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 | |
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![]() | 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 LimĂłn | 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 |