Honors and Awards
INTERNATIONAL HONORS
- Organizing Committee, Colloque du tri-centenaire de la marquise Du Châtelet, Paris, 2004-06
- Camargo Foundation Fellowship, 2001 [Residential Fellowship January-May: Cassis, France]
- Fellowship in Korean Studies for study in Korea, Korea Society of New York City, October, 1999 [Travel Fellowship]
- Selwyn College, Cambridge University, Jan.-June 1997 [Visiting Fellow]
- International Baccalaureate Assistant Examiner, 1983-93; Member of the Subject Committee, 1987-93
- International Schools Association Nominee for UNESCO Human Rights Award [for Understanding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights], 1978
REPRESENTATIVE TO UNITED NATIONS WORLD CONFERENCES
- United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China, 1995 [for the Peace History Society]
- United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1993 [for UNESCO]
- UNESCO Associated Schools Project Conference "Human Rights Education," Kuopio, Finland, 1989 [United States delegate]
- United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations, Geneva, Switzerland, 1988 [for
the International Baccalaureate Office (IBO)]
- United Nations End of Decade Conference on Women, Nairobi, Kenya, 1985 [for the IBO]
- United Nations Mid-Decade Conference on Women, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1980 [for the Association for Community Development]
NATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS AND GRANTS
NATIONAL AND STATE AWARDS AND GRANTS
- National Endowment for the Humanities [NEH] Collaborative Award, 2002-03 ($5,279)
- National Endowment for the Humanities [NEH] Fellowship, 2000-01 ($30,000)
- Huntington Library, San Marino CA: Mayers Fellowship, Summer 1996 ($1,800)
- NEH Summer Institute Fellowship, "Institutions of the Enlightenment and the Public Sphere," Stanford University, Palo Alto CA, 1995
- American Association of University Women Alternate, Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1995
- Rutgers University: Graduate Fellowship 1990-93 ($3,000)
- Graduate Fellow, Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis, 1992-94
- AAUW Research Grant, 1992 ($500)
- Schlatter Fund Research and Travel Grant, 1992 ($250), 1991 ($300)
- Scott Trust Visiting Scholar, Polytechnic School, Pasadena CA, 1990
- Oaklawn Foundation Grant [for travel to Africa], 1985 ($500)
- Good Samaritan Foundation Inc. [travel and study grant to South America], 1977 ($500)
- Trustee of Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr PA, 1971-77
INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS AND GRANTS
- Miami University
- University Distringuised Scholar, 2005
- Curriculum Development:
- “The Marquise Du Châtelet: A Woman of Science On Line”: Library Proposal for on-line collection of Du Châtelet’s writings ($4000)
- Honors Program, Core Curriculum: “Biography: Fact and Fiction,” 2003 ($3000)
- Film Studies Proposal for John W. Altman Visiting Professorship in the Humanities
- 2003-6 [co-author]: "Imagining Difference Through Film"
- Research and Travel:
- College of Arts and Sciences Grant to Promote Research, 1994 ($3,500), 1998 ($4,600), 2007 ($3500)
- Assigned Research Leave [Sabbatical], 1997, 2002-03, 2007
- University Committee on Faculty Research PREP Grant, 2005
- Philip and Elaina Hampton Fund for International Initiatives; 2002 [for travel to UK, France, Russia] ($3500)
- Council for Liberal Education Grant, 2000 [for travel to India] ($500)
- Committee for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, 2000 [for travel to India] ($300)
- College of Arts and Sciences Research Grant, 1998 ($460), 1999 ($500)
- Philip and Elaina Hampton Fund for Faculty International Initiatives, 1999 [for travel to UK and France] ($3,000)
- Philip and Elaina Hampton Fund for Faculty International Initiatives, 1996 [for travel to Russia] ($3,000)
- Conference with University of Cincinnati:
- Taft Memorial Committee Grant for Miami-University of Cincinnati jointly sponsored symposium, "Metaphysics into Science: Gender and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe," April, 2000 ($10,000); International Programs Grant ($3,295), Provost's Office ($2,000), Havinghurst Fund ($1,500), College of Arts and Sciences ($2,000), The Sigma Chi Foundation ($2,000)
- Teaching:
- Alumni Scholars Program for Excellence in Teaching, 1994-95
- College of Arts and Sciences Grant to Promote Teaching, 1997 ($476)
- Liberal Education Council Grant [with David Fahey], 1996 ($3,000)
- Learning Technologies Enrichment Program [participant in grant awarded to the History Department], 1994-96
- College of Arts and Sciences Grant to Promote Teaching, 1994 ($500)
- United Nations International School
- Travel and Project Grant [for study of United Nations and indigenous peoples], 1988 ($3,000)
- Sabbatical Grant [for study of comparative history of the Americas], 1976-77
- Summer Stipend for Curriculum Development, 1971 ($1,000)
- Other Institutions
- Selected for the "Speakers in the Humanities" Program of the New York State Council for the Humanities, 1992-93
- IMPACT II Developer Grant [New York City Board of Education], 1984-85 ($250)
- New York State Commission on Human Rights Letter of Commendation, 1971
- Helen Taft Manning Essay Prize in History, Bryn Mawr College, 1964