Three years after the center’s founding in 1968, in 1971, ACOR awarded its first official fellowship. Since then, the center has made over 1,000 academic awards to students, faculty, and researchers of numerous disciplines and scholarly trajectories. Below we are pleased to share a full roster of ACOR alumni.
Note: As the below data is based on over five decades’ worth of both paper and electronic records, there may be an occasional error! If you notice a discrepancy in any of this data, please feel free to contact us so we can make the necessary correction.
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| wdt_ID | Award Year | First Name | Last Name | Award* | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1971-1972 | James A. | Sauer | ASOR | Heshbon Pottery, 1971: A Preliminary Report on the Pottery from the 1971 Excavations at Tell แธคesban (published 1973) |
| 2 | 1972-1973 | Bert | de Vries | ASOR | Architectural Survey of Umm el-Jimal |
| 3 | 1977-1978 | David | McCreery | ASOR | |
| 4 | 1978-1979 | Gary | Rollefson | ASOR | Late Acheulian Artifacts from 'Ain el-Assad ('Lion's Spring') near Azraq, Eastern Jordan |
| 5 | 1979-1980 | Vincent A. | Clark | ASOR | A Study of New Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan |
| 6 | 1980-1981 | Oystein | LaBianca | ASOR | The Objectives, Organization, and Approach of the Ecology Laboratory Team at Maskhuta, Egypt |
| 7 | 1980-1981 | James | Flanagan | NEH | |
| 8 | 1980-1981 | Robert L. | Gordon | NEH | |
| 9 | 1980-1981 | David F. | Graf | NEH | |
| 10 | 1980-1981 | Gary | Rollefson | NEH | |
| 11 | 1981-1982 | Edward | Banning | ASOR | Archaeological survey of the Wadi Ziqlab, Jordan |
| 12 | 1981-1982 | Linda | Jacobs | NEH | Survey of Wadi Isal in South Jordan |
| 13 | 1981-1982 | Albert | Leonard, Jr. | NEH | |
| 14 | 1982-1983 | Cherie | Lenzen | ASOR | The Byzantine/Islamic occupation at Caesarea Maritima as evidenced through the pottery |
| 15 | 1982-1983 | Gerald L. | Mattingly | NEH | |
| 16 | 1982-1983 | S. Thomas | Parker | NEH | Research on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire |
| 17 | 1982-1983 | R. Thomas | Schaub | NEH | |
| 18 | 1983-1984 | Donald O. | Henry | NEH | |
| 19 | 1983-1984 | Walter | Rast | NEH | |
| 20 | 1983-1984 | Suzanne | Stetkevych | NEH | The Arabic Qasidah and the Rite of Passage: A Study in Archetypal Criticism |
| 21 | 1983-1984 | David M. | Jacobson | Shell | |
| 22 | 1983-1984 | David S. | Reese | Shell | |
| 23 | 1984-1985 | Robert G. | Boling | NEH | |
| 24 | 1984-1985 | Cherie | Lenzen | NEH | Irbid/Beit Ras Survey; Khirbet Salameh |
| 25 | 1984-1985 | Albert | Leonard, Jr. | NEH | |
| Award Year | First Name | Last Name | Award* | Project Title |
*AWARD KEYโFormer and current fellowship and scholarship awards have included:
ASOR: American Schools of Research (ASOR)โW. F. Albright Fellowship. 1971โ1992.
ACOR Pub.: ACOR Publication Fellowship. 2011โpresent.
ASAIP: Arabic Speaking Academic Immersion Program (Mellon). 1991โ1995.
ASOR Trvl: Jordanian Travel Scholarship for ASOR Annual Meeting. 2011โpresent.
Bikai: Pierre and Patricia Bikai Fellowship. 2006โpresent.
CAORC: Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Fellowship funded by the U.S. Department of Stateโs Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) (pre- and post-doc). 2001โpresent.
CIC: CAORCโCIC (Council of Independent Colleges)โACOR Winter Seminar. 2004โ2010.
CLS: Critical Language Scholarship Program for Arabic, funded by U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and administered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC). 2006โ2012.
De Vries: Bert and Sally de Vries Fellowship. 2004โpresent.
Dodge: Dodge Fellowship. 1991โ1993.
F-W: Frederick-Wenger Memorial Fellowship. 2007โpresent.
Geraty: Lawrence T. Geraty Travel Scholarship. 2021โpresent.
Groot: Jennifer C. Groot Memorial Fellowship. 1989โpresent.
Harrell: Harrell Fellowship. 1996โpresent.
JGS: Jordanian Graduate Student Scholarship. 2009โpresent.
Kress: The Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowship in the Art and Archaeology of Jordan. 1997โ2010.
McD/Samp: Burton MacDonald and Rosemarie Sampson Fellowship. 2004โpresent.
Mellon: The Andrew W.ย Mellonย Foundation East-Central European Researchย Fellowship. 2004โ2011.
MESA: ACOR Fellow Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Award. 2016โpresent.
NEH: National Endowment for the Humanities Post-doctoral Research Fellowship. 1980โ1990 and 1997โpresent.
NMERTP: United States Information Agency (USIA) Near and Middle Eastern Research Training Program (NMERTP) (pre- and post-doc). 1994โ2001.
Russell: Kenneth W. Russell Fellowship. 1993โpresent.
Sauer: James A. Sauer Memorial Fellowship. 2000โpresent.
Shell: Shell Fellowship. 1983โ1990.
Teagle: Teagle Fellowship. 1987โ1990.
TWL: Temple of Winged Lions Publication Fellowship. 2019โpresent.
USIA: United States Information Agency Fellowship (pre- and post-doc). 1991โ2000.
Winnett: Winnett Fellowship. 1993โ1994.
