U.S. and Canadian Fellows
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Andrew Abbott, Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift
Distinguished Service Professor,
University of Chicago: Time and social structure. •
Peter A. Abrams, Professor of Zoology,
University of Toronto: Sources of uncertainty in ecological predictions. •
Betty Adcock, poet, Raleigh, North Carolina; Member of the MFA Faculty in Writing,
Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers; Writer-in-Residence,
Meredith College: Poetry. •
Rabih Alameddine, writer, San Francisco: Fiction. •
Robert Livingston Aldridge, composer, Clifton, New Jersey; Assistant Professor of Music,
Montclair State University: Music composition. •
Elizabeth Alexander, poet, New Haven, Connecticut; Adjunct Associate Professor of African-American Studies,
Yale University: Poetry. •
Philip B. Allen, Professor of Physics and Astronomy,
State University of New York at Stony Brook: Electron-phonon effects in nanosystems. •
Thomas T. Allsen, Professor of History,
College of New Jersey: The royal hunt in Eurasian history. •
Stephen Alter, writer, Reading, Massachusetts; Writer-in-Residence,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A biography of the Indian elephant. •
Donald Antrim, writer, Brooklyn, New York: Fiction. •
Brett Baker, artist, Ithaca, New York: Painting. •
Rebecca Baron, film maker, Los Angeles; Member of the Faculty in Film,
California Institute of the Arts: Film making. •
Lawrence W. Barsalou, Professor of Psychology,
Emory University: The human conceptual system. •
Omer Bartov, John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History, Professor of History, and Professor of German Studies,
Brown University: The origins of the Holocaust in Buczacz, Ukraine. •
Ellen B. Basso, Professor of Anthropology,
University of Arizona: A translation of Kalapalo narratives. •
Louise Beach, composer, Pleasantville, New York: Music composition. •
Marion Belanger, photographer, Guilford, Connecticut: Photography. •
David A. Bell, Professor of History,
Johns Hopkins University: The culture of war in the age of Napoleon. •
Paul Berman, writer, Brooklyn, New York: A study of pro-Americanism and anti-Americanism. •
George F. Bertsch, Professor of Physics,
University of Washington, Seattle: The density functional theory of nuclear binding. •
Alan Bewell, Professor of English,
University of Toronto: Romanticism and natural history. •
Dawoud Bey, photographer, Chicago. Professor of Photography,
Columbia College Chicago: Photography. •
Stanley Boorman, Professor of Music,
New York University: Music printing and publishing in Italy, 1501–1539. •
Philip Brett, Professor of Musicology,
University of California, Los Angeles: The music and life of Benjamin Britten. •
Nicholas Brooke, composer, Kingston, New Jersey: Music composition. •
Diane Coburn Bruning, choreographer, Sleepy Hollow, New York; artistic director, Chamber Dance Project: Choreography. •
Mary Baine Campbell, Professor of English and American Literature,
Brandeis University: Dream and metaphor in early modern literature, science, and personal life. •
Christopher Cannon, University Lecturer and Fellow, Faculty of English and Pembroke College,
University of Cambridge: Form as thought in early Middle English literature. •
Bridget Carpenter, playwright, Los Angeles: Play writing. •
Noël Carroll, Monroe C. Beardsley Professor of the Philosophy of Art,
University of Wisconsin–Madison: The philosophy of dance. •
Elinor Carucci, photographer, New York City; Member of the Faculty in Photography,
School of Visual Arts: Photography. •
Rita Charon, Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director, Program in Narrative Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Columbia University: Narrative medicine as a model for empathy and clinical courage. •
Brian R. Cheffins, S. J. Berwin Professor of Corporate Law, University of Cambridge: The foundations of the Anglo-American corporate economy. •
Gang Chen, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Functional nanomechanical structures and devices. •
John R. Clarke, Annie Laurie Howard Regents Professor,
University of Texas at Austin: Humor, power, and transgression in ancient Roman visual culture. •
Peter Cole, poet and translator, Jerusalem; Visiting Artist and Scholar, Jewish Studies Program,
Wesleyan University: A translation of Hebrew poetry of Spain. •
Dennis Congdon, artist, Rehoboth, Massachusetts; Professor of Painting,
Rhode Island School of Design: Painting. •
Anthony Cutler, Research Professor of Art History,
Pennsylvania State University: Gifts and gift exchange between Byzantium, the Islamic world, and beyond. •
