Competition: US & Canada
Yacine Aït-Sahalia
Yacine Aït-Sahalia, who received his Ph.D from MIT and previously taught at the University of Chicago, is currently the Otto A. Hack Professor of Finance and Economics at Princeton University. He is also the inaugural Director of the Bendheim Center for Finance at Princeton; under his leadership the Center developed an interdisciplinary undergraduate program, and a
Gregory Ain
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1939–40: AIN, GREGORY: Appointed for studies in architectural and structural design of economical, high standard, housing systems for low income groups; tenure, twelve months from April 15, 1940. Born March 28, 1908, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Conrad Aiken
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1933–34: AIKEN, CONRAD: Appointed for creative writing, abroad; tenure, twelve months from April 21, 1934. Born August 5, 1889, at Savannah, Georgia. Education: Harvard University, A.B., 1912. Instructor in English, 1927–28, Harvard Unive
Peggy Ahwesh
Aptly described as a media bricoleur, Peggy Ahwesh’s work combines a variety of experimental narrative and documentary genres, often with improvisational performance. Utilizing found footage, noise, the arcane, and a variety of obsolete, low-end technologies Ahwesh’s work is primarily an investigation of cultural identity and the role of the female subject. Ahwesh’s practice insists on