Accomplishments - October, 2026
Allison Joseph, professor in the School of Literature, Writing and Digital Humanities and director of the Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing, is the 2027 recipient of the Indiana University Creative Writing Alumni Award. She’s also been named the IU English Department’s George Edward Murphy Jr., and Janet Duey Murphy Visiting Scholar in English. She will deliver the department’s public Murphy Lecture as the keynote speaker on April 9, 2027. In announcing the award, the department noted Joseph’s “accomplishments as a poet, teacher, editor, publisher, and literary citizen have distinguished you nationally while giving us tremendous reason to be proud to call you one of our own.”
Father Joseph Brown, professor and director of the School of Africana and Multicultural Studies, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 BCTS Thomas Wyatt Turner Award. Brown will receive the award Saturday, Oct. 10, at the University of Dayton. Presented by the Black Catholic Theological Symposium, the award is “presented to an individual whose work has benefited the Black Catholic community in the tradition established by Dr. Thomas Wyatt Turner, a staunch advocate for Black Catholic agency and fidelity to the Catholic Church.” Award recipients “exemplify these values through their commitment, leadership, and service to the Black Catholic community.”
