The College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences honored four faculty members for excellence in their annual awards.

Alejandra Dubcovsky, a professor of history, and Christophe Katrib, an assistant professor of teaching in theatre, film, and digital production, are the two recipients of the 2024-25 CHASS Teaching Award. 

The award recognizes outstanding teaching achievements and honors faculty members for their exceptional teaching quality and ability to positively influence, motivate, and inspire students.

Dubcovsky’s research focuses on Native American history, Spanish borderlands, and the early American South. She won the 2023 Emory Elliott Book Award for outstanding publications authored by CHASS faculty members for her second book, “Talking Back: Native Women and the Making of the Early South,”

Katrib is an artist, filmmaker and educator who has worked professionally in film production and photography for two decades. His newest short film, “The Dissonance,” focuses on the tragedies faced by the Palestinian and Lebanese people, and has been screened and honored at several film festivals.

The 2024-25 CHASS Faculty Excellence in Research and/or Creative Activities recipients are Jennifer Doyle, a professor of English, and Melissa Wilcox, a professor and chair of the religious studies department.

The award recognizes outstanding research and creative contributions of CHASS faculty. Honorees are invited to give a college-wide lecture.

A sports writer and art curator, Doyle has authored several books, most recently “Shadow of My Shadow.” She is working on a book about sports and the politics of sexual difference.

A faculty member since 2016, Wilcox’s work focuses primarily on queer and transgender studies, and the ways in which gender and sexuality intersect with religion. She is the author of several books and her current research is on spirituality in leather and BDSM communities.

The faculty members were honored Oct. 8 at a CHASS Fall Welcome Week event.