| 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 Aschhelm | 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 E. 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 |
| DAlva 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 |
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