The Division of Arts and Humanities is pleased to announce that Oliver Arnold, Associate Professor of English and Jhonni Carr, Continuing Lecturer of Spanish & Portuguese are two out of the five recipients of the 66th Annual Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA)
The Distinguished Teaching Award recognizes faculty members for their inspiring and transformational teaching.
Oliver Arnold is an Associate Professor in the English Department who specializes in Renaissance and Early Modern drama, including Shakespeare; 16th- and 17th-century literature, philosophy, and political history, as well as contemporary political philosophy. His published books include Julius Caesar: A Longman Cultural Edition and The Third Citizen: Shakespeare’s Theater and the Early Modern House of Commons
Jhonni Carr, Continuing Lecturer of Spanish Linguistics, holds a PhD in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of California, Los Angeles. She specializes in Spanish Sociolinguistics and investigates language access and the power dynamics of displayed languages in the public space of California, Mexico, and Brazil. She uses interdisciplinary methods to explore these areas’ signage (linguistic landscape) and residents’ attitudes toward the presence and absence of different languages.
The extraordinary expertise, curiosity, inclusiveness, and passion of this year’s recipients remind us that excellent teaching runs both deep and broad across Berkeley’s academic landscape.
All students, faculty, and staff are invited to celebrate these remarkable teachers at the ceremony on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, from 5:00–7:00 p.m. at Jarvis Auditorium in the Grimes Engineering Center.