Congratulations to Wai Chee Dimock, who will receive the Association of Departments of English’s Francis Andrew March Award, to Ofelia García, who will receive the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages’ Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession, and to Dennis Looney, who will receive the ADFL Special Recognition for Outstanding Advocacy Work. Dimock is the William Lampson Professor Emerita of American Studies and English at Yale University. She has served as editor of PMLA and advised a multitude of influential cultural and scholarly organizations. García is professor emerita of urban education and of Latin American, Iberian, and Latino cultures at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her research, pedagogy, and activism have motivated generations of language scholars and inspired transformative teaching practices. Looney has long been an ardent advocate for the teaching of world languages and literatures, as a professor of Italian studies at the University of Pittsburgh and as the MLA’s former director of programs and the ADFL. The awards will be presented during the MLA Awards Ceremony, which will take place on 6 January.
Wai Chee Dimock, Ofelia García, and Dennis Looney