching of students, which have resulted in dozens of first-generation and underrepresented students securing tenured academic positions across the country. (1/17/17)

Edo Kabuki in Transition: From the Worlds of the Samurai to the Vengeful Female Ghost (Columbia University Press, 2016) by Satoko Shimazaki, associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures, has been chosen as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2016 by Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries. According to the American Library Association, the prestigious Outstanding Academic Titles list “reflects the best in scholarly titles … and brings with it the extraordinary recognition of the academic library community.” (3/16/17)

Bruce Smith, Dean’s Professor of English and professor of theatre, is the recipient of four awards for The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare (Cambridge University Press, 2016), which he edited. The two-volume set was named an Outstanding Academic Title of 2016 by the American Library Association and the Outstanding Print Reference Work of 2016 (Humanities) by Library Journal. It garnered two PROSE awards from the American Association of Publishers: the Award for Excellence in Reference Works and the Multivolume Reference/Humanities and Social Sciences award. (3/9/17)

Jacob Soll, professor of history and accounting, has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar grant to support him in writing a nonfiction book on his scholarship for a general audience. The Public Scholar Program aims to encourage scholarship that will be of broad interest and have lasting impact. Soll will author A History of the Free Market from the 16th to the 20th Century. (8/3/2017)

David St. John, University Professor of English and Comparative Literature, has been named a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. St. John will consult with the organization on matters of artistic programming, serve as a judge for the organization’s largest prizes for poets and act as an ambassador of poetry in the world at large. (1/6/17)

David Treuer, professor of English, has been awarded the 2017 Blue Metropolis First Peoples Prize for his novel Prudence (Riverhead Books, 2015). He received the award at a ceremony at the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival on April 28 in Montreal. The prize, which is sponsored by the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and The Chadha Foundation, aims to increase national and international exposure to writers from indigenous communities. (5/17/17)

Gregory Treverton, professor of the practice of international relations, has been named one of The Most Influential People in Security 2017 by Security Magazine for his contributions to government security. (10/18/17)

Arieh Warshel, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Dana and David Dornsife Chair in Chemistry, was honored by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, which named an institute after the Nobel laureate. The Arieh Warshel Institute of Computational Biology in Shenzen, China, where Warshel will spend two weeks annually, will support international collaborations and cutting-edge research in the field Warshel helped pioneer. (5/2/17)

Ellen Wayland-Smith, assistant professor (teaching) of writing, has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar grant to support her in writing a nonfiction book on her scholarship for a general audience. The Public Scholar Program aims to encourage scholarship that will be of broad interest and have lasting impact. Wayland-Smith will pen Jean Wade Rindlaub and the History of Advertising to American Women. (8/3/2017)

Wendy Wood, Provost Professor of Psychology and Business and director of the Social Behavior Laboratory, has been named the first holder of the Sorbonne University INSEAD Distinguished Visiting Chair in Behavioral Science for the 2017-18 academic year. (1/26/17)

David Albertson, associate professor of religion, has received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for his project “The Tegernsee Debate on Love and Reason: Mystical Letters and Treatises in Late Medieval Germany.” This one-volume English translation of 15th-century Latin documents written at Tegernsee Monastery, Germany, debates the value of Christian piety and reason in identifying common ground with Judaism and Islam. (8/15/16

Andrew Bacon, assistant professor of philosophy, has won the 2016 Sanders Prize in Metaphysics for his article “Relative Locations,” forthcoming in Oxford Studies in Metaphysics (Oxford University Press). The Marc Sanders Foundation is committed to renewing appreciation for traditional philosophy by encouraging, identifying and rewarding excellent research in metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, metaethics, political philosophy, history of modern philosophy and philosophy of religion. (4/27/16)

Professor Emerita of History Lois Banner has been awarded a Fulbright Distinguished Chair at Uppsala University in Sweden for six months of the 2016-17 academic year. While she is in Sweden, Banner, a former president of the American Studies Association and winner of its lifetime achievement award, will conduct research for her biography of the Swedish film actress Greta Garbo. She will also teach a five-week course, “Gender and Sex in the History of the United States,” which she taught previously at USC Dornsife. (3/1/16)

Pablo Barberá, assistant professor of international relations, has been awarded the 2016 Miller Prize by the Society for Political Methodology for his article “Birds of the same feather tweet together: Bayesian ideal point estimation using Twitter data.” The Miller Prize is awarded for the best work appearing in the journal Political Analysis the preceding year. (8/5/16)

Lisa Bitel, professor of history and religion, has been elected a fellow of the Medieval Academy of America (MAA) in recognition of her distinguished contributions to medieval studies. The largest organization in the United States promoting excellence in this field, the MAA, which has more than 4,000 members, was founded in 1925. The academy publishes the quarterly journal Speculum, awards prizes, grants, and fellowships and supports research, publication and teaching in all aspects of the Middle Ages. (1/25/16)

Daniela Bleichmar, associate professor of art history and history, and associate provost for faculty and student initiatives in the arts and humanities, has been named a 2016-17 visiting scholar at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. (9/8/16)

James Boedicker, assistant professor of physics and astronomy and biological sciences, has received a 2016 DARPA Young Faculty Award, which identifies and engages rising research stars in junior faculty positions at U.S. academic institutions. The honor aims to develop the next generation of academic scientists, engineers and mathematicians in certain disciplines who will focus a significant portion of their careers on Department of Defense and national security issues. (10/21/16)

John Bowlt, professor of Slavic languages and literatures and art history, has been selected to receive the 2016 Distinguished Contributions to Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Award for his tireless work in creating and promoting the field of Russian modernist visual culture. The award, given by the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, honors senior scholars who have helped to build and develop the field through scholarship, training and service to the profession. (9/16/16)

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English T.C. Boyle, writer in residence, has won the inaugural Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award for his novel The Harder They Come (Ecco, 2015). Created by the Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford, Conn., the award, which comes with a $25,000 prize, was presented to Boyle at a ceremony in New York City last month. Boyle’s novel was selected as being the book published in 2015 that best embodies a uniquely American voice, not unlike that employed by Twain in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (10/31/16)

Yao-Yi Chiang, assistant professor (research) of spatial sciences, won first place at the Computing Community Consortium-sponsored Blue Sky Ideas Track Competition at the ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems 2015, held from Nov. 3 to 6 in Seattle. Chiang won the honor for his paper “Querying Historical Maps as a Unified, Structured, and Linked Spatiotemporal Source.” (2/3/16)

