MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winners for 2019: The Full List – The New York Times

The MacArthur fellowships, awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for “extraordinary originality and dedication,” come with a no-strings-attached award of $625,000, distributed over five years. Here is a complete list of the 2019 fellows.

[Read more about the MacArthur winners.]

Elizabeth Anderson, 59

Philosopher

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Mich.


Sujatha Baliga, 48

Attorney and restorative justice practitioner

Restorative Justice Project, Impact Justice

Oakland, Calif.


Lynda Barry, 63

Graphic novelist, cartoonist and educator

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wis.


Mel Chin, 67

Artist

Egypt, N.C.


Danielle Citron, 50

Legal scholar

Boston University School of Law

Boston


Lisa Daugaard, 53

Criminal justice reformer

Public Defender Association

Seattle


Annie Dorsen, 45

Theater artist

New York


Andrea Dutton, 46

Geochemist and paleoclimatologist

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wis.


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Jeffrey Gibson, 47

Visual artist

Bard College

Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.


Mary Halvorson, 38

Guitarist and composer

New York


Saidiya Hartman, 58

Literary scholar and cultural historian

Columbia University

New York


Walter Hood, 61

Landscape and public artist

Hood Design Studio; University of California, Berkeley

Oakland, Calif.


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Stacy Jupiter, 43

Marine scientist

Wildlife Conservation Society

Suva, Fiji


Zachary Lippman, 41

Plant biologist

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.


Valeria Luiselli, 36

Writer

Bard College

Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.


Kelly Lytle Hernandez, 45

Historian

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles


Sarah Michelson, 55

Choreographer

New York


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Jeffrey Alan Miller, 35

Literary scholar

Montclair State University

Montclair, N.J.


Jerry X. Mitrovica, 58

Theoretical geophysicist

Harvard University

Cambridge, Mass.


Emmanuel Pratt, 42

Urban designer

Sweet Water Foundation

Chicago


Cameron Rowland, 30

Artist

New York


Vanessa Ruta, 45

Neuroscientist

Rockefeller University

New York


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Joshua Tenenbaum, 47

Cognitive scientist

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Mass.


Jenny Tung, 37

Evolutionary anthropologist and geneticist

Duke University

Durham, N.C.


Ocean Vuong, 30

Poet and fiction writer

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Amherst, Mass.


Emily Wilson, 47

Classicist and translator

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

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