Humanities Book Award (IHR)

The institutional affiliation of each of the below honorees was checked on April 11, 2023.

2023 Winner
Patrick Bixby,
Associate Professor, School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, New College, Arizona State University

2023 Short List
Breanne Fahs,
Professor of Disability Studies, School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, New College, Arizona State University

2023 Short List
Peter J. Schmelz,
Professor of Musicology, School of Music, Dance and Theatre, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University

2022 Winner
Pugliese, Joseph,
Professor, Media and Communications, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature (MCCALL), Faculty of Arts, MacQuarie University (Australia)

2022 Short List
Anahid Neressian,
Professor, Department of English, UCLA College, UCLA

2022 Short List
Thomas Stubblefield,
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island

2022 Short List
Sarah Wasserman,
Associate Professor and Director, Center for Material Culture Studies, Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Delaware

2021 Winner
Barker, Hannah,
Associate Professor, History, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, The College, Arizona State University

2021 Short List
Fahs, Breanne,
Professor, Women and Gender Studies, School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University

2021 Short List
Florini, Sarah,
Associate Professor, Film and Media Studies, Department of English, The College, Arizona State University

2021 Short List
Fonseca-Chávez, Vanessa,
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts; Assistant Professor, English, Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Arizona State University

2021 Short List
Hedberg Olenina, Ana,
Associate Professor, Comparative Literature and Media Studies, School of International Letters and Cultures, Arizona State University

2020 Winner
Juan Du,
Honorary Associate Professor, Architecture, Hong Kong University

2020 Honorable Mention
Francine Banner,
Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences; Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan-Dearborn

2019 Winner
Julian Lim, Assistant Professor of History, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, The College, Arizona State University
Associate Professor of History, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, The College, Arizona State University

2019 Honorable Mention
Julia Himberg, Associate Professor, Film and Media Studies, Department of English, The College, Arizona State University
Associate Professor, Film and Media Studies, Department of English, The College, Arizona State University

2018 Winner
Rebecca J. Kinney, Associate Professor, School of Cultural and Critical Studies and American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University
Associate Professor, School of Cultural and Critical Studies and American Culture Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Bowling Green State University

2018 Honorable Mention
Jordan T. Camp, Visiting Scholar, Center for Place, Culture and Politics, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Assistant Professor, American Studies, Trinity College (Hartford, CT)

2018 Honorable Mention
C. Riley Snorton, Associate Professor, Africana Studies & Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Cornell University
Professor, English Language and Literature, Department of English Language and Literature, Division of Humanities, University of Chicago. Center for Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Chicago.

2017 Winner
Lee Charles, Associate Professor, Justice and Social Inquiry, School of Social Transformation, Arizona State University.
Associate Professor, Justice and Social Inquiry, School of Social Transformation, The College, Arizona State University.

2016 Winner
Martijn Konings, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
Professor of Political Economy and Social Theory, Department of Political Economy, School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney

2015 Winner
Ann Hibner Koblitz, Professor of Women and Gender Studies, Arizona State University
Professor Emeritus, Women and Gender Studies, School of Social Transformation, Arizona State University

2014 Winner
Ellen Gruber Garvey, New Jersey City University: Professor of English
Now: Retired, see Scrapbook History: 19th Century Media

2013 Winner
Ron Broglio, Assistant Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University
Director, Institute for Humanities Research. Professor of English, Department of English, The College, Arizona State University

2012 Winner
Rob Nixon, Rachel Carson Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thomas A. and Currie C. Barron Family Professor in Humanities and the Environment. Professor of English and the Princeton Environmental Institute. Department of English, Princeton University

2011 Winner
Prasad Boradkar, Associate Professor: Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts: Arizona State University
Emeritus Professor, The Design School, Arizona State University

2010 Winner
Silvia Spitta, Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College
Robert E. Maxwell 1923 Professor of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Dartmouth College

2009 Winner
Claudia Sadowski-Smith, Assistant Professor, English, Arizona State University
Professor of English, Department of English, The College, Arizona State University

2008 Winner
Marita Sturken, Professor, Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University
Professor, Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University