List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2006


U.S. and Canadian Fellows

A

  • Kathryn Alexander, Composer, New Haven, Connecticut; Associate Professor of Music Composition, Yale University: Music composition.
  • Cristian Amigo, Composer, Astoria, New York; Visiting Scholar, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University; Adjunct Professor, College of Staten Island, City University of New York: Music composition.
  • Olive Ayhens, Artist, Brooklyn, New York: Painting.

    B

  • Markus Baenziger, Artist, New York City; Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Brandeis University: Sculpture.
  • Ulrich Baer, Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature and Chair, Department of German, New York University: The representation of clouds and the art of sublimation, 1800–1970.
  • Dare Baldwin, Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon: Understanding others' actions.
  • Thomas J. Barfield, Professor of Anthropology and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Boston University: Political legitimacy in Afghanistan.
  • Catherine Barnett, Poet, New York City; Adjunct Faculty, Creative Writing Program, and Liberal Arts Program, Paul McGhee Division, New York University: Poetry.
  • Emily Barton, Writer, Brooklyn, New York; Writer-in-Residence, Eugene Lang College, New School University: Fiction.a
  • Todd Bertolaet, Professor of Photography, Florida A & M University: Photography.
  • Douglas Biow, Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature, University of Texas, Austin: Anticonformist authors in 16th-century Italy.
  • Michael R. Blatt, Regius Professor of Botany and Head of Plant Sciences, University of Glasgow: Membrane protein mobility and dynamics.
  • Judy Blunt, Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Nonfiction, University of Montana: Essays on the legend of the strong Western woman.
  • Hilary Brace, Artist, Santa Barbara, California: Drawing.
  • Marco Breuer, Photographer, Hudson, New York; Adjunct Faculty Member in Photography, M.F.A. Program, Bard College: Photography.
  • Ellen Bromberg, Choreographer, Salt Lake City, Utah; Associate Professor of Modern Dance, University of Utah: Choreography.
  • Timothy Brook, Professor of Chinese History and Principal, St. John's College, University of British Columbia: Social suffering and social policy in the Chinese tradition.
  • Roxane Butterfly, Choreographer, New York City; Artistic Director, Worldbeats: Choreography.

    C

  • Christopher Caines, Choreographer, Brooklyn, New York; Artistic Director, Christopher Caines Dance Company: Choreography.
  • Scott Cairns, Poet, Columbia, Missouri; Professor of English, University of Missouri: Poetry.
  • Wally Cardona, Choreographer, Brooklyn, New York; Artistic Director, WCV, Inc: Choreography.
  • Bruce G. Carruthers, Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University: The evolution of economic trust.
  • Alessandra Casella, Professor of Economics, Columbia University: Storable votes.
  • David W. Christianson, Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of Pennsylvania: Complexes between biological macromolecules and nonbiological nanomolecules.
  • Jill Ciment, Writer, Gainesville, Florida; Professor of English, University of Florida: Fiction.
  • Paul M. Cobb, Associate Professor of Islamic History, and Fellow of the Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame: Usama ibn Munqidh's memoirs and the Muslims in the age of the Crusades.
  • Patricia Cline Cohen, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara: Thomas and Mary Gove Nichols and marriage reform in antebellum America.
  • Donald Crockett, Composer, La Cañada, California; Professor of Composition and Chair, Composition Department, Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California: Music composition.

    D

  • Tracy Daugherty, Professor of English, Oregon State University: A biography of Donald Barthelme.
  • Anthony Davis, Composer, San Diego, California; Professor of Music, University of California, San Diego: Music composition.
  • Sally Denton, Writer, Santa Fe, New Mexico: Jessie and John Frémont and the shaping of America.
  • Dennis Des Chene, Professor of Philosophy, Washington University: Wisdom and the new science in the 17th century.
  • Nathaniel Deutsch, Associate Professor of Religion, Swarthmore College: Ansky and the invention of Jewish ethnography.
  • Helen DeWitt, Writer, Berlin, Germany: Fiction.
  • Michael Dine, Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz: Preparation for the large hadron collider.
  • Frank Dobbin, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University: Equal opportunity in practice.
  • Julia V. Douthwaite, Professor of French and Assistant Provost for International Studies, University of Notre Dame: A literary history of the French Revolution.
  • Michael W. Doyle, Harold Brown Professor of International Affairs, Law, and Political Science, Columbia University: The ethics, politics, and law of preventative self-defense.
  • Paul Dresher, Composer, Berkeley, California: Music composition.
  • Jean-Marie Dufour, Professor of Economics and Canada Research Chair in Econometrics, University of Montréal: Econometric problems in macroeconomics and finance.

