Image Credit: Greg Miller, Fellow in Photography, 2008
On April 6, 2017, the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation approved the awarding of 173 Guggenheim Fellowships to a diverse group of scholars, artists, and scientists. 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-third competition.
| Fellow | Year | Category | Field of Study | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ehab Abouheif | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Molecular and Cellular Biology |
 | Eric Agol | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
 | Robert Aronowitz | 2017 | Humanities | History of Science, Technology and Economics |
 | John Aylward | 2017 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Kevin Baker | 2017 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Edward E. Baptist | 2017 | Humanities | U.S. History |
 | Signe Baumane | 2017 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Mark R. Beissinger | 2017 | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Marina Berio | 2017 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | B. Andrei Bernevig | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Physics |
 | Oscar Bettison | 2017 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Dániel Péter Biró | 2017 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Emily Rapp Black | 2017 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | David Blei | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Statistics |
 | Michelle Boisseau | 2017 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Derek Boshier | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Robin Broad | 2017 | Social Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
 | Wendy Brown | 2017 | Social Sciences | Political Science |
 | Holly Brubach | 2017 | Creative Arts | Biography |
 | Kathe Burkhart | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Mary F. Calvert | 2017 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Zackary Canepari | 2017 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Mahir Cetiz | 2017 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Mark A. Chancey | 2017 | Humanities | Religion |
 | Victoria Chang | 2017 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Mahwish Chishty | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Julia A. Clancy-Smith | 2017 | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
 | Daniel W. Coburn | 2017 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Margaret Cohen | 2017 | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
 | Linda Colley | 2017 | Social Sciences | Constitutional Studies |
 | Rita Copeland | 2017 | Humanities | Medieval and Renaissance Literature |
| John E. Cort | 2017 | Humanities | South Asian Studies |
| Cindy Cox | 2017 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Michael David-Fox | 2017 | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
 | Kevin Davies | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Science Writing |
| Joseph DeLappe | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Matthew Delmont | 2017 | Humanities | U.S. History |
 | Lesley Dill | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Harry Dodge | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Jonathan H. Ebel | 2017 | Humanities | Religion |
| Eugenio Espinoza | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Brian Evenson | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Gil Eyal | 2017 | Social Sciences | Sociology |
 | Susan Faludi | 2017 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Nancy Foner | 2017 | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Ashley Fure | 2017 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Keely Garfield | 2017 | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Masha Gessen | 2017 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Bryan Gick | 2017 | Humanities | Linguistics |
 | Ken Gonzales-Day | 2017 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Annie Gosfield | 2017 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Tom Griffiths | 2017 | Social Sciences | Psychology |
 | Jennifer Grotz | 2017 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Julie Guthman | 2017 | Social Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
 | Alec Hall | 2017 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Laura Ann Harrison | 2017 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Matthea Harvey | 2017 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Jochen Hellbeck | 2017 | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| Keith Hennessy | 2017 | Creative Arts | Choreography |
 | Adam Herring | 2017 | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
 | Elana Herzog | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Nicholas A. Hill | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Shelley Hirsch | 2017 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Joel Hoffman | 2017 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann | 2017 | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
 | Thomas K. Hubbard | 2017 | Humanities | Classics |
 | Michelle Huneven | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Samantha Hunt | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Heather Hurst | 2017 | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
 | Ishion Hutchinson | 2017 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Thilde Jensen | 2017 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Kirsten Johnson | 2017 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Susan D. Jones | 2017 | Humanities | History of Science, Technology and Economics |
 | Peter J. Kalliney | 2017 | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Byron Kim | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Heidi Kitrosser | 2017 | Social Sciences | Law |
 | Philip Klay | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Carson Kreitzer | 2017 | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Mike Kuchar | 2017 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Aaron Landsman | 2017 | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
 | Adriaan Lanni | 2017 | Humanities | Classics |
| Leigh Ledare | 2017 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Cin-Ty Lee | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Earth Science |
