John Lopez, assistant professor of art history, received an award from the American Council of Learned Societies to complete research and write a book on Aztec and Spanish efforts to combat flooding in Mexico City.

Distinguished Professor Isabel Montañez, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, was recognized with the 2021 UC Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement.

David Olson, assistant professor of chemistry, was selected for the 2021 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.

Joanna Regulska, professor of gender, sexuality and women’s studies and vice provost and dean of Global Affairs, was named a founding member of the National Academy for International Education.

Mandy Rousseau, undergraduate advisor and graduate program coordinator in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, received the 2021 Diversity and Principles of Community Deana Falge Award from UC Davis.

Doctoral candidates Julio Aguilar, Dmitri Brown and Lucia Luna-Victoria Indacochea in the Department of History and Brittani Orona in Native American studies were awarded yearlong fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies to research and write their dissertations.

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Giovanni Peri, professor of economics 

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Charles Walker, professor of history and director, Hemispheric Institute on the Americas

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Teresa Steele, professor of anthropology

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Tony Tyson, distinguished professor of physics

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David Olson, assistant professor of chemistry

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Tim McNeil, professor of design

 

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Richard Kim, professor of Asian American studies 

 

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Mohini Jain, donor for the endowed presidential chair in Jainism studies

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