Awards and honors
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Prof. Sarah Michaels to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from American Educational Research Association
Clark University Education Professor Sarah Michaels has been selected to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the largest national interdisciplinary research association dedicated to the science of education and learning. This prestigious award is presented to a researcher in recognition of Distinguished Contributions to Social Contexts in Education Research. Michaels will receive the award at…
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Professor Peet to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from American Association of Geographers
Three other geographers with Clark ties also to receive honors at AAG meeting
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Professor Cynthia Enloe honored on Gender Justice Legacy Wall at The Hague
International memorial to be installed at The Hague
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Clark’s Graduate School of Management recognized as a top business school by leading accreditation body
Clark University’s Graduate School of Management has once again earned accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, a recognition received by less than 5 percent of the world’s business schools. “We are honored once again to earn AACSB accreditation as one of the world’s best business schools,” said Priscilla Elsass, interim dean for the Graduate School…
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Professor Akçam receives 2018 ‘Upstander’ honor from World Without Genocide
Clark University history Professor Taner Akçam will be honored with the 2018 Outstanding Upstander Award from the World Without Genocide organization for his tireless work promoting justice and the rule of law. World Without Genocide, housed at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, works “to protect innocent people around the world; prevent genocide by combating racism and prejudice;…
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Professor Granados-Focil named 2017 American Chemistry Society Fellow
His research in polymer science has application for solar, hydroelectric and wind power
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Professor Kristina Wilson receives excellence award from Association of Art Museum Curators
Kristina Wilson, associate professor of art history and chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Clark University, received a prestigious Award for Excellence in recognition of her groundbreaking new scholarship as co-curator of “Cyanotypes: Photography’s Blue Period,” a unique and popular exhibition mounted at the Worcester Art Museum (WAM) in 2016. Read more: Clark reframes an artistic partnership. Wilson (pictured above, center) and…
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Professor Aylward awarded prestigious Fromm Music Foundation commission
Clark University Associate Professor of Music John Aylward was awarded a 2017 commission by the Fromm Music Foundation. One of 12 composers chosen by the Harvard-based foundation, Aylward’s commission offers him the chance to compose a new work and a subsidy to have his collaborating musicians bring that music to life. The Fromm Foundation chose its commissioned composers…