Meet the 2016 MacArthur Fellows
“While our communities, our nation, and our world face both historic and emerging challenges, these 23 extraordinary individuals give us ample reason for hope. They are breaking new ground in areas of public concern, in the arts, and in the sciences, often in unexpected ways. Their creativity, dedication, and impact inspire us all.”
—MacArthur President Julia Stasch
Human Rights Lawyerleading advocacy and legal efforts to secure the right to due process for immigrants facing deportation and working to set new precedents for the constitutional rights of noncitizens.More
Linguist and Cultural Preservationistrestoring the linguistic, cultural, and intellectual heritage of the Myaamia (Miami) nation to its present-day descendants through a multipronged approach of research, education, and academic partnerships.More
Theater Artist and Educatorrevealing the power of storytelling and creative expression to engender sustained emotional connections among elders experiencing cognitive impairment.More
Sculptorwhose deceptively intricate, abstract pieces provoke thoughtful reflection and bring viewers to the threshold between visual perception and objective knowledge of three-dimensional space.More
Playwrightusing a range of theatrical genres in subversive, often unsettling works that engage frankly with the ways in which race, class, and history are negotiated in both private and public.More
Art Historian and Curatorwhose research and curatorial practice have been instrumental in introducing the work of critically important, but under-recognized, black artists to the canons of modern and contemporary art.More
Theoretical Computer Scientisttackling unresolved questions in optimization and approximation and contributing to significant advances in the field of computational complexity.More
Cultural Historianexploring the ways in which the arts and popular culture are conduits to cross-cultural exchange and bringing diverse communities in Los Angeles together around heretofore unnoticed cultural commonalities.More
Writerrendering pressing issues of our time into portraits of day-to-day experience in works of nonfiction marked by dynamic interplay between personal experience and critical theory.More
Microbiologistmerging methods and approaches from disparate fields to investigate the co-evolution of bacteria and their environments, from the ancient Earth to the human body.More
Geobiologistwhose studies of microbial communities in extreme environments are shedding new light on the biogeochemical processes underlying the cycling of nutrients and energy that shape the Earth’s climate.More
Physical Biologist and Inventorapplying principles of soft-condensed matter physics to unravel microscale mysteries of living and nonliving matter and inventing affordable technologies for global education, health, and science explorations.More
Financial Services Innovatorwhose model for establishing the creditworthiness of underbanked populations is affording them a pathway to mainstream financial services and improving their financial stability.More
Poetcrafting critical texts for understanding American culture at the beginning of the twenty-first century in inventive, ever-evolving forms of poetic expression.More
Artist and Writerfusing artwork, written text, and design in a unique approach to visual nonfiction that enriches the ways in which stories can be conveyed, experienced, and understood.More
Video Artistwhose unique vision spans a variety of media and culminates in arresting, playful, and erudite videos that explore the condition of women throughout history.More
Bioengineerdeveloping point-of-care diagnostic technologies for use in low-resource settings and inspiring the next generation of engineers to translate lessons from the classroom into solutions for global health disparities.More
Jewelry Maker and Sculptorrepositioning beadwork into a potent platform for commentary on social and political injustices.More
Long-Form Journalistbringing to light the stories of people usually invisible to mainstream reporting and providing new and compelling perspectives on even well-covered social justice issues.More
Computer Scientistadvancing the socioeconomic well-being of low-income communities in the developing world through innovative communication and digital technologies that respond to real-world constraints.More
Composersynthesizing various musical styles in highly physical, large-scale narrative compositions that reimagine folk traditions and lore and address issues of the American worker.More
Graphic Novelistbringing diverse people and cultures to children’s and young adult literature and confirming comics’ place as an important creative and imaginative force within literature, art, and education.More
Synthetic Chemistpioneering new methods for the catalysis and functionalization of carbon-hydrogen bonds and enabling the development of versatile, novel, and beneficial chemical compounds.More
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