Lennard J. Davis, Professor of English, Professor of Disability and Human Development,
University of Illinois at Chicago: A history of obsession in Western culture. •
Sam Davis, Professor of Architecture and Associate Dean, College of Environmental Design,
University of California, Berkeley: Architecture for the homeless in America. •
John Dorst, Professor of American Studies,
University of Wyoming: Animal trophies and taxidermy displays in contemporary American culture. •
Dennis Eberhard, Composer, Cleveland, Ohio; Director of Transitional Education Services, Services for Independent Living, Cleveland: Music composition. •
Judith Eisler, artist, New York City: Painting. •
Mitch Epstein, photographer, New York City; President, Black River Productions; Associate Professor of Photography,
Bard College: Photography. •
Rodney C. Ewing, Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, Geological Sciences, and Materials Science and Engineering,
University of Michigan: The impact of the nuclear fuel cycle on the environment. •
Ann Fabian, Associate Professor of American Studies and History,
Rutgers University: The collection and display of human remains in 19th-century United States. •
Anne Feldhaus, Professor of Religious Studies,
Arizona State University: Divine siblings in India. •
Robin Fleming, Professor of History,
Boston College: Material culture and the rewriting of Anglo-Saxon history. •
Robert Fourer, Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences,
Northwestern University: Languages and systems for large-scale optimization. •
William L. Fox, independent scholar, Portland, Oregon: The perception of space in Antarctica. •
Daniel S. Freed, Professor of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin: Applications of K-theory to geometry and physics. •
Takashi Fujitani, Associate Professor of History,
University of California, San Diego: "Korean Japanese" and "Japanese Americans" during World War II. •
Michael Gagarin, James R. Dougherty Jr. Centennial Professor of Classics, University of Texas at Austin: Writing and orality in ancient Greek law. •
Mary Gaitskill, writer, Rhinebeck, New York; Instructor in English,
Syracuse University: Fiction. •
Susan Gal, Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics,
University of Chicago: Language ideologies and political authority during and after socialism. •
Thomas M. Gardner, Professor of English,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Emily Dickinson and contemporary writers. •
William Gay, writer, Hohenwald, Tennessee: Fiction. •
Diane Yvonne Ghirardo, Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture,
University of Southern California and
University of Cape Town: Women's spaces in Renaissance Ferrara. •
David D. Gilmore, Professor of Anthropology,
State University of New York at Stony Brook: Monsters in rituals. •
Alfredo Gisholt, artist, Newton, Massachusetts; Teaching Associate of Art,
Boston University: Painting. •
Susan Goodman, Professor of English,
University of Delaware: A biography of William Dean Howells. •
Jeffrey L. Gould, Professor of History and Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies,
Indiana University Bloomington: Rebellion, repression, and memory in El Salvador. •
David Greenspan, playwright, New York City: Play writing. •
Daniel Hall, poet, Amherst, Massachusetts; Visiting Writer,
Amherst College: Poetry. •
Paul Harold Halpern, Professor of Mathematics and Physics,
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia: The concept of dimensionality in science. •
Jonathan Hay, Associate Professor of Fine Arts,
New York University: The erotics of luxury in Chinese art, 1580–1840. •
Perry Hoberman, artist, Brooklyn, New York; Member of the MFA Adjunct Faculty in Computer Art and Photography and Related Media,
School of Visual Arts: New media art. •
Stephen D. Houston, Jesse Knight University Professor,
Brigham Young University: Experience and being among the classic Maya. •
Nicholas Howe, Professor of English and Director, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Ohio State University: Cultural geography of Anglo-Saxon England. •
Martha C. Howell, Gustave Berne Professor of History,
Columbia University: Market culture in cities of the late medieval North. •
John P. Huelsenbeck, Assistant Professor of Biology,
University of Rochester: Studies in phylogenetic inference. •
David Humphrey, artist, New York City: Painting. •
Dan Hurlin, choreographer and theatre artist, New York City; Member of the Faculty in Dance and Theatre,
Sarah Lawrence College: Choreography. •
Douglas Irwin, Professor of Economics,
Dartmouth College: A history of United States trade policy. •
Kenro Izu, photographer, Rhinebeck, New York; President, Kenro Izu Studio: Photography. •
Richard Jackson, poet, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Professor of English,
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Member of the Faculty, MFA Program in Writing,
Vermont College: Poetry. •
Lea Jacobs, Professor of Communication Arts,
University of Wisconsin–Madison: The decline of sentiment in American silent film. •
Iván A. Jaksic, Professor of History,
University of Notre Dame: Ticknor, Prescott, and the origins of Hispanic studies in the United States. •
Deborah Jowitt, Senior Dance Critic,
Village Voice; Master Teacher of Dance and Dance History,
Tisch School of the Arts, New York University: A critical biography of Jerome Robbins. •
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Professor of Chemistry,
Michigan State University: Studies in solid-state chemistry. •
Moisés Kaufman, playwright, New York City; artistic director, Tectonic Theatre Project: Play writing. •
Alexander S. Kechris, Professor of Mathematics,
California Institute of Technology: Classification problems in mathematics, group actions, and equivalence relations. •
John Kelsay, Richard L. Rubenstein Professor of Religion,
Florida State University: The Islamic law of war and peace. •
Stephen Kern, Distinguished Research Professor of History,
Northern Illinois University: A cultural history of causality since 1830. •
Barbara J. King, Associate Professor of Anthropology and University Professor for Teaching Excellence,
College of William and Mary: The social emergence of communication and language in primates. •
Elizabeth King, artist, Richmond, Virginia; School of the Arts Research Professor in Sculpture,
Virginia Commonwealth University: Video Installation. •
Carol L. Krumhansl, Professor of Psychology,
Cornell University: Cognitive neuroscience of music. •
Paul LaFarge, writer, Brooklyn, New York; Adjunct Professor of Writing,
Columbia University; Visiting Writer,
Wesleyan University: Fiction. •
Jhumpa Lahiri, writer, Brooklyn, New York: Fiction. •
Peter Lake, Professor of History,
Princeton University: Dynastic crises, confessional politics, and conspiracy theory in post-Reformation England. •
Bun-Ching Lam, composer, Poestenkill, New York: Music composition. •
David W. Lea, Professor of Geological Sciences,
University of California, Santa Barbara: The role of tropical ocean cooling and atmospheric carbon-dioxide variations in ice-age cycles. •
Marsha I. Lester, Professor of Chemistry,
University of Pennsylvania: Significant radical reactions in the lower atmosphere. •
Arthur Levering, II, composer, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Music composition. •
Margaret Levi, Jere L. Bacharach Professor of International Studies and Professor of Political Science,
University of Washington, Seattle: Trustworthy governance and constituent engagement. • Laura A. Lewis, Associate Professor of Anthropology,
James Madison University: Narratives of history, race, and place in the making of black Mexico. •
Xinsheng Sean Ling, Professor of Physics,
Brown University: Studies in nanopore DNA sequencing. •
Kefeng Liu, Associate Professor of Mathematics,
University of California, Los Angeles: Mathematical and physical aspects of the mirror principle. •
Rosemary Helen Lloyd, Rudy Professor of French,
Indiana University Bloomington: The still life in art and letters. •
Andrew W. Lo, Harris & Harris Group Professor and Director, MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A cognitive map of financial risk perception and preferences. •
Victor Lodato, playwright, Tucson, Arizona: Play writing. •
Abraham Loeb, Professor of Astronomy,
Harvard University: Studies of the earliest stars and black holes. •
Jerome Loving, Professor of English,
Texas A&M University: A biography of Theodore Dreiser. •
Michael Lucey, Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature and Director, Center for the Study of Sexual Culture,
University of California, Berkeley: Same-sex sexualities in 20th-century French literature. •
David Ludden, Professor of History,
University of Pennsylvania: A history of knowledge about South Asian economies, 1770–1930. •
Philip Lutgendorf, Associate Professor of Hindi and Modern Indian Studies,
University of Iowa: The meanings of the divine monkey in India. •
John D. Lyons, Commonwealth Professor of French,
University of Virginia: The practice of imagination in early modern France. •
Mikhail Lyubich, Professor of Mathematics and deputy director, Institute for Mathematical Sciences,
State University of New York at Stony Brook: Geometric structures in holomorphic dynamics. •
