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Faculty Honors Reception Faculty Honors Reception December 13, 2012 In recognition of New York University faculty who have received major awards, prizes, and special honors in 2012 for their scholarly and creative contributions. President John Sexton Provost David McLaughlin Faculty Honors Reception, 2012 New York University is proud to recognize the following recipients Professor Honor School Viral Acharya Junior Prize in Monetary Economics C.V. Starr Professor of Economics, Stern and Finance, Banque de France- School of Business Toulouse School of Economics David Amodio F. J. McGuigan Early Career Associate Professor of Psychology and Investigator Research Prize on Neural Science, Faculty of Arts and Science Understanding the Human Mind, American Psychological Foundation Jeane Anastas Feminist Scholarship Prize, Council on Professor of Social Work; Director, Social Work Education Strategic Planning and New Initiatives; Silver School of Social Work Sinan Antoon National Translation Award, American Associate Professor; Gallatin School of Literary Translators Association Individualized Study Arjun Appadurai Mondi Migranti Prize, Centro Paulette Goddard Professor of Media, Studi Medi (Migrations in the Culture, and Communication; Steinhardt Mediterranean) School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Fellow, American Association for the Professor of Chemistry; Faculty of Arts and Advancement of Science Science Roger Bagnall Festschrift (to be published as Leon Levy Director and Professor of American Studies in Papyrology, Ancient History; Institute for the Study of Volume 53) the Ancient World Hilary Ballon Arts and Letters Award, American Deputy Vice Chancellor, NYU Abu Dhabi; Academy of Arts and Letters University Professor of Urban Studies and Architecture, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Catherine Barnett James Laughlin Award, Academy of Instructor, Creative Writing Program; American Poets Faculty of Arts and Science Vicki Been MacArthur Award for Creative and Director, Furman Center for Real Estate Effective Institutions, MacArthur and Urban Policy; Boxer Family Professor Foundation of Law, School of Law; Associate Professor of Public Policy, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Charles Bertolami Foundation of Excellence Award, New Herman Robert Fox Dean, College of York State Dental Foundation Dentistry Kathleen Bishop "Best 300 Professors", Princeton Adjunct Assistant Professor; Liberal Review Studies Program 1 Paul Boghossian Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Silver Professor of Philosophy; Faculty of Sciences Arts and Science Marie Boltz John A. Hartford Geriatrics Nursing Assistant Professor; College of Nursing Practice Research Award, Eastern Nursing Research Society Danah Boyd Top 100 Global Thinkers, Foreign Research Assistant Professor of Media, Policy Magazine Culture, and Communication; Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Mary Brabeck Corann Okorodudu Global Women's Gale and Ira Drukier Dean and Professor Advocacy Award, American of Applied Psychology; Steinhardt School Psychological Association of Culture, Education, and Human Development Barbara Browning Bronze Medal, Literary Fiction, Associate Professor of Performance Independent Publisher Book Awards; Studies; Tisch School of the Arts Bisexual Fiction Award, Lambda Literary Awards Jonathan Burnham National Book Award for Fiction (as Adjunct Professor, Center for Publishing; Publisher) School of Continuing and Professional Studies Red Burns Design Patron award, National Design Arts Professor and Chief Collaborations Awards Officer, Interactive Telecommunications Program; Tisch School of the Arts Craig Calhoun Member, American Philosophical University Professor of the Social Sciences; Society Faculty of Arts and Science and Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Sylvain Cappell Fellow and Vice President, American Silver Professor of Mathematics; Courant Mathematical Society Institute of Mathematical Sciences Jane Carlton Fellow, American Association for the Professor of Biology, Faculty of Arts Advancement of Science and Science; Adjunct Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine Mary Carruthers Corresponding Fellow, British Academy Professor Emerita of English; Faculty of Arts and Science Justin Chanda National Book Award for Young Adjunct Professor, Center for Publishing; People's Literature (as Publisher) School of Continuing and Professional Studies Sourav Chatterjee Wolfgang Doeblin Prize, Bernoulli Associate Professor of Mathematics; Society for Mathematical Statistics and Courant Institute of Mathematical Probability Sciences 2 Faculty Honors Reception, 2012 Jeff Cheeger Fellow, American Mathematical Society Silver Professor of Mathematics; Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Jean-Louis Cohen Grand Prix du