Image Credit: Greg Miller, Fellow in Photography, 2008
On April 7, 2021, the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation approved the awarding of Guggenheim Fellowships to a diverse group of 184 scholars, artists, and writers. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were chosen from a group of almost 3,000 applicants in the Foundation’s ninety-sixth competition.
| Fellow | Year | Category | Field of Study | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rez Abbasi | 2021 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Amy Adler | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Ufuk Akcigit | 2021 | Social Sciences | Economics |
 | Sama Alshaibi | 2021 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Priyanga Amarasekare | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Biology |
 | R. Lanier Anderson | 2021 | Humanities | Philosophy |
 | Ali Anooshahr | 2021 | Humanities | South & Southeast Asian Studies |
 | Ephraim Asili | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
 | Brandon Ballengée | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Vincent Barletta | 2021 | Humanities | Medieval & Renaissance History |
 | Ellen Bass | 2021 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Marisa Anne Bass | 2021 | Humanities | Early Modern Studies |
 | Lisa Beck | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Ashkan Behzadi | 2021 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Joshua Bennett | 2021 | Humanities | American Literature |
 | William Bialek | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Physics |
 | Dara Birnbaum | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Alexandre Blais | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Physics |
 | Suzanne Bloom | 2021 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | L. M. Bogad | 2021 | Humanities | Theatre Arts and Performance Studies |
 | A.K. Burns | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Keith L. Camacho | 2021 | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
 | Crystal Z Campbell | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Enrique Chagoya | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Christopher J. Chang | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
 | Alexander Chee | 2021 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Don Mee Choi | 2021 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Peter Christensen | 2021 | Humanities | Architecture, Planning and Design |
 | Kamari Clarke | 2021 | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
 | Andrea Cohen | 2021 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Jessica Cohen | 2021 | Humanities | Translation |
 | William Cordova | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Raúl Coronado | 2021 | Humanities | American Literature |
 | Robyn Creswell | 2021 | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
 | Keren Cytter | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
 | Julie Nelson Davis | 2021 | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
 | Elizabeth Mary DeLoughrey | 2021 | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
 | Donnacha Dennehy | 2021 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Mesmin Destin | 2021 | Social Sciences | Psychology |
 | Arjun Dey | 2021 | Natural Sciences | AstronomyAstrophysics |
 | Zosha Di Castri | 2021 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Suhas Diggavi | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
 | Simon Doubleday | 2021 | Humanities | Medieval & Renaissance History |
 | Luba Drozd | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Tarek El-Ariss | 2021 | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
 | Tommie-Waheed Evans | 2021 | Creative Arts | Choreography |
 | Lenore Fahrig | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
 | Oscar E. Fernandez | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Emil Ferris | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Maureen Fleming | 2021 | Creative Arts | Choreography |
 | Eve Fowler | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Ian Frazier | 2021 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Richard Allen Frishman | 2021 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Lilian Garcia-Roig | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | John S. Garrison | 2021 | Humanities | English Literature |
 | Edward Gauvin | 2021 | Humanities | Translation |
 | William Giraldi | 2021 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | David Goldstein | 2021 | Humanities | Linguistics |
 | Michelle Grabner | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Emily Joan Greble | 2021 | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
 | Kaitlyn Greenidge | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Farah Jasmine Griffin | 2021 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Michael Gubser | 2021 | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
 | Diana Guerrero-Maciá | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Cindy Hahamovitch | 2021 | Humanities | U.S. History |
 | Josephine Halvorson | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Sidney R. Hemming | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Earth Science |
 | Ed Hill | 2021 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Guanglei Hong | 2021 | Social Sciences | Education |
 | Steven P. Hopkins | 2021 | Humanities | Religion |
 | Christopher L. Huggins | 2021 | Creative Arts | Choreography |
 | Faren Humes | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
 | Mitchell S. Jackson | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Zig Jackson | 2021 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Lochlann Jain | 2021 | Humanities | History of Science, Technology and Economics |
 | Michael Jang | 2021 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Victoria Johnson | 2021 | Creative Arts | Biography |
 | Reece Jones | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
 | Tayari Jones | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Joan Judge | 2021 | Humanities | East Asian Studies |
 | Vicky Kalogera | 2021 | Natural Sciences | AstronomyAstrophysics |
 | Amalia D. Kessler | 2021 | Social Sciences | Constitutional Studies |
 | Sung Hwan Kim | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Paul J. Kosmin | 2021 | Humanities | Classics |
 | Seth Koven | 2021 | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
 | Richard Kraft | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
 | Jesse Krimes | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Eugenia Kumacheva | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
