Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and the College and Director of the Civic Knowledge Project, received the Outstanding Educator Award from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

the William H. Colvin Professor in Philosophy and the College, published The Matter and Form of Maimonides' Guide (Harvard University Press, 2013) and was named President of the Association for Jewish Philosophy for 2013–14.

the Peter B. Ritzma Professor Emeritus in Philosophy and the College, received the 2013 David L. Hull Prize from the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology.

Assistant Professor in Philosophy and the College, received a 2013–14 research leave fellowship from the Franke Institute for the Humanities.

the Chester D. Tripp Professor in Philosophy and the College, published Le perfectionnisme de Nietzsche, translated by Pascal Duval (Amazon Kindle, 2012). He also received a 2012–13 research leave fellowship from the Lichtenberg-Kolleg at the University of Göttingen, delivered the Inaugural Lecture of the Voltaire Lecture Series, and participated in a conference at the University of Bonn titled “Perspectives on the Work of James Conant.”

the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought, Philosophy, and the College, published Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation (Polish Edition, Fundacja Agusta Hr. Cieszskiego, 2013) and edited Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts (Yale University Press, 2013). He also received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

the Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor in Philosphy, Comparative Literature, Romance Languages and Literatures, Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, the Divinity School, and the College, was named an officer in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques.