Assistant Professor in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, received a 2013–14 research leave fellowship from the UChicago Franke Institute for the Humanities. She also received a grant from UChicago’s Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry for a joint research project on bilingualism with Anastasia Giannakiudou (Professor of Linguistics).

the Philip and Ida Romberg Distinguished Service Professor in Germanic Studies, delivered the Tanner Lectures in Human Values at the University of California, Berkeley.

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.

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 Lorraine J. and Herrlee G. Creel Distinguished Service Professor in East Asian Languages and Civilizations, published Unearthing the Changes (Columbia University Press, 2014). He was appointed as a visiting professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong for the 2013–14 academic year and also presented the third annual Jao Tsung-I Lecture at the University of Hong Kong.

Associate Professor in English Language and Literature, received a course development grant from the UChicago Center for Disciplinary Innovation for Technologies of Visualization: Florence Then and Now.

Associate Professor in Classics, received the Foederverein der Theologischen Hochschule Fellowship.