the Frank L. Sulzberger Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in English Language and Literature, received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for the summer seminar George Herbert and Emily Dickinson.
the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor in English Language and Literature, served as president of the Henry James Society. He published Jim Crow, Literature, and the Legacy of Sutton E. Griggs (University of Georgia Press, 2013), which he edited with Tess Chakkalakal.
Assistant Professor in English Language and Literature and the College, was awarded a 2012–13 research leave fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies and was also an Affiliated Fellow of the Franke Institute for the Humanities.
the Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor in English Language and Literature, Art History, Visual Arts, and the College, was awarded a residential research leave fellowship from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, where he was the 2012–13 Beinecke Fellow.
the Karla Scherer Distinguished Service Professor in American Culture in English Language and Literature and Deputy Dean for Academic and Research Initiatives in the Humanities, received a 2012–13 residential research leave fellowship from the Huntington Library.
Professor in English Language and Literature and the College, received the Philadelphia Constantinidis Critical Theory Award for her essay “On the Tragedy of the Commoner: Elektra, Orestes, and Others in South Africa.”
Assistant Professor in English Language and Literature and the College, received an Honorable Mention for the Charles Bernheimer Prize from the American Comparative Literature Association for his dissertation, "Careless Engagements: Literature, Science, and the Ethics of Indifference in Early Modernity."
Assistant Professor in English Language and Literature and the College, received a 2013–16 grant from the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society to support Game Changer Chicago, a joint project with Melissa Gilliam (Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology/Pediatrics) in which faculty, students, and local youth collaborate to develop transmedia games, narratives, and art that explores issues related to emotional health, social justice, and digital literacies.
the William Rainey Harper Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of Liberal Education in English Language and Literature and the College, received the Josephine A. Roberts Award for the Best Scholarly Edition of 2011 for Katherine Parr: Complete Works and Correspondence (University of Chicago Press, 2011).
Assistant Professor in English Language and Literature and the College, was selected as a participant in the First Book Institute of the Center for American Literary Studies at the Pennsylvania State University, a new program designed to identify and support junior scholars whose projects show exceptional promise.
