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William A. Pannapacker, Distinctions
Prizes for Writing
and Scholarship
- Bowdoin Prize
for Essays in English, Harvard, 1999. Harvard's most prestigious prize,
awarded annually since 1791, "the Bowdoin" includes $3,000, a medal,
and recognition at the Harvard Commencement Exercises by the Office
of the President. It recognizes the best scholarly essay written by
a student at Harvard during the academic year. Received for "'O Captain!
My Captain!': Walt Whitman's Abraham Lincoln."
- Two Helen Choate
Bell Prizes for Essays in American Literature, Harvard, 1998 (my two
anonymous submissions tied). Awarded annually since 1921, the Bell Prize,
which includes $2,500 and a certificate, recognizes one or two scholarly
essays written by a student at Harvard during the academic year. Received
twice in 1998 for "Making the Bourgeois American: Benjamin Franklin
and Olaudah Equiano" and "Walt Whitman, James Russell Lowell, and the
Rhetoric of Exclusion."
- William Harris
and Gertrude Weld Arnold Prize for Essays on Bibliography, Harvard,
1998. The Arnold Prize annually recognizes the best essay written a
Harvard student on the value of book-related scholarship with a $1,000
prize.
- Phillip Hofer
Prize for Book Collecting, Harvard, 1996. The Hofer Prize, administered
by the Houghton Library staff, annually recognizes two students at Harvard
for their achievements as bibliophiles; it provides $1,000 for the acquisition
of additional books.
- Helen Choate Bell
Prize for Essays in American Literature, Harvard, 1995. Awarded annually
since 1921, the Bell Prize, which includes $2,500 and a certificate,
recognizes one or two scholarly essays written by a student at Harvard
during the academic year. Received for "A Question of 'Character': Visual
Images and the Nineteenth-century Construction of Edgar Allan Poe."
- Bowdoin Prize
for Essays in English, Harvard, 1994. Harvard's most prestigious prize,
awarded annually since 1791, "the Bowdoin" includes $3,000, a medal,
and recognition at the Harvard Commencement Exercises by the Office
of the President. It recognizes the best scholarly essay written by
a student at Harvard during the academic year. Received for "Whitmanites,
Wildeans, and the Rhetoric of 'Manliness.'"
- Crimson and Gray
Prize for Fiction, Saint Joseph's University, 1989. A $250 prize awarded
annually by the editiorial board for the best work of fiction published
in Crimson and Gray.
Fellowships, Grants,
and Scholarships
- Appointed Towsley
Research Scholar, Hope College, 2003-2007. Awarded to one or two third-year
faculty members, the appointment provides a one-semester sabbatical
and four consecutive $4,000 summer research grants.
- Lilly Foundation
Curriculum Development Grant, 2006, A $4,400 grant to support the development
of a senior seminar on the exploration of vocation.
- Lilly Foundation
Curriculum Development Grant, 2004, A $4,400 grant to support the development
of a first-year seminar on the exploration of vocation.
- Mellon Foundation
Curriculum Development Grant, 2002-04. A $3,000 grant to support the
integration of technology and information resources into upper level
courses.
- Mellon Foundation
Summer Grant, 2002. A competitive faculty development grant of $3,200
in support of summer research activities.
- Mellon Foundation
Summer Grant, 2001. A faculty development grant of $3,200 in support
of summer research activities.
- Whiting Foundation
Fellowship in the Humanities, 1998-99. A national dissertation completion
fellowship of $15,000 plus tuition remission awarded annually to about
10 advanced graduate students in the humanities at Harvard.
- Graduate Society
Fellowship, Harvard, 1997-98. A $5,000 award that reduces the graduate
teaching load by one course per semester; it is given annually to about
20 graduate students at Harvard.
- Summer Research
and Travel Grant, Harvard 1997. A $1,000 grant to conduct research away
from Harvard; used for research at the Schomberg Library of African-American
History.
- Graduate Fellowship,
Harvard, 1993-95. Included tuition remission, benefits, and a $12,000
stipend per year with no service requirements.
- Graduate Assistantship,
University of Miami, 1991-93. Included tuition remission and a $10,000
stipend per year with a teaching requirement of one course per semester.
- Presidential Scholarship,
Saint Joseph's University, 1986-90. A reduction of $5,000-8,000 per
year from tuition.
Other Distinctions
- Listed in Who's
Who in America, since 54th edition, 2000.
- Listed in Who's
Who in American Education, since 6th edition, 2003.
- Listed in Outstanding
Intellectuals of the 21st Century, since 2004.
- Listed in Who's Who of Emerging Leaders, since 2007.
- Sigma
Tau Delta, National English Honorary Society, 1989.
- Eagle Scout, Boy
Scouts of America, 1986.
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