List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2006 contains all Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in the year 2006, with the information broken down numerically and by region.
U.S. and Canadian Fellows A Kathryn Alexander, Composer, New Haven, Connecticut; Associate Professor of Music Composition, Yale University: Music composition. Cristian Amigo, Composer, Astoria, New York; Visiting Scholar, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University; Adjunct Professor, College of Staten Island, City University of New York: Music composition. Olive Ayhens, Artist, Brooklyn, New York: Painting.
B Markus Baenziger, Artist, New York City; Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Brandeis University: Sculpture. Ulrich Baer, Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature and Chair, Department of German, New York University: The representation of clouds and the art of sublimation, 1800–1970. Dare Baldwin, Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon: Understanding others' actions. Thomas J. Barfield, Professor of Anthropology and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Boston University: Political legitimacy in Afghanistan. Catherine Barnett, Poet, New York City; Adjunct Faculty, Creative Writing Program, and Liberal Arts Program, Paul McGhee Division, New York University: Poetry. Emily Barton, Writer, Brooklyn, New York; Writer-in-Residence, Eugene Lang College, New School University: Fiction.a Todd Bertolaet, Professor of Photography, Florida A & M University: Photography. Douglas Biow, Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature, University of Texas, Austin: Anticonformist authors in 16th-century Italy. Michael R. Blatt, Regius Professor of Botany and Head of Plant Sciences, University of Glasgow: Membrane protein mobility and dynamics. Judy Blunt, Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Nonfiction, University of Montana: Essays on the legend of the strong Western woman. Hilary Brace, Artist, Santa Barbara, California: Drawing. Marco Breuer, Photographer, Hudson, New York; Adjunct Faculty Member in Photography, M.F.A. Program, Bard College: Photography. Ellen Bromberg, Choreographer, Salt Lake City, Utah; Associate Professor of Modern Dance, University of Utah: Choreography. Timothy Brook, Professor of Chinese History and Principal, St. John's College, University of British Columbia: Social suffering and social policy in the Chinese tradition. Roxane Butterfly, Choreographer, New York City; Artistic Director, Worldbeats: Choreography.
C Christopher Caines, Choreographer, Brooklyn, New York; Artistic Director, Christopher Caines Dance Company: Choreography. Scott Cairns, Poet, Columbia, Missouri; Professor of English, University of Missouri: Poetry. Wally Cardona, Choreographer, Brooklyn, New York; Artistic Director, WCV, Inc: Choreography. Bruce G. Carruthers, Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University: The evolution of economic trust. Alessandra Casella, Professor of Economics, Columbia University: Storable votes. David W. Christianson, Roy and Diana Vagelos Professor in Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of Pennsylvania: Complexes between biological macromolecules and nonbiological nanomolecules. Jill Ciment, Writer, Gainesville, Florida; Professor of English, University of Florida: Fiction. Paul M. Cobb, Associate Professor of Islamic History, and Fellow of the Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame: Usama ibn Munqidh's memoirs and the Muslims in the age of the Crusades. Patricia Cline Cohen, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara: Thomas and Mary Gove Nichols and marriage reform in antebellum America. Donald Crockett, Composer, La Cañada, California; Professor of Composition and Chair, Composition Department, Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California: Music composition.
D Tracy Daugherty, Professor of English, Oregon State University: A biography of Donald Barthelme. Anthony Davis, Composer, San Diego, California; Professor of Music, University of California, San Diego: Music composition. Sally Denton, Writer, Santa Fe, New Mexico: Jessie and John Frémont and the shaping of America. Dennis Des Chene, Professor of Philosophy, Washington University: Wisdom and the new science in the 17th century. Nathaniel Deutsch, Associate Professor of Religion, Swarthmore College: Ansky and the invention of Jewish ethnography. Helen DeWitt, Writer, Berlin, Germany: Fiction. Michael Dine, Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz: Preparation for the large hadron collider. Frank Dobbin, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University: Equal opportunity in practice. Julia V. Douthwaite, Professor of French and Assistant Provost for International Studies, University of Notre Dame: A literary history of the French Revolution. Michael W. Doyle, Harold Brown Professor of International Affairs, Law, and Political Science, Columbia University: The ethics, politics, and law of preventative self-defense. Paul Dresher, Composer, Berkeley, California: Music composition. Jean-Marie Dufour, Professor of Economics and Canada Research Chair in Econometrics, University of Montréal: Econometric problems in macroeconomics and finance.
E , Professor of History, University of California, San Diego: Moscow soccer audiences and popular attitudes toward communism. Michael S. Engel, Professor and Senior Curator, Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas: Evolution of the termites and global changes in carbon recycling. Martín Espada, Poet, Amherst, Massachusetts; Professor of English, University of Massachusetts: Poetry.