University Professor Antonio Damasio, David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, professor of psychology and philosophy and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at USC Dornsife, was awarded the 2016 Mind and Brain Prize, in recognition of his fundamental investigations of brain processes underlying emotions, decision making and consciousness and for his contributions to the modern discussion of the mind/body problem. Established in 2003 by the Center for Cognitive Science of the University of Turin in Italy, the Mind and Brain Prize is awarded by a jury of international peers to scientists whose research has significantly advanced the understanding of the human mind and brain. (10/19/16)

Gerald Davison, professor of psychology and gerontology, has been selected by the California Psychological Association as the recipient of the 2016 Distinguished Scientific Contribution in Psychology award. This honor recognizes a psychologist who has contributed exceptional research of great impact to the field of psychology. (4/11/16)

Jahan Dawlaty, assistant professor of chemistry, received a Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement. The Cottrell Scholar program develops outstanding teacher-scholars who are recognized by their scientific communities for the quality and innovation of their research programs and their academic leadership skills. The award comes with a $100,000 grant to support the scholars’ research and educational activities. (2/24/16)

Nina Eliasoph, professor of sociology, has received the 2016 Clifford Geertz Award (shared with Paul Lichterman, professor of sociology and religion) from the Section on Sociology of Culture of the American Sociological Association (ASA) for the article “Civic Action.” Written with Lichterman, the paper appeared in the Nov. 2014 issue of the American Journal of Sociology. The Geertz Award has been presented annually since 1990 for the best article on cultural sociology. Eliasoph also received the 2016 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award (shared with Lichterman) from the Section on Political Sociology of the ASA for the same article. (11/17/16)

Distinguished Professor of English Percival Everett has been named a fellow of the 236-year-old American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the world’s most prestigious honorary societies. The academy honors “scholar-patriots” who have brought the arts and sciences “into constructive interplay with leaders of both the public and private sectors.” (4/20/16)

Steven Finkel, professor of biological sciences, was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. The honorific leadership group within the American Society for Microbiology recognizes excellence, originality and leadership in the microbiological sciences. (3/1/16)

Susan Forsburg, Gabilan Distinguished Professor in Science and Engineering and professor of biological sciences, was awarded the 2016 Nature Award for Mentoring in Science. The eminent science journal grants the annual award, which includes a $10,000 prize, to an outstanding mentor who is nominated by his or her mentees. The awards champion the importance of mentoring and inspiring a new generation of scientists. (11/28/16)

Alice Gambrell, associate professor of English, has been named McElderry Research Fellow by USC Dornsife’s Department of English. Her appointment is for the 2016–17 academic year. (9/13/16)

Jesse Graham, associate professor of psychology, has received a Sage Young Scholar Award from the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology. The award will be formally presented at a ceremony held on Jan. 19 at the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in San Antonio. (11/18/16)

Robert Guralnick, professor of mathematics, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society. The elections honors AAAS members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues. (11/23/16)

William Handley, associate professor of English, is the 2016 recipient of the Western Literature Association’s Susan J. Rosowski Award. The honor is given for outstanding teaching and mentoring in the field of western American literature. Handley was recognized at the association’s annual meeting on Sept. 23 in Big Sky, Mont., where he was presented with a shepherd’s staff as a symbol of his leadership, guidance and protection of his graduate students and younger scholars. (10/19/16)

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, professor of sociology and associate director of the Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration, has received the 2016 John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Award from the Foundation for Landscape Studies for her book Paradise Transplanted: Migration and the Making of California Gardens (University of California Press, 2014). The book reveals how successive conquests and diverse migrations have made Southern California gardens, and in turn how gardens influence social inequality, work, leisure, status and our experiences of nature and community. (2/12/16)

Josh Kun, associate professor of communication and American studies and ethnicity, has been selected as a 2016 fellow of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Kun, a cultural historian with joint appointments at USC Dornsife and USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, was cited by the foundation for public humanities projects like “Songs in the Key of L.A.” Awarded since 1981 for exceptional “originality, insight and potential,” and considered one of the most prestigious prizes in the United States, the MacArthur Fellowship provides a $625,000 grant, popularly known as the “genius” grant. (9/23/16)

Rongdao Lai, assistant professor of religion, has been awarded a Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Research Fellowship in Buddhist Studies by the American Council of Learned Societies for her new research project on transnational lineage networks in 20th-century Chinese Buddhism. A recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship at the National University of Singapore (NUS) for the same project, she has taken up her fellowship within the religion and globalization cluster in the Asia Research Institute at NUS. (8/15/16)

Rongdao Lai, assistant professor of religion, has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Lai will take up her fellowship within the religion and globalization cluster in the Asia Research Institute at NUS. There she will pursue her new research project on transnational lineage networks in 20th-century Chinese Buddhism. (5/6/16)

Andrew Lakoff, associate professor of sociology, has been awarded a fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University for the 2016-17 academic year. CASBS is a leading center for interdisciplinary and collaborative scholarship focused on critical social problems. While at Stanford, Lakoff will conduct research on how global cities are adapting to the prospect of ecological crisis linked to climate change. (4/1/16)

Andrew Lakoff, associate professor of sociology, has been named a 2016-17 fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. (9/8/16)

Steven Lamy, professor of international relations and vice dean for academic programs, has been named to the Academic Advisory Board of the Warrior Scholar Project (WSP), which helps enlisted veterans succeed in higher education by overcoming feelings of discouragement and lack of confidence resulting from a long absence from academe. WSP addresses veterans’ misperceptions about college and builds their confidence through an intense academic reorientation. (1/29/16)

Paul Lerner, professor of history and director of the Max-Kade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies, has been awarded the American Historical Association’s 2016 Dorothy Rosenberg Prize for his book, The Consuming Temple: Jews, Department Stores, and the Consumer Revolution in Germany, 1880-1940 (Cornell University Press, 2015). The prize recognizes “the most distinguished work on the history of the Jewish diaspora published in English.” (10/24/16)

Naomi Levine, Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Earth Sciences, was recognized as one of the 2016 class of Sloan Fellows in the Ocean Sciences division. The two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to early-career scientists and scholars in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field. (5/16/16)

Paul Lichterman, professor of sociology and religion, has received the 2016 Clifford Geertz Award (shared with Nina Eliasoph, professor of sociology) from the Section on Sociology of Culture of the American Sociological Association (ASA), for the article “Civic Action.” Written with Eliasoph, the paper appeared in the Nov. 2014 issue of the American Journal of Sociology. The Geertz Award has been presented annually since 1990 for the best article on cultural sociology. Lichterman also received the 2016 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award (shared with Eliasoph) from the Section on Political Sociology of the ASA for the same article. (11/17/16)

