List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1997
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List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1997.
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|
| André Aciman André Aciman -External links:***... |
Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Jorge Enrique Adoum Jorge Enrique Adoum Jorge Enrique Adoum was an Ecuadorian poet and writer. He was one of the major exponents of Latin American poetry. Social concerns were always present in his work.-Biography:... |
Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Guenter Ahlers | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| M. Jacquiline Alexander | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Millard Alexander | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Albert W. Alschuler | Social Sciences | Law |
| James E. Alt | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Francisco Javier Alvarez-Leefmans | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Maryanne Amacher Maryanne Amacher Maryanne Amacher was an American composer and installation artist.-Biography:Amacher was born in Kane, Pennsylvania, to an American nurse and a Swiss freight train worker. As the only child, she grew up playing the piano. Amacher left Kane to attend the University of Pennsylvania on a full... |
Creative Arts | Video & Audio |
| Henning Andersen | Humanities | Linguistics |
| Eleanor Antin Eleanor Antin Eleanor Antin is an American photographer, author, and artist working with video, film, performance, and drawing. Originally from New York, USA, she is currently based in Southern California where she is a professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego... |
Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| George Arasimowicz | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Juan J. Armesto | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Eduardo Arzt | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Kariamu Welsh Asante | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Mahzarin R. Banaji | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Andrea Barrett Andrea Barrett Andrea Barrett is an American novelist, and short story writer. Her Ship Fever collection of novella and short stories won the National Book Award in 1996... |
Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Rick Bass Rick Bass Rick Bass is an American writer and an environmental activist.-Life:Bass was born in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S., the son of a geologist, and he studied petroleum geology at Utah State University. He grew up in Houston, and started writing short stories on his lunch breaks while working as a petroleum... |
Fiction | |
| Carmen Berenguer Carmen Berenguer Carmen Berenguer is a Chilean poet, audio-visual artist and reporter.Her poetry has been gathered in several anthologies and she has been an editor of various publications: Hoja X Ojo, 1984; y Al Margen, 1986.-Collaborations:... |
Fiction | |
| Mary Berridge | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Mario Biagioli | History of Science & Technology | |
| Peter W. M. Blayney | Bibliography | |
| Jeffrey Bluestone | Medicine & Health | |
| Paul Bochner | Fine Arts | |
| Luciano Boi | Philosophy | |
| Gregg Bordowitz | Creative Arts | Film |
| Sugata Bose Sugata Bose Sugata Bose is the Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs at Harvard University.-Early life:Sugata Bose was born in Calcutta, India. He studied at the Presidency College, Kolkata. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge under Eric Stokes... |
South Asian Studies | |
| Ricardo Brey | Fine Arts | |
| John L. Brooke John L. Brooke -Life:Brooke graduated from Cornell University in 1975, and from the University of Pennsylvania, with an M.A. and Ph.D. in 1982.He taught at Franklin & Marshall College, Amherst College, and Tufts University.He most recently teaches at Ohio State University.... |
U.S. History | |
| Caroline A. Bruzelius Caroline Bruzelius Caroline Astrid Bruzelius is an American art historian and expert in medieval architecture, the Anne M. Cogan Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University.... |
Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
| Norman Bryson | Fine Arts Research | |
| Louise M. Burkhart | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| John D. Burt | Humanities | American Literature |
| Robert A. Burt | Law | |
| Jesse L. Byock | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Rafael Campo Rafael Campo Rafael Campo Pomar was President of El Salvador 12 February 1856 - 1 February 1858. Campo was elected president on 30 January 1856. He turned over power to his vice president, Francisco Dueñas, on 12 May of the same year, but resumed the presidency on 19 July... |
Poetry | |
| Rimer Cardillo | Fine Arts | |
| Mario Carretero | Psychology | |
| Glenn R. Carroll | Sociology | |
| Paul Michael Chaikin | Physics | |
| Ivan V. Cherednik | Applied Mathematics | |
| Sallie W. Chisholm Sallie W. Chisholm Sallie W. Chisholm is a U.S. biological oceanographer. She attended Skidmore College and received her Ph.D. from the SUNY Albany in 1974. Since 1976, she has been a member of the faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she is the McAfee Professor of Engineering.Chisholm's... |
Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Thomas Cogswell | British History | |
| Vincent Crawford | Economics | |
| Deborah Dancy | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Lydia Davis Lydia Davis Lydia Davis is a contemporary American writer noted for her short stories. Davis is also a French translator, and has produced several new translations of French literary classics, including Proust's Swann’s Way and Flaubert's Madame Bovary.... |
Fiction | |
| Nicholas Dawidoff Nicholas Dawidoff Nicholas Dawidoff is an American writer.Dawidoff was born in New York City, and grew up in New Haven, Connecticut with his mother and sister.... |
Creative Arts | Biography |
| David G. De Long | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
| Carolyn J. Dean | French History | |
| Olivier Debroise | Fine Arts Research | |
| Eduardo Del Valle | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Barbara B. Diefendorf | French History | |
| Nathaniel Dorsky Nathaniel Dorsky Nathaniel Dorsky is an experimental filmmaker and film editor who has been making films since 1964. He intends that his 16mm silent films "create a state of prayer" not by treating Buddhism as a subject but by expressing "the view that comes from Buddhism".Dorsky was born in New York City,... |
Creative Arts | Film |
| Persis S. Drell | Physics | |
| Thomas A. DuBois | Folklore & Popular Culture | |
| Maud Ellmann | Humanities | English Literature |
| Laura Engelstein | Humanities | Russian History |
| Arturo Escobar | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Abelardo José Estorino López | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| Gordon L. Fain | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Jorge Fons Jorge Fons Jorge Fons Pérez is a Mexican film director.He belongs to the first generation of film directors of the UNAM. His short film, Caridad , is still considered one of the best films in Mexican cinema... |
Creative Arts | Film |
| Donal Fox Donal Fox Donal Fox is an American composer, pianist and improviser in the jazz and classical genres. He has received several awards, including a 1997 Guggenheim Fellowship in music composition and a 1998 Fellowship from the Bogliasco Foundation. He has also been nominated for the CalArts/Alpert Awards in... |
Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| María Cristina Fraire | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Jonathan Freedman | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Judith Freeman Judith Freeman Judith Freeman is the co-founder and executive director of the New Organizing Institute, or NOI. She worked on the internet operations of the 2004 John Kerry presidential campaign and has served on the new media team of Barack Obama.-Biography:... |
Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Alan Frieze | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
| Harry L. Frisch | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Patricia Fumerton | Humanities | English Literature |
| Daniel E. Gómez | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Mirta Gómez Del Valle | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe is a British-born, Los Angeles-based New Abstractionist painter, art critic, theorist, and educator. His work has been exhibited at the Albright-Knox Gallery of Art, Buffalo, NY; The Getty, Los Angeles; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Museum of Contemporary... |
Fine Arts | |
| Karin F. Giusti | Fine Arts | |
| Luis Miguel Glave | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| James Goodman James Goodman James Goodman may refer to:* James Goodman , Kent County Cricket Club cricketer*James A. Goodman, Pennsylvania politician* James R. Goodman, professor of computer science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand... |
U.S. History | |
| Elliott J. Gorn | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Elizabeth Graver Elizabeth Graver -Life:Graver was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She received her B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1986, and her M.F.A. from Washington University in St. Louis in 1999. She also did graduate work at Cornell University... |
Fiction | |
| Slawomir Grünberg | Creative Arts | Film |
| John Hagan | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Joanna Haigood | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Jeffrey F. Hamburger Jeffrey F. Hamburger Jeffrey F. Hamburger is an American art historian specializing in medieval religious art and illuminated manuscripts. In 2000 he joined the faculty of Harvard University, where in 2008 he was appointed the Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture... |
Humanities | Medieval History |
| Michele Hannoosh | French Literature | |
| Miriam Bratu Hansen Miriam Hansen Miriam Hansen was a film historian who made important contributions to the study of early cinema and mass culture.-Career:... |
Film, Video, & Radio Studies | |
| Anne Harris Anne Harris Anne Harris, , is deputy editor of the Sunday Independent. Her daughter Constance Harris writes for the newspaper as a fashion writer. She is the former wife of Eoghan Harris who is an opinion columnist for the newspaper.... |
