{"id":3139,"date":"2024-04-10T02:22:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T02:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/dean-of-faculty\/?page_id=3139"},"modified":"2026-10-20T17:56:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T17:56:53","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/dean-of-faculty\/meet-the-faculty\/faculty-accomplishments\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards & Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Awards and Honors<\/strong><\/h2>\n

2026-2027 Academic Year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"Shoshana Goldstein, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies, <\/span><\/strong><\/strong>received an Honorable Achievement in the Tulane Prize for Climate Change Curriculum<\/a> in the Built Environment for her course, <\/span>Planning for Climate Justice<\/em>. The award recognizes excellence and innovation in climate change curriculum development and honors faculty whose work advances education on climate mitigation and adaptation in the built environment.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"Katsuya Izumi, Senior Lecturer in Language and Culture Studies,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>was selected to participate in the highly competitive Luce-ASIANetwork Summer Institute<\/a>, joining a cohort of 12 faculty members from liberal arts colleges and teaching-centered
\n\"\"universities. The institute focused on Teaching Global Asia\/s and Asian Languages Futures and brought together participants to develop innovative approaches to undergraduate education and a collaborative project that will culminate in a white paper and scholarly presentations in 2027.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/span><\/strong>Juliet Nebolon<\/span>, Associate Professor of American Studies<\/strong>, was named co-winner of the <\/span>2026 Association for Asian American Studies History Book Award for “<\/span>Settler Militarism: World War II in Hawai\u2018i and the Making of U.S. Empire” (Duke University Press, 2024). The award recognizes the book’s significant contributions to scholarship on settler colonialism, U.S. militarism, race, indigeneity, and the history of Hawai\u02bbi and the Kanaka Maoli people.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"Martha Risser, Associate Professor of Classical Studies<\/strong>, received a Senior Fellowship for Advanced Research in the Humanities from the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and was selected for the Ernest S. Frerichs Annual Professorship at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

2025-2026 Academic Year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Catina Bacote, <\/strong>Associate Professor of English<\/p>\n
David Sterling Brown, <\/strong>Associate Professor of English<\/p>\n
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  • Served as a CTL Fellow and Office of Community and Belonging Faculty Fellow.<\/li>\n
  • Collaborated with students to host a Cinestudio film screening of Moonlight followed by a public conversation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dang Do<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Political Science<\/p>\n
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  • Received<\/span> a<\/span> $7,500<\/span> Impact<\/span> Grant<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Connecticut<\/span> OER<\/span> Council<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> Legislative<\/span> Internship<\/span> Program’s<\/span> updated<\/span> Connecticut<\/span> State<\/span> Politics<\/span> book.<\/li>\n
  • Grant<\/span> funding<\/span> supports<\/span> professional<\/span> editing<\/span> and<\/span> typesetting<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> student-authored<\/span> publication.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michelle Kovarik<\/strong>, Professor of Chemistry<\/span><\/p>\n
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  • Received<\/span> the<\/span> J.<\/span> Calvin<\/span> Giddings<\/span> Award<\/span> for<\/span> Excellence<\/span> in<\/span> Education<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> American<\/span> Chemical<\/span> Society<\/span> Division<\/span> of<\/span> Analytical<\/span> Chemistry.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • National<\/span> award<\/span> recognizing<\/span> outstanding<\/span> contributions<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> education<\/span> and<\/span> professional<\/span> development<\/span> of<\/span> analytical<\/span> chemistry<\/span> students.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Delivered<\/span> a<\/span> presentation<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> special<\/span> award<\/span> symposium<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> ACS<\/span> National<\/span> Meeting<\/span> in<\/span> August. Additional info here:\u00a0https:\/\/acsanalytical.org\/award\/the-j-calvin-giddings-award-for-excellence-in-education\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kirsti Kuenzel, <\/strong>Associate Professor of Mathematics<\/p>\n
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  • Invited to become an editor of the student-centered journal Involve, a Journal of Mathematics, and has been a part of the editorial board since July of 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Channon S. Miller<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of History<\/p>\n
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  • Received<\/span> the<\/span> 2025<\/span> Letitia<\/span> Woods<\/span> Brown<\/span> Article<\/span> Prize<\/span> for<\/span> Best<\/span> Article<\/span> in<\/span> Black<\/span> Women’s<\/span> History.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Awarded<\/span> for<\/span> \u201c<\/span><\/em>Drowning<\/span>in<\/span> a<\/span> Dead<\/span>River<\/span>,\u201d<\/span><\/em> published<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Journal<\/span> of<\/span> African<\/span> American<\/span> History<\/span> (2024).<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Prize<\/span> presented<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> Association<\/span> of<\/span> Black<\/span> Women<\/span> Historians<\/span>,<\/span> a<\/span> leading<\/span> organization<\/span> dedicated<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> study<\/span> of<\/span> Black<\/span> women’s<\/span> history.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sarah A. Raskin<\/strong>, Associate Dean for Faculty Development<\/span><\/p>\n
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  • Named an Inaugural Fellow of the International Neuropsychological at the 2026 North American meeting.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leslie Ribovich<\/strong>, Director of the Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life and Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Associate Professor of Public Policy & Law<\/span><\/p>\n
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  • Finalist<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> Best<\/span> First<\/span> Book<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> History<\/span> of<\/span> Religions<\/span> award<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> American<\/span> Academy<\/span> of<\/span> Religion<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Recognized<\/span> for<\/span> “Without<\/span> a<\/span> Prayer:<\/span> Religion<\/span> and<\/span> Race<\/span> in<\/span> New<\/span> York<\/span> City<\/span> Public<\/span> Schools.”<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Honored<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> largest<\/span> scholarly<\/span> society<\/span> dedicated<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> academic<\/span> study<\/span> of<\/span> religion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sally B. Seraphin<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience<\/p>\n