Gerald Jaynes appointed the A. Whitney Griswold Professor

The award recognizes her continued contributions to Haitian studies and efforts to center Haitian voices in historical scholarship.

Daut was honored for her book, The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe.

Jacobson, Sterling Professor of American Studies and History and Professor of Black Studies, has been awarded the 2025 Carl Bode-Norman Holmes Pearson Prize.