Professor in History, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the College, received the Farabi International Award for contributions to the Humanities and Islamic Studies.

Associate Professor in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the College, was named a 2009 – 11 fellow at the National Forum on the Future of Liberal Education.

Professor in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (Chair), the Oriental Institute, and the College and executive editor of the Chicago Hittite Dictionary , published Keilschrifttexte aus Boghazkoi, Neunundfünfzigstes Heft: Texte aus dem Bezirk des Grossen Tempels X (Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2010) and was appointed an honorary member of the Societas Anatolica.

Assistant Professor in Hittitology, the Oriental Institute, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the College, received a 2011 – 12 fellowship from the Franke Institute for the Humanities.

Professor in the Oriental Institute, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the College, received a service award from the Middle East Studies Association.

Professor in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Oriental Institute, and the College and director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, was elected to a three-year term as president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America.