MacArthur Genius Grants 2022 List of Fellows, Winners

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In academics, the arts, and sciences, it is arguably the most prized honor. You can’t be nominated, and the list of potential candidates is kept a closely-guarded secret. The financial award is also quite delicious. According to the MacArthur Foundation website, the $800,000 grants given to this year’s 25 MacArthur Fellows are “no-strings-attached awards to highly bright and innovative individuals as an investment in their future.”

MacArthur Genius Grants 2022 List of Fellows, Winners An ornithologist, a cellist, a computer scientist, and a human rights activist are among this year’s group of ‘geniuses. The fellows might broaden their field of study, switch occupations, or purchase a home.

MacArthur Genius Grants 2022 List of Fellows, Winners

Jennifer Carlson of Tucson, AZ
Paul Chan of New York, NY
Yejin Choi of the University of Washington
P. Gabrielle Foreman of Pennsylvania State University
Danna Freedman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Martha Gonzalez of Scripps College
Sky Hopinka of Bard College
June Huh of Princeton University
Moriba Jah of the University of Texas, Austin, is an astrodynamicist
Jenna Jambeck of the University of Georgia is an environmental engineer
Monica Kim of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is a historian
Priti Krishtel of the Initiative for Medicines, Access, and Knowledge (I-MAK) in Oakland, CA, is a health justice lawyer.

Joseph Drew Lanham of Clemson University is an ornithologist, naturalist, and writer.
Kiese Laymon of Rice University is a writer
Reuben Jonathan Miller of the University of Chicago is a sociologist, criminologist, and social worker.
Ikue Mori of New York, NY, is an electronic music composer and performer.
Steven Prohira of the University of Kansas is a physicist.
Tomeka Reid of Chicago, IL, is a jazz cellist and composer.
Loretta J. Ross of Smith College is a reproductive justice and human rights advocate.
Steven Ruggles of the University of Minnesota is a historical demographer
Tavares Strachan of New York, NY, and Nassau, The Bahamas, is an interdisciplinary conceptual artist.
Emily Wang of Yale University School of Medicine is a primary care physician and researcher.
Amanda Williams of Chicago, IL, is an artist and architect.
Melanie Matchett Wood of Harvard University is a mathematician.