Edda Fields-Black of Carnegie Mellon University and Kathleen DuVal of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have received 2025 Pulitzer Prizes in History,. Marie Howe of Sarah Lawrence College has won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
A clinical assistant professor at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Dr. Fejzo was recently honored for her discovery of the cause of one of the most severe forms of morning sickness during pregnancy. She has researched the condition for more than two decades.
The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender has recently presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to Diana Maury Robin, a widely-published author and professor emerita of classics at the University of New Mexico.
The R. R. Hawkins Award from the Association of American Publishers recognizes the year's best scholarly publication across all disciplines. This year, the honor was presented to Ieva Jusionyte of Brown University for her book, Exit Wounds: How America's Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border.
As founding director of Harvard's Social Economics Lab, Dr. Stantcheva conducts extensive research that sheds light on how people think about economic issues and policies.
The honorees are Carol Rosen of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Reena Mehra of the University of Washington, and Ilene Rosen of the University of Pennsylvania.
In her scholarship, Dr. Southerland, an endowed professor at Florida State University, focuses on the identification factors that influence development of science proficiency for all students, with an emphasis on those traditionally underserved in science classrooms.
Crystal Sanders' award-winning book, A Forgotten Migration: Black Southerns, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs, explores Black southerners' efforts to secure post-baccalaureate education during the era of legal segregation.
As director of the Multi-Modal Translational Imaging Lab at Stony Brook University, Dr. Abi-Dargham aims to advance the understanding of the neurobiology of severe mental illnesses, particularly the brain mechanisms of schizophrenia.
Cecile Feldman has served as dean of the Rutgers University School of Dental Medicine for over 25 years. Over the course of her tenure, she has significantly advanced the school's academic offerings and infrastructure. She also leads several clinical trials, creating new research opportunities at the university.
Judith Pascoe, the George Mills Harper Professor of English at Florida State University, is the author of four books on British literature and culture. Her work has a particular focus on collecting history and theory, theatre and performance, and digital humanities.
A leading authority on social equity in government, Dr. Gooden currently serves as dean of the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University.