Fine Arts | |
| Stephen Hartke Stephen Hartke Stephen Paul Hartke is an American composer. He grew up in Manhattan, where his first piano teacher was Mary Miley, and has lived in California since the 1980s... |
Music Composition | |
| Ross Hassig Ross Hassig Ross Hassig is an American historical anthropologist specializing in Mesoamerican studies, particularly the Aztec culture. His focus is often on the description of practical infrastructure in Mesoamerican societies... |
Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Douglas J. Henderson | Chemistry | |
| Jeffrey Henderson | Classics | |
| Gilbert Herdt Gilbert Herdt Gilbert H. Herdt is Professor of Human Sexuality Studies and Anthropology and a Founder of the Department of Sexuality Studies and National Sexuality Resource Center at San Francisco State University.-Biography:... |
Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| George C. Herring | U.S. History | |
| Michael Nathaniel Hersch | Music Composition | |
| Jennifer Elaine Higdon | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Mary T. Hufford | Folklore & Popular Culture | |
| Melissa Hui Melissa Hui Melissa Hui is a composer. Raised in Vancouver, Canada, Hui studied at the University of British Columbia, the California Institute of the Arts and Yale University... |
Music Composition | |
| Terence Irwin Terence Irwin Terence Irwin is a scholar and philosopher specializing in ancient Greek philosophy and the history of ethics Terence Irwin (born 21 April 1947, in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland) is a scholar and philosopher specializing in ancient Greek philosophy and the history of ethics Terence Irwin (born 21... |
Humanities | Philosophy |
| Allen F. Isaacman | Humanities | African Studies |
| Ivan Antonio Izquierdo | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
| Yvonne Jacquette Yvonne Jacquette Yvonne Jacquette , is an American painter and printmaker known in particular for her depictions of aerial landscapes, especially her low-altitude and oblique aerial views of cities or towns, often painted using a distinctive, pointillistic technique.-Life:She grew up in Stamford, Connecticut.She... |
Fine Arts | |
| Melinda James | Fine Arts | |
| Iain M. Johnstone | Statistics | |
| Nicole Jordan Nicole Jordan Nicole Jordan is a best-selling American author of romance novels. Jordan's historical romances have appeared on numerous best-seller lists, including the New York Times, USA Today, Waldenbooks, and Amazon.com list. She has been a finalist for the Romance Writers of America RITA Award as well as a... |
German & East European History | |
| Lily E. Kay Lily E. Kay Lily E. Kay received a Ph.D. in the history of science from the Johns Hopkins University in 1987, and was a recipient of a Smithsonian Fellowship at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. in 1984. She was an Andrew W... |
History of Science & Technology | |
| Boaz Keysar | Psychology | |
| Charles B. Kimmel | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Lynn Marie Kirby | Creative Arts | Film |
| Mark Kirkpatrick | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Sergiu Klainerman Sergiu Klainerman Sergiu Klainerman is a mathematician known for his contributions to the study of hyperbolic differential equations and general relativity. He is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University, a position he held since 1987. From 1980 to 1987 he was a faculty member at New... |
Mathematics | |
| Daniel J. Klionsky | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Geoffrey Koziol | Medieval History | |
| Mark LaPore | Creative Arts | Film |
| James Lasdun James Lasdun James Lasdun is an English author, poet and academic. Lasdun was one of the judges for the 2008 Griffin Poetry Prize.-Career:... |
Poetry | |
| An-My Lê | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Barbara Lebow | Drama & Performance Art | |
| Thomas M. Liggett Thomas M. Liggett Thomas Milton Liggett is a mathematician at the University of California, Los Angeles. He works in probability theory, specializing in interacting particle processes.... |
Statistics | |
| Judith Linhares | Fine Arts | |
| Lydia H. Liu | East Asian Studies | |
| Margot Livesey Margot Livesey Margot Livesey is a Scottish born writer. She is the author of six novels, numerous short stories, and essays on the craft of writing fiction.... |
Fiction | |
| Charles Long Charles Long "Colonel" Charles "Chuck" Long is the founder of the America's Buffalo Soldiers Re-Enactors Association. "Colonel" Charles "Chuck" Long (born 1945) is the founder of the America's Buffalo Soldiers Re-Enactors Association. "Colonel" Charles "Chuck" Long (born 1945) is the founder of the America's... |
Fine Arts | |
| Marvin W. Makinen | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Jacqui Malone | Folklore & Popular Culture | |
| Carlos Eugênio Marcondes de Moura | Sociology | |
| Charles R. Marshall | Earth Science | |
| Anthony W. Marx | Political Science | |
| Khaled Mattawa Khaled Mattawa Khaled Mattawa is a Libyan poet, and a renowned Arab-American writer, he is also a leading literary translator, focusing on translating Arabic poetry into English... |