F Hany Farid, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Dartmouth College: Digital forensics. Paula S. Fass, Margaret Byrne Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley: Parents and children in American history, 1800-2000. Gillian Feeley-Harnik, Kathleen Gough Collegiate Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan: Kinship and ecology in 19th-century Great Britain and America. Steven Feierman, Professor of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania: Social medicine in Africa. Martha Feldman, Professor of Music and the Humanities, University of Chicago: The castrato as myth. Peter Fend, Artist, Berlin, Germany: Visual art. Judy Fox, Artist, New York City: Sculpture. Dana Frankfort, Artist, Long Island City, New York: Painting. Daisy Fried, Poet, Northampton, Massachusetts; Grace Hazard Conkling Writer-in-Residence, Smith College: Poetry. Barbara Fuchs, Associate Professor of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania: "Moorish" culture and the conflictive construction of Spain. Diana Fuss, Professor of English, Princeton University: Poetry and the art of resuscitation.
G Louis Galambos, Professor of History, The Johns Hopkins University; Editor, The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower; Maguire Chair, Kluge Center, Library of Congress: The Creative Society, and the price Americans paid for being creative. Alison P. Galvani, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University: Game-theoretic insights into population adherence of influenza vaccination policies. David Garland, Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology, New York University: Capital punishment and American society. Nina Rattner Gelbart, Professor of History and Anita Johnson Wand Professor of Women's Studies, Occidental College: Frenchwomen of science in the 18th century. Michael Gitlin, Film Maker, Brooklyn, New York; Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies, Hunter College, City University of New York: Film making. Jane M. Gitschier, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco: The genetic basis of absolute-pitch perception. Arthur Goldhammer, Translator, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Senior Affiliate, Center for European Studies, Harvard University: Democracy in America since Tocqueville. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, Writer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College: Fiction. Maria Elena González, Artist, Brooklyn, New York: Sculpture and installation art. Dena Goodman, Professor of History and Women's Studies, University of Michigan: Women's letter-writing in the 18th century. Katie Grinnan, Artist, Los Angeles; Lecturer, University of California, Irvine: Sculpture. Rinne Groff, Playwright, New York City; Instructor in Dramatic Writing, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University: Play writing. Ruth Ellen Gruber, Writer and Independent Scholar, Morre, Italy: Imaginary Wild Wests in contemporary Europe. Allan Gurganus, Writer, Hillsborough, North Carolina: Fiction.
H Carl Haber, Senior Scientist, Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Optical methods to recover sound from mechanical recordings. Judith Hall, Poet, Malibu, California; Core Faculty Member, M.F.A. in Poetry Program, New England College; Poetry Editor, The Antioch Review: Poetry. Mark Halliday, Poet, Athens, Ohio; Professor of English, Ohio University: Poetry. Karen V. Hansen, Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies, Brandeis University: The Dakota Sioux and Scandinavian homesteaders, 1900-1930. Dayna Hanson, Choreographer, Seattle, Washington: Choreography. Mike Heffley, Writer, Portland, Oregon;Adjunct Professor, Axia College of Western International University, Phoenix, Arizona: The folkloric and the radical in new and improvised music. Michael Henry Heim, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, and of Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles: The theory and practice of advanced language acquisition. Frank Herrmann, Artist, Cincinnati, Ohio; Professor of Fine Arts, University of Cincinnati: Painting. Constance Valis Hill, Five College Associate Professor of Dance, Hampshire College: A cultural history of tap dancing in America since 1900. Kay E. Holekamp, Professor of Zoology, Michigan State University: Development of role-reversed sex differences in behavior and morphology. Thomas Hurka, Chancellor Henry N. R. Jackman Distinguished Chair in Philosophical Studies, University of Toronto: British moral philosophy from Sidgwick to Ross. Lewis Hyde, Writer, Gambier, Ohio; Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing, Kenyon College: Our cultural commons.
I Yoko Inoue, Artist, Brooklyn, New York; Visiting Faculty, Bennington College: Installation art.
J Daniel James, Bernardo Mendel Chair of Latin American History, Indiana University: Class, ethnicity, and identity formation in an Argentine meatpacking community. Scott Johnson, Composer, New York City: Music composition.
K Zsolt Kadar, Photographer, Los Angeles: Photography. Douglas Kahn, Director of Technocultural Studies, University of California, Davis: History of the recognition of natural radio phenomena. Carla Kaplan, Professor of English and Gender Studies, University of Southern California: The white women of the Harlem Renaissance. Patrick Radden Keefe, Writer, Brooklyn; Program Officer and Fellow, The Century Foundation, New York City: Networks of cross-border criminal and terrorist organizations. Garret Keizer, Writer, Sutton, Vermont: A humanistic consideration of noise. Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Poet, Arcata, California; Professor of English, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Poetry. Suki Kim, Writer, New York City: Fiction. Diane P. Koenker, Professor of History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Proletarian tourism and vacations in the USSR. Joseph Leo Koerner, Professor in the History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art: Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, and the painting of everyday life. Schuyler S. Korban, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Studies of plant-based vaccines.