Kristin Mann, Associate Professor of History,
Emory University: Trade, state, and emancipation in 19th-century Lagos. •
Lev Manovich, Associate Professor of New Media Art,
University of California, San Diego: The avant-garde art of the early 20th century and new media culture. •
Tanya Marcuse, photographer, Barrytown, New York; Adjunct Professor of Photography,
Simon's Rock College of Bard and
Bard College: Photography. •
Robert L. Martensen, Professor of History of Medicine and Director, Clendending Library of History of Medicine,
University of Kansas School of Medicine: The origins and cultural politics of the cerebral body. •
Chris Martin, artist, Brooklyn, New York; Art Therapist, Rivington House Health Care Facility, New York: Painting. •
Rita McBride, artist, New York City: Sculpture. •
Marlene McCarty, installation artist, New York City: Installation art. •
Jim McKay, film maker, New York City: Film making. •
Jane Mead, poet, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Poet-in-Residence,
Wake Forest University: Poetry. •
Ian A. Meinertzhagen, Killam Professor in Neuroscience,
Dalhousie University: Post-genomic approaches to simple nervous systems. •
Claire Messud, Writer, Northampton, Massachusetts; Visiting Writer,
Amherst College: Fiction. •
Guy P. R. Métraux, Professor of Visual Arts,
York University: Christian destruction of ancient art. •
Susan Mogul, video and film maker, Los Angeles: Video and film making. •
Santi Moix, artist, New York City: Painting. •
Ian Morris, Jean and Rebecca Willard Professor of Classics and Professor of History,
Stanford University: Greek democracy and standards of living in the first millennium BCE. •
Judith Murray, artist, New York City: Painting. •
John Nathan, Takashima Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies,
University of California, Santa Barbara: Japan's quest for a viable role today. •
Stephen Neale, Professor of Philosophy,
Rutgers University: Myths of meaning. •
Bruce Nelson, Professor of History,
Dartmouth College: "Race" and "nation" in Ireland and the Irish diaspora. •
Eric Nisenson, writer, Malden, Massachusetts: The Brazilian musical and cultural revolution. •
Jennifer Nuss, artist, New York City; Artist-in-Residence,
Brandeis University: Painting. •
Lena Cowen Orlin, Professor of English,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County; executive director,
Shakespeare Association of America: Privacy in early modern England. •
Kathy Peiss, Professor of History,
University of Pennsylvania: Taste and the myth of American classlessness. •
H. Vincent Poor, Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Princeton University: Quantum multi-user communications. •
René Prieto, Professor of Spanish,
Vanderbilt University: The theme of solitude in Spanish American literature. •
Stephen Prina, artist, Los Angeles; Instructor in Fine Art,
Art Center College of Design: Visual art. •
Pola Rapaport, film maker, Hampton Bays, New York: Film making. •
Dewey Redman, composer, Brooklyn, New York: Music composition. •
Donald Reid, Professor of History,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: A biography of Daniel Guérin. •
Howard Rosenthal, Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences and Professor of Politics,
Princeton University: Empirical tests of theories of the legislative process. •
Jonathan L. Rosner, Professor of Physics,
Enrico Fermi Institute,
University of Chicago: Studies in heavy quark physics. •
Alexander Ross, artist, Alford, Massachusetts: Painting. •
Mary Ruefle, poet, Amherst, Massachusetts; Visiting associate professor of English,
University of Alabama: Poetry. •
Russell Rymer, writer, Portland, Oregon: The pernambuco tree, conservation, and classical music. •
Richard A. Satterlie, Professor of Biology,
Arizona State University: The modular and multifunctional nature of arousal systems. •
Adrian Saxe, Artist, Los Angeles; Professor of Art,
University of California, Los Angeles: Sculpture. •
Ilya R. Segal, Associate Professor of Economics,
Stanford University: Prior knowledge and communication constraints in the design of multi-unit auctions. •
Ullica Segerstråle, Professor of Sociology,
Illinois Institute of Technology: An intellectual biography of the evolutionist William D. Hamilton. •
Ruth G. Shaw, Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior,
University of Minnesota: Evolutionary consequences of fragmentation. •
Charlie Smith, writer, New York City: Poetry. •
Sheila M. Sofian, film animator, Pasadena, California; Assistant Professor of Film Animation,
College of the Canyons: Film animation. •
Pierre Sokolsky, Professor of Physics,
