{"id":83704,"date":"2020-10-06T22:17:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T19:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/meet-the-21-macarthur-genius-grant-fellows-for-2020\/"},"modified":"2020-10-06T22:17:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T19:17:51","slug":"meet-the-21-macarthur-genius-grant-fellows-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/meet-the-21-macarthur-genius-grant-fellows-for-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"#Meet the 21 MacArthur &#8216;Genius&#8217; Grant fellows for 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32ed164a6bb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a32ed164a6bb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/meet-the-21-macarthur-genius-grant-fellows-for-2020\/#The_2020_fellows_are\" >The 2020 fellows are:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Meet the 21 MacArthur &#8216;Genius&#8217; Grant fellows for 2020<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                        Writers, sociologists and scientists, a documentary filmmaker, a legal scholar and an environmental health advocate are among the luminaries named as this year\u2019s MacArthur fellows. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Tuesday announced 21 people will each receive $625,000 over five years to use as they please. The Chicago-based foundation has awarded the \u201cgenius grants\u201d every year since 1981 to help further the pursuits of people with outstanding talent.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_2020_fellows_are\"><\/span><em>The 2020 fellows are:<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Isaiah Andrews<\/strong>, 34, econometrician, Harvard University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tressie McMillan Cottom<\/strong>, 43, sociologist and writer, University of North Caroline, Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Dauenhaur<\/strong>, 39, chemical engineer, University of Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nels Elde<\/strong>, 47, evolutionary geneticist, University of Utah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Damien Fair<\/strong>, 44, cognitive neuroscientist, University of Minnesota.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16408869\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-nypost-large-desktop-uncropped wp-image-16408869 lazyload\" alt=\"Damien Fair poses for a photo in Minneapolis. Fair, a cognitive neuroscientist, is among the 21 recipients of this year's \u201cgenius grants.&quot; \" width=\"662\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/MacArthur-fellows-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/MacArthur-fellows-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/MacArthur-fellows-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/MacArthur-fellows-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=662 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/MacArthur-fellows-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1324 1324w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 662px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Damien Fair poses for a photo in Minneapolis. Fair, a cognitive neuroscientist, is among the 21 recipients of this year\u2019s \u201cgenius grants.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Larissa FastHorse<\/strong>, 49, playwright, Santa Monica, California.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Catherine Coleman Flowers<\/strong>, 62, environmental health advocate, Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary L. Gray<\/strong>, 51, anthropologist and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> scholar, Microsoft Research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>N.K. Memisin<\/strong>, 48, speculative fiction writer, Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ralph Lemon<\/strong>, 68, artist, Cross Performance Inc., New York, New York.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16408878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-nypost-large-desktop-uncropped wp-image-16408878 lazyload\" alt=\"Catherine Coleman Flowers poses for a photo in Montgomery, Ala. Flowers is among the 21 recipients of this year's \u201cgenius grants.&quot; \" width=\"662\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/MacArthur-fellows-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/MacArthur-fellows-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/MacArthur-fellows-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/MacArthur-fellows-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=662 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/MacArthur-fellows-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1324 1324w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 662px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Catherine Coleman Flowers poses for a photo in Montgomery, Ala.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Polina V. Lishko<\/strong>, 46, cellular and developmental biologist, University of California, Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Wilson Mitchell<\/strong>, 55, property law scholar, Texas A&amp;M University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Natalia Molina<\/strong>, 49, American historian, University of Southern California.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fred Moten<\/strong>, 58, poet and cultural theorist, New York University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cristina Rivera Garza<\/strong>, 56, fiction writer, University of Houston.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cecile McLorin Salvant<\/strong>, 31, composer and singer, Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monika Schleier-Smith<\/strong>, 37, experimental physicist, Stanford University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost<\/strong>, 41, biological chemist, Princeton University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forrest Stuart<\/strong>, 38, sociologist, Stanford University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nanfu Wang<\/strong>, 34, documentary filmmaker, Montclair, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jacqueline Woodson<\/strong>, 57, writer, Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16408856\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-nypost-large-desktop-uncropped wp-image-16408856 lazyload\" alt=\"Writer Jacqueline Woodson poses for a photo in Brooklyn, N.Y. \" width=\"662\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/MacArthur-fellows-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/MacArthur-fellows-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/MacArthur-fellows-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/MacArthur-fellows-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=662 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/MacArthur-fellows-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1324 1324w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 662px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Writer Jacqueline Woodson poses for a photo in Brooklyn, N.Y.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/06\/meet-the-21-macarthur-genius-grant-fellows-for-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Meet the 21 MacArthur &#8216;Genius&#8217; Grant fellows for 2020&#8221; Writers, sociologists and scientists, a documentary filmmaker, a legal scholar and an environmental health advocate are among the luminaries named as this year\u2019s MacArthur fellows. 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