Current Fellows

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded Fellowships to a diverse group of 181 scholars, artists, and scientists in its eighty-eighth annual competition for the United States and Canada. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were chosen from a group of almost 3,000 applicants.

We invite you to learn more about these gifted individuals by using the search fields below. We are constantly adding to our catalog of short biographies of Fellows, so check back often for more profiles. Click on the names highlighted in green to access the profiles that are currently available. And please visit our News & Events page for information on their current activities.

Fellow Year Category Field of Study
Claudia Acuña 2011
Creative Arts
General Nonfiction
John Aldrich 2012
Social Sciences
Political Science
Ellen Altfest 2012
Creative Arts
Fine Arts
Tonio Andrade 2012
Social Sciences
European and Latin American History
Michael Arcega 2012
Creative Arts
Fine Arts
Eve Aschheim 2012
Creative Arts
Fine Arts
Adriana Barenstein 2011
Creative Arts
Choreography
Elizabeth B. Barret 2012
Creative Arts
Photography
Faith E. Beasley 2012
Humanities
European and Latin American Literature
Alison Bechdel 2012
Creative Arts
General Nonfiction
Louise E. Belcourt 2012
Creative Arts
Fine Arts
Mónica Bernabé 2011
Humanities
Literary Studies
Catherine Besteman 2012
Social Sciences
Anthropology & Cultural Studies
Nayland Blake 2012
Creative Arts
Fine Arts
Adam Bock 2012
Creative Arts
Drama & Performance Art
Peter Bogardus 2012
Creative Arts
Photography
Stephen R. Bokenkamp 2012
Humanities
East Asian Studies
John R. Bowen 2012
Social Sciences
Anthropology & Cultural Studies
Teresa Caldeira 2012
Humanities
Architecture, Planning & Design
Damaris Calderón 2011
Creative Arts
Poetry
Tania Candiani 2011
Creative Arts
Fine Arts
John Carlson 2012
Natural Sciences
Neuroscience
Antonio Bernardo Carvalho 2011
Natural Sciences
Organismic Biology & Ecology
Eduardo Castaño 2011
Natural Sciences
Medicine & Health
Lucien Castaing-Taylor 2012
Creative Arts
Film-Video
Juan William Chavez 2012
Creative Arts
Fine Arts
Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos 2011
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Tom Cipullo 2012
Creative Arts
Music Composition
Peter U. Clark 2012
Natural Sciences
Earth Science
Dawn Clements 2012
Creative Arts
Fine Arts
John H. Cochrane 2012
Social Sciences
Economics
Katharine Coles 2012
Creative Arts
Poetry
Jeff Colson 2012
Creative Arts
Fine Arts
Matt Connors 2012
Creative Arts
Fine Arts
Olivia Remie Constable 2012
Humanities
Medieval and Renaissance History
Lisa Crafts 2012
Creative Arts
Film-Video
Cherien Dabis 2012
Creative Arts
Film-Video
Kwame Dawes 2012
Creative Arts
Poetry
Milagros de la Torre 2011
Creative Arts
Photography
Jacci Den Hartog 2012
Creative Arts
Fine Arts
Stephen DiRado 2012
Creative Arts
Photography
Fabio Ariel Doctorovich 2011
Natural Sciences
Chemistry
Sheperd S. Doeleman 2012
Natural Sciences
Astronomy--Astrophysics
Dornith Doherty 2012
Creative Arts
Photography
Timothy Donnelly 2012
Creative Arts
Poetry
Shimon Dotan 2012
Creative Arts
Film-Video
James N. Druckman 2012
Social Sciences
Political Science
Douglas DuBois 2012
Creative Arts
Photography
John Dufresne 2012
Creative Arts
Fiction
Matias Duville 2011
Creative Arts
Fine Arts

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