List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1999

List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1999.

U.S. and Canadian Fellows

Chris Aiken, Choreographer and Dancer, Minneapolis; Teaching Specialist in Theatre Arts and Dance, University of Minnesota: Choreography. Jonathan Ames, Writer, New York City: Fiction. Barbara Watson Andaya, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Hawaii: A gendered history of early modern Southeast Asia. C. Edson Armi, Professor of History of Art, University of California, Santa Barbara: The first Romanesque architecture. Jon Robin Baitz, Playwright, New York City; Co-Director, Dramatic Writing Program, Juilliard School: Play writing. Peter Balakian, Professor of English, Colgate University: A family memoir. Lillian Ball, Artist, New York City: Visual art. Mary C. Beckerle, Professor of Biology, University of Utah: The molecular mechanism of cell movement. Robin Behn, Poet, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Associate Professor of English, University of Alabama: Poetry. Andrea Belag, Artist, New York City; Instructor in Drawing, School of Visual Arts: Painting. David Beratan, Professor of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh: Energy transduction schemes in biology. Janet Catherine Berlo, Susan B. Anthony Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and Professor of Art History, University of Rochester: Graphic arts of the 19th-century Plains Indians. Derek Bermel, Composer, Brooklyn, New York: Music composition. Ben S. Bernanke, Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University: Economic policy and the Great Depression. David Biale, Koret Professor of Jewish History and Director, Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California: Blood as a symbol and a substance in Western culture. Roger Bilham, Professor of Geological Sciences and Associate Director, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences(CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder: Global urbanization and seismic risk. Sheila S. Blair, Independent Scholar, Richmond, New Hampshire: A survey of Islamic calligraphy. Caroline H. Bledsoe, Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University: Body contingency and linearity in the history of Western obstetrics. Andrea Blum, Artist, New York City; Associate Professor of Art, Hunter College, City University of New York: Sculpture and public art. David Bottoms, Poet, Marietta, Georgia; Professor of English, Georgia State University: Poetry. Rogers Brubaker, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles: Ethnicity and nationalism in a Transylvanian town. Stephen G. Brush, Distinguished University Professor of the History of Science, University of Maryland, College Park: A comparative study of theory evaluation in different sciences. Steven M. Burke, Composer, Hopewell Junction, New York: Music composition. Jacqueline Carey, Writer, Missoula, Montana: Fiction. Susan Carey, Professor of Psychology, New York University: The origin of concepts. George Chaconas, Professor of Biochemistry and MRC Distinguished Scientist, University of Western Ontario: Molecular biological studies of the Lyme disease spirochete. Gordon H. Chang, Associate Professor of History, Stanford University: America's relationship with Asia. Jay Clayton, Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies, Vanderbilt University: Contemporary culture and the 19th-century heritage. Daniel A. Cohen, Associate Professor of History, Florida International University: Rebecca Reed and the burning of the Charlestown convent. Bernard Cooper, Writer, Los Angeles; Member of the Core Faculty in Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction, Antioch University: A memoir. Leda Cosmides, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara: Reason and the evolution of the imagination (in collaboration with John Tooby). James Cracraft, Professor of History and University Scholar, University of Illinois at Chicago: The Petrine revolution in Russian culture. Blondell Cummings, Choreographer and Performer, New York City: Choreography. Andrew Cyrille, Composer, Montclair, New Jersey; Member of the Faculty in Music, New School for Social Research: Music composition. Frederick T. Davies, Jr., Professor of Horticulture and of Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences, Texas A&M University: Mycorrhizal fungi as biofertilizers in Peruvian potato farming systems. Dick Davis, Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Ohio State University: Translation and literary hybridity. Robert C. Davis, Associate Professor of History, The Ohio State University: Italian responses to enslavement by Barbary Coast corsairs, 1500-1800. Victoria de Grazia, Professor of History, Columbia University: American market culture in 20th-century Europe. Percy Alec Deift, Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute, New York University: Riemann-Hilbert problems in pure and applied mathematics. Paul DeMarinis, Artist, San Francisco; Lecturer in Sound Art, San Francisco Art Institute: Sound installation. Junot Díaz, Writer, New York City; Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, Syracuse University: Fiction. Patsy S. Dickinson, Professor of Biology, Bowdoin College: Long-term control of neural networks and neuronal properties. Tamar Diesendruck, Composer, Somerville, Massachusetts; Fellow, Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College: Music composition. Marita Dingus, Artist, Auburn, Washington: Sculpture. Emmanuel Dongala, Writer, Great Barrington, Massachusetts; Member of the Faculty in Literature and Chemistry, Simon's Rock College of Bard College: Fiction. Christopher B. Donnan, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles: Ceramic portraits of ancient Peru. Linda Dowling, Independent Scholar, Princeton, New Jersey: Charles Eliot Norton and the art of civil life. Laura Lee Downs, Associate Professor of History, University of Michigan: