Image Credit: Greg Miller, Fellow in Photography, 2008
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 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rheim Alkadhi | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Arturo Arias | 2020 | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
 | Lawrie Balfour | 2020 | Humanities | American Literature |
 | Blitz Bazawule | 2020 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Sanford Biggers | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | J Stoner Blackwell | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Suzanne Hitt Bocanegra | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Edyta M. Bojanowska | 2020 | Humanities | European and Latin American Literature |
 | Pia Borg | 2020 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Jenny Boully | 2020 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Mark Philip Bradley | 2020 | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
 | Diane K. Brentari | 2020 | Humanities | Linguistics |
 | Alice Leora Briggs | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Taylor Brook | 2020 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Lisa Brooks | 2020 | Social Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
 | Amy Nelson Burnett | 2020 | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
 | Sarah Buss | 2020 | Humanities | Philosophy |
 | Robert Campany | 2020 | Humanities | Religion |
 | James T. Campbell | 2020 | Humanities | U.S. History |
 | Suzanne Caporael | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Hector Carrillo | 2020 | Social Sciences | Sociology |
 | Oscar Cásares | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Anne Cattaneo | 2020 | Humanities | Theatre Arts |
 | Shu Lea Cheang | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Liz Cohen | 2020 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Chico Colvard | 2020 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Dilip da Cunha | 2020 | Humanities | Architecture, Planning and Design |
 | Moyra Davey | 2020 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Guillermina De Ferrari | 2020 | Humanities | European and Latin American Literature |
 | Janet Delaney | 2020 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Martin DiCicco | 2020 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Michael Dickman | 2020 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Jennifer Doudna | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
 | Yaacob Dweck | 2020 | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
 | David Dyzenhaus | 2020 | Social Sciences | Law |
 | Dyan Elliott | 2020 | Humanities | Medieval and Renaissance History |
 | Marti Epstein | 2020 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Kate Flint | 2020 | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
 | Michael Frank | 2020 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Ellen Fullman | 2020 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Elina Gertsman | 2020 | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
 | David Gompper | 2020 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Jeff Goodell | 2020 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Robert Gooding-Williams | 2020 | Humanities | Philosophy |
 | Alison Gopnik | 2020 | Social Sciences | Psychology |
 | Eric Gottesman | 2020 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Garth Greenwell | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | James Grier | 2020 | Humanities | Music Research |
 | Jonathan Gruber | 2020 | Social Sciences | Economics |
 | Anna Grzymala-Busse | 2020 | Social Sciences | Political Science |
 | Tyrell Haberkorn | 2020 | Humanities | South Asian Studies |
 | Leor Halevi | 2020 | Humanities | Religion |
 | Janice N. Harrington | 2020 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | David Hertzberg | 2020 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Leslie Hewitt | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Sky Hopinka | 2020 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | José-Luis Hurtado | 2020 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Sabine Iatridou | 2020 | Humanities | Linguistics |
 | Branden Jacobs-Jenkins | 2020 | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
 | Patrick Jagoda | 2020 | Humanities | Film and Video |
 | Christopher Jarzynski | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Physics |
 | Steffani Jemison | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Lacy M. Johnson | 2020 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Olivia Judson | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Science Writing |
 | Susan Juster | 2020 | Humanities | U.S. History |
 | Benjamin Kahan | 2020 | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
 | Vera Keller | 2020 | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
 | Alex Ketley | 2020 | Creative Arts | Choreography |
 | Osman Khan | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Stacy Kranitz | 2020 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Gabrielle Lamb | 2020 | Creative Arts | Choreography |
 | Penny Lane | 2020 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Zun Lee | 2020 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Zoe Leonard | 2020 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Ellen Lesperance | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Mark LeVine | 2020 | Humanities | Music Research |
 | Yiyun Li | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Ada Limón | 2020 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Ethan Lipton | 2020 | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
 | Steve Locke | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Valeria Luiselli | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Alexandre Lunsqui | 2020 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Andrej Lupták | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
 | Jian Ma | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
 | Frank Magilligan | 2020 | Social Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
 | Christian Marois | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
 | Žibuoklė Martinaitytė | 2020 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Jenny McPhee | 2020 | Humanities | Translation |