    E

  • , Professor of History, University of California, San Diego: Moscow soccer audiences and popular attitudes toward communism.
  • Michael S. Engel, Professor and Senior Curator, Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas: Evolution of the termites and global changes in carbon recycling.
  • Martín Espada, Poet, Amherst, Massachusetts; Professor of English, University of Massachusetts: Poetry.

    F

  • Hany Farid, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Dartmouth College: Digital forensics.
  • Paula S. Fass, Margaret Byrne Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley: Parents and children in American history, 1800-2000.
  • Gillian Feeley-Harnik, Kathleen Gough Collegiate Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan: Kinship and ecology in 19th-century Great Britain and America.
  • Steven Feierman, Professor of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania: Social medicine in Africa.
  • Martha Feldman, Professor of Music and the Humanities, University of Chicago: The castrato as myth.
  • Peter Fend, Artist, Berlin, Germany: Visual art.
  • Judy Fox, Artist, New York City: Sculpture.
  • Dana Frankfort, Artist, Long Island City, New York: Painting.
  • Daisy Fried, Poet, Northampton, Massachusetts; Grace Hazard Conkling Writer-in-Residence, Smith College: Poetry.
  • Barbara Fuchs, Associate Professor of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania: "Moorish" culture and the conflictive construction of Spain.
  • Diana Fuss, Professor of English, Princeton University: Poetry and the art of resuscitation.

    G

  • Louis Galambos, Professor of History, The Johns Hopkins University; Editor, The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower; Maguire Chair, Kluge Center, Library of Congress: The Creative Society, and the price Americans paid for being creative.
  • Alison P. Galvani, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University: Game-theoretic insights into population adherence of influenza vaccination policies.
  • David Garland, Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology, New York University: Capital punishment and American society.
  • Nina Rattner Gelbart, Professor of History and Anita Johnson Wand Professor of Women's Studies, Occidental College: Frenchwomen of science in the 18th century.
  • Michael Gitlin, Film Maker, Brooklyn, New York; Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies, Hunter College, City University of New York: Film making.
  • Jane M. Gitschier, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco: The genetic basis of absolute-pitch perception.
  • Arthur Goldhammer, Translator, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Senior Affiliate, Center for European Studies, Harvard University: Democracy in America since Tocqueville.
  • Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, Writer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College: Fiction.
  • Maria Elena González, Artist, Brooklyn, New York: Sculpture and installation art.
  • Dena Goodman, Professor of History and Women's Studies, University of Michigan: Women's letter-writing in the 18th century.
  • Katie Grinnan, Artist, Los Angeles; Lecturer, University of California, Irvine: Sculpture.
  • Rinne Groff, Playwright, New York City; Instructor in Dramatic Writing, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University: Play writing.
  • Ruth Ellen Gruber, Writer and Independent Scholar, Morre, Italy: Imaginary Wild Wests in contemporary Europe.
  • Allan Gurganus, Writer, Hillsborough, North Carolina: Fiction.

    H

  • Carl Haber, Senior Scientist, Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Optical methods to recover sound from mechanical recordings.
  • Judith Hall, Poet, Malibu, California; Core Faculty Member, M.F.A. in Poetry Program, New England College; Poetry Editor, The Antioch Review: Poetry.
  • Mark Halliday, Poet, Athens, Ohio; Professor of English, Ohio University: Poetry.
  • Karen V. Hansen, Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies, Brandeis University: The Dakota Sioux and Scandinavian homesteaders, 1900-1930.
  • Dayna Hanson, Choreographer, Seattle, Washington: Choreography.
  • Mike Heffley, Writer, Portland, Oregon;Adjunct Professor, Axia College of Western International University, Phoenix, Arizona: The folkloric and the radical in new and improvised music.
  • Michael Henry Heim, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and of Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles: The theory and practice of advanced language acquisition.
  • Frank Herrmann, Artist, Cincinnati, Ohio; Professor of Fine Arts, University of Cincinnati: Painting.
  • Constance Valis Hill, Five College Associate Professor of Dance, Hampshire College: A cultural history of tap dancing in America since 1900.
  • Kay E. Holekamp, Professor of Zoology, Michigan State University: Development of role-reversed sex differences in behavior and morphology.
  • Thomas Hurka, Chancellor Henry N. R. Jackman Distinguished Chair in Philosophical Studies, University of Toronto: British moral philosophy from Sidgwick to Ross.
  • Lewis Hyde, Writer, Gambier, Ohio; Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing, Kenyon College: Our cultural commons.