List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2019: 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." The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation approved the awarding of 168 Guggenheim Fellowships, chosen from a group of almost 3,000 applicants in the Foundation’s ninety-fifth competition. [1]
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|
| Rachel Adams | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Samuel Adams | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Ann Cooper Albright | Humanities | Dance Studies |
| Cecilia Aldarondo | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Ben Altman | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Branka Arsić | Humanities | American Literature |
| Anna Badkhen | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| William Balée | Social Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
| Yevgeniya Baras | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Lisa Feldman Barrett | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Kimberly Bartosik | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Eric Baudelaire | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Lauren Benton | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| Susanna Berger | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Hester Blum | Social Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
| Michael K. Bourdaghs | Humanities | East Asian Studies |
| Julia Bryan-Wilson | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Sean Buckelew | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Dora Budor | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Julie Buffalohead | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Ian Burney | Humanities | History of Science, Technology and Economics |
| Agnes Callard | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Edward Carey | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| David Carey Jr. | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| Cyrus Cassells | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Christiane Cegavske | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Thomas Centolella | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Alexandra Chasin | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Gennaro Chierchia | Humanities | Linguistics |
| Michael W. Clune | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Catherine Conybeare | Humanities | Classics |
| Carl Corey | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Mark Danner | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Sandeep Das | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Barbara Davidson | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Elena del Rivero | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Brian DeLay | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Neal K. Devaraj | Natural Sciences | Biology |
| Janine di Giovanni | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Jessica Dimmock | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Mark Dion | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Daniel Duford | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Camille T. Dungy | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Pascaline Dupas | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Glenn Dynner | Humanities | Religion |
| Jessica Eaton | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Miguel P. Eckstein | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Patricia Engel | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Georg Essl | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
| Merion Estes | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Jed Esty | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Suzanne Farrin | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Yance Ford | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Massimo Franceschetti | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
| Dara Friedman | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Alexander R. Galloway | Humanities | Film, Video, & New Media Studies |
| Marjorie Garber | Humanities | English Literature |
| Mariah Garnett | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Jennifer Garza-Cuen | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Colin Gee | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Carmen Giménez Smith | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Guillermo Gómez-Peña | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Mark Grieco | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Hugh Gusterson | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
| Mohammad T. Hajiaghayi | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Jane Hammond | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Karen Hartman | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Michael Helm | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Elliott Hundley | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Lawrence P. Jackson | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| David Jerison | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Richard R. John | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Matthew Johnson | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
| Daniel Alexander Jones | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Ron Jude | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Mark Jurdjevic | Humanities | Medieval and Renaissance History |
| Peter Kayafas | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Ari Kelman | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Ibram X. Kendi | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Joanna Klink | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Jo Kreiter | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Kevin M. Kruse | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Catherine Lacey | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Kathya Maria Landeros | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Fabienne Lasserre | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Elisabeth Le Guin | Humanities | Music Research |
| Robin Coste Lewis | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Pontus Lidberg | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Hong Liu | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Michelle Lopez | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Carmen Maria Machado | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Matteo Maggiori | Social Sciences | Economics |
| J.G. Manning | Humanities | Near Eastern Studies |
| Guadalupe Maravilla | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Daniel Joseph Martinez | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Matthew Mazzotta | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Brigid McCaffrey | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Suzanne McClelland | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Tiona Nekkia McClodden | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Ann McCoy | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Shane McCrae | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Anne McNeil | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Maryrose Cobarrubias Mendoza | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Christopher Merrill | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Suzanne Mettler | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Elizabeth Carolyn Miller | Humanities | English Literature |
| Seth Mnookin | Natural Sciences | Science Writing |
| Erik Mueggler | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
| Per A. Mykland | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Constance Allen Nathanson | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Scott Reynolds Nelson | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Andrew Newman | Social Sciences | Education |
| Todd H. Oakley | Natural Sciences | Biology |
| Catherine Opie | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Sylvan Oswald | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Zeena Parkins | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Gerard Passannante | Humanities | Medieval and Renaissance Literature |
| John Durham Peters | Creative Arts | Film, Video, & New Media Studies |
| Adriana Petryna | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
| Robert B. Pippin | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Sam Pluta | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| James I. Porter | Humanities | Classics |
| Matthew Porterfield | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Janet L. Pritchard | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Lincoln Quillian | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Dean Rader | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Benita Raphan | Creative Arts | Film |
| Henry S. Richardson | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Matthew Ricketts | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Katharina Rosenberger | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Helena Rosenblatt | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
| Steve Rowell | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Christopher Rudd | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Edmund Russell | Humanities | History of Science, Technology and Economics |
| Lena Salaymeh | Social Sciences | Law |
| Aki Sasamoto | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Ronald Schechter | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
| Peter J. Schmelz | Humanities | Music Research |
| Helen Schulman | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Lloyd Schwartz | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Peggy Shaw | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Cassim Shepard | Humanities | Architecture, Planning and Design |
| Jim Shrosbree | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Jen Shyu | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Douglas Smith | Humanities | Translation |
| Brad Snyder | Social Sciences | Constitutional Studies |
| Miriam Solomon | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Snežana Stanimirović | Natural Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Noa Steimatsky | Humanities | Film, Video, & New Media Studies |
| Sam Stephenson | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Jeffrey Stockbridge | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Christopher Trapani | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Thorsten Trimpop | Creative Arts | Film - Video |
| Hồng-Ân Trương | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Richard Tuck | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Fatimah Tuggar | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Luis Alberto Urrea | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Manuel Valera | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| James Vernon | Humanities | European and Latin American History |
| Ilya Vinitsky | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
| Lothar von Falkenhausen | Humanities | East Asian Studies |
| Ittai Weinryb | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Matthew White | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Entang Wiharso | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Carmen Winant | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Patricia J. Wittkopp | Natural Sciences | Biology |
| Carrie Yamaoka | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Deborah Zlotsky | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
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.