The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation announced this year’s list of fellows through their official website
on Tuesday. The 25 “genius grants” belong to fields as filmmaking, history, computational
virology and adaptive technology design.
The fellowship is worth $625,000 and will be paid out in
five equal annual installments.
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The foundation states that “the fellowship is not a
reward for past accomplishment, but rather an investment in a person’s
originality, insight and potential.”
The 2021 list comprises of 13 men and 12 women. The
current MacArthur Fellows Program class is as follows:
1. Daniel
Alarcon, New York City, 44: Writer and radio producer
2. Marcella
Aslan, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 44: Physician-economist
3. Hanif
Abdurraqib, Columbus, Ohio, 38: Music critic, essayist and poet
4. Trevor
Bedford, Seattle, 39: Computational virologist
5. Reginald
Dwayne Betts, New Haven, Connecticut, 40: Poet and lawyer
6. Jordan
Casteel, New York City, 32: Painter
7. Don
Mee Choi, Seattle, 59: Poet and translator
8. Ibrahim
Cisse, Pasadena, California, 38: Cellular biophysicist
9. Ibram
X. Kendi, Boston, 39: American historian and cultural critic
10. Daniel
Lind-Ramos, Loiza, Puerto Rico, 68: Sculptor and painter
11. Monica
Munoz Martinez, Austin, Texas, 37: Public historian
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12. Desmond
Meade, Orlando, Florida, 54: Civil rights activist
13. Joshua
Miele, Berkeley, California, 52: Adaptive technology designer
14. Michelle
Monje, Palo Alto, California, 45: Neurologist and neuro oncologist
15. Safiya
Noble, Los Angeles, 51: Digital media scholar
16. J.
Taylor, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 44: Geomorphologist
17. Alex
Rivera, Pasadena, California, 48: Filmmaker and media artist
18. Lisa
Schulte Moore, Ames, Iowa, 50: Landscape ecologist
19. Jesse
Shapiro, Providence, Rhode Island, 41: Applied microeconomist
20. Keeanga-Yamahtta
Taylor, Princeton, New Jersey, 49: Historian
21. Victor
J. Torres, New York City, 44: Microbiologist
22. Jawole
Willa Jo Zollar, Tallahassee, Florida, 70: Choreographer and dance entrepreneur
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23. Jacqueline
Stewart, 51, Film scholar, archivist and curator
24. Nicole
Fleetwood, New York City, 48: Art Historian and curator
25. Cristina
Ibarra, Pasadena, California, 49: Documentary
filmmaker
