Herman Beavers, the Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt President’s Distinguished Professor of English and Africana Studies, has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Faculty Award of Merit, presented by Penn Alumni. This award is presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to alumni education and engagement at Penn by sharing their unique scholarship work with the alumni community. Dr. Beavers will receive the award at the Alumni Award of Merit Gala on November 7, 2025, hosted by the Penn Alumni president.

For more information about the award, please visit https://www.alumni.upenn.edu/facultyawardofmerit.