COLA Support and Awards
The annual Gary Lindberg Award was established by the College of Liberal Arts in 1986 in memory of Professor Gary Lindberg of the Department of English. Professor Lindberg was an exceptional scholar and outstanding teacher whose dedication and service to the University of New Hampshire as well as the wider community exemplified the highest academic standards and ideals.
In memory of Professor Lindberg and as a means of publicly supporting superior faculty accomplishment, the College of Liberal Arts annually recognizes one truly outstanding scholar and teacher within the College. The award carries a stipend. The recipient is invited to present the Liberal Arts Lecture to the public during the following academic year.
Lindberg Nomination Information
Go to Lindberg Nomination Page
2025 Lindberg Award Recipient
Monica Chiu, History
Professor Chiu earned her Ph.D. in English from Emory University and joined the UNH English Department as an Assistant Professor in 1998. Specializing in Asian American studies, Professor Chiu's impressive scholarly track record includes two monographs, Scrutinized! Surveillance in Asian North American Literature (2014) and Filthy Fictions: Asian American Literature by Women (2004). She currently focuses on Asian/American graphic narratives, and is the editor of a forthcoming collection featuring UNH alumni, storytellers from local Indonesian communities, and graphic artists from around the U.S. entitled “We Remain: A Comics Collection of Indonesian Americans in the New Hampshire." In addition, Professor Chiu was a Fulbright Specialist at Minnan Normal University in China in 2019 and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Hong Kong in 2011.
Professor Chiu is also a highly-regarded teacher. She has created a series of popular and widely admired courses on the graphic novel and race in graphic literature. She teaches at all levels, from 400-level inquiry courses like ENGL 419: How to Read Anything to 900-level graduate seminars on topics such as Graphic Narratives of Transnational Asian American Subjects, Literature of the Japanese American Internment, and Introduction to the Literature & Culture of Race. Professor Chiu was the winner of the College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award in 2018.
Previous Lindberg Award Winners
David Bachrach Sharyn Potter Lucy Salyer John Mayer | History 2024 Women's and Gender Studies 2023 History 2022 Psychology 2021 |
This award recognizes a liberal arts faculty member who best embodies the qualities and spirit of Professor Gwynne Harris Daggett. These qualities include independent thinking, exploring new ideas, representing academic freedoms, and the encouragement of students to share these values. The award carries a small stipend. All COLA teaching faculty are eligible. Self-nominations are accepted.
Past Winners
- 2025: Jennifer Borda, Communication
- 2024: Ellen Cohn, Psychology
Application/Nomination requirements
- 1- to 2-page (single-spaced) statement demonstrating award criteria stated above using specific empirical examples from their courses, research and/or service.
- Up-to-date/current CV
Please send your nomination(s) to Bob Morris by March 21, 2025 (robert.morris@unh.edu).
Limited funds are available to faculty members on an ad hoc basis to support their professional development. Proposals should be made through one’s chair and support from other sources should be sought as well.
John and H. Irene Peters Professorship in Education
This award recognizes a faculty member in the Department of Education and is intended to provide support for teaching, research, service and other activities. The award carries an annual allowance for a three-year term, which may be used to support any bona fide professional expense.
Current: Prof. Suzanne Graham, Education
Lamberton Professor of Justice Studies
This award recognizes outstanding achievement in scholarship and teaching in the field of justice studies. The award carries an annual allowance for a three-year term.
Current: Prof. Susan Siggelakis, Political Science/Justice Studies
Pamela Shulman Professorship in European and Holocaust Studies
This award recognizes an outstanding tenured faculty member who will contribute to the study of European and Holocaust studies in the classroom as well as in research in this area. The Professorship carries an annual allowance that is intended to support outreach and networking initiatives that foster professional relationships with other centers of study, as well as lectures on campus and in the region.
Current: Prof. Samantha Seal, English
Guidance on External Fellowships
The College of Liberal Arts encourages tenure-track faculty of all ranks to apply for external grants and fellowships. If faculty wish to use a fellowship or grant award to cover a release from teaching duties over the course of a semester or academic year while maintaining full UNH salary and benefits, the College of Liberal Arts would expect the award amount to be roughly equivalent to 12.5% of the faculty member’s salary, plus fringe, for each course release. The exception to this minimum would be if the fellowship overlapped with a sabbatical leave. Faculty are expected to work through UNH’s Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) in pursuit of external grants and fellowships and are encouraged to initiate engagement with SPA as soon as they are thinking about applying for an external grant or fellowship.
Burnham Estate Faculty Summer Residency Fellowship
A gift from the Burnham Trust makes possible a short-term residential fellowship for tenure-track, lecturer, clinical, and research faculty who wish to pursue pedagogical, writing, or artistic activity in a rural retreat setting. See the document below for more information on the estate.
Fellowship recipients will be offered short-term summer stays typically ranging from 3 to 14 days between July 1 and August 17, 2025 at the Burnham Estate in Grafton Center, NH.
Interested faculty should submit a completed application. The number of fellowships awarded will depend on the number of applications received.
Application requirements:
- Cover Sheet: see form below
- Justification narrative (500 words maximum) that includes the topic, project description, work plan (how the Burnham Residency Fellowship will fit into the project goals), and requested time period/specific dates for residential occupancy
- Updated CV
- Signature from the appropriate department/program chair, director, or coordinator on the cover sheet form
Application materials should be submitted electronically to Jenni Cook in the COLA Dean’s Office by March 21, 2025 (jenni.cook@unh.edu).
- Liberal Arts Burnham Faculty Fellowship application
Word format
COLA's Center for the Humanities hosts and sponsors interdisciplinary conferences; supports faculty programs, projects, and lectures; and offers faculty fellowships, an endowed chair, stipends, and workshops.
Other UNH Support and Award Opportunities (Selected List)
Each year, the University selects a small number of its outstanding faculty for special recognition of their achievements in teaching, scholarship, and service. Awards for Excellence in Teaching are given in each college and school, and University-wide awards recognize public service, research, teaching, and engagement.
Nomination Information
Award Recipients
Previous winners can be found on the Faculty Excellence Awards website
The Provost's Office awards University Professorships, Presidential Chairs and Professorships.
The University supports professional development through Faculty Development Grants and research through the Faculty Scholars Program; it supports a host of other opportunities through the Engagement and Faculty Development program.
The Global Education Center awards competitive grants for internationalizing faculty engagement and development.
Check out this website for the most comprehensive information about support for research and other scholarly activities provided by units within UNH.