Poetry | |
| Mercedes Matter Mercedes Matter Mercedes Matter née Carles was an American painter and draughtswoman. Her father was the American modernist painter Arthur Beecher Carles who had studied with Henri Matisse. Her mother, Mercedes de Cordoba, was a model for Edward Steichen... |
Fine Arts | |
| Donald McDonagh | Dance Studies | |
| Sheila McTighe | Fine Arts Research | |
| Jean Meyer Jean Meyer Doctor Jean Meyer Barth is a Mexican historian and author of French origin.Meyer obtained bachelor's and master's degrees at the Sorbonne University. He has taught at Sorbonne, Perpignan, the University of Paris, the Colegio de México, the Colegio de Michoacán, and the Centro de Investigación y... |
Iberian & Latin American History | |
| Helena Michie | English Literature | |
| James Miller James Miller (academic) James Miller is an American writer and academic. He is known for writing about Michel Foucault, philosophy as a way of life, social movements, popular culture, intellectual history, eighteenth century to the present; radical social theory and history of political philosophy... |
General Nonfiction | |
| Michael B. Miller | Economic History | |
| Carlos Monsiváis Carlos Monsiváis Carlos Monsiváis Aceves was a Mexican writer, critic, political activist, and journalist. of French decent He also wrote political opinion columns in leading newspapers and was considered to be an opinion leader within the country's progressive sectors. His generation of writers includes Elena... |
General Nonfiction | |
| Susan Morgan Susan Morgan Susan Morgan of Cheltenham was a best-selling English author of Chick lit genre.She was born near Liverpool to a Manx mother and Yorkshire father... |
Creative Arts | Biography |
| Eduardo J. Muñoz-Ordoqui | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Robert E. Norton | German & Scandinavian Literature | |
| Naomi Shihab Nye Naomi Shihab Nye Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet, songwriter, and novelist. She was born to a Palestinian father and American mother. Although she regards herself as a "wandering poet", she refers to San Antonio as her home.-Career:... |
Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Katherine O\'Brien O\'Keeffe | Humanities | Medieval Literature |
| Kira Obolensky | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| Jacob K. Olupona Jacob K. Olupona Jacob K. Olupona is Professor of African Religious Traditions and Chair of the Committee on African studies at the Harvard Divinity School with a joint appointment as Professor of African and African American Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University.- Biography :Jacob K... |
Humanities | Religion |
| Jacqueline Osherow Jacqueline Osherow Jacqueline Osherow is an American poet, and Distinguished Professor at University of Utah.-Life:She was raised in Philadelphia.She graduated from Radcliffe College with a BA magna cum laude, and from Princeton University with a PhD.... |
Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Nadín Ospina Nadín Ospina Nadín Ospina is an award-winning Colombian artist with significant international exposure. His awards include First Prize, 34th Salon of Colombian Artists and First Prize, 18th Salon of Fire, Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation... |
Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Paulo Antonio Paranaguá | Film, Video, & Radio Studies | |
| Luis Raul Pericchi | Mathematics | |
| Cara Perlman | Fine Arts | |
| Carl Phillips Carl Phillips Carl Phillips is an American writer and poet. He is a Professor of English and of African and Afro-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.... |
Poetry | |
| Andrew Pickering Andrew Pickering Andrew Pickering is a sociologist, philosopher and historian of science at the University of Exeter. He was a professor of sociology and a director of science and technology studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign until 2007. He holds a doctorate in physics from the University of... |
Intellectual & Cultural History | |
| Robert Polito Robert Polito Robert Polito is an American academic, critic and poet. He has been Director of the Writing Program at The New School since 1992. He received the National Book Critics Circle Award and an Edgar Award for Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson.... |
General Nonfiction | |
| David Politzer | Physics | |
| Paras N. Prasad | Engineering | |
| Pedro Prieto | Physics | |
| Rafael Quintero López | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Larry Racioppo | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Ronald Radano | Folklore & Popular Culture | |
| Debraj Ray Debraj Ray Debraj Ray graduated with a BA in Economics from the University of Calcutta in 1977.Ray is presently , and Professor of Economics at New York University. He is Co-Editor of the American Economic Review.... |
Economics | |
| Angeles B. Ribera | Neuroscience | |
| Alan Richardson | English Literature | |
| Douglas Richstone | Astronomy--Astrophysics | |
| Dagmar Ringe | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| J. Edgardo Rivera Martínez | Fiction | |
| Russell L. Roberts | Fine Arts | |
