Faculty Awards

University of Minnesota Awards

Arthur "Red" Motley Exemplary Teaching Award Recipients

Jigna Desai, 2003–2004
Edén Torres, 2002–2003
Jacquelyn Zita, 1991

Endowed Chair

Regina Kunzel (Fesler-Lempert Chair)
Helen Longino (Winton Chair)
Richa Nagar (Beverly and Richard Fink Professorship in Liberal Arts)
Richa Nagar (Russell M. and Elizabeth M. Bennett Chair in Excellence)

Institute for Advanced Study Fellowships

Jigna Desai
Amy Kaminsky

McKnight Land-Grant Professorship

Richa Nagar, 2000

Morse Alumni Awards for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education

Jigna Desai (finalist)
Richa Nagar (finalist, 2007)
Edén Torres (finalist)
Jacquelyn Zita, 1997

President's Award for Outstanding Service

Jigna Desai, 2007
Jacquelyn Zita, 2006

Postbaccalaureate, Graduate, and Professional Education Award

Jigna Desai, 2013–2014

Scholar of the College

Richa Nagar, 2008

Single Semester Leave, College of Liberal Arts

Richa Nagar (2012, 2000)
Jigna Desai (2012, 2001)

Visiting Professorship

Jigna Desai - Harvard, 2009

External Faculty Awards & Residential and Postdoctoral Fellowships

2021 Mellon Foundation Just Futures Initiative Grant

Jigna Desai

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship

Amy Kaminsky

Residential and Postdoctoral Fellowships

Richa Nagar - Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences(CASBS), Stanford (2005–06)
Richa Nagar - Resident Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute for Advanced Study, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2011–12)