Faculty Accomplishments

Received the 2020 Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award from the American Astronomical Society for his undergraduate textbook, Asteroids: Astronomical and Geological Bodies (Cambridge University Press, 2017), a comprehensive interdisciplinary introduction to minor planets, their meteorite fragments and their comet and trans-Neptunian object cousins.

Alyxander Burns’ paper “Who Do We Mean When We Talk About Visualization Novices?” was awarded the Best Paper Award at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). This award is given to the top 1% of submissions to the conference.

Received the Distinguished Civic Engagement Teaching Award from the Provost's Office at UMass.

Spanish Fascist Writing was one of two books to receive honorable mention for the MLA's Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize, which is awarded every two years to a scholarly book that features translation of a literary work or works.

Naomi Darling Architecture was awarded two AIA awards in December from the Western Mass AIA Chapter.    Takahashi-Harb Loft and Library was awarded a Merit Award. This was a conversion of a ground floor walk-out basement and garage into a one bedroom loft-style apartment and library in Milford CT.   Solar Time was awarded a Citation Award. The project was a collaboration with Darrell Petit, and was part of the XTCA - Cross Town Contemporary Art Exhibition organized by the UMass University Museum of Contemporary Art.

Naomi Darling Architecture LLC received an AIA (American Institute of Architects) New England Merit Award for Design Excellence for Takahashi-Harb Loft and Library Project in Milford CT. The Takahashi-Harb Loft and Library is an interior renovation and conversion of an existing ground floor walk-out basement and two-car garage into one-bedroom loft-style mother-in-law apartment and separate library workspace. The project enables three generations to live together, and apart, enabling the many social and economic benefits of an intergenerational household.  

Day, I. (2023) Meredith E. Cameron Faculty Award for Scholarship, Mount Holyoke College, March 2, 2023

Named as a recipient of Wellesley College’s 2020 Alumnae Achievement Award.

Professor Emery was a national finalist for the 2022 American Philosophical Association Prize for Excellence in Philosophy Teaching.

Inducted into the Boston University Athletic Hall of Fame on October 26, 2019.