the Raymond W. and Martha Hilpert Gruner Distinguished Service Professor in Visual Arts and the College and Chair of Visual Arts, presented solo exhibitions at La Fundacíon Barrieé in Vigo, Spain, and the Barbara Edwards Gallery in Toronto, as well as a group exhibition at the Basel Art Fair. She also completed a commission of a permanent outdoor work at Les Abattoirs: Musée d'art Moderne et Conyemporain á Toulouse, received an Honorary Degree from Columbia College Chicago, and received an Anonymous Was a Woman grant to support her practice.

the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in Slavic Languages and Literatures, Linguistics, Anthropology, and the College, was named an honorary member of the Albanian Academy of Arts and Sciences and received a 2012–13 research leave fellowship in International and Area Studies, jointly awarded by the American Council of Learned Societies, Social Science Research Council, and National Endowment for the Humanities.

the Benjamin Franklin Professor in Romance Languages and Literatures and the College, was named a member of the Conseil Scientifique of the Paris Institute of Advanced Studies.

the Howard L. Willett Professor in Romance Languages and Literatures and the College, coedited Les Liens humains dans la littérature (XVIe-XVIIe siècles) (Classiques Garnier, 2012) with Julia Chamard-Bergeron and Thomas Pavel.

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.

the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor in English Language and Literature and the College, received an Eisner Award and a National Jewish Book award for MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus (Pantheon, 2011) by Art Spiegelman, for which she served as associate editor. She also received a research leave fellowship for 2012–13 from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, where she was a visiting scholar.

the Lorraine J. and Herrlee G. Creel Distinguished Service Professor of Early Chinese Studies in East Asian Languages and Civilizations and the College and Chair of EALC, published a Chinese translation of his 2006 book, Rewriting Early Chinese Texts (SUNY Press).

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.

Associate Professor in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Oriental Institute, and the College, published Case in Semitic: Roles, Relations, and Reconstruction (Oxford University Press, 2013) and coedited Language and Nature: Papers Presented to John Huehnergard on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday (Oriental Institute, 2012).

the George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor in English Language and Literature and the College, published Desire/Love (Punctum Press, 2012), and her 2012 book Cruel Optimism (Duke University Pres) was selected for a seminar at the annual conference “The(e)ories: Critical Theory & Sexuality Studies,” in collaboration with the Humanities Institute of Ireland.