National & International Honors

Sarah Stewart
Sarah Stewart, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, has been named a Class of 2019 MacArthur Fellow.
Gary S. May
Chancellor Gary S. May was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering's Class of 2018.
Jay Lund
Professor Jay Lund has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
Simine Vazir
Simine Vazir, Associate Professor of Psychology, is recipient of a Leamer-Rosenthal Prize for Open Social Science, in the Leaders in Education category.
Immigration Law Clinic
The Immigration Law Clinic was awarded the Justice Leadership Award from the Multi-Cultural Community Council.
Katia Vega
Katia Vega, Assistant Professor of Design, was named in the "Top 20 Most Influential Latinos in Technology," by CNET en Español.
Angela Harris
Professor Emerita of Law Angela Harris (left) was elected a member of the American Law Institute.
Jamal Lewis
Assistant Professor Jamal Lewis of the Department of Biomedical Engineering has received an NIH Promising Young Investigator grant.
Kevin Johnson
Kevin Johnson, Dean of the School of Law, received the Academic Leadership Award from the Hispanic National Bar Foundation. He was recently appointed to the American Bar Association's Accreditation Committee.
Alan Hastings
Alan Hastings, Distinguised Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, has been elected a fellow of the Society for Mathematical Biology.
Dean Tantillo
Dean Tantillo, Professor of Chemistry, has been elected a fellow of the American Chemical Society.
Susan Harrison
Susan P. Harrison, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dean Jennifer S. Curtis
Dean Jennifer S. Curtis, Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, has received the 2018 ASEE ChED CACHE Award for Excellence in Engineering Education.
Hsuan Hsu, Cecilia Tsu, and Charles Walker
Hsuan Hsu, Professor of English, Cecilia Tsu, Professor of History, and Charles Walker, Professor of History, have been elected fellows of the American Council of Learned Societies.
Ann Hedrick
Ann Hedrick, Professor of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, was elected a fellow of the Animal Behavior Society.

For a sampling of the many honors received by UC Davis academic professionals, please click on the categories to the left. For more awards by discipline and related stories, visit the individual college and school websites on the Faculty Honors home page.