 | Rebecca Mead | 2020 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Raymond Meeks | 2020 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Philip Metres | 2020 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Bernadette Meyler | 2020 | Social Sciences | Constitutional Studies |
 | Robert Millis | 2020 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Helen Mirra | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Gordon Ennis Moore | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Cyrilla Mozenter | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Shaylih Muehlmann | 2020 | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
 | Joan R. Najita | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
 | Angel Nevarez | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Aimee Nezhukumatathil | 2020 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Celeste Ng | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Sigrid Nunez | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Lisa Olstein | 2020 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Chris Otter | 2020 | Humanities | History of Science, Technology and Economics |
 | Clifford Owens | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Josh Pacewicz | 2020 | Social Sciences | Sociology |
 | Sarah Parcak | 2020 | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
 | Jennifer Pastor | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | H. Glenn Penny | 2020 | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
 | Nathaniel Persily | 2020 | Social Sciences | Law |
 | Helen Phillips | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Kim Phillips-Fein | 2020 | Humanities | U.S. History |
 | David A. Pietz | 2020 | Humanities | East Asian Studies |
 | Shamel Pitts | 2020 | Creative Arts | Choreography |
 | Robert Léopold Polidori | 2020 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Jana Prikryl | 2020 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Tahera Qutbuddin | 2020 | Humanities | Near Eastern Studies |
 | Kavita Ramanan | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
 | Eric Rebillard | 2020 | Humanities | Classics |
 | Camille Robcis | 2020 | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
 | Linda Foard Roberts | 2020 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Alexander Rose | 2020 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Lawrence Rosenwald | 2020 | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
 | Tina Satter | 2020 | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
 | Rebecca Saxe | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
 | Susanna Schellenberg | 2020 | Humanities | Philosophy |
 | Katy Schimert | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Erica Schoenberger | 2020 | Humanities | History of Science, Technology and Economics |
 | Bryan Schutmaat | 2020 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Melissa Schwartzberg | 2020 | Social Sciences | Political Science |
 | Jeffrey Sconce | 2020 | Humanities | Film and Video |
 | David Sepkoski | 2020 | Humanities | History of Science, Technology and Economics |
 | Diane Seuss | 2020 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Yevgeniy Sharlat | 2020 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Mukul Sharma | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Earth Science |
 | Pradeep Sharma | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
 | Lesley A. Sharp | 2020 | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
 | Elaine McMillion Sheldon | 2020 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Anna Shternshis | 2020 | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
 | Danna Singer | 2020 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Daniel Jordan Smith | 2020 | Humanities | African Studies |
 | Rachel Louise Snyder | 2020 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Helen Solterer | 2020 | Humanities | Medieval and Renaissance Literature |
 | Cammie Staros | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Susan Steinberg | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | A.L. Steiner | 2020 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Douglas W. Stephan | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
 | Andrew Strominger | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Physics |
 | Lloyd Suh | 2020 | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
 | Catherine Sullivan | 2020 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Barbara Takenaga | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Brian Teare | 2020 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Valerie Tevere | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Michael J. Therien | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
 | Larry Towell | 2020 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Tracy Droz Tragos | 2020 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Patricia Treib | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Victoria-Idongesit Udondian | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Rick Valelly | 2020 | Social Sciences | Political Science |
 | Peter van Agtmael | 2020 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Chris E. Vargas | 2020 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Shannon Walsh | 2020 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Stephanie Wang-Breal | 2020 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh | 2020 | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
 | Caroline Weber | 2020 | Creative Arts | Biography |
 | Martin H. Weissman | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
 | Noah Whiteman | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
 | Amy Wilentz | 2020 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Emily Wilson | 2020 | Humanities | Translation |
 | Pamela Wojcik | 2020 | Humanities | Film and Video |
 | Donald Reid Womack | 2020 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Maya Milenovic Workman | 2020 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Reggie Workman | 2020 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Ben Yagoda | 2020 | Creative Arts | Biography |
 | Muhammad Hamid Zaman | 2020 | Natural Sciences | Medicine and Health |