List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2012: Guggenheim Fellowships have been awarded annually since 1925, by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." [1]
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|
| John Aldrich | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Ellen Altfest | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Tonio Andrade | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| Michael Arcega | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Eve Aschheim | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Elizabeth B. Barrett | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Faith E. Beasley | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| Alison Bechdel | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Louise Belcourt | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Catherine L. Besteman | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Nayland Blake | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Adam Bock | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| Peter Bogardus | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Stephen R. Bokenkamp | Social Sciences | East Asian Studies |
| John R. Bowen | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Teresa Caldeira | Humanities | Architecture, Planning & Design |
| John Carlson | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Lucien Castaing-Taylor | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Juan William Chavez | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Tom Cipullo | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Peter U. Clark | Natural Sciences | Earth Science |
| Dawn Clements | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| John H. Cochrane | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Katharine Coles | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Jeff Colson | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Matt Connors | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Olivia Remie Constable | Humanities | Medieval and Renaissance History |
| Lisa Crafts | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Cherien Dabis | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Kwame Dawes | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Jacci Den Hartog | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Stephen DiRado | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Sheperd S. Doeleman | Natural Sciences | Astronomy-Astrophysics |
| Dornith Doherty | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Timothy Donnelly | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Shimon Dotan | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| James N. Druckman | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Douglas DuBois | Creative Arts | Photography |
| John Dufresne | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Eric Dyer | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Laura F. Edwards | Social Sciences | Law |
| Jamal J. Elias | Humanities | Near Eastern Studies |
| Doug Elkins | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Alice Elliott | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Steven Epstein | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Judith Evans Grubbs | Humanities | Classics |
| Wendy Ewald | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Charles Fairbanks | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Fang Man | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Margot E. Fassler | Humanities | Medieval and Renaissance Literature |
| Douglas Flamming | Humanities | United States History |
| Ruth Franklin | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Vivian Fung | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Peter Galassi | Humanities | Photography Studies |
| Michael Galinsky | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Chitra Ganesh | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Stavros Garoufalidis | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Kambiz GhaneaBassiri | Humanities | Religion |
| Kristen R. Ghodsee | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Denise Gigante | Humanities | English Literature |
| Jane Gillooly | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Lori D. Ginzberg | Humanities | United States History |
| Ellis Goldberg | Humanities | Near Eastern Studies |
| John Gossage | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Barbara Gowdy | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Kathleen Graber | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Bruce Grant | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Eliza Griswold | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Daron Aric Hagen | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Stephen S. Hall | Natural Sciences | Science Writing |
| David J. Hancock | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Trajal Harrell | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Andrea K. Henderson | Humanities | English Literature |
| Dagmar Herzog | Humanities | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| Tamar Herzog | Social Sciences | European and Latin American History |
| Charles Hinman | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Jennifer S. Hirsch | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
| Huck Hodge | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Scott A. Hughes | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Nina G. Jablonski | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| James B. Jacobs | Social Sciences | Law |
| Bill Jacobson | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Adrian Johns | Humanities | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| Kent Jones | Humanities | Film, Video, & Radio Studies |
| Matthew L. Jones | Humanities | History of Science, Technology, and Economics |
| Stanya Kahn | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| James Kaplan | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Nets Katz | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Arnold J. Kemp | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Robert P. Kirshner | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Alexander Kiselev | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Don Kulick | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Jonathan Lamb | Humanities | English Literature |
| Susan Landau | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
| Laura Landweber | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Melissa Lane | Humanities | Classics |
| John Jota Leaños | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Janna Levin | Natural Sciences | Science Writing |
| Robert S. Levine | Humanities | American Literature |
| Lisa A. Lindsay | Humanities | United States History |
| William Luis | Humanities | European and Latin American Literature |
| Peter Maass | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Thomas F. Madden | Humanities | Medieval and Renaissance History |
| Keeril Makan | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Sarah Manguso | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| James C. McCann | Humanities | History of Science, Technology, and Economics |
| Justin McDaniel | Humanities | Religion |
| Pablo Medina | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Jodi Melnick | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Christia Mercer | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Joseph Millar | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Lydia Millet | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Alex Mincek | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Alan Mintz | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Jim Moore | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Brighde Mullins | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| Laure Murat | Humanities | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| Eileen Myles | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Ron Nagle | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Luay Nakhleh | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Benjamin Nathans | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| Haruko Nishimura | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Alva Noë | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Wura-Natasha Ogunji | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Carol J. Oja | Humanities | Music and Dance Research |
| Richard Olmstead | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Lance Olsen | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Judith Pascoe | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Arthur Phillips | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Donald Ray Pollock | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Bobby Previte | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Lia Purpura | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Asifa Quraishi-Landes | Social Sciences | Constitutional Studies |
| Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| James E. Rauch | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Lauren Redniss | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Jennifer Wynne Reeves | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Elisha P. Renne | Humanities | African Studies |
| Joan Richardson | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Yoruba Richen | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| J.T. Rogers | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| David A. Rosenbaum | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Sandra Mendelsohn Rubin | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Lisa Saltzman | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Elizabeth D. Samet | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Damion Searls | Humanities | Translation |
| Eldar Shafir | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Stephen Sharnoff | Natural Sciences | Science Writing |
| Judith Shea | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Fazal Sheikh | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Maxim D. Shrayer | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| Richard Sieburth | Humanities | Translation |
| Adam C. Siepel | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Beth A. Simmons | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Mrinalini Sinha | Humanities | South Asian Studies |
| Richard Snow | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Kate Soper | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Valerio Spada | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Lynn Spigel | Humanities | Architecture, Planning & Design |
| Paul Stevens | Humanities | English Literature |
| Ramie Targoff | Humanities | Medieval and Renaissance History |
| Benjamin Taylor | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Terry Teachout | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Sara Terry | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Magda Teter | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| Francesca Trivellato | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| Steven Ungar | Humanities | Film, Video, & Radio Studies |
| Carlos Villa | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Gayle Wald | Humanities | Folklore & Popular Culture |
| Xiao-Jing Wang | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Luise White | Humanities | African Studies |
| Daniel Wiener | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Elizabeth Willis | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Alan E. Willner | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
| Christian Wiman | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| James A. Winn | Humanities | English Literature |
| John Wray | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Stephen Yablo | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Xiaogang Ye | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Netta Yerushalmy | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| C. Dale Young | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Huimin Zhao | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation is a private foundation formed in 1925 by Olga and Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died on April 26, 1922. The organization awards Guggenheim Fellowships to professionals who have demonstrated exceptional ability by publishing a significant body of work in the fields of natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and the creative arts, excluding the performing arts.
Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon individuals who have demonstrated distinguished accomplishment in the past and potential for future achievement. The recipients exhibit outstanding aptitude for prolific scholarship or exceptional talent in the arts.