The Institute of African Studies congratulates Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Professor of French and Philosophy, on his honor of receiving a 2015 Distinguished Faculty Award!
The award was created in 2005 by Columbia Trustee Emeritus Gerry Lenfest (LAW’58, HON’09) to honor exceptional faculty in the Arts and Sciences. Lenfest's $12 million gift for the awards recognizes exceptional instruction and scholarship. The awards are given annually in appreciation of unusual merit across a range of activities including scholarship, University citizenship, and professional involvement, with primary emphasis on teaching and mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students in the arts and sciences. Prof. Diagne will be honored for his achievement at an awards dinner later this year.
Please join us in saluting all of this year’s honorees:
Brian Cole, Professor of Physics
Patricia Dailey, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Professor of French and Romance Philology
Bradford Garton, Professor of Music
Stathis Gourgouris, Professor of Classics
Rebecca Kobrin, Russell and Bettina Knapp Associate Professor of American Jewish History
Liza Knapp, Associate Professor of Slavic Languages
Feng Li, Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
Mary Pollard Murray, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Carol Rovane, Professor of Philosophy
Dorothea von Mücke, Professor of Germanic Languages
