List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2020


List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2020: Guggenheim Fellowships have been awarded annually since 1925, by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." On April 8, 2020, the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation approved the awarding of Guggenheim Fellowships to a diverse group of 175 writers, scholars, artists, and scientists. 2020 Fellows are drawn from 53 scholarly disciplines and artistic fields, 78 different academic institutions, 31 states and the District of Columbia, and 2 Canadian provinces. Close to 60 Fellows have no full-time college or university affiliation. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were chosen through a rigorous peer-review process from almost 3,000 applicants in the Foundation's ninety-sixth competition.
FellowCategoryField of Study
Rheim AlkadhiCreative ArtsFine Arts
Arturo AriasHumanitiesLiterary Criticism
Lawrie BalfourHumanitiesAmerican Literature
Blitz BazawuleCreative ArtsFilm - Video
Sanford BiggersCreative ArtsFine Arts
J Stoner BlackwellCreative ArtsFine Arts
Suzanne Hitt BocanegraCreative ArtsFine Arts
Edyta M. BojanowskaHumanitiesEuropean and Latin American Literature
Pia BorgCreative ArtsFilm - Video
Jenny BoullyCreative ArtsGeneral Nonfiction
Mark Philip BradleyHumanitiesIntellectual and Cultural History
Diane K. BrentariHumanitiesLinguistics
Alice Leora BriggsCreative ArtsFine Arts
Taylor BrookCreative ArtsMusic Composition
Lisa BrooksSocial SciencesGeography and Environmental Studies
Amy Nelson BurnettHumanitiesIntellectual and Cultural History
Sarah BussHumanitiesPhilosophy
Robert CampanyHumanitiesReligion
James T. CampbellHumanitiesU.S. History
Suzanne CaporaelCreative ArtsFine Arts
Hector CarrilloSocial SciencesSociology
Oscar CásaresCreative ArtsFiction
Anne CattaneoHumanitiesTheatre Arts
Shu Lea CheangCreative ArtsFine Arts
Liz CohenCreative ArtsPhotography
Chico ColvardCreative ArtsFilm - Video
Dilip da CunhaHumanitiesArchitecture, Planning and Design
Moyra DaveyCreative ArtsFilm - Video
Guillermina De FerrariHumanitiesEuropean and Latin American Literature
Janet DelaneyCreative ArtsPhotography
Martin DiCiccoCreative ArtsFilm - Video
Michael DickmanCreative ArtsPoetry
Jennifer DoudnaNatural SciencesBiochemistry and Molecular Biology
Yaacob DweckHumanitiesEuropean and Latin American History
David DyzenhausSocial SciencesLaw
Dyan ElliottHumanitiesMedieval and Renaissance History
Marti EpsteinCreative ArtsMusic Composition
Kate FlintHumanitiesFine Arts Research
Michael FrankCreative ArtsGeneral Nonfiction
Ellen FullmanCreative ArtsMusic Composition
Elina GertsmanHumanitiesFine Arts Research
David GompperCreative ArtsMusic Composition
Jeff GoodellCreative ArtsGeneral Nonfiction
Robert Gooding-WilliamsHumanitiesPhilosophy
Alison GopnikSocial SciencesPsychology
Eric GottesmanCreative ArtsPhotography
Garth GreenwellCreative ArtsFiction
James GrierHumanitiesMusic Research
Jonathan GruberSocial SciencesEconomics
Anna Grzymala-BusseSocial SciencesPolitical Science
Tyrell HaberkornHumanitiesSouth Asian Studies
Leor HaleviHumanitiesReligion
Janice N. HarringtonCreative ArtsPoetry
David HertzbergCreative ArtsMusic Composition
Leslie HewittCreative ArtsFine Arts
Sky HopinkaCreative ArtsFilm - Video
José-Luis HurtadoCreative ArtsMusic Composition
Sabine IatridouHumanitiesLinguistics
Branden Jacobs-JenkinsCreative ArtsDrama and Performance Art
Patrick JagodaHumanitiesFilm and Video
Christopher JarzynskiNatural SciencesPhysics
Steffani JemisonCreative ArtsFine Arts
Lacy M. JohnsonCreative ArtsGeneral Nonfiction
Olivia JudsonNatural SciencesScience Writing
Susan JusterHumanitiesU.S. History
Benjamin KahanHumanitiesLiterary Criticism
Vera KellerHumanitiesIntellectual and Cultural History
Alex KetleyCreative ArtsChoreography
Osman KhanCreative ArtsFine Arts
Stacy KranitzCreative ArtsPhotography
Gabrielle LambCreative ArtsChoreography
Penny LaneCreative ArtsFilm - Video
Zun LeeCreative ArtsPhotography
Zoe LeonardCreative ArtsPhotography
Ellen LesperanceCreative ArtsFine Arts
Mark LeVineHumanitiesMusic Research
Yiyun LiCreative ArtsFiction
Ada LimónCreative ArtsPoetry
Ethan LiptonCreative ArtsDrama and Performance Art
