Divisional Awards
Given annually by the Division of Humanities, Division of Natural Sciences, and Division of Social Science, the Divisional Awards recognize the essential role our faculty and staff play across the Arts and Sciences. The awards celebrate a range of achievements, in areas such as academic excellence, community building and engagement, innovation, service, mentorship, and teaching. Recipients are selected by divisional deans in consultation with department chairs, and winners are honored during the spring semester.
While each division takes a slightly different approach to its awards, together they highlight the remarkable dedication and talent of our faculty and staff, and their ongoing contributions to our community.
Division of Humanities
Division of Humanities– Divisional Awards
Award for Academic Excellence
Laurence Marie, Lecturer in French
Abdul Nanji, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
Oliver Simons, Professor in the Department of Germanic Languages
Award for Community Building and Engagement
Frédérique Baumgartner, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Art History and Archaeology
Claudia Breger, Villard Professor of German and Comparative Literature and Department Chair
Jessica Lilien, Director of Decanal Affairs in the Division of Humanities
Eunice Rodríguez Ferguson, Director of Academic Administration and Finance in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures
Yannik Thiem, Associate Professor in the Department of Religion
Award for Academic Excellence
Honoring faculty for their academic leadership and outstanding contributions made to their field and to the Columbia community.
Barry Bergdoll, Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History
Madeleine Dobie, Professor of French and Comparative Literature
Award for Community Building and Engagement
Honoring Humanities community members for their work and dedication to their students, colleagues, and department.
José Antonio Castellanos-Pazos, Senior Lecturer in Portuguese
Juliana Driever, Director of Academic Administration and Finance, ENCL
Mana Kia, Associate Professor, MESAAS
Meredith Landman, Lecturer in Linguistics
Jutta Schmiers-Heller, Senior Lecturer in German
Konstantina Zanou, Associate Professor of Italian
Division of Natural Sciences
Division of Natural Sciences – Divisional Awards
Commitment to Service Award
Richard Davis, Professor of Statistics
Contributions to DEI Award
Anna Ghurbanyan, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Chemistry
Commitment to Service Award
William Menke, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Mentorship Distinction Award
Jeremy Dodd, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Physics
Kerstin Perez, Lavine Family Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences in the Department of Physics
Dedication to Outreach Award
David Kipping, Associate Professor of Astronomy
Contributions to DEI Award
Harmen Bussemaker, Professor of Biological Sciences and Systems Biology
Teaching Excellence Award
Michelle Attner, Lecturer in the Discipline of Biological Sciences
Commitment to Service Award
Dima Amso, Professor of Psychology
Department Innovation
Corey Dean, Professor of Physics
Kathryn Johnston, Professor of Astronomy
Commitment to Service
Christopher Baldassano, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Jonathan Kingslake, Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Mentorship Distinction
Francisco Lin, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
Andrés Bendesky, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
DEI and Outreach
Banu Baydil, Senior Lecturer in Statistics
Erin Barnhart, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Teaching Excellence
Sarah Hansen, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
Division of Social Science
Division of Social Science – Divisional Awards
Awards for Excellence and Commitment to Teaching
Nikhar Gaikwad, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Sunil K. Gulati, Michael K. Dakolias Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Economics; Provost's Senior Faculty Teaching Scholar
John Pemberton, Associate Professor of Anthropology
A. Tunç Şen, Assistant Professor of History
Award for Excellence and Commitment to Teaching
Brian Boyd, Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Anthropology
Ryan Hagen, Lecturer in the Discipline of Sociology
Andrew McCall, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Neslihan Şenocak, Associate Professor of History