University of Utah: Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays on the ground and in space. •
David Stark, Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of Sociology & International Affairs,
Columbia University: Network properties of East European capitalism. •
Allyson Strafella, artist, Brooklyn, New York: Drawing. •
Elisabeth Subrin, film maker, Brooklyn, New York; Visiting Lecturer of Film Studies,
Amherst College: Film making. •
Lawrence R. Sulak, David M. Myers Distinguished Professor of Physics,
Boston University: The observation of high-energy neutrinos. •
Madoka Takagi, photographer, Topanga, California: Photography. •
Gary Taylor, Professor of English and Director, Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies,
University of Alabama: The publishing career of Edward Blount. •
Richard Taylor, Professor of Mathematics,
Harvard University: Galois representations and modular forms. •
Richard Lowe Teitelbaum, composer, Bearsville, New York; Professor of Music, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts,
Bard College: Music composition. •
Elizabeth A. Thompson, Professor of Statistics and Biostatistics and adjunct professor of genetics,
University of Washington, Seattle: Studies in statistical genetics. •
Daniel Treisman, Associate Professor of Political Science,
University of California, Los Angeles: Decentralization, governance, and economic performance. •
Matthew Turner, Associate Professor of Geography,
University of Wisconsin–Madison: The history of environmental scientific practice in the Sahel. •
Naomi Uman, film maker, Newhall, California; Member of the Adjunct Faculty,
California Institute of the Arts: Film making. •
Tomas Vu-Daniel, Artist, New York City; Assistant Professor of Art,
Columbia University: Painting. •
Howard Waitzkin, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Sociology,
University of New Mexico: Economic globalization and public health. •
Craig Walsh (Craig T. Walsh), composer, Tucson, Arizona; Associate Professor Emeritus of Music,
University of Arizona: Music composition. •
Lee Palmer Wandel, Professor of History and Religious Studies,
University of Wisconsin–Madison: The Eucharist in the early modern world. •
Robert N. Watson, Professor of English,
University of California, Los Angeles: Human alienation from nature in the English Renaissance. •
Sheldon Weinbaum, CUNY Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering,
City College of New York: The structure and function of the endothelial glycocalyx. •
Jonathan Weinberg, independent scholar and artist, Jersey City: Art and identity in the East Village. •
Catherine Weis, choreographer, New York City; artistic director, Cathy Weis Projects; President and co-director, Roxanne Dance Foundation: Choreography. •
Claire Grace Williams, Professor of Genetics and Forestry,
Texas A&M University: Ecological, evolutionary, and population genomics of conifers. •
Reggie Wilson, choreographer, Brooklyn, New York; artistic director,
Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group: Choreography. •
Alison Winter, Associate Professor of History,
University of Chicago: Technologies of truth and sciences of memory since 1890. •
Larry Wolff, Professor of History,
Boston College: Legitimation and imagination in Habsburg Poland. •
Christopher S. Wood, Professor of History of Art,
Yale University: Reproductive technologies and Renaissance art. •
James Woolley, Frank Lee and Edna M. Smith Professor of English,
Lafayette College: The textual history of Jonathan Swift's poems. •
Randy Wray, artist, Brooklyn, New York: Painting and sculpture. •
Victoria Wulff, artist, New York City: Painting. •
Yu Xie, Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of Sociology and Statistics and Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research,
University of Michigan: Economic reform and social inequality in contemporary China. •
Karen Yasinsky, artist, Brooklyn, New York: Video. •
Charles F. Yocum, Alfred S. Sussman Collegiate Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Professor of Chemistry,
University of Michigan: The role of calcium in photosynthetic oxygen production. •
Dean Young, Poet, Berkeley California; Visiting professor, Writers' Workshop,
University of Iowa; Member of the MFA Faculty in Writing,
Warren Wilson College: Poetry. •
Carl Zimmer, writer, Sunnyside, New York: The discovery of the brain and the birth of the neurocentric age. •
Karl Zimmerer, Professor of Geography and Director, Environment and Development Research Institute,
University of Wisconsin–Madison: The rural-urban geography of conservation and resource management. ==Latin American and Caribbean Fellows==