M.G. Lord, assistant professor of the practice of English, was honored by the Los Angeles Press Club at the 58th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards for her Dame Magazine article “You’d Be Such a Good Mother. If Only You Weren’t You.” The annual awards recognize and honor professional journalists who produce outstanding work. (8/15/16)

Jessica Marglin, Ruth Ziegler Early Career Chair in Jewish Studies and assistant professor of religion, has been awarded the Rome Prize in Modern Italian Studies by the American Academy in Rome. Selected through a national competition, winners of the prize are invited to pursue their individual work during a residency lasting six to 11 months at the academy, located in a 17th-century villa in the heart of Rome. (4/28/16)

Jill McNitt-Gray, professor of biological sciences and biomedical engineering, received the 2016 Jim Hay Memorial Award for Research in Sports and Exercise Biomechanics from the American Society of Biomechanics. The award is presented annually to an investigator who has conducted exemplary research in the area of sports and exercise science biomechanics. (5/20/16)

Jill McNitt-Gray, Gabilan Distinguished Professorship in Science and Engineering and professor of biological sciences and biomedical engineering, has been awarded the 2016 Dr. C. Harmon Brown Award from USA Track and Field for her contributions to the fields of sports medicine and science. (12/7/16)

Brent Melot, assistant professor of chemistry, received a Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement. The Cottrell Scholar program develops outstanding teacher-scholars who are recognized by their scientific communities for the quality and innovation of their research programs and their academic leadership skills. The award comes with a $100,000 grant to support the scholars’ research and educational activities. (2/24/16)

Michael Messner, professor of sociology and gender studies and chair of sociology, has been awarded a 2016 Ethel-Jane Westfeldt Bunting Fellowship at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, N.M. During the seven-week summer residential fellowship, Messner will pursue his project, “Guys Like Me: Six Wars, Six Veterans for Peace.” Earlier this year, Messner was honored with the Pacific Sociological Association’s 2016 Distinguished Scholarship Award for the book he co-authored with recent Ph.D. students Tal Peretz and Max Greenberg, Some Men: Feminist Allies and the Movement to End Violence Against Women (Oxford University Press, 2015). (4/27/16)

Viet Thanh Nguyen, Aerol Arnold Chair of English and associate professor of English and American studies and ethnicity, has been awarded the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for his Pulitzer Prize-winning first novel, The Sympathizer (Grove Press, 2015). The Dayton Literary Peace Prize is the first and only annual United States literary award recognizing the power of the written word to promote peace. Nguyen has also been selected for the 2016 National Book Award in Nonfiction shortlist for his book Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War (Harvard University Press, 2016). Nguyen is among five authors chosen for this honor. National Book Awards winners will be announced at a ceremony in New York City on Nov. 16. (10/11/16)

Viet Thanh Nguyen, associate professor of English and American studies and ethnicity and interim chair of American studies and ethnicity, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his first novel, The Sympathizer (Grove Press, 2015). The book explores the Vietnam War from multiple perspectives by taking readers inside the mind of a double agent. One of the most prestigious literary awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction recognizes distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, published during the preceding calendar year. Nguyen’s book has also won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author from the Mystery Writers of America, the 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, an annual prize for the year’s best debut novel, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Literary Excellence from the American Library Association and the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in Fiction from the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association. (4/29/16)

Amy Ogata, professor and chair of art history, has received the Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award from the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) for her book Designing the Creative Child: Playthings and Places in Midcentury America (University of Minnesota Press, 2013). The award honors the most distinguished work of scholarship on the history of architecture published by a North American scholar. (4/11/16)

Ann Owens, assistant professor of sociology and spatial sciences, has been chosen as a 2016 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. She will use the fellowship to support her research on the consequences of school and neighborhood economic segregation, drawing on large national datasets. Administered by the National Academy of Education, an honorary educational society, the fellowship is funded by a grant from the Spencer Foundation and supports early career scholars working in critical areas of education research. (5/4/16)

Florence Scott Professor of English Emerita Marjorie Perloff has received an honorary doctorate in philosophy from the University of Innsbruck. Perloff received the degree at an April 26 ceremony at the Austrian university where she was honored for her outstanding scientific work. (4/27/16)

Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, assistant professor of history and spatial sciences, was awarded the 2016 Gilbert Chinard Prize by the Society for French Historical Studies and the Institut Français d’Amérique for his book, Citizen Sailors. The award recognizes a distinguished scholarly book published in North America in 2015 on the history of themes shared by France and the Americas. (7/29/16)

M. Hashem Pesaran, John Elliott Distinguished Chair in Economics, director of the USC Dornsife Institute for New Economic Thinking and director of the USC Center for Applied Financial Economics, has been recognized as the inaugural Eurasia Business and Economics Society Fellow. He was elected in May 2016 for his outstanding academic achievements and invaluable contributions to time-series econometrics, including modeling, testing and forecasting. Pesaran was also recently awarded the honorary degree of Doctor Oeconomiae Honoris Causa from the University of Economics, Prague. (6/29/16)

G. K. Surya Prakash, George A. and Judith A. Olah Nobel Laureate Chair in Hydrocarbon Chemistry and professor of chemistry, has received the 2015 Henri Moissan Prize. The award, which is presented by the Fondation de la Maison Chimie once every three years, is the highest international award for excellence in fluorine chemistry. Prakash presented the award lecture in Cuomo, Italy, in August 2015. He received the prize at a special symposium held Feb. 17, 2016, in Paris. (2/17/16)

Matthew Pratt, associate professor of chemistry and biological sciences, has been awarded the American Cancer society’s HOPE Award, which honors an ACS-funded researcher who is in the first two years of funded work. Pratt, who studies increased levels of a specific sugar found in malignant cells, was honored as part of the ACS’ inaugural Giants of Science gala for work that “significantly impacted the society’s goal of a world free from the pain and suffering caused by cancer.” (10/31/16)

Oleg Prezhdo, professor of chemistry and astronomy and physics, was awarded a Humboldt Research Award. The honor, which recognizes a researcher’s achievements to date, is awarded to academic investigators whose fundamental discoveries, new theories or insights have had a significant impact on their own disciplines and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future. (3/1/16)

Hanna Riesler, Lloyd Armstrong Jr. Chair for Science and Engineering and professor of chemistry, has received a 2016 Inspiring Women in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. The award recognizes women who work to inspire and encourage the next generation of young people to pursue STEM education and careers. Reisler was honored for her stellar efforts to develop the Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) program at USC. (9/1/16)

