February 11, 2008

Accolades

Awards Ruth Tsoffar, associate professor of Women’s Studies and Comparative Literature, is the recipient of the 2007 Elli Kongas Maranda Prize from the Women’s Section of the American Folklore Society for her book, “The Stains of Culture: An Ethno-Reading of Karaite Jewish Women.” The award is presented annually for outstanding work on women’s traditional, vernacular or local culture and/or for work on feminist theory and folklore. Professor Pallab Bhattacharya, the Charles M. Vest Distinguished University Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and James R. Mellor Professor of Engineering, will be presented with the 2008 John Bardeen Award in March at the annual meeting of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society in New Orleans.
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