36 Macarthur “Genius” Fellows

Woodrow Wilson Fellows—MacArthur Fellows last updated October 2014 Visit http://woodrow.org/about/fellows/ to learn more about our Fellows. Robert Axelrod 1987 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Political Science Walgreen Professor for the Study of Human Understanding • University of Michigan 1964 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Caroline Walker Bynum 1986 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Religious Studies University Professor Emerita • Columbia University Professor Emerita of Western Medieval History • Institute for Advanced Study 1962 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Nancy D. Cartwright 1993 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: History and Philosophy of Science Professor of Philosophy • The University of California, San Diego 1966 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Patricia Smith Churchland 1991 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Philosophy UC President’s Professor of Philosophy • The University of California, San Diego 1965 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Maria Luisa Crawford 1993 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Earth and Environmental Sciences Research Professor and Professor Emerita of Geology • Bryn Mawr College 1960 Woodrow Wilson Fellow John C. Eaton 1990 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Music Professor Emeritus of Music • The University of Chicago 1957 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Shelly Errington 1981 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Cultural Anthropology Professor of Anthropology • The University of California, Santa Cruz 1966 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Faye D. Ginsburg 1994 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Cultural Anthropology David B. Kriser Professor of Anthropology • New York University 1982 Newcombe Fellow Stephen Jay Gould (deceased) 1981 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Ecology and Evolution Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology • Harvard University 1963 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Robert M. Greenstein 1996 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Public Policy/Economics Founder and President • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities 1967 Woodrow Wilson Fellow (Hon.) James E. Gunn 1983 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Astronomy Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy • Princeton University 1961 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Robert Hass 1984 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Poetry Distinguished Professor in Poetry and Poetics • The University of California at Berkeley 1963 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Daniel H. Janzen 1989 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Ecology and Evolution Professor of Biology and Thomas G. and Louise E. DeMaura Term Chair • University of Pennsylvania 1961 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Jacqueline Jones 1999 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: American History Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History and Ideas Mastin Gentry White Professor in Southern History • The University of Texas at Austin 1974 Woodrow Wilson Fellow David N. Keightley 1986 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: History Professor Emeritus of History • The University of California, Berkeley 1953 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Nancy Kopell 1990 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Neuroscience Professor of Mathematics and Co-Director, Center for BioDynamics • Boston University 1963 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Ann Lauterbach 1993 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Poetry David and Ruth Schwab Professor of Languages and Literature • Bard College 1964 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Suzanne Lebsock 1992 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: American History Emeritus Board of Governors Professor of History • Rutgers University 1975 Women’s Studies Fellow Michael Lerner 1984 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Public Health and Medicine Co-Founder and President • Commonweal Co-Founder and President Emeritus • Smith Center for Healing and the Arts 1965 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Donella H. Meadows (deceased) 1994 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Environment and Conservation Professor of Environmental Studies • Dartmouth College 1963 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Erik Mueggler 2002 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Cultural Anthropology Professor of Anthropology • University of Michigan 1987 Mellon Fellow Michael J. Piore 1984 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Economics David W. Skinner Professor of Political Economy Emeritus • Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1962 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Arnold Rampersad 1991 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Biography Professor Emeritus of English • Stanford University Woodrow Wilson Black Scholar Former National Advisory Committee Member Jane S. Richardson 1985 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Chemistry James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry • Duke University 1962 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Lawrence Rosen 1981 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Cultural Anthropology William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Anthropology • Princeton University 1963 Woodrow Wilson Fellow David Rumelhart (deceased) 1987 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Psychology and Cognitive Science Professor of Psychology • Stanford University 1963 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Thomas M. Scanlon 1993 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Philosophy Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity • Harvard University 1961 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Robert Shapley 1986 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Neuroscience Natalie Clews Spencer Professor of the Sciences Center for Neural Science • New York University 1965 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Ellen Kovner Silbergeld 1993 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Medical Science Professor and Editor-in-Chief, Environmental Research Bloomberg School of Public Health • Johns Hopkins University 1967 Woodrow Wilson Fellow David Stuart 1984 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Linguistics Linda and David Schele Professor of Mesoamerican Art and Writing • University of Texas at Austin 1989 Mellon Fellow Joseph H. Taylor, Jr. 1991 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Astronomy Professor Emeritus of Physics • Princeton University 1963 Woodrow Wilson Fellow John E. Toews 1986 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: History Joff Hanauer Distinguished University Professor for Western Civilization • University of Washington 1966 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Karen K. Uhlenbeck 1983 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Mathematics Professor and Sid W. Richardson Regents Chairholder Department of Mathematics • University of Texas, Austin 1964 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 1992 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: American History 300th Anniversary University Professor • Harvard University 1978 Women’s Studies Fellow Henry T. Wright 1993 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: Archaeology Albert Clanton Spaulding Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology; Curator of Near Eastern Archaeology, Museum of Anthropology • University of Michigan 1964 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Tara Zahra 2014 MacArthur Fellow Area of Focus: East European History Professor of East European History • University of Chicago 1999 Mellon Fellow .

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