Awards

Awards

Brandenburg Gate - Berlin, Germany

International / National

  • 2021

    Association for Queer Anthropology—Honorable Mention, Ruth Benedict Book Prize

  • 2020

    International Studies Association—Honorable Mention, Lee Ann Fujii Book Award

  • Arab America Foundation—'40 Under 40’ Award

  • Rosa Luxemburg Foundation—Academic Grant

  • 2019

    Margaret W. Moore and John M. Moore Research Fellowship

  • 2018

    Council for the United States and Italy—Young Global Leader

  • 2015

    Open Society Foundations—Human Rights Initiative Grant

  • Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship (American University of Beirut)— Research Grant

  • 2013

    Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation—Travel and Research Grant

  • 2010 - 2013

    National Science Foundation—Graduate Research Fellowship

  • 2010 - 2011

    Social Science Research Council—Mellon Mays Graduate Fellowship

  • 2009 - 2011

    Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

  • 2009

    Kathryn Davis Fellowship for Peace

  • 2006 - 2008

    Jack Kent Cooke Foundation—Graduate Scholarship

  • 2005 - 2006

    Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

Internal

  • 2022

    Funds for Innovative Teaching Grant
    Emory University

  • 2022

    Program to Enhance Research and Scholarship Grant
    Emory University

  • 2021

    Andrew Mellon Research Grant
    University of California, Berkeley

  • 2020

    Constance Hungerford Faculty Grant
    Swarthmore College

  • 2019 - 2020

    Engaged Scholarship Faculty Fellow
    Swarthmore College

  • 2019

    Intercultural Center Faculty/Staff Award
    Swarthmore College

  • 2018

    President’s Office Andrew W. Mellon Grant
    Swarthmore College

  • 2016

    Digital Humanities Course Development Grant
    Swarthmore College

  • 2013 - 2014

    Watson Institute Collaborative Grant
    Brown University

  • 2010 - 2013

    Center for Middle Eastern Studies Research Fellowship
    Harvard University

  • 2013

    Department of Anthropology Teschmacher Research Grant
    Harvard University

  • 2012

    Samuel P. Huntington Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
    Harvard University

  • 2011 - 2012

    Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Fellowship
    Harvard University

  • 2007 - 2012

    Certificate of Distinction in Teaching (4 awards)
    Harvard University

  • 2009

    John L. Loeb Fellowship
    Harvard University

  • 2006 - 2007

    Hannah A. Leedom Fellowship
    Swarthmore College

  • 2003 - 2006

    Eugene M. Lang Scholarship
    Swarthmore College

  • 2006

    Dean’s Award
    Swarthmore College

  • Audre Lorde/Edward Said Scholar Award
    Swarthmore College

Dr. Sa'ed Atshan