Sandra L. Barnes, Brown University, had her documentary on religion, spirituality, and sexuality—Four Voices: Journeys—nominated for two Emmy Awards by the Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Documentary- Cultural and Writer-Long Form Content).
Annabel Ipsen, University of Oklahoma, received an American Association of University Women Fellowship for 2024-25.
Shaul Kelner, Vanderbilt University, received the 74th National Jewish Book Award: American Jewish Studies Celebrate 350 Award for their book A Cold War Exodus: How American Activists Mobilized to Free Soviet Jews (NYU Press 2024).
Prema Kurien, Syracuse University, has been named the Daicoff Faculty Scholar at the Maxwell School in recognition of overall excellence in research and teaching. She received an honorable mention for the 2024 Social Science Caucus Paper Award (Association for Asian American Studies) for her article “The Racial Paradigm and Dalit Anti-Caste Activism in the U.S.” (Social Problems, 2023. 70(3): 717-734). She also received the Jack Shand Research Grant (2024–2026) from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion for her project “When Hindu Nationalism Shapes U.S. Politics.”
Joshua Lew McDermott, Southeastern Louisiana University, received a Fulbright Grant to conduct research on college-educated informal workers in Sierra Leone.
Hatim Rahman, Northwestern University, received the 2024 John T. Dunlop Outstanding Scholar Award from the Labor and Employment Relations Association “for outstanding contributions to research that address industrial relations/employment problems of international significance, among early career scholars who received their PhD within the past 10 years.”
César F. Rosado Marzán, University of Iowa, received a University of Iowa “Books Ends” grant to organize a workshop focused on his manuscript, tentatively titled A Baseline of Decency: The Moral Economy of Alt-Labor and Worker Centers.
