the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, received UChicago’s Gray Center Mellon Fellowship for Arts Practice and Scholarship

Lecturer in Philosophy, delivered the keynote speech “A Solution to the Paradox of Perfection” at the Annual Undergraduate Philosophy Club Conference.

Lecturer in English Language and Literature and the Committee on Creative Writing, was selected for New York City Lit 50 Writers of Note. Her book Blind was chosen for the Illinois Reads Selection and the Library Guild Selection.

Lecturer in Visual Arts, received a grant from the Propeller Fund for Fielding (with Sara Black and Billy Dee)

Lecturer in Slavic Languages and Literatures, was elected President of the North American Association of Teachers of Polish (NAATPI).

Senior Lecturer in East Asian Languages and Civilizations, received the Janel M. Mueller Award for Excellence in Pedagogy.

the LeRoy T. and Margaret Deffenbaugh Carlson University Professor in Germanic Studies, was awarded the Prize of the Goethe Society of North America for best essay published on Goethe in 2014. He received a grant from UChicago’s Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society for “The Idealism Project.”

the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor in English Language and Literature, received a research leave fellowship for 2015–16 from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation for the project “Between Representation and Self-Expression: A Reconsideration of the Post-’45 American Novel.”

Professor in Cinema and Media Studies, received a grant from the Women’s Board of the University of Chicago for the South Side Home Movie Project.

Raymond W. & Martha Hilpert Gruner Distinguished Service Professor in Visual Arts, had solo exhibits at the Kavi Gupta Gallery, the Smart Museum of Art, Cleaopatra Gallery in New York City, Mitchell Innes and Nash Gallery, and Nacht St. Stephan Gallery. She exhibited work at Color Jam Houston, Hauser Wirth and Schimmel Gallery, MK Restaurant, and Expo Chicago. She also received a grant from UChicago’s Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society for the project “Open Fields: Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Very Idea of a Natural History.”