Faculty Accolades 2024-25
Throughout the past academic year, faculty in the College of Arts and Science have shown tremendous dedication to not only providing unparalleled instruction, but also toward advancing their scholarship and research.
From powerful discoveries to creative expression across a wide range of disciplines, our faculty are making impactful contributions to their respective fields and to society at large, earning them significant national recognitions and awards. Some of these include:
- Larry Bartels (political science): National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation from the White House
- André Bastos (psychology): Young Investigator Award from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society
- Magda Campos-Pons (art): Lifetime Achievement Award from ARTnews
- Larisa DeSantis (biological sciences): Guggenheim Fellowship
- Major Jackson (English): Patricia Cannon Willis Prize for American Poetry from the Yale Library
- Karan Jani (physics and astronomy): Panel on Heliophysics, Physics, and Physical Science appointment from the National Academies of Science
- Ari Joskowicz (Jewish studies): George L. Mosse Prize in European Intellectual and Cultural History from the American Historical Association
- Shaul Kelner (Jewish studies): American Jewish Studies Celebrate 350 Award from the Jewish Book Council
- Tara McKay (medicine, health, and society): Sexual & Gender Minority Mid-Career Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health
- Jon Meacham (political science): National Humanities Medal from the National Endowment for the Humanities, bestowed by President Biden
- Ruth Rogaski (history): Suzanne J. Levinson Prize from the History of Science Society
- Allison Schachter (Jewish studies): Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies from the Modern Language Association
- Tracy Sharpley-Whiting (African American and diaspora studies and French): American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow
- Erik Skaar (biological sciences): National Academy of Sciences member
- Keivan Stassun (physics and astronomy): National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation from the White House, MacArthur Fellowship, Sigma Xi Fellow
- Stephen Taylor (physics and astronomy): Frontiers of Science Award in Astrophysics & Cosmology from the International Congress of Basic Science
- Alexandre Tiriac (biological sciences): Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
- John McLean (chemistry): American Society for Mass Spectrometry Fellow
- Steven Townsend (chemistry): Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
- Tiffiny Tung (anthropology): Pre-Columbian Studies Program Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Dumbarton Oaks
- Julia Velkovska/Vanderbilt CMS team (physics and astronomy): Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
- Allison Walker (chemistry): Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement
- Ashley Watts (psychology): Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions from the Association for Psychological Science