Kudos is an occasional column that recognizes Dartmouth faculty, students, and staff who have received awards or other honors. Did you or a colleague recently receive an award or honor? Please tell us about it: dartmouth.news@dartmouth.edu.
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The American Academy of Religion has awarded Randall Balmer, the John Phillips Professor in Religion, the 2024 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion.
In its announcement, the academy celebrated Balmer for his “distinguished record of public scholarship on religion and politics, as well as his innovative work on documentaries, his service as an expert witness in several First Amendment cases, and his frequent appearances on major national media outlets that deepen our understanding of current issues.”
Presented annually since 1996, the Martin E. Marty Award recognizes individuals who bring scholarly insights to broader readerships, connecting the worlds of activism and the academy, supporting multiple ways of learning about religion beyond the written word, and embracing diverse media to raise the standards of conversation about religion.
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The Rodel Institute has named Associate Professor of History Leslie Butler’s book, Consistent Democracy: The ‘Woman Question’ and Self-Government in Nineteenth-Century America, to the 2024 Edwards Book Award shortlist.
The Rodel Institute’s Edwards Book Award is an annual prize recognizing books that make an outstanding contribution to the understanding and practice of democracy and American politics, the nonpartisan center for leadership announced in a news release. The prize for the winning book, which will be announced in September, carries an honorarium of $10,000.
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Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences Brenhin Keller received the American Geophysical Union’s Hisashi Kuno Award, which honors an early career scientist for outstanding contributions to volcanology, geochemistry, and petrology. The award citation described Keller as “exceptionally innovative.”
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The Department of Film and Media Studies has selected Sascha Agenor ’25 as the inaugural recipient of the Project Green Light Award, a grant created by the Class of 1968 to support new works by undergraduate artists.
Agenor will receive $5,000 to support the production of Munchiez, a 15-minute film that follows the story of two people struggling with loneliness, memory loss, and disillusionment in the wake of a chemical spill that compromised the water supply in their community.
The Class of 1968 formed its Arts Legacy Committee in 2018 following its 50th reunion. The committee is charged with developing and funding worthy initiatives like the Green Light Project, which will rotate annually among arts departments for a limited run.
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The American Comparative Literature Association has awarded Camella Pham, Guarini ’23, a graduate student in the Comparative Literature Program, the Presidential Master’s Prize for her thesis Colonial Translation Turned Vietnamization: Pham Quỳnh and the Discourse of Transculturation.
The association presents the awards based on theoretical rigor, comparative breadth, and lucidity of exposition, according to the ACLA news release.
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Eric Fossum, the John H. Krehbiel Sr. Professor for Emerging Technologies, was recognized by his alma mater Trinity College with the inaugural President’s Medal for Science and Innovation at the college’s Spring Bicentennial Symposium: Reflection and Action in February.
The inaugural medal, which recognizes a prominent, internationally renowned individual in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics, was awarded to Fossum for his outstanding contributions as inventor of the CMOS image sensor “camera on a chip” used in smartphones, webcams, medical imaging, and other technology, Trinity College announced in a news release.
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry Paul Robustelli has received a 2024 Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, one of 19 early career scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy. Each awardee receives $120,000.
The awardees are selected from a broad field of applicants from institutions across the United States and Canada for their excellence in teaching and research and for their potential as early career scholars, the science foundation said in a news release.
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Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences Luke Chang, director of Dartmouth’s Computational Social Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, was awarded the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society 2024 Mid-Career Award.
The SANS Mid-Career Award recognizes a mid-stage investigator who has made significant contributions to Social and Affective Neuroscience in terms of outstanding scholarship and service to the field, the society announced in a news release.
Chang’s nomination came from Tor Wager, director of Dartmouth’s Brain Imaging Center, and Lincoln Filene Professor in Human Relations Thalia Wheatley, with whom Chang co-directs the Consortium for Interacting Minds.
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Lewis Glinert, a professor in the Middle Eastern Studies Program, has been named an honorary member of the Academy of the Hebrew Language.
Based in Jerusalem, the Academy of the Hebrew Language is the world’s premier institution for the Hebrew language. It establishes new Hebrew words and sets standards for modern Hebrew grammar, orthography, transliteration, and punctuation based on the historical development of the language.
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Maximilien Novak, lecturer in the Department of French and Italian, was awarded a national research prize from the Académie française for his work on the history of French diplomacy.
Upon receiving the award, presented by the Chancellor of the Institut de France in Paris, Novak is invited to address the members of the institute about his research.
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Associate Professor of Government Julie Rose has been named by the American Political Science Association as associate editor of the American Political Science Review, APSR’s premier political science research journal.
“The APSR is the flagship journal in political science, and we are extremely grateful for the service of the outgoing editorial team,” Steven Rathgeb Smith, APSA executive director says in a news release.
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The script for The Prodigal by Thomas O’Malley, associate professor of English and creative writing, won the best feature script at the European Independent Film Festival in Paris in April.
Europe’s top event for independent cinema, ÉCU—The European Independent Film Festival, has for the past 19 years seen its mission as discovering and promoting “extraordinary independent films from around the world through a major European cultural event,” according to the festival news release.
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The All In Campus Democracy Challenge has recognized Bea Burack ’25 in the 2024 Student Voting Honor Roll.
“Since co-founding the Dartmouth Civics Student Association and joining the Dartmouth Votes Coalition, Bea has been a stalwart in campus civic engagement education, registration, and voting efforts,” the All In Democracy Challenge writes.
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Amedée Kauakohemālamalama Conley-Kapoi ’24 took second place in the 2024 Miss Aloha Hula Awards, part of the 61st Merrie Monarch Festival in Hawaii in April. The festival’s mission is the perpetuation of Hula and Hawaiian culture.
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Professor of Philosophy Susan Brison, director of the Susan and James Wright Center for the Study of Computation and Just Communities, has been elected vice president/president-elect of the American Philosophical Association, Eastern division, APA announced this month.
The American Philosophical Association promotes the discipline and profession of philosophy, both within the academy and in the public arena, working to develop philosophers at all levels and works to foster greater understanding and appreciation of the value of philosophical inquiry.