MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winners for 2020: The Full List

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 2020 fellows.

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Isaiah Andrews, 34

Econometrician

Harvard University

Cambridge, Mass.


Tressie McMillan Cottom, 43

Sociologist, writer and public scholar

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, N.C.


Paul Dauenhauer, 39

Chemical engineer

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis


Nels Elde, 47

Evolutionary geneticist

University of Utah

Salt Lake City


Damien Fair, 44

Cognitive neuroscientist

University of Minnesota Medical School

Minneapolis


Larissa FastHorse, 49

Playwright

Santa Monica, Calif.


Catherine Coleman Flowers, 62

Environmental health advocate

Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice

Montgomery, Ala.


Mary L. Gray, 51

Anthropologist and media scholar

Microsoft Research

Cambridge, Mass.


N. K. Jemisin, 48

Speculative-fiction writer

New York


Ralph Lemon, 68

Artist

Cross Performance Inc.

New York


Polina V. Lishko, 46

Cellular and developmental biologist

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, Calif.


Thomas Wilson Mitchell, 55

Property law scholar

Texas A&M University School of Law

Fort Worth


Natalia Molina, 49

American historian

University of Southern California

Los Angeles


Fred Moten, 58

Cultural theorist and poet

New York University

New York


Cristina Rivera Garza, 56

Fiction writer

University of Houston

Houston


Cécile McLorin Salvant, 31

Singer and composer

New York


Monika Schleier-Smith, 37

Experimental physicist

Stanford University

Stanford, Calif.


Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost, 41

Biological chemist

Princeton University

Princeton, N.J.


Forrest Stuart, 38

Sociologist

Stanford University

Stanford, Calif.


Nanfu Wang, 34

Documentary filmmaker

Montclair, N.J.


Jacqueline Woodson, 57

Writer

New York


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