The following faculty members were promoted, awarded tenure, appointed to an endowed chair, or recipients of awards or grants from the Dean of Faculty Office and centers and institutes within the Arts and Sciences during the 2023-24 academic year.
More information about internal awards and fellowships can be found on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences website.
"These honors reflect the excellence of our faculty and the extraordinary breadth of their work, as well as the supportive academic ecosystem at Dartmouth," Dean Elizabeth F. Smith wrote in a message to faculty. "Please join me in congratulating our colleagues on their successes!"
Endowed Chairs
- Sergey Bratus (Computer Science), appointed the Dartmouth College Distinguished Professorship in Cybersecurity, Technology, and Society in the Meeting New Challenges of Cybersecurity Academic Cluster
- Devin Balkcom (Computer Science), appointed the Dartmouth Professor in Computer Science
- Michael Casey (Computer Science), appointed the Francis and Mildred Sears Professor
- Sienna Craig (Anthropology), appointed the Jane and Raphael Bernstein Professor in Asian Studies
- Laura Edmondson (Theater), appointed the Helman Family Distinguished Professor
- Sam Levey (Philosophy), appointed the Dartmouth Professor in Philosophy
- Heidi Williams (Economics), appointed the Orville E. Dryfoos Professor in Economics and Public Affairs
Promotion to Full Professor
- Leslie Butler (History)
- Michael Cox (Environmental Studies)
- Vievee Francis (English and Creative Writing)
- Katie Hornstein (Art History)
- Jason Houle (Sociology)
- Lynn Patyk (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies)
- Tricia Treacy (Studio Art)
Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
- Luis Alvarez León (Geography)
- Danielle Callegari (French and Italian)
- James Dobson (English and Creative Writing)
- William Leavitt (Earth Sciences)
- Jeremy Manning (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
- Marisa Palucis (Earth Sciences)
- Kathleen Powers (Government)
- Alberto Quattrini Li (Computer Science)
- Caroline Robertson (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
- Gregory Sharp (Sociology)
- Additionally, Darlene Drummond (Speech) and Stuart Finkel (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies) were awarded tenure
Promotion to Senior Lecturer
- Rachel Braude (Music)
- Keith Coughlin (Theater)
- Jason Ennis (Music)
- Vasanta Kommineni (Computer Science)
- Sandra Mefoude Obiono (French and Italian)
- Charles Palmer (Computer Science)
- Bryce Walker (Classics)
Promotion to Research Professor
- Elizabeth Carpenter-Song (Anthropology)
- Yaroslav Halchenko (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
Dean of Faculty Awards
- Frank J. Guarini Award for Extraordinary Contribution to Off-Campus Programs — Edward Miller (Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages)
- Jerome Goldstein Award for Distinguished Teaching — Richard Beaudoin (Music)
- John M. Manley Huntington Award for Newly Tenured Faculty — Jeremy Manning (Psychological and Brain Sciences) and Kathleen Powers (Government)
- John M. Manley Huntington Award for Newly Promoted Faculty — Vievee Francis (English and Creative Writing)
- Robert A. Fish 1918 Memorial Prize — Susan Ackerman (Religion)
- Karen E. Wetterhahn Memorial Award for Distinguished Creative or Scholarly Achievement — Luis Alvarez León (Geography) and Marisa Palucis (Earth Sciences)
- Dean of Faculty Teaching Award - Hafiz Farel Shabazz (Music)
- Dean of Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentoring and Advising — Elizabeth Cascio (Economics)
- Dean of Faculty Award for Exceptional Service — Jay Hull (Psychological and Brain Sciences) and Christine Thomas (Philosophy)
- Elizabeth Howland Hand-Otis Norton Pierce Award — Colin Calloway (History, NAIS)
Dean of the Faculty Senior Faculty Grants
- Margaret Graver (Classics)
- Jodie Mack (Film and Media Studies)
- Paul Musselwhite (History)
- Kate Pletneva (Chemistry)
- Julia Rabig (History)
- Kimberly Rogers (Sociology)
