1998

Foundation Program Areas

1998 U.S. and Canadian Fellows

• Don L. Anderson, Professor of Geophysics, California Institute of Technology: The internal Earth system.
• Arthur P. Arnold, Professor of Physiological Science and Neurobiology and Associate Director, Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles: Sexual differentiation of the brain.
• Adam Baer, Photographer, Greenwich, Connecticut: Photography.
• Teodolinda Barolini, Professor of Italian, Columbia University: The Italian lyric from Giacomo to Dante.
• Burt Barr, Artist, New York City: Installation art.
• Mitchell C. Begelman, Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado at Boulder: Demography of black-hole spin.
• Bei Dao, Poet, Davis, California: Poetry.
• Eugene W. Beier, Professor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania: Neutrinos emitted by the sun.
• Nicola Beisel, Associate Professor of Sociology and Acting Director, Program in American Studies, Northwestern University: Race and the politics of abortion in America.
• Robert G. Bergman, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley: Development of new transition-metal catalyzed reactions.
• Lenard R. Berlanstein, Professor of History, University of Virginia: French theatre women in the 18th and 19th centuries.
• Cindy Bernard, Artist, San Pedro, California; Member of the Adjunct Faculty in