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ACCOLADES

With support from the Organization of American Historians and the American History Research Association of China, Professor of History Julie Greene was a China Fellow at Sichuan University, where she taught a seminar on the social response to American industrialization.

Peter Carruthers became a distinguished university professor of philosophy and received the Romanell Prize for naturalistic philosophy from the American Philosophical Association for his influential work on the philosophy of the mind and comparative psychology.

Chris Gekker became a distinguished university professor of music and released “Ghost Dialogues: Music for Trumpet,” featuring School of Music colleagues Rita Sloan on piano and Chris Vadala on saxophone, with music written by Robert Gibson.

Susan Wiesner, Charles Fowler digital humanist in residence at the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, received an “Irmy” from the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies for her work curating the Irmgard Bartenieff Archive.

Harjit Bhogal, assistant professor of philosophy, received the Sanders Prize in Metaphysics from the Marc Sanders Foundation for his paper about how particular events make the laws of nature what they are, rather than vice versa.

Luka Arsenjuk, associate professor of film studies, received the 2018 Society for Cinema and Media Studies award for the Best Essay in an Edited Collection for his article on new directions in documentary and nonfiction filmmaking.

16 OUTSTANDING AND DIVERSE NEW FACULTY

Back row L–R: Harjit Bhogal (PHIL), Brian Kogelmann (PHIL), Mircea Raianu (HIST), Cy Keener (ARTT) | Middle row L–R: Carol Stabile (WMST), Elisa Gironzetti (SLLC), Siv B. Lie (MUSC), Kang Namkoong (COMM), Jiyoun Kim (COMM) | Front row L–R: Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes (ENGL), Crystal U. Davis (TDPS), Sarah Frisof (MUSC), Sara Wilder (ENGL), Iván A. Ramos (WMST) | Inset L–R: Kevin Short (MUSC), Hallie Liberto (PHIL)

AWARD-WINNING FACULTY BOOKS

Piotr H. Kosicki’s “Personalizm po polsku: Francuskie korzenie polskiej inteligencji katolickiej” [Personalism à la Polonaise: The French Origins of the Polish Catholic Intelligentsia] | The Kazimierz Moczarski Prize for Best Book of the Year on the History of Poland Since 1918, awarded jointly by the National Library of Poland and the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza; and the Oskar Halecki Prize for History Book of the Year, awarded jointly by Polish Radio, Polish Television and Poland’s National Center for Culture.

Saúl Sosnowski’s “Cartografía de las letras hispanoamericanas: tejidos de la memoria” [Mapping HispanicAmerican Literature: Fabrics of Memory]. Ezequiel Martínez Estrada Prize, awarded by the Casa de las Américas in Cuba.

Ruth E. Zambrana’s “The Magic Key: The Educational Journey of Mexican Americans from K-12 to College and Beyond” | First Place International Latino Book Award for Best Academic Themed Book, awarded collectively by Latino Literacy Now; Las Comadres para las Américas; Reforma: The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos; and SpanishSpeaking, an affiliate of the American Library Association.