- Thalia Wheatley (Psychological and Brain Sciences)
James Wright Sustaining Faculty Excellence Awards
- Vievee Francis (English and Creative Writing)
- Leslie Butler (History)
- Alberto Quattrini Li (Computer Science)
- Michael Cox (Environmental Studies)
Maffei Fellowship Awards
- Katie Hornstein (Art History)
- Kathleen Powers (Government)
Mellon Research and Development Awards
- Alexander Chee (English and Creative Writing)
- Mary Coffey (Art History)
- Annabel Martín (Spanish and Portuguese)
- Melanie Taylor (Native American and Indigenous Studies and English and Creative Writing)
Dean of the Faculty Scholarly Innovation and Advancement Awards
- Ivan Aprahamian (Chemistry), "Visible and Near-Infrared Light Responsive Photoactuators"
- Jesse Casana (Anthropology), "Antarctica Peninsula Archaeological Survey Project"
- Nathanial Dominy (Anthropology), "From Nests to Syntax: Using Deep Learning to Probe the Origins of Language"
- Yusaku Horiuchi (Government), "Historical Political Economy of Japan: Explaining the Causes and Consequences of 'Kamikaze' Attacks"
- Carl Renshaw (Earth Sciences), "Towards Accurate Carbon Accounting in Agricultural Soils"
- Alireza Soltani (Psychological and Brain Sciences), "Leveraging Fundamental Cognitive Principles to Foster Eco-Sustainable Behavior"
- Silvia Spitta (Spanish and Portuguese), "Ayacucho Orphaned/Migrant Ayacucho"
- Zenovia Toloudi (Studio Art), "A Contemporary Little Shapel ("Xokklisi")"
Leslie Center for the Humanities
Jonathan Crewe Fellowships for Associate Professors
- Veronika Fuechtner (German Studies, Comparative Literature Program)
- Antonio Gómez López-Quiñones (Spanish and Portuguese, Comparative Literature Program)
Co-sponsorships
Faith Beasley (French and Italian); Susan Brison (Philosophy); Nancy Canepa (French and Italian); Nancy Canepa (French and Italian); Rebecca Clark (English and Creative Writing); Jorge Cuéllar (Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies); Maria Clara de Greiff (Spanish and Portuguese); Jacopo Domenicucci (Philosophy); James Dorsey (Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages); Sujin Eom (Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages); Tatiana Filimonova (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies); Susannah Heschel (Jewish Studies Program); Laura McPherson (Linguistics); Sandra Mefoude Obiono (French and Italian); Ainsley Morse (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies); Ainsley Morse (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies); Paula Olson (Design Initiative at Dartmouth, Thayer); Donald Pease (English and Creative Writing); David Plunkett (Philosophy); Roberto Rey Agudo (Spanish and Portuguese); Roberto Rey Agudo (Spanish and Portuguese); Israel Reyes (Spanish and Portuguese); Esther Rosario (Philosophy); Tiina Rosenqvist (Philosophy); Analola Santana (Theater); Robert St. Clair (French and Italian); Roberta Stewart (Classics); Nirvana Tanoukhi (English and Creative Writing); Kenneth Walden (Philosophy); Darryl Wilkinson (Religion)
Faculty Research Grants
Mauricio Acuna (Spanish and Portuguese); Giorgio Alberti (French and Italian); Ingrid Brioso Rieumont (Spanish and Portuguese); Eugenie Carabatsos (MALS); Paul Carranza (Spanish and Portuguese); William Cheng (Music); Tania Convertini (French and Italian); Carlos Cortez Minchillo (Spanish and Portuguese); Katie Crouch (English and Creative Writing); Maria Clara De Greiff (Spanish and Portuguese); Maria Clara De Greiff (Spanish and Portuguese); Tatiana Filimonova (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies); Tatiana Filimonova (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies); Florencia Foxley (Classics); Alysia Garrison (English and Creative Writing); James Godley (English and Creative Writing); Katie Hornstein (Art History); Lada Kolomiyets (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies); Klaus Mladek (German Studies); Kristin O'Rourke (Art History); Lynn Patyk (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies); Scott Sanders (French and Italian); Nirvana Tanoukhi (English and Creative Writing); Darryl Wilkinson (Religion); Bethany Younge (Music)
