On April 7, 2022, the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation approved the awarding of Guggenheim Fellowships to a diverse group of 180 exceptional individuals. Chosen from a rigorous application and peer review process out of almost 2500 applicants, these successful applicants were appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise. See the list of new Fellows here.

“Now that the past two years are hopefully behind all of us, it is a special joy to celebrate the Guggenheim Foundation’s new class of Fellows,” said Edward Hirsch, President of the Guggenheim Foundation and 1985 Fellow in Poetry. “This year marks the Foundation’s 97th annual Fellowship competition. Our long experience tells us what an impact these annual grants will have to change people’s lives. The work supported by the Foundation will aid in our collective effort to better understand the new world we’re in, where we’ve come from, and where we’re going. It is an honor for the Foundation to help the Fellows carry out their visionary work.”

In all, 51 scholarly disciplines and artistic fields, 81 different academic institutions, 31 states and the District of Columbia, and four Canadian provinces are represented in this year’s class of Fellows, who range in age from 33 to 75. Close to 60 Fellows have no full-time college or university affiliation. Many Fellows’ projects directly respond to issues like climate change, pandemics, Russia, feminism, identity, and racism.

Honorees include: 

Valerie Ann Kivelson, Thomas N. Tentler Collegiate Professor and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History, University of Michigan

Jordan Sand, Professor of Japanese History, Georgetown University

Jordanna Bailkin, Jere L. Bacharach Endowed Professor in International Studies, University of Washington

Paul W. Werth, Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Katja Guenther, Associate Professor of History, Princeton University

Rebecca L. Spang, Ruth N. Halls Professor of History, Indiana University

Suzanne Lynn Marchand, LSU Systems Boyd Professor, Department of History, Louisiana State University

Esther Schor, Chair, Humanities Council; Leonard L. Milberg ’53 Professor of American Jewish Studies and Professor of English, Princeton University

Charlene M. Eska, Professor of Linguistics,Virginia Tech

Katherine L. French, Frederick Hoffman Professor of History, University of Michigan

Yoav Di-Capua, Professor of History, University of Texas at Austin

David Brakke, Joe R. Engle Chair in the History of Christianity; Professor of History, Ohio State University

Keisha N. Blain, Associate Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh

Brenda J. Child, Northrup Professor of American Studies, University of Minnesota

Jennifer Mittelstadt, Professor of History, Rutgers University

Claudio Saunt, Russell Professor of History, University of Georgia

Manisha Sinha, Draper Chair in American History, University of Connecticut