Norbert Schwarz, Provost Professor of Psychology and Marketing and founding co-director of the USC Dornsife Mind and Society Center, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Basel, Switzerland, in recognition of his research in the fields of social cognition, survey research and subjective well-being. Schwarz received the honorary degree at a ceremony held on Nov. 25. The honor paid tribute to Schwarz’s “outstanding contribution to the acquisition of knowledge, in particular through his research into the use of emotions as a source of information.”  On Aug. 15, Schwarz received the Distinguished Scientist Award of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology at the organization’s annual conference in Santa Monica, Calif. (12/1/16)

Jacob Soll, professor of history and accounting, was named among The Accountant magazine’s Timetric Accountancy Power 50, which honors those in the last year who have made significant contributions to the world of accounting. The magazine’s editors noted that his book The Reckoning: Financial Accountability and the Making and Breaking of Nations has contributed to the debate around public finance accounting. (2/23/16)

David St. John, University Professor of English and Comparative Literature and chair of English, has been named a fellow of the 236-year-old American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the world’s most prestigious honorary societies. The academy honors “scholar-patriots” who have brought the arts and sciences “into constructive interplay with leaders of both the public and private sectors.” (4/20/16)

Raymond Stevens, professor of biological sciences, chemistry, neurology, physiology and biophysics, and chemical engineering and materials science, has been elected as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (NASL). NASL is a non-governmental, nationwide body that embraces all fields of learning. Its main purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. (5/4/16)

Arthur Stone, professor of psychology and director of the USC Dornsife Center for Self-Report Science, has received the John Ware and Alvin Tarlov Career Achievement Prize for patient reported outcomes measures. The annual prize was awarded at a ceremony during the annual meeting of the International Society for Quality Assurance in Health Care held in Tokyo on Oct. 17. It acknowledges Stone’s contributions to the field, including the development of real-time techniques for capturing patient experiences and, as a team effort, the Patient Reporting Outcome Monitoring and Information System. (10/20/16)

Mark Thompson, Ray R. Irani Chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Chair in Chemistry and professor of chemistry and chemical engineering and materials science, has been named a co-recipient of the IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal for his pioneering work on organic devices, leading to organic light-emitting diode displays. The award is presented to individuals or a group for outstanding contributions to material and device science and technology, including practical application. (11/28/16)

Gian Maria Annovi, assistant professor of French and Italian and gender studies, has received a $15,000 grant from The Creative Capital / Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program to write an article on Italian film director, poet, writer and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini and American artist David Wojnarovicz. The Arts Writers Grant Program is a novel effort that supports the broad spectrum of writing on contemporary visual art, from general-audience criticism to academic scholarship. (12/7/15)

Thorsten Becker, professor of earth sciences, was elected a Union Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The fellowship is a tribute to AGU members who have made exceptional contributions to earth and space sciences as valued by their peers and vetted by section and focus group committees. The honor is bestowed on only 0.1 percent of the membership in any given year.

Francis Bonahon, professor of mathematics, was honored with a French-American mathematics conference titled “Classical and quantum hyperbolic geometry and topology.” Funded in part by the Office for Science and Technology of the Embassy of France in the U.S., the conference took place in July in Orsay, south of Paris, celebrating Bonahon’s career contributions and his “personification of the deep connections between the U.S. and French mathematics communities.”

T. C. Boyle, writer in residence and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English, has been nominated for the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Established in 2012, the medal recognizes the best fiction book for adult readers published in the United States the previous year. Boyle was nominated for his novel The Harder They Come (Ecco, 2015). The winner will be announced at the RUSA Book and Media Awards in Boston, Massachusetts, on Jan. 10, 2016. (9/28/15)

T.C. Boyle, writer-in-residence and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English, has won the prestigious Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award was presented to Boyle at the annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes held during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Boyle also won the Rea Award for the Short Story. The $30,000 prize is given each year to a living American or Canadian writer whose published work has made a “significant contribution in the discipline of the short story as an art form.”

Doug Capone, William and Julie Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies, and professor and chair of biological sciences, has been named a sustaining fellow in the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography’s (ASLO) inaugural class of fellows. ASLO, the largest and oldest organization dedicated to the aquatic sciences, aims to foster a diverse scientific community that creates and communicates knowledge, advances public awareness and education about aquatic research and promotes scientific stewardship of aquatic resources. The ASLO fellows program was initiated this year and sustaining fellows are recognized as having sustained excellence in their exceptional contributions to ASLO and the aquatic sciences. (11/23/15)

Irene Chiolo, Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, was awarded a 2015 Mallinckrodt Foundation Grant to investigate the mechanisms of DNA repair in heterochromatin, the “dark matter” of the genome. DNA damages in heterochromatin can trigger massive genome instability and tumorigenesis, and yet repair mechanisms in this domain are still mostly unknown and largely unexplored. The award supports early stage investigators engaged in biomedical research that has the potential to significantly advance the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other human diseases. (10/9/15)

University Professor Antonio Damasio, David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, professor of psychology and neurology and director of the USC Dornsife Brain and Creativity Institute, was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa degree from Université Paris Descartes — more widely known as the Sorbonne — for his pioneering work in psychology. Damasio received the honorary degree at a formal ceremony held at the Sorbonne in Paris on Sept. 17. He delivered a lecture to the full faculty and student body of psychology about his career in cognitive neuroscience. (10/30/15)

University Professor Hanna Damasio, Dana Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, professor of psychology and neurology and co-director of the USC Dornsife Brain and Creativity Institute, was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa degree from Université Paris Descartes — more widely known as the Sorbonne — for her pioneering work in psychology. Damasio received the honorary degree at a formal ceremony held at the Sorbonne in Paris on Sept. 17. She delivered a lecture to the full faculty and student body of psychology about her career in cognitive neuroscience. (10/30/15)

Kelvin Davies, James E. Birren Chair in Gerontology and professor of biological sciences, was elected a fellow of the Academia Europaea, or Academy of Europe. Election to the academy — a pan-European organization of the most prominent, eminent and influential European scholars — recognizes the highest levels of outstanding international scholarship. (10/13/15)

Kelvin Davies, James E. Birren Chair in Gerontology and professor of biological sciences, was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. This latest honor, combined with Davies’ previous elections as a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine in 2014 and as a fellow of the Royal Institution of Great Britain in 2012, earns him Great Britain’s “Triple Crown” of scientific recognition.

Jahan Dawlaty, assistant professor of chemistry, was awarded the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award. The award supports junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education, and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.

