Five junior faculty members have been honored with prizes for their recent research or teaching, Yale College Dean Richard H. Brodhead has announced.
Georgina Dopico-Black, assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese, received the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Prize for outstanding scholarly publication or research by a junior faculty member in the humanities. She was honored for her book "Perfect Wives, Other Women: Adultery and Inquisition in Early Modern Spain," which will be published by Duke University Press in 1998.
Two scientists, Ronald Breaker and Michael Loewenberg, were awarded the Arthur Greer Memorial Prize, which provides support for outstanding research projects by junior faculty members in the social or natural sciences. Mr. Breaker, assistant professor of biology, was honored for his use of the "evolution in vitro" technique to select for DNA and RNA molecules with unexpected catalytic properties. Mr. Loewenberg, assistant professor of chemical engineering, was recognized for his work with complex fluids, including blood flow. The prize was established by the alumni of the Book and Snake Society in honor of Arthur Greer '26S.
In recognition of their "innovative design" of a humanities course, Christy Anderson, assistant professor of the history of art, and Elizabeth Fowler, assistant professor of English, were awarded the Poorvu Family Prize for excellence in interdisciplinary undergraduate teaching. The two junior faculty members taught Humanities 266b, an interdisciplinary exploration of forms of commemoration in the English Renaissance.