Steve LockeCreative ArtsFine Arts
Valeria LuiselliCreative ArtsFiction
Alexandre LunsquiCreative ArtsMusic Composition
Andrej LuptákNatural SciencesBiochemistry and Molecular Biology
Jian MaNatural SciencesComputer Science
Frank MagilliganSocial SciencesGeography and Environmental Studies
Christian MaroisNatural SciencesAstronomy and Astrophysics
Žibuoklė MartinaitytėCreative ArtsMusic Composition
Jenny McPheeHumanitiesTranslation
Rebecca MeadCreative ArtsGeneral Nonfiction
Raymond MeeksCreative ArtsPhotography
Philip MetresCreative ArtsPoetry
Bernadette MeylerSocial SciencesConstitutional Studies
Robert MillisCreative ArtsMusic Composition
Helen MirraCreative ArtsFine Arts
Gordon Ennis MooreCreative ArtsFine Arts
Cyrilla MozenterCreative ArtsFine Arts
Social SciencesAnthropology and Cultural Studies
Joan R. NajitaNatural SciencesAstronomy and Astrophysics
Angel NevarezCreative ArtsFine Arts
Aimee NezhukumatathilCreative ArtsPoetry
Celeste NgCreative ArtsFiction
Sigrid NunezCreative ArtsFiction
Lisa OlsteinCreative ArtsPoetry
Chris OtterHumanitiesHistory of Science, Technology and Economics
Clifford OwensCreative ArtsFine Arts
Josh PacewiczSocial SciencesSociology
Sarah ParcakSocial SciencesAnthropology and Cultural Studies
Jennifer PastorCreative ArtsFine Arts
H. Glenn PennyHumanitiesEuropean and Latin American History
Nathaniel PersilySocial SciencesLaw
Helen PhillipsCreative ArtsFiction
Kim Phillips-FeinHumanitiesU.S. History
David A. PietzHumanitiesEast Asian Studies
Shamel PittsCreative ArtsChoreography
Robert Léopold PolidoriCreative ArtsPhotography
Jana PrikrylCreative ArtsPoetry
Tahera QutbuddinHumanitiesNear Eastern Studies
Kavita RamananNatural SciencesApplied Mathematics
Eric RebillardHumanitiesClassics
Camille RobcisHumanitiesIntellectual and Cultural History
Linda Foard RobertsCreative ArtsPhotography
Alexander RoseCreative ArtsGeneral Nonfiction
Lawrence RosenwaldHumanitiesLiterary Criticism
Tina SatterCreative ArtsDrama and Performance Art
Rebecca SaxeNatural SciencesNeuroscience
Susanna SchellenbergHumanitiesPhilosophy
Katy SchimertCreative ArtsFine Arts
Erica SchoenbergerHumanitiesHistory of Science, Technology and Economics
Bryan SchutmaatCreative ArtsPhotography
Melissa SchwartzbergSocial SciencesPolitical Science
Jeffrey SconceHumanitiesFilm and Video
David SepkoskiHumanitiesHistory of Science, Technology and Economics
Diane SeussCreative ArtsPoetry
Yevgeniy SharlatCreative ArtsMusic Composition
Mukul SharmaNatural SciencesEarth Science
Pradeep SharmaNatural SciencesEngineering
Lesley A. SharpSocial SciencesAnthropology and Cultural Studies
Elaine McMillion SheldonCreative ArtsFilm - Video
Anna ShternshisHumanitiesEuropean and Latin American History
Danna SingerCreative ArtsPhotography
Daniel Jordan SmithHumanitiesAfrican Studies
Rachel Louise SnyderCreative ArtsGeneral Nonfiction
Helen SoltererHumanitiesMedieval and Renaissance Literature
Cammie StarosCreative ArtsFine Arts
Susan SteinbergCreative ArtsFiction
A.L. SteinerCreative ArtsFilm - Video
Douglas W. StephanNatural SciencesChemistry
Andrew StromingerNatural SciencesPhysics
Lloyd SuhCreative ArtsDrama and Performance Art
Catherine SullivanCreative ArtsFilm - Video
Barbara TakenagaCreative ArtsFine Arts
Brian TeareCreative ArtsPoetry
Valerie TevereCreative ArtsFine Arts
Michael J. TherienNatural SciencesChemistry
Larry TowellCreative ArtsPhotography
Tracy Droz TragosCreative ArtsFilm - Video
Patricia TreibCreative ArtsFine Arts
Victoria-Idongesit UdondianCreative ArtsFine Arts
Rick ValellySocial SciencesPolitical Science
Peter van AgtmaelCreative ArtsPhotography
Chris E. VargasCreative ArtsFine Arts
Shannon WalshCreative ArtsFilm - Video
Stephanie Wang-BrealCreative ArtsFilm - Video
Heghnar Zeitlian WatenpaughHumanitiesFine Arts Research
Caroline WeberCreative ArtsBiography
Martin H. WeissmanNatural SciencesMathematics
Noah WhitemanNatural SciencesBiochemistry and Molecular Biology
Amy WilentzCreative ArtsGeneral Nonfiction
Emily WilsonHumanitiesTranslation
Pamela WojcikHumanitiesFilm and Video
Donald Reid WomackCreative ArtsMusic Composition
Maya Milenovic WorkmanCreative ArtsMusic Composition
Reggie WorkmanCreative ArtsMusic Composition
Ben YagodaCreative ArtsBiography
Muhammad Hamid ZamanNatural SciencesMedicine and Health