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Faculty Accolades

External Awards and Honors

2023

  • Edward (Ted) Fischer, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Anthropology: Cultural Contexts of Health and Wellbeing Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation & World Health Organization
  • Jada Benn Torres, associate professor of anthropology: mentor for Ph.D. student Olawunmi Winful: National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement
  • Steve Wernke, associate professor of anthropology: National Endowment for the Humanities, Digital Humanities Advancement Grant

2022

  • Markus Eberl, associate professor of anthropology: Guatemala’s First Petrified Forest: Dead trees and the stories they tell. National Geographic Society’s Meridian grant
  • Gabriel Torres Colón, assistant professor of anthropology: Wenner Gren Foundation, Engaged Research Grant
  • Steve Wernke, associate professor of anthropology: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Williamns Island Project
  • Natalie Robbins, program manager of VISR: National Institute of Health—Subawardee, Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research
  • S. Harvey, associate professor of anthropology: Ford Foundation Senior Fellowship
  • Sophie Bjork-James, assistant professor of anthropology: National Science Foundation, Cultural Anthropology Program Senior Research Award

2021

  • Jada Benn Torres, associate professor of anthropology: Robert Sussman Award for Scientific Contributions to Anthropology; anthropology section of American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Jada Benn Torres, associate professor of anthropology (PI) and Gabriel Torres Colón, assistant professor of anthropology: National Geographic Explorer Grant. A Community-based Analysis of Afro-Puerto Rican Genetic Ancestry and Cultural Identity
  • Markus Eberl, associate professor of anthropology: Changing Communities of Ancient Builders: Machine Learning-based Analysis of Mortars from Caesarea Maritima (Israel). NEH Digital Humanities
  • Markus Eberl, associate professor of anthropology: Rust Foundation Grant
  • Sophie Bjork-James, assistant professor of anthropology: American Academy of Religion Grant. Religion and Opposition to Organized Racism in the Northwestern United States
  • Steve Wernke, associate professor of anthropology: National Endowment for the Humanities. Humanities in Place: An Immersive, Place-Based Curriculum for Historic Preservation & Humanities-Centered Land Use at Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University Awards and Honors

2021

  • Edward (Ted) Fischer, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Anthropology: Harvie Bransomb Distinguished Professor Award
  • S. Harvey, associate professor of anthropology: Driving Innovation Forward. Vanderbilt University Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization, July 2020. Web-Based Covid-19 Self-Screening Tool

College of Arts and Science Awards and Honors

2021

  • Beth Conklin, associate professor of anthropology: Covid-19 Innovative Teaching Award; Teaching Courses Focused on Timely and Topical Pandemic-Related Issues
  • S. Harvey, associate professor of anthropology: Covid-19 Innovative Teaching Award; Teaching Courses Focused on Timely and Topical Pandemic-Related Issues
  • Steve Wernke, associate professor of anthropology: Covid-19 Innovative Teaching Award; Creating Safe, Productive, and Engaging In-person Learning Environments

Departmental Awards and Honors

2023

  • Rebecca Gamez, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and H. Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Racial Justice: Outstanding Faculty Instructor Award; Vanderbilt Anthropology Graduate Student Association
  • Michelle Young, assistant professor of anthropology: Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award; Vanderbilt Anthropology Graduate Student Association

2022

  • Carwil Bjork-James, associate professor of anthropology: Outstanding Faculty Instructor Award; Vanderbilt Anthropology Graduate Student Association
  • Jada Benn-Torres, associate professor of anthropology: Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award; Vanderbilt Anthropology Graduate Student Association

2021

  • Lesley Gill, professor of anthropology, emerita: Outstanding Faculty Instructor Award; Vanderbilt Anthropology Graduate Student Association
  • Markus Eberl, associate professor of anthropology: Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award; Vanderbilt Anthropology Graduate Student Association