 | Stephen Kuusisto | 2021 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Jennifer Lackey | 2021 | Humanities | Philosophy |
 | Mike Lew | 2021 | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
 | Ken Light | 2021 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Sandra Lim | 2021 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Karen Lofgren | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Irene E. Lusztig | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
 | Sky Macklay | 2021 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Jill Magid | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
 | Elizabeth Malaska | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Stephen Marc | 2021 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Isabela Mares | 2021 | Social Sciences | Political Science |
 | Miya Masaoka | 2021 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Daniel Mason | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Alison McAlpine | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
 | Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Biology |
 | Atif Mian | 2021 | Social Sciences | Economics |
 | Amira Mittermaier | 2021 | Humanities | Religion |
 | Helen Molesworth | 2021 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Alexandre Moratto | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
 | Tracie Morris | 2021 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Kevin J. Mumford | 2021 | Humanities | U.S. History |
 | Susan Murray | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film, Video, & New Media Studies |
 | José Ome Navarrete Mazatl | 2021 | Creative Arts | Choreography |
 | Jason Nieh | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
 | Chon Noriega | 2021 | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
 | Kevin Lewis O’Neill | 2021 | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
 | Nkeiru Okoye | 2021 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Pepón Osorio | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Laura Otis | 2021 | Humanities | English Literature |
 | Imani Perry | 2021 | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
 | Steven Phelps | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
 | Seth D. Pollak | 2021 | Social Sciences | Psychology |
 | Lisa Pon | 2021 | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
 | Bianca Premo | 2021 | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
 | George Prochnik | 2021 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Laurence Ralph | 2021 | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
 | Kameelah Janan Rasheed | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Tamara Reynolds | 2021 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Ronit Ricci | 2021 | Humanities | South & Southeast Asian Studies |
 | Jonathan A. Rodden | 2021 | Social Sciences | Political Science |
 | John A. Rogers | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
 | Jono Rotman | 2021 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Julia Rudolph | 2021 | Social Sciences | Law |
 | Victoria Sambunaris | 2021 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Eric W. Sanderson | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
 | Igor Santos | 2021 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Debarati Sanyal | 2021 | Humanities | European and Latin American Literature |
 | Kaneza Schaal | 2021 | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
 | Rebecca Schneider | 2021 | Humanities | Theatre Arts and Performance Studies |
 | Dread Scott | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Todd Shepard | 2021 | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
 | James Siena | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Annie Silverstein | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
 | Helen Simoneau | 2021 | Creative Arts | Choreography |
 | Cauleen Smith | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
 | Jane South | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Annie Sprinkle | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
 | Wendell Steavenson | 2021 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Beth Stephens | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
 | Bill Sullivan | 2021 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Robert Sullivan | 2021 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Sarah Cameron Sunde | 2021 | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
 | Helen Sung | 2021 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Ron Tarver | 2021 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor | 2021 | Humanities | U.S. History |
 | Michelle Tea | 2021 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Craig Morgan Teicher | 2021 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Roberto José Tejada | 2021 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | F. Akif Tezcan | 2021 | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
 | Jorge Thielen Armand | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
 | Heather Ann Thompson | 2021 | Humanities | U.S. History |
 | Melissa Thorne | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Michael Tonry | 2021 | Social Sciences | Law |
| Tourmaline | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
 | Ming Tsao | 2021 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | James Tweedie | 2021 | Humanities | Film, Video, & New Media Studies |
 | Rodrigo Valenzuela | 2021 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Laura van den Berg | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Chris Verene | 2021 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Elio Villafranca | 2021 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Connie Voisine | 2021 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Roslyn Weiss | 2021 | Humanities | Philosophy |
 | Tisa Wenger | 2021 | Humanities | Religion |
 | Paige West | 2021 | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
 | Christopher Williams | 2021 | Creative Arts | Choreography |
 | Peter B. Williams | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Patrick C M Wong | 2021 | Humanities | Linguistics |
 | Mark Wunderlich | 2021 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Paul Yoon | 2021 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Katherine Young | 2021 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Nina C. Young | 2021 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Jake Yuzna | 2021 | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
 | Tara Zahra | 2021 | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
 | Kate Zambreno | 2021 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Geneviève Zubrzycki | 2021 | Social Sciences | Sociology |