Humanities Lab Grants
Paloma Asensio (Spanish and Portuguese); Laurie Churba (Theater); Noelia Cirnigliaro (Spanish and Portuguese); Tania Convertini (French and Italian); Monica Ndounou (Theater); Victoria Somoff (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies); Victoria Somoff (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies); Victoria Somoff (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies)
Project Grants
Acuna, Mauricio (Spanish and Portuguese); John Bell (Dartmouth ITC Research Computing); Tania Convertini (French and Italian); Jorge Cuéllar (Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies); Johanna Evans (Hopkins Center); Trica Keaton (African and African American Studies); Lawrence Kritzman (Comparative Literature Program); Iyabo Kwayana (Film and Media Studies); Michael McGillen (German Studies); Eman Morsi (Comparative Literature Program); Donald Pease (English and Creative Writing); Jesse Shipley (African and African American Studies); Andrea Tarnowski (French and Italian); Amie Thomasson (Philosophy)
Venn Vision Grants
"Unsettling Brazil: Performance, Film and Media in Democratizing a Nation"
Mauricio Acuna (Spanish and Portuguese); Gerd Gemunden (German Studies); Reighan Gillam (Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies)
"Creative and Critical Data Studies"
James Dobson (English and Creative Writing); Roopika Risam (Film and Media Studies); Jacqueline Wernimont (Film and Media Studies)
National Humanities Center Residency
Tatiana Filimonova (East European, Eurasian, and Russian Studies)
Nelson A. Rockefeller Center
Faculty Grant Awards
- Madeline McKelway, (Economics), "The Impacts of Managerial Discretion vs. Meritocracy on Productivity and Firm Culture"
- Jonathan Winter (Geography) and Erich Osterberg (Earth Sciences), "Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation across Northern New England: Stakeholder Engagement Workshop"
- Carl Renshaw (Earth Sciences), Kimberly Clark (Psychology & Brain Sciences), and Erich Osterberg (Earth Sciences), "Establishing an Empirical Basis for More Effective Messaging in Promoting Actions to Mitigate Climate Change Impacts"
- Justin Mankin (Geography), "Future Terrestrial Water Availability: Towards an Integrated Perspective on Water, Plants, and Climate"
- Udi Greenberg (History), "Decolonization and the Remaking of Europe"
Neukom Institute for Computational Sciences
CompX Faculty Grant Awards
- Nicola Camerlenghi (Art History), "The Final Phase of The Dartmouth Virtual Basilica Project"
- Kathryn Cottingham and James Mahoney (Biology and Computer Science), "Exploring Watershed Moments Using Virtual Reality"
- Christiane Donahue (Linguistics), "Medium" Data Work: Studying Student Writing Growth via Portfolios"
- Brad Duchaine (Psychological and Brain Sciences), "DNN Modeling of Category-Selective Areas in Developmental Prosopagnosia"
- Lucas Dwiel (Psychological and Brain Sciences), "Stimulating Brain Networks to Direct Psychedelic Induced Plasticity"
- Chengeng Fe (Chemistry), "Accelerated Discovery and Fabrication of Robust 3D-Printable Slide-Ring Hydrogels"
- Brinker Ferguson (Anthropology), "Low Cost Rapid Digital Preservation Documentation Workflows for At-risk Historic Wooden Architecture in Puerto Rico"
- Julie Hruby (Classics), "Associating Fingerprint Patterns with Age and Sex: A Quantifiable Approach"
- Hua-Yuan Li Mowry (Chinese Language and Literature), "Leveraging Digital Platforms to Compile Multimedia Chinese Language and Culture Materials in the HTML Format"
- Sarah Slotznick and Geoffroy Hautier (Earth Sciences and Thayer School of Engineering), "From Earth to Mars: Atomic Level Probing of Hydrohematite's Magnetism"
- Adam Steel (Psychological and Brain Sciences), "Revealing the Function of the Human Anterior Temporal Lobe with Machine Learning"
- Soroush Vosoughi and Xiaofeng Wang (Computer Science and Geisel School of Medicine), "Epigenomic–Transcriptomic Modeling with Multi-Omic Data and DNA Sequences Leveraging Graph Neural Networks"