Richard Dekmejian, professor of political science, has been awarded a research grant by Carnegie Corporation of New York for his project “Dialectics and Dynamics of Islamist Radicalism.” His research project involves multidisciplinary analysis of the causal factors and progressive radicalization of Islamist ideologies and social movements, culminating in revolutionary jihadism in recent decades. Specific research objectives include reaching a deeper understanding of the upsurge of extremism and deriving policy responses to counter the social-spiritual mass appeal and advance of revolutionary jihadism.

Dion Dickman, assistant professor of biological sciences, was awarded a 2015 Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship in the Neurosciences to develop new genetically encoded probes to identify and visualize the mechanisms underlying sleep and synaptic plasticity. The award supports young investigators in the early stages of their careers engaged in basic or clinical research that may lead to a better understanding of neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Dion Dickman, assistant professor of biological sciences, was awarded a Whitehall Fellowship in Neuroscience for his research on “Translational Profiling of Homeostatic Adaptations Required for Sleep and Synaptic Plasticity.” He also received a Mallinckrodt Foundation Award to support his project “Probing Links Between Sleep, Synaptic Homeostasis, and Neuropsychiatric Disease.” The grants will allow Dickman to develop a greater understanding of how cellular and molecular function affect sleep and homeostasis in health and disease.

Geoff Dyer, writer in residence, has been elected a Foreign Honorary Member – Literature (Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories, Nonfiction, Playwriting, Screenwriting) of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). Founded in 1780, AAAS is one of the country’s most prestigious honorary societies and independent research centers. Designed as a forum for leading scholars to exchange ideas, the Academy remains an interdisciplinary organization dedicated to critical analysis of society’s most pressing problems. Dyer also won a prestigious 2015 Windham Campbell Literature Prize in the nonfiction category. (8/28/15)

Ian Ehrenreich, assistant professor of biological sciences, has received a grant, renewed for a second year, from the Rose Hills Foundation Research Fellowship program to support his molecular biology research proposal, “Comprehensive dissection of example higher-order genetic interactions.” He was also selected as a 2015 research fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The grant honors researchers with demonstrated accomplishments, creativity and the potential to become leaders in the scientific community through their contributions to their field. Ehrenreich studies the mechanisms that give rise to heritable variation in genetically complex traits, such as height and disease susceptibility.

Distinguished Professor of English Percival Everett has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowshipfor fiction. The author of 25 books, Everett will use the fellowship to research his new novel set in Paris, Rhode Island and El Salvador, and to complete a screenplay he is writing for French filmmaker Camille de Casabianca about a celebrated French Navy submarine. Everett was also presented with the Presidential Medallion, the university’s highest honor, by USC President C. L. Max Nikias at the 34th annual Academic Honors Convocation.

Kate Flint, Provost Professor of Art History and English, and chair of art history, has been awarded a fellowship by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) for her book project Flash! Photography, Writing, and Surprising Illumination. Situating flash photography at the intersection of material history, technological change and imaginative expression, Flint’s research examines what distinguishes the medium and its impact. ACLS fellowships and grants are awarded to individual scholars for excellence in research in the humanities and related social sciences.

Kate Flint, Provost Professor of English and Art History, and chair of art history has been awarded a long-term fellowship for a year in residence at The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens. She is one of nine recipients, drawn from almost 120 applicants for the 2015-16 academic period. Flint was also honored with the Allen W. Clowes Fellowship from the National Humanities Center for the 2015-16 academic year. The fellowship includes a $40,000 award which she plans to use to complete her book, Flash! Photography, Writing, and Surprising Illumination, which explores flash photography and how it changed culture.

Richard Fox, professor of history, has been appointed a Distinguished Lecturer by the Organization of American Historians (OAH). Fox was among 48 new speakers appointed by the OAH to its prestigious Distinguished Lectureship Program for 2015-16. These scholars, who are affiliated with some of the nation’s top universities, join more than 400 other OAH Distinguished Lecturers who speak to audiences across the country each year.

Scott Fraser, Provost Professor at USC Dornsife, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the Keck School of Medicine of USC and USC Viterbi School of Engineering, has been elected by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) to the rank of 2015 NAI Fellow. The NAI Fellows Selection Committee is recognizing Fraser for demonstrating “a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society.” The NAI Fellows Program has 414 fellows worldwide representing more than 150 prestigious universities and governmental and nonprofit research institutions. Fraser will be formally honored at an induction ceremony on April 15, 2016, at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Va. (12/15/15)

Jed Fuhrman, McCulloch-Crosby Chair in Marine Biology and professor of biological sciences, has been named a sustaining fellow in the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography’s (ASLO) inaugural class of fellows. ASLO, the largest and oldest organization dedicated to the aquatic sciences, aims to foster a diverse scientific community that creates and communicates knowledge, advances public awareness and education about aquatic research and promotes scientific stewardship of aquatic resources. The ASLO fellows program was initiated this year and sustaining fellows are recognized as having sustained excellence in their exceptional contributions to ASLO and the aquatic sciences. (11/23/15)

Solomon Golomb, University and Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, has been selected to receive the Franklin Institute’s 2016 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering. The award recognizes Golomb’s pioneering work in space communications and the design of digital spread spectrum signals. The latter are transmissions that provide security, interference suppression and precise location for applications such as: cryptography; missile guidance; defense, space and cellular communications; and radar, sonar and GPS. Golomb also received the 2015 Vice President’s Recognition Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ (IEEE) Educational Activities Board for pioneering contributions to the development of digital communications and information theory, which embody unique and novel applications of techniques from discrete mathematics. (11/13/15)

Myron Goodman, professor of biological sciences and chemistry, was selected as the recipient of the 2015 Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society Award. The award recognizes his multiple seminal discoveries concerning molecular mechanisms responsible for accurate and inaccurate DNA synthesis that have contributed to advancements in understanding carcinogenesis, heart disease, AIDS and the immune system. He was also elected a 2015 fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.

Myron F. Goodman, professor of biological sciences and chemistry and section head of molecular and computational biology, has been chosen to receive the 2015 EMGS Award from the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society. The award honors Goodman for his many seminal discoveries concerning molecular mechanisms responsible for accurate and inaccurate DNA synthesis that have contributed to the understanding of carcinogenesis, heart disease, heritable birth defects, AIDS and the development of the immune system. The EMGS Award is conferred annually to recognize outstanding research contributions in the area of environmental mutagenesis and genomics. (9/21/15)

Sarah Gualtieri, associate professor of American studies and ethnicity, history and Middle East studies, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for her research project “Arabness Unbound: Syrian Migrants in Southern California and their Transnational Imaginaries, 1880-1945.” The project is the first book-length study of Syrians in Southern California, an area with the largest Middle Eastern population in the United States. Gualtieri will begin the fellowship in Fall 2016. (12/17/15)

Samuel Hires, assistant professor of biological sciences, has received a three-year research grant from the Whitehall Foundation in the amount of $225,000. The funding will support his research on reverse-engineering the sense of touch in cortical circuits, specifically examining facial whiskers on mammals and how this specialized sensory system allows the cortex to map and process sensory input. Hires has also received a grant from the Rose Hills Foundation Research Fellowship program for his research proposal, “Optogenetic approaches to understanding and restoring touch sensation.”

