The awards below were granted to faculty at the 2019 Commencement Ceremony:
- Shiamin Kwa, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies | The Rosalyn R. Schwartz Teaching Award
- Tim Harte, Associate Professor of Russian | The Mary Patterson McPherson Award
- Catherine Conybeare, Professor of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies | The Leslie Clark Professorship in the Humanities
- María Christina Quintero, Professor of Spanish | The Fairbank Professorship in the Humanities
- Arlo Weil, Professor of Geology | The Marion Bridgman Slusser Professorship in the Sciences
- Erica Graham, Assistant Professor of Mathematics | The Rosabeth Moss Kanter Change Master Research Fund
The retiring faculty below were recognized with the title of Professor Emeritus:
- Leslie Alexander, Professor of Social Work and on the Mary Hale Chase Chair in the Social Sciences, Social Work and Social Research
- Linda Caruso Haviland, Alice Carter Dickerman Chair of the Arts and Professor of Dance
- Azade Seyhan, Fairbank Professor in the Humanities and Professor of German and of Comparative Literature
- Russell Scott, Doreen C. Spitzer Professor of Latin and Classical Studies
- Doug Blank, Associate Professor of Computer Science