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Honors and Awards

Tue, 05/21/2019 - 13:58 — kbrown
  • Beatrice Medicine Award for Outstanding Essay, Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures, 2024.
  • David M. and Nancy L. Petrone Faculty Scholar, University of Oregon, 2023-2026. 
  • Provost’s Teaching Academy Inductee. University of Oregon, Fall 2023. 
  • Best Edition, Anthology, or Essay Collection, Modernist Studies Association, 2023.
  • Ersted Distinguised Teaching Award for Specialized Pedagogy, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon 2023.
  • I3 Research Award, "“Center for Indigenous Data Sovereignty.” Co-Investigator with Jennifer O’Neal (IRES) and Ashley Cordes (ENVS). University of Oregon. Spring 2023.
  • I3 Research Award, “Indigenous-led framework for collaboration across knowledge and value systems for the conservation of bio-cultural diversity – the Totem Pole Journey as communication method.” Co-investigator with Barbara Muraca (Philosophy), Marsha Weisiger (History), Kari Norgaard (Sociology), and Briana Meier (Environmental Studies & Policy). University of Oregon. Spring 2021. 
  • MLA Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures, and Languages for Stoking the Fire: Nationhood in Cherokee Writing, 1906-1970. 2020. Honorable Mention. 
  • Town and Gown Sustainability Award for "Engaged Humanities: Parternships Between Academic and Tribal Communities," UO Office of Sustainability, 2020. 
  • Thomas J. Lyon Award for Oustanding Book in Western American Literary and Cultural Studies for Stoking the Fire: Nationhood in Cherokee Writing, 1906-1970, Western Literature Association, 2019. 
  • Norman H. Brown Faculty Fellow, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon, 2019-21.
  • UO Authors Books Series Selection, University of Oregon, 2019-20. 
  • Lansdowne Visiting Speaker, University of Victoria, BC, February 2019.
  • Andrew W. Mellon Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas Grant for Stoking the Fire: Nationhood in Cherokee Writing, 1907-1970, Summer 2017.
  • Tykeson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon, Winter 2016.
  • Oregon Humanities Center Faculty Fellow, University of Oregon, 2015-16.
  • Don D. Walker Prize for Best Published Essay, Western Literature Association, 2012.
  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship, 2011-12.
  • Harry Ransom Center for the Humanities Dissertation Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 2010-11.
  • George H. Mitchell Award for Outstanding Graduate Research, Graduate School, University of Texas at Austin, 2010.