Pierette Hondagneu-Sotelo, professor of sociology and associate director of the Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration, has received the 2015 Distinguished Career Award from the American Sociological Association, Section on International Migration. The award recognizes her lifelong contributions to the field of the sociology of international migration. She has also been honored with the 2015 Feminist Mentor Award from Sociologists for Women in Society. Her recent book, Paradise Transplanted: Migration and the Making of California Gardens (University of California Press, 2014) received a 2015 Honorable Mention for the Thomas and Znaniecki Award from the American Sociological Association, Section on International Migration. This award recognizes recent outstanding works of social science scholarship in the field of international migration. Paradise Transplanted is also a finalist for the 2014 C. Wright Mills Book Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems. (8/28/15)

David Hutchins, professor of biological sciences, has been named a sustaining fellow in the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography’s (ASLO) inaugural class of fellows. ASLO, the largest and oldest organization dedicated to the aquatic sciences, aims to foster a diverse scientific community that creates and communicates knowledge, advances public awareness and education about aquatic research and promotes scientific stewardship of aquatic resources. The ASLO fellows program was initiated this year and sustaining fellows are recognized as having sustained excellence in their exceptional contributions to ASLO and the aquatic sciences. (11/23/15)

Jacques Hymans, associate professor of international relations, was honored with a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant for the academic year 2015-16, receiving the NEH Fellowship for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan for his project “The International Politics of Sovereign Recognition: The West and Meiji-era Japan.” Hymans’ research aims to contribute both to a historical understanding of the recognition of Japan’s sovereignty by Western states at the end of the 19th century and to a broader theoretical understanding of the dynamics of recognition in the modern state system.

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, associate professor of education and psychology, received a 2015 Early Career Impact Award from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS). The award is presented to early career scientists of FABBS member societies during the first 10 years post-Ph.D. and recognizes scientists who have made major contributions to the sciences of mind, brain and behavior.

Heather James, associate professor of English and comparative literature, has been awarded a long-term fellowship for a year in residence at The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. She is one of nine recipients, drawn from almost 120 applicants for the 2015-16 academic period. James was also elected president of the Shakespeare Association of America.

Anna Krylov, professor of chemistry, has been selected as a recipient of the INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine 100 Inspiring Women in STEM Award. This award is being presented as a tribute to 100 women whose work and achievements not only encourage others in their individual STEM fields, but also inspire a new generation of young women to consider careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Krylov was also recently elected as a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.

Aaron Lauda, professor of mathematics, has received a 2016 Simons Fellowship in Mathematics. Having done extensive research on mathematical structures called “categorified quantum groups,” as a Simons fellow Lauda will spend a year developing applications of these structures in mathematics and theoretical physics and writing a related graduate-level text book.

Rebecca Lemon, associate professor of English and director of the Institute of British and Irish Studies, has won the Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies (PCCBS) essay prize for her article “Compulsory Conviviality in Early Modern England.” This biennial prize was awarded for the best article published between 2012-14 by a member of the PCCBS.

Naomi Levine, Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Earth Sciences, has received a grant from the Rose Hills Foundation Research Fellowship program for her research proposal, “Small organisms with a large climate footprint: the impact of marine nitrogen and sulfur cycling on the global climate.” The award is jointly funded by the Rose Hills Foundation, which supports nonprofit organizations that serve the citizens of Southern California, and the USC Provost’s Office.

Megan Luke, assistant professor of art history, has been awarded the 2015 Robert Motherwell Book Award by the Dedalus Foundationfor her book Kurt Schwitters: Space, Image, Exile (The University of Chicago Press, 2014). The honor is awarded annually to the author of an outstanding publication in the history and criticism of modernism in the arts – including the visual arts, literature, music and the performing arts. Luke was previously honored at the national PROSE Awards for her book on the German artist.

Nancy Lutkehaus, professor of anthropology and political science, has been awarded a fellowship by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) for her book project The Met Goes Primitive: Postwar America, Cultural Politics, and the Creation of the Rockefeller Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This project examines the museum’s 1969 decision to collect and display what was then called “primitive art” and illuminates the relationship between art and post-World War II, postcolonial politics; 20th-century American cosmopolitanism; and a changing ideology of a more racially diverse national identity. ACLS fellowships and grants are awarded to individual scholars for excellence in research in the humanities and related social sciences.

Peter Mancall, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Linda and Harlan Martens Director of the Early Modern Studies Institute, and professor of history and anthropology, and vice dean for the humanities, has been made a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Based at University College, London, in the United Kingdom, this learned society exists to promote historical research worldwide, representing historians engaged in professional research and presenting history in the public domain.

Peter Mancall, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Linda and Harlan Martens Director of the Early Modern Studies Institute and professor of history and anthropology, and vice dean for the humanities and social sciences, has received a Dyason Fellowship from the University of Melbourne in Australia to support a project titled “Culture Clashes in New Worlds: Exploration and Encounters Between Europeans and Indigenes.” He will be working with postdoctoral and doctoral fellows at the University of Melbourne in March 2016. Named after Edward Clarence Evelyn Dyason, a notable humanist, philanthropist and engineer in the city of Melbourne, the fellowship is intended to foster significant and lasting research collaborations with leading international researchers. (12/15/15)

Viet Thanh Nguyen, associate professor of English, and American studies and ethnicity, and interim chair of American studies and ethnicity, has been awarded the 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize for his book, The Sympathizer (Grove Press, 2015), which takes readers inside the mind of a double agent. The annual prize for the year’s best debut novel, which includes a $10,000 cash award, was presented to Nguyen at The Center for Fiction’s Annual Benefit and Awards Dinner in New York City. Founded in 1820 as the Mercantile Library Association of New York, the Center for Fiction is the only nonprofit literary center in the U.S. devoted solely to fiction. Nguyen was also nominated for the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction for The Sympathizer. Established in 2012, the medal recognizes the best fiction book for adult readers published in the United States the previous year. The winner will be announced at the RUSA Book and Media Awards in Boston, Massachusetts, on Jan. 10, 2016. (12/11/15)

Olu Orange, adjunct assistant professor of political science, has been selected as a 2015 recipient of California Lawyer magazine’s California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) award in the civil rights category for his Ninth Circuit victory in Chaudhry v. Los Angeles. The CLAY awards recognize attorneys in California whose work has a profound, far-reaching impact.

