# Matthew Jacobson, Sterling Professor of American Studies and History and Professor of Black Studies, has been awarded the 2025 Carl Bode-Norman Holmes Pearson Prize.

**Source**: https://afamstudies.yale.edu/news/matthew-jacobson-sterling-professor-american-studies-and-history-and-professor-black-studies
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[Matthew Jacobson](https://history.yale.edu/people/matthew-jacobson), Sterling Professor of American Studies and History and Professor of Black Studies, has been awarded the [2025 Carl Bode-Norman Holmes Pearson Prize](https://www.theasa.net/node/131) from the American Studies Association (ASA).

Awarded every other year, the ASA’s Bode-Pearson Prize recognizes the “outstanding achievement of an individual who has dedicated a lifetime of work to the mission and values of American studies.”

Jacobson is a renowned historian and public scholar who has transformed our understanding of how race shapes political life and culture in the United States.  [Read article](https://fas.yale.edu/news-announcements/news/matthew-jacobson-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-american-studies-association?utm_source=YaleToday&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=YT_YaleToday-Staff_12-2-2025)

Thursday, November 20, 2025