the Ann L. and Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Professor in English Language & Literature, co-edited a Philogical Quarterly special issue in honor of Geoffrey Hartman with Kevis Goodman (University of California–Berkeley).

the Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor in Music, published "Birds of Paradise for flute and piano," "The Humble Shall Inherit the Earth, Psalm 37 for chorus," and "Connecting the Dots for piano" (all by Theodore Presser Company). Her composition "Birds of Paradise," won the National Flute Association's 2015 Newly Published Music competition. She also delivered the Convocation Address at UChicago's 523rd Convocation.

the 20th meeting of the International Association of World Englishes at Amity University, and the Symposium about Language and Society at the University of Texas–Austin.

Senior Lecturer in South Asian Languages & Civilizations, received the MLA Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for an Outstanding Translation of a Literary Work, Honorable Mention for his translation of Uday Prakash's The Girl with the Golden Parasol (Yale University Press, 2014). He was also nominated by the Indian Consulate of Chicago as distinguished foreign scholar of Hindi.

Senior Lecturer in Slavic Languages & Literatures, received grants from the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning and a Chicago Studies Course Connections grant.

Senior Lecturer in Romance Languages & Literatures, received a grant from the Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning.

Senior Lecturer in Germanic Studies, co-organized "Content Based Instruction" at Cornell University.

Senior Lecturer in East Asian Languages & Civilizations, received a translation publication subvention for Victims of the Cultural Revolution (forthcoming).

Professor of Practice in the Arts in the Committee on Creative Writing and the Department of English Language & Literature, published Schedule of Unrest. Selected Poems (Salt Publishing 2014) and Courses Matter-Woven (Equipage, 2015). He delivered the keynote addresses at Experimental: A Poetics Symposium at the University of Sydney and at "Dylan Unchained: The Dylan Thomas Centenary Conference" at the University of Swansea.

Professor of Practice in the Arts in Cinema & Media Studies, received a grant from UChicago's Chuck Roven Fund for Cinema and Media Studies to organize a master class with film editor Sandra Adair.