Faculty & Student Awards
2020-2021 | 2019-2020
2021-2022
Faculty
| Name | Award | Organization |
| Simone Browne | Gerald LeBoff Visiting Scholar | New York University |
| 2021 Matakyev Research Fellow at the Center for Imagination in the Borderlands | Arizona State University | |
| Mónica Jiménez | Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty | Institute for Citizens & Scholars, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation |
| Marcelo J.P. Paixão | Fall 2021 Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies Faculty Research Fellowship | UT Austin |
| Spring 2022 Research Reboot Fellowship | UT Austin | |
| Ashanté M. Reese | American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship | American Council of Learned Societies |
| Cherise Smith | Getty Foundation Residential Scholar Grant | Getty Foundation |
| Kevin J.A. Thomas | Carnegie Fellowship | Carnegie Corporation of New York |
| Lisa B. Thompson | Appointed as 2021-22 - 2023-24 College of Liberal Arts Advisor to the Dean for Faculty Mentoring and Support | UT Austin |
| Traci Wint | Hired as Assistant Professor Fall 2021 | Smith College |
Students
| Name | Award | Organization |
| Charles Holm | Dissertation Writing Fellowiship | UT Austin |
| Zalika Ibaorimi | Predoctoral Fellowship at the Carter G. Woodson Institute | University of Virginia |
| Candice Lyons | Dissertation Scholar in the Department of Black Studies | University of California Santa Barbara |
| Michaela Machicote | Dissertation Writing Fellowship | UT Austin |
| Denzel Shabazz | University Thematic Continuing Fellowship | UT Austin |
| LaToya Teague | University Continuing Fellowship | UT Austin |
| La'Kayla Williams | University Continuing Fellowship | UT Austin |
| Tabias Wilson | Dissertation Writing Fellowship | UT Austin |
2020-2021
Faculty
| Name | Award | Organization |
| Omoniyi Afolabi | Actions that promote Community Transformation (ACT) Grant | Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President, UT Austin |
| Nicole Burrowes | Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty | Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation |
| ACLS Fellowship | American Council of Learned Societies | |
| Ashley Farmer | NEH Fellowship | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| Humanities Research Award | College of Liberal Arts, UT Austin | |
| Omi Osun Joni L. Jones | Appointment as Faculty Emerita of AADS | UT Austin |
| Marcelo J.P. Paixão | Provost's Authors Fellowship | Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, UT Austin |
| Ashanté M. Reese | Margaret Mead Award | American Anthropological Association & the Society for Applied Anthropology |
| Texas Friar Society Centennial Teaching Fellowship | UT Austin | |
| Cherise Smith | Promotion to Full Professor | UT Austin |
| Lisa B. Thompson | ACLS Fellowship | American Council of Learned Societies |
| Artist Residency | MacDowell Colony | |
| Pavithra Vasudevan | American Fellowship | American Association of University Women |
| Humanities Institute Faculty Fellowship | Humanities Institute, UT Austin |
Students
| Name | Award | Organization |
| Gustavo Melo Cerqueira | Two-year Lectureship in the Department of Theatre | Federal University of Bahia, Brazil |
| Khyree Davis | Doctoral Fellow | UT Austin |
| Eva Hodgson | University Continuing Fellowship | UT Austin |
| Jaden Janak | Donald D. Harrington Graduate Fellowship | College of Liberal Arts, UT Austin |
| Pablo Joseph López Oro | Tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Africana Studies | Smith College |
| Carla Ramos Munzanzu | Chief, Department of Anthropology | Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará in Brazil |
| Latoya Teague | University Thematic Continuing Fellowship | UT Austin |
| LaKayla Williams | University Graduate Continuing Brunton Fellowship | UT Austin |
2019-2020
Faculty
| Name | Award | Organization |
| Simone Browne | College of Liberal Arts' Student Council Endowed Teaching Award | UT Austin |
| Kevin Cokley | Appointment to UT Austin's Academy of Distinguished Teachers | UT Austin |
| Ashley Farmer | Radcliffe Fellowship | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University |
| Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in Teaching | Texas Exes, UT Austin | |
| Xavier Livermon | Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure | UT Austin |
| Stephen Marshall | Provost's Authors Fellowship | Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, UT Austin |
| Christen Smith | Appointment as Director, Center for Women's and Gender Studies | UT Austin |
| Lisa B. Thompson | Promotion to Full Professor | UT Austin |
| Shirley Thompson | Provost's Authors Fellowship | Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, UT Austin |
Students
| Name | Award | Organization |
| Angelica Allen | Carter G. Woodson Institute Fellowship | University of Virginia |
| Bethzabeth Colon Pizzini | Office of Graduate Studies Continuing Fellowship | UT Austin |
| Alexandria Cunningham | John Money Fellowship for Scholars of Sexology | Kinsey Institute for Sex, Gender and Reproduction, Indiana University, Bloomington |
| Khyree Davis | Summer Dissertation Writing Fellowship | Office of Graduate Studies, UT Austin |
| Zaria El-Fil | Undergraduate Research Ambassador | Academy of Undergraduate Researchers Across Texas |
| Daniela Gomes da Silva | Patricia C. and Charles H. McGill III '63 Visiting Assistant Professor, International Studies | Trinity College |
| Charles Holm | Spring Dissertation Writing Fellowship | College of Liberal Arts, UT Austin |
| Jacob Hood | Dean's Distinguished Graduate, College of Liberal Arts | UT Austin |
| Jaden Janak | Donald D. Harrington Graduate Fellowship | College of Liberal Arts, UT Austin |
| Pablo Joseph López Oro | Carter G. Woodson Institute Fellowship | University of Virginia |
| William Mosley | Mellon Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Humanities | Wake Forest University |
| Chinwe Oriji | Carter G. Woodson Institute Fellowship | University of Virginia |
| Tenure-track Assistant Professorship, Department of Sociology | Wesleyan University | |
| Carla Ramos Munzanzu | Professor, Department of Anthropology | Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará in Brazil |
| Christopher Ndubzuizu | McNair Scholars Graduate Fellowship | Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program |
| Tabias Olajuawon Wilson | Andrew W. Mellon Foundation-Funded Dissertation Bootcamp Fellowship | UT Austin |
| Minority Dissertation Fellow and Lecturer, Dept. of Political Science and International Relations | Middle Tennessee State University |