Rhacel Parreñas, professor of sociology and gender studies, and chair of sociology, has been selected as a member of the School of Social Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study for 2015–16. She has been awarded a 2016 Visiting Research Chair in Global Issues by Fulbright Canada at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs. There she will concentrate on her current research on migrant domestic workers in Dubai and Singapore. Parreñas was also invited to be a member of the International Panel on Social Progress, led by the Indian economist and philosopher Amartya Sen, for 2015–17.

John Pollini, professor of art history and history, was honored with a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for the academic year 2015-16 for his book project, Destruction, Mutilation, and Repurposing of Classical Images in Late Antiquity. The book examines the enormous body of archaeological evidence for Christian destruction and desecration of the images of the polytheistic peoples of the former Roman Empire.

Peter Ralph, assistant professor of biological sciences, has been selected as a 2015 research fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The grant honors researchers with demonstrated accomplishments, creativity and the potential to become leaders in the scientific community through their contributions to their field. Ralph’s research is focused on population genetics and evolution, with the overarching goal of learning about history and how evolution works from looking at genomes.

Claudia Rankine, Aerol Arnold Chair of English, has received the 2015 Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award for poetry from the Hurston/Wright Foundation. The award recognizes Rankine for her work Citizen: An American Lyric (Graywolf, 2014), a prose poem written in the second person about experiences of everyday racism. The Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards are given annually for literary achievement. Established to support African-American literature, the nonprofit Hurston/Wright Foundation is named after celebrated black writers Zora Neal Hurston and Richard Wright. Citizen has received multiple honors including a 2015 PEN Center USA Literary Award, the National Book Critics Circle award for poetry and the Los Angeles Times 2015 Book Prize in Poetry. (9/15/15, 11/5/15)

Remo Rohs, assistant professor of biological sciences, chemistry, physics and astronomy, and computer science, has been selected to receive the ACS OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in computational chemistry at the Spring 2016 National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. The award supports outstanding tenure-track junior faculty members so they can present their work at the meeting. (11/10/15)

Steven Ross, professor of history, was honored with a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for the academic year 2015-16. Ross, co-director of the Casden Institute For the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life, based in USC Dornsife, will use the grant to advance research on his book, Hitler In Los Angeles: How Jews and their Spies Foiled Nazi and Fascist Plots against Hollywood and America.

Norbert Schwarz, Provost Professor of Psychology and Marketing and Founding Co-Director of the USC Dornsife Mind and Society Center, has been awarded the 2015 Oswald Külpe Prize by the University of Würzburg in Germany for his exceptional experimental and theoretical contributions to the understanding of higher mental processes. The prize, which is given every three years, is named for Oswald Külpe (1862-1915), a pioneer of the experimental analysis of higher mental processes. (11/20/15)

Vanessa Schwartz, professor of history and art history, and director of the Visual Studies Research Institute, has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship for her book project Jet-Age Aesthetics: Media and the Glamour of Motion. A historian of modern visual culture and the author or editor of nine books and journals, she recently received the USC Associates Award for Creativity in Research and Scholarship.

Robert Shrum, Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics, and professor of the practice of political science, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Political Consultants and was inducted into its Hall of Fame — the highest honor that working members of the profession can bestow upon a colleague.

Alumnus and lecturer Brandon Som won the coveted Kate Tufts Discovery Award for his debut book of poems, The Tribute Horse. The award, which comes with a $10,000 prize, is given to poets who show great promise. Som earned a Ph.D. in creative writing and literature from USC Dornsife in 2014 and is now a lecturer in the writing program.

Fengzhu Sun, professor of biological sciences and mathematics, has been named a fellow of the American Statistical Association. The award recognizes Sun for his contributions to computational biology and bioinformatics through innovation in statistics and applied probability, for leading one of the premier academic programs in computational biology and for mentoring junior researchers in the field.

Larry Swanson, University Professor and Appleman Professor of Biological Sciences, Neurology and Psychology, was named Secretary-General-elect of the International Brain Research Organization. Swanson will take on his new role in January 2016 in which he will support the continued development and promotion of neuroscience for the international organization.

Jennifer Swift, associate professor (teaching) of spatial sciences, has been honored by The National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) as a 2015–16 inductee into its VIP Woman of the Year Circle. She was recognized with this distinction for her leadership in education. NAPW is the nation’s leading networking organization exclusively for professional women. It has 850,000 members and more than 200 operating Local Chapters. (12/17/15)

Mark Thompson, Ray R. Irani Chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Chair in Chemistry and professor of chemistry and chemical engineering and materials science, has received the 2016 IEEE Photonics Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The award, which recognizes outstanding achievements in photonics, cited Thompson’s scientific and technical leadership in the conception, demonstration and development of phosphorescent materials in organic light-emitting diode displays.

David Treuer, professor of English, has been nominated for the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Established in 2012, the medal recognizes the best fiction book for adult readers published in the United States the previous year. Treuer was nominated for his novel Prudence (Riverhead Books, 2015). The winner will be announced at the RUSA Book and Media Awards in Boston, Massachusetts, on Jan. 10, 2016. (9/28/15)

David Ulin, lecturer in the Master of Professional Writing Program, has won a Guggenheim Fellowship for his fiction project Losing My Religion, a memoir about family, faith, assimilation and identity. Ulin, the Los Angeles Times book critic and author or editor of eight books, will use his travels across the country at the age of 18 as a lens to examine issues of belonging, identity and heritage.

Arieh Warshel, Nobel Laureate, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and Dana and David Dornsife Chair in Chemistry, was named a “Great Immigrant” by Carnegie Corporation of New York. Each July 4, Carnegie Corporation recognizes the contributions of immigrants through its “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” initiative. Warshel is one of 38 selected in 2015 for the honor, which celebrates naturalized U.S. citizens whose contributions are vital to the fabric of our nation and the strength of our democracy.

Warshel also recently received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, and the honorary degree of doctor honoris causa from Lodz University of Technology in Lodz, Poland.

Michael Waterman, University Professor and USC Associates Chair in Natural Sciences, was awarded the internationally renowned Dan David Prize for his seminal and influential contributions to biological sequence analysis. The award recognizes and encourages innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms.