French children's summer camps, 1880-1960. Ellen Carol DuBois, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles: Women's enfranchisement worldwide. Alessandro Duranti, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles: Walter Capps' campaign for the United States Congress. Barry Eichengreen, John L. Simpson Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley: The European economy since 1945. G. Barney Ellison, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder: Atmospheric processing of organic aerosols. Nader Engheta, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania: Fractional paradigm of classical electrodynamics. Will Eno, Playwright, Brooklyn, New York: Play writing. Eve Ensler, Playwright, New York City: Play writing. Kathleen M. Erndle, Associate Professor of Religion, Florida State University: Women, goddess possession, and power in Kangra Hinduism. Jason Eskenazi, Photographer, Bayside, New York: Photography. Andrew G. Ewing, Professor of Chemistry, J. Lloyd Huck Professor in Natural Sciences, and Adjunct Professor of Neuroscience and Anatomy, Pennsylvania State University: Single-cell membrane structure following exocytosis. Carole Fabricant, Professor of English, University of California, Riverside: Anglo-Irish representations of colonial Ireland. B. H. Fairchild, Poet, Claremont, California; Professor of English, California State University, San Bernardino: Poetry. Aaron L. Fogelson, Professor of Mathematics, University of Utah: The processes of platelet aggregation and coagulation. John Foran, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara: The origins of Third World social revolutions. David Frick, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of California, Berkeley: Peoples, confessions, and languages in 17th-century Vilnius. Peter Fritzsche, Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Nostalgia and memory. Kit Galloway, Video Artist, Santa Monica, California; Co-Director, Electronic Cafe International, Santa Monica: Video (in collaboration with Sherrie Rabinowitz). Andrew Garrison, Film Maker, Louisville, Kentucky; Visiting Lecturer in Film, University of Texas at Austin: Film making. Daniel Gilbert, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University: The psychology of affective forecasting. Scott F. Gilbert, Professor of Biology, Swarthmore College: The development and evolution of turtle shells. Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, Associate Professor of History, Yale University: Americans and race from World War I to the Brown decision. Warren Ginsberg, Professor of English, University at Albany, State University of New York: Chaucer's Italian tradition. Robb W. Glenny, Associate Professor of Medicine and of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine: Efficient pulmonary gas exchange. Lydia Goehr, Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University: The concept of musicality in modernist opera. David Goldes, Photographer, Minneapolis; Professor of Media Arts, Minneapolis College of Art and Design: Photography. Cameron Gordon, Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Professor of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin: Studies in three-dimensional manifolds. Kenneth R. Graves, Photographer, State College, Pennsylvania; Professor of Art, Pennsylvania State University: Photography. James E. Haber, Professor of Biology, Brandeis University: The mechanisms of recombination and DNA repair. Matt Harle, Artist, Brooklyn, New York: Sculpture. Neil Harris, Preston and Sterling Morton Professor of History, University of Chicago: A history of the American urban newspaper building. Jeffrey W. Harrison, Poet, Andover, Massachusetts; Roger Murray Writer-in-Residence, Phillips Academy, Andover: Poetry. Regina Harrison, Professor of Comparative Literature and Spanish and Director, Comparative Literature Program, University of Maryland, College Park: Cultural translation in colonial Spanish-Quechua literature. Kathryn Hellerstein, Lecturer in Yiddish Language and Literature, University of Pennsylvania: Women poets in Yiddish. Paul Hendrickson, Staff Writer, The Washington Post; Visiting Lecturer in English, University of Pennsylvania: The legacy of racism in Mississippi sheriffs' families. Michael Herzfeld, Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University: Past and present in modern Rome. Julia Heyward, Multi-media Artist, New York City; Visiting Instructor in Video Production, Pratt Institute: Multi-media art. Tin-Lun Ho, Professor of Physics, Ohio State University: The new physics of quantum gases of alkali atoms. Robert Hooper, Artist, Kildeer, Illinois: Painting. Jean E. Howard, Professor of English and Director, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Columbia University: The social role of the London commercial theater in the early 17th century. Terence T. L. Hwa, Associate Professor of Physics, University of California, San Diego: Statistical mechanics of biopolymer association. Tina L. Ingraham, Artist, Brunswick, Maine: Painting. Mikhail Iossel, Writer, Schenectady, New York; Writer-in-Residence, Union College: Fiction. Robert Grant Irving, Independent Scholar, West Hartford, Connecticut; Associate Fellow, Berkeley College, Yale University: A life of Sir Herbert Baker, architect. Peter Iverson, Professor of History, Arizona State University: A history of the Navajos. David Jablonski, Professor of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago: A synthetic study of macroevolution. Ron Jenkins, Professor of Performing Arts, Emerson College: The theatrical artistry of Dario Fo. Ha Jin, Writer, Lawrenceville, Georgia; Associate Professor of English, Emory University: Fiction. Caroline A. Jones, Associate Professor of Art History, Boston University: Clement Greenberg and American art. William E. Jones, Film Maker, Los Angeles; Member of the Faculty, California Institute of the Arts: Film making. Shirley Kaneda, Artist, New York City: Painting.