Professor in Linguistics and the College, received a grant from the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society for The Body’s Role in Thinking, Performing, and Referencing, a project exploring the relation between action, gesture, and sign language in collaboration with Diane Brentari as well as scholars from the UChicago Division of the Social Sciences and Columbia College Chicago.

Professor in Linguistics and the College, received a grant from the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society for The Body’s Role in Thinking, Performing, and Referencing, a project exploring the relation between action, gesture, and sign language in collaboration with Anastasia Giannakidou as well as scholars from the UChicago Division of the Social Sciences and Columbia College Chicago.

Assistant Professor in South Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College, received a grant from the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society for A Worldwide Literature: Jāmī (1414–1492) in the Dar al-Islam and Beyond, a project studying the reception of the works one of the most widely read authors in the Eurasian continent from the 1400s through the early modern period.

Assistant Professor in East Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College, was awardeed a 2012–13 research leave fellowship from the Franke Institute for the Humanities. He also received a grant from the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society for Global Literary Networks, a collaborative digital humanities research project with Richard Jean So and Tom McEany, Assistant Professor in Comparative Literature at Cornell University, that examines the worldwide production, diffusion, and

Associate Professor in Philosophy and the College, received a 2012–13 research leave fellowship from the Franke Institute for the Humanities.

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.

Assistant Professor in East Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College, was awarded 2012–13 research leave fellowships from the Franke Institute for the Humanities and the American Association for University Women.

Assistant Professor in Cinema and Media Studies and the College, received a 2012–13 research leave fellowship from the Franke Institute for the Humanities as well as a research grant from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation.

Associate Professor in Classics and the College, received a 2012–13 residential research leave fellowship from the American School of Athens.