Awards and Honors

Matthew Rarey, the chair of Oberlin’s art history department and an associate professor of African and Black Atlantic art history, won the College Art Association’s prestigious Charles Rufus Morey Book Award in 2024.

In presenting the award, the orchestra cited Jenkins' recent book and his ability to use music as a conduit for meaningful change, through his work at Oberlin and The Music Settlement in Cleveland.

Music and math brought Alina Zhu to Oberlin. An irresistible challenge defined her final year on campus.

Jasmine Mitchell knew a few things she wanted out of college, though she wasn’t sure how she would get them: She wanted to see the world, and she wanted to make a difference in it.

Short-story collection Temple Folk shares reflections of former Nation of Islam members.

Composer-pianist’s artistry reveals wide-ranging influences, from jazz and gospel to experimental sounds.

Monica Dix travels to a hub of natural calamity to probe its risks and resilience.

Oberlin’s Grammy Award-winning professor of jazz saxophone has been named a 2024 Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, the nation’s highest honor conferred to jazz musicians.

Kenji Anderson came to Oberlin to study English and piano—and left with a deepened love of Japan.

Sheera Talpaz, an assistant professor of comparative literature and Jewish studies at Oberlin, will spend the 2023-24 academic year in Israel and Palestine as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar. Her research...

Véronique Harris grew up a witness to inequality. Now she’s dedicating her life to eradicating it through a career in public-service law.

Anna Sheik returns to Mexico to follow her love of language, history, and teaching.