Livre, Académie Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History d'Architecture of Architecture; Institute of Fine Arts C. Samuel Craig Significant Contributions to Global Catherine and Peter Kellner Professor of Marketing Award, American Marketing Entrepreneurship and Arts and Media Association Global Marketing SIG Management; Stern School of Business Martin Davis Fellow, American Mathematical Society Professor Emeritus of Mathematics; Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Philippe de Humanitas Visiting Professor in the Fiske Kimball Professor in the History and Montebello History of Art, Cambridge University Culture of Museums; Institute of Fine Arts Percy Deift Fellow, American Mathematical Society Professor of Mathematics; Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Rohit Deo Distinguished Teaching Award, New Professor of Statistics and Operations York University Research, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the Undergraduate College, and Robert Miller Faculty Fellow; Stern School of Business Dipti Desai Specialist Fulbright Award; Ziegfeld Associate Professor of Art and Art Service Award, U.S. Society for Education; Steinhardt School of Culture, Education through the Arts Education, and Human Development Victoria Dickson Fuchs-Schoeck Research Fellow, Assistant Professor; College of Nursing American Heart Association; Rising Star Research Award, Eastern Nursing Research Society Maja Djukic Nurse Faculty Scholar, Robert Wood Assistant Professor; College of Nursing Johnson Foundation Shimon Dotan Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Adjunct Associate Professor of Journalism; Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Faculty of Arts and Science Cullman Fellowship Award, Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, New York Public Library Simone Duarte Innovation Oral Care Award, Assistant Professor of Basic Science and International Association for Dental Craniofacial Biology; College of Dentistry Research/GSK Ronald Dworkin Balzan Prize, International Balzan Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law; Prize Foundation School of Law Emerson Ea Nurse Research Award, Philippine Clinical Assistant Professor; College of Nurses Association of New York Nursing 3 William Easterly 2013 Adam Smith Award, Association of Professor of Economics and Co-Director, Private Enterprise Education Development Research Institute; Faculty of Arts and Science Harold Edwards Fellow, American Mathematical Society Professor Emeritus of Mathematics; Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Abdulmotaleb El George S. Glinski Award for Excellence Visiting Professor of Engineering; NYU Saddik in Research, University of Ottawa Abu Dhabi Faculty of Engineering; Outstanding Educator Award, IEEE Ottawa Ingrid Gould Ellen MacArthur Award for Creative and Co-Director, Furman Center for Real Effective Institutions, MacArthur Estate and Urban Policy; Professor of Foundation Urban Planning and Public Policy, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Alice Elliott Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Associate Teacher, Undergraduate Film Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and Television, Kanbar Institute of Film and Television; Tisch School of the Arts Robert Engle Financial Engineer of the Year, Michael Armellino Professor of International Association of Financial Management and Financial Services; Engineers/SunGard Director, Volatility Institute; Stern School of Business John Ferejohn William H. Riker Prize in Political Samuel Tilden Professor of Law; School Science, University of Rochester of Law Jonathan Ferencz Distinguished Lecturer Award, Clinical Professor of Prosthodontics; American College of Prosthodontics; College of Dentistry Founders Medallion Award, American College of Prosthodontists Foundation Cynthia Franklin Minority- and Women-owned Business Adjunct Professor; Senior Associate Enterprise Advocate Award, NYC Director, Berkley Center for Small Business Services' Neighborhood Entrepreneurship & Innovation; Stern Achievement Awards School of Business James Fraser President, History of Education Society Professor of History and Education; Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Robert Froemke Fellowship, Sloan Foundation; Pew Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences, Physiology and Neuroscience, and Pew Charitable Trust Molecular Neurobiology; School of Medicine Mei Fu-Qui Fellow, American Academy of Nursing Associate Professor; College of Nursing Xavier Gabaix Lagrange-CRT Foundation Prize, Martin J. Gruber Professor of Finance; Institute for Scientific Interchange Stern School of Business Foundation 4 Faculty Honors Reception, 2012 Herschel Garfein Grammy Awards: Best Contemporary Adjunct Professor of Music Composition; Classical Composition, and Best Steinhardt School of Culture, Education,
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