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J. Derrick Lemons

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Albert Christ-Janer Creative Research Award [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="25px"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text] J. Derrick Lemons, associate professor in the Department of Religion, has played a central role in establishing, advancing, and naming a new interdisciplinary sub-field of research: theologically engaged anthropology....

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Jed Rasula

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Albert Christ-Janer Creative Research Award 2023 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="25px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/3" css=".vc_custom_1586812304500{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="18483" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Jed Rasula, scholar, poet, and translator, is Helen S. Lanier Distinguished Professor of English. He is a...

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David Starkweather

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Albert Christ-Janer Creative Research Award 2022 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="25px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/3" css=".vc_custom_1586812304500{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="18226" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]David Starkweather, professor of cello in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music since 1983, has profoundly affected...

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Rachel Gabara

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Albert Christ-Janer Creative Research Award 2021 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="25px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/3" css=".vc_custom_1586812304500{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="18055" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Rachel Gabara, associate professor of French in the Department of Romance Languages, works at the intersection of...

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Richard Menke

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Albert Christ-Janer Creative Research Award 2020 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="25px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/3" css=".vc_custom_1586812304500{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="17879" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Richard Menke, associate professor of English, is an innovative scholar of Victorian media studies, creatively crossing traditional...

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Andrew Zawacki

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Distinguished Research Professor 2021 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="25px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1633977880988{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/3" css=".vc_custom_1586807562420{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="17428" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Andrew Zawacki, professor in the Department of English, has gained distinction as a poet, translator,...

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Elizabeth Wright

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Distinguished Research Professor 2020 [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="25px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/3" css=".vc_custom_1586808593083{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="17837" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Elizabeth Wright, professor of Spanish, is an internationally recognized scholar of Spanish “Golden Age” literature and culture. With more...

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Sarah Spence

Distinguished Research Professor 2009 Sarah Spence, professor of classics, is a prolific writer on a broad range of topics from classical antiquity to contemporary rhetoric. She is considered one of the most distinguished literary scholars of her generation. Spence’s many pioneering contributions (among them her 10 volumes...

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