| Guillermo Orlando Rojas Feliz | Creative Arts | Film |
| Peter J. Rossky | Chemistry | |
| Joan Shelley Rubin | U.S. History | |
| Allen Ruppersberg Allen Ruppersberg Born in 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio. Allen Ruppersberg is one of the first generation of American Conceptual artists that changed the way art was thought about and made. His work includes paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, installations, and books.- Biography :... |
Fine Arts | |
| Michael J. Ryan Michael J. Ryan Michael J. "Mike" Ryan was an American track and field athlete and a member of the Irish American Athletic Club. He was a distance runner and competed in the Marathon for the U.S... |
Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Federico J. Sabina | Mathematics | |
| Peter Sacks | Poetry | |
| Eric Maurice Saks | Creative Arts | Film |
| Barbara A. Schaal Barbara A. Schaal Barbara Anna Schaal American scientist, evolutionary biologist, is a professor at Washington University in St. Louis and vice president of the National Academy of Sciences. She is the first woman to be elected vice president of the Academy... |
Plant Sciences | |
| Raymond W. Schmitt | Earth Science | |
| Michael Sells Michael Sells Michael Anthony Sells is currently the John Henry Barrows Professor of Islamic History and Literature at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago..... |
Near Eastern Studies | |
| Adrian Shubert | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| Pierre Sikivie | Astronomy--Astrophysics | |
| Laurie Simmons Laurie Simmons Laurie Simmons is an American artist and photographer currently working in New York.- Personal life :Laurie Simmons was born in Long Island, New York, in 1949. She received a BFA from Tyler School of Art in 1971... |
Fine Arts | |
| Pamela H. Smith | Intellectual & Cultural History | |
| Rolf Sternglanz | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Susan Straight Susan Straight Susan Straight is an American author and National Book Award finalist.-Background:Susan Straight has published six novels, a novel for young readers and a children's book... |
Fiction | |
| Arthur Sze Arthur Sze Arthur Sze is a second-generation Chinese American poet.-Background:Sze was educated at the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of eight books of poetry... |
Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Denyse Thomasos | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Michael Tomasello Michael Tomasello Michael Tomasello is an American developmentalpsychologist. He is a co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany.-Life:... |
Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Muriel Topaz | Humanities | Dance Studies |
| Trimpin Trimpin Trimpin is a Seattle, Washington-based kinetic sculptor, sound artist, musician, and composer, most of whose pieces integrate both sculpture and music in some way, and many of which make use of computers to play these instruments... |
Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Ernesto Vila | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Alicia Villarreal Mesa | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Kari Vilonen | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Paul S. Weiss | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Dan Welcher Dan Welcher Dan Welcher is an American composer, conductor, and music educator.- Biography :Welcher was born in Rochester, New York and earned degrees from the Eastman School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, studying bassoon, piano, and composition... |
Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks | Humanities | Renaissance History |
| David R. Williams | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Terry Tempest Williams Terry Tempest Williams Terry Tempest Williams , is an American author, conservationist and activist.Williams’ writing is rooted in the American West and has been significantly influenced by the arid landscape of her native Utah in which she was raised... |
Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Jennifer Wolch Jennifer Wolch Jennifer Wolch is a professor of Urban Planning, Geography and dean of the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design.Before accepting the dean position, Wolch was the Founder and Director of the Center for Sustainable Cities at the University of Southern California... |
Social Sciences | Geography & Environmental Studies |
| Cynthia Griffin Wolff | Humanities | American Literature |
| Bill Young Bill Young Charles William "Bill" Young is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1971. He is a member of the Republican Party, and is currently the longest-serving Republican member of Congress... |
Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Lai-Sang Young | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Caveh Zahedi Caveh Zahedi Caveh Zahedi is an American film director and actor of Iranian descent.-Early years:Zahedi was born in Washington, D.C. to Iranian immigrant parents. He studied philosophy at Yale University... |
Creative Arts | Film |
| Jorge Zanelli Iglesias | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| James E. G. Zetzel | Humanities | Classics |