 | Jennie Jieun Lee | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Daniel A. Lidar | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
 | Jen Liu | 2017 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | John W. Love Jr. | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | James Luna | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Michael Lundgren | 2017 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Fiona Maazel | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Cynthia Madansky | 2017 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Alexander Maksik | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Ulrike Malmendier | 2017 | Social Sciences | Economics |
 | Sharon Marcus | 2017 | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
 | Rogelio Martinez | 2017 | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
 | Cheryl Mattingly | 2017 | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
 | Davis McCombs | 2017 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Michael D. McNally | 2017 | Humanities | Religion |
| Amanda Means | 2017 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Yvonne Meier | 2017 | Creative Arts | Choreography |
 | Shari Mendelson | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Antonio Méndez Esparza | 2017 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | David Mikics | 2017 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Daniel J. Mindiola | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
 | Cheryl Misak | 2017 | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
 | Armin P. Moczek | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
 | Ander Monson | 2017 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Margaret Morrison | 2017 | Humanities | Philosophy |
 | Benjamin Moser | 2017 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Hiroshi Motomura | 2017 | Social Sciences | Law |
| Sandeep Mukherjee | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Viet Thanh Nguyen | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Shaun O’Boyle | 2017 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Paul O’Keeffe | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Hee Oh | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
 | Samuel Otter | 2017 | Humanities | American Literature |
 | Aydogan Ozcan | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Medicine and Health |
 | Gregory Pardlo | 2017 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Bissera V. Pentcheva | 2017 | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
 | Adela Pinch | 2017 | Humanities | English Literature |
 | Jefferson Pinder | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Martin Puchner | 2017 | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
 | Claudia Rankine | 2017 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Ron Rash | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Will Rawls | 2017 | Creative Arts | Choreography |
 | Rodrigo Reyes | 2017 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Hunter Reynolds | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Daniel K. Richter | 2017 | Humanities | U.S. History |
 | Melinda Ring | 2017 | Creative Arts | Choreography |
 | A.V. Rockwell | 2017 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Jesse Rodin | 2017 | Humanities | Music Research |
 | Patrick Rosal | 2017 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Kay Rosen | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Tim Roughgarden | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
 | Paul Rucker | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Deborah Rudacille | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Science Writing |
 | Cynthia Saltzman | 2017 | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
 | Zina Saro-Wiwa | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Richmond Sarpong | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
 | Mark Schoenfield | 2017 | Humanities | English Literature |
 | Brian Seibert | 2017 | Humanities | Dance Studies |
 | Shalini Shankar | 2017 | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
 | Marisa Silver | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fiction |
 | Jeanne Silverthorne | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Sara Skrabalak | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| J.P. Sniadecki | 2017 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Timothy Snyder | 2017 | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
 | Paolo Squatriti | 2017 | Humanities | Medieval and Renaissance History |
 | Gigliola Staffilani | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
 | Christopher Stark | 2017 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Maggie Steber | 2017 | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg | 2017 | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| Zoe Strauss | 2017 | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Michael Strevens | 2017 | Humanities | Philosophy |
 | Steven Subotnick | 2017 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | David Tavárez | 2017 | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
 | Brad Temkin | 2017 | Creative Arts | Photography |
 | Hans Thomalla | 2017 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Roy Thurston | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Carmelita Tropicana | 2017 | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
 | Pramila Vasudevan | 2017 | Creative Arts | Choreography |
 | Sarah Wagner | 2017 | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
 | Natasha Warikoo | 2017 | Social Sciences | Education |
 | Michael Waters | 2017 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Jeff “Tain” Watts | 2017 | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
 | Leslie Wayne | 2017 | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
 | Afaa M. Weaver | 2017 | Creative Arts | Poetry |
 | Marianne Weems | 2017 | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
 | Stacy Wolf | 2017 | Humanities | Theatre Arts |
 | Billy Woodberry | 2017 | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
 | Teresa K. Woodruff | 2017 | Natural Sciences | Medicine and Health |
 | Andrew Zimmerman | 2017 | Humanities | U.S. History |