Prof. Ahona Panda, assistant professor of History, received the Sardar Patel Dissertation Award, a national prize for the best doctoral dissertation on any aspect of modern India - social sciences, humanities, education and fine arts by the Center for India and South Asia at UCLA.

Prof. Emily Pears’ book, “Cords of Affection: Constructing Constitutional Union in Early American History” was awarded Best in American Political Thought from the American Political Science Association. Her book investigates "efforts by the founding generation's leadership to construct and strengthen political attachments in and among the citizens of the new republic.