Daniela Bleichmar, associate professor of art history and history, was awarded the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize in European history from ancient times through 1815 from the American Historical Association for her book Visible Empire: Botanical Expeditions and Visual Culture in the Hispanic Enlightenment. She was also awarded the 2014 Suzanne J. Levinson Prize from the History of Science Society for the same book. This is a biennial prize for a book on the history of the life sciences and natural history.

Francis Bonahon, professor and chair of mathematics, was named a Simons Fellow by the Simons Foundation. Bonahon’s award will allow him to divide his time between USC and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, California, where he will be a Simons Visiting Professor.

Karl Christe, professor (research) of chemistry, received the American Chemical Society’s Award for Creative Research and Applications of Iodine Chemistry. Christe has made significant contributions to inorganic, high-oxidation state iodine chemistry. He discovered and characterized more than a dozen novel iodine fluoride and oxofluoride ions, and most interestingly the IF5 double anion which has an unprecedented pentagonal-planar structure. There are only two compounds known with such a structure and Christe prepared both.

Suzanne Hudson, assistant professor of art history and fine arts, has won an award from the Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program for $45,000 to be put toward research for her upcoming book Better for the Making: Art, Therapy, Process. She has also been awarded a Dedalus Foundation Senior Fellowship. This is an annual award of $30,000 for the study of American modern art and modernism.

University Professor Thomas Jordan, William M. Keck Foundation Chair in Geological Sciences and professor of earth sciences, was awarded the 2014 Geological Society of America (GSA) President’s Medal. The award, which recognizes individuals whose impact has profoundly enhanced the geosciences profession, was presented to Jordan during the October 2014 GSA annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Jane Junn, professor of political science, and her Tufts University professor co-author Natalie Masuoka received the 2014 Ralph Bunche Award from the American Political Science Association (APSA) for their book The Politics of Belonging: Race, Public Opinion, and Immigration. The book, which argues that our understanding of the public’s opinion on immigration must include an analysis of each racial group’s unique perspective, also received an honorable mention for APSA’s Migration and Citizenship Section book award.

Peggy Kamuf, Marion Frances Chevalier Professor of French and professor of comparative literature, and director of the Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture Doctoral Program has been named a Chevalier, or Knight, in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Order of Academic Palms) by the French government. This academic knighthood, one of France’s most prestigious honors, was awarded to Kamuf in recognition of her achievement in developing a cultural and educational relationship with France.

David Kang, professor of international relations and business, was awarded a 2015 MacArthur Foundation grant to analyze East Asian security issues, defense spending and United States foreign policy. Director of the Korean Studies Institute and the USC East Asian Studies Center, his proposed research, “Regional Security in East Asia: Rhetoric and Realities of Military Build-up,” will assess East Asian defense spending as well as U.S. policy and strategy in the region.

Steven Lopez, professor of psychology and social work, and director of clinical training in the Department of Psychology, was honored at the Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic’s 90th Anniversary Celebration with the Evis Coda Award for Building Hope for Families for his national leadership in advancing cultural competency in mental health service provision, especially as it pertains to Latinos.

Donal Manahan, professor of biological sciences and vice dean for students, was appointed an honorary fellow of Bangor University in Wales. Manahan was honored for his contributions to science and in particular for the many scientific research and educational expeditions he has led to the Antarctic during his 31-year career at USC Dornsife.

Michael Messner, professor of sociology and gender studies, received the Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) Feminist Mentoring Award, which honors an SWS member who is an outstanding feminist mentor. Currently, Messner is conducting a continuing longitudinal study of gender in sports media with a former student, Cheryl Cooky, a professor at Purdue University.

Sri Narayan, professor (research) of chemistry, received a $10,000 cash award from the Pauchon Research Foundation for contributing to the betterment of mankind. Narayan’s research provides alternatives to fossil fuel and reduces carbon footprints. Recently, he developed an iron-based rechargeable battery that is inexpensive, abundant and eco-friendly.

Marjorie Perloff, Florence R. Scott Professor of English Emerita, received Washington University’s 2014 International Humanities Medal. The author of 16 books and hundreds of articles and book chapters, Perloff was honored for her outstanding body of work, and for her impact on both the discipline of literary criticism and the landscape of contemporary poetry.

Matthew Pratt, assistant professor of chemistry, was awarded a Susan G. Komen Career Catalyst Research Grant and an American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award. Each will fund cancer research in his lab. Pratt also received the David Y. Gin New Investigator Award from the carbohydrate division of the American Chemical Society. The award recognizes an early career carbohydrate scientist who has demonstrated excellence in the field and shows promise continuing to make quality contributions to carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry.

Remo Rohs, assistant professor of biological sciences, chemistry, physics and astronomy, and computer science, and three of his students received two of this year’s Top-10 Paper Awards from the RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics. Their papers were selected as the most influential in the field of regulatory and systems genomics published in 2013-14.

George Sanchez, professor of American studies and ethnicity, and history, and vice dean for diversity and strategic initiatives, received a Diversity Visionary Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine. Each Visionary Award recipient is described as having made “an indelible mark” in broadening diversity and inclusion at his or her college or university.

Norbert Schwarz, Provost Professor of Psychology and Marketing, received the Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s Donald T. Campbell Award, which recognizes distinguished scholarly achievement and ongoing sustained excellence in research in social psychology.

G.K. Surya Prakash, George A. and Judith A. Olah Nobel Laureate Chair in Hydrocarbon Chemistry, professor of chemistry and director of the USC Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute, was named a fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Prakash, who has significantly advanced methanol chemistry and has helped the world develop viable alternatives to fossil fuels, among other groundbreaking research, is among 99 newly elected ACS fellows.

Shang-Hua Teng, Seeley G. Mudd Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, was named a Simons Investigator by the Simons Foundation. The foundation described Teng as “one of the most original theoretical computer scientists in the world, with groundbreaking discoveries in algorithm design, spectral graph theory, operations research and algorithmic game theory.” His work tackles fundamental questions at the foundation of computing, including optimization problems, networking analysis and game theory.

Mark Thompson, professor of chemistry and materials science, received the American Chemical Society’s Award in the Chemistry of Materials. Thompson is recognized for pioneering the discovery and development of molecular materials for displays, lighting and solar conversion, combining unique insights from molecular photophysics and synthetic chemistry. Thompson was also elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. The induction recognized him for demonstrating a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions.

Wendy Wood, Provost Professor of Psychology and Business and vice dean for social sciences, was elected 2016 president of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP). SPSP promotes scientific research that explores how people think, behave, feel and interact. With more than 6,000 members, the society is the world’s largest organization of social and personality psychologists. A fellow of SPSP, Wood currently serves as its secretary and treasurer. She has also chaired its publications committee and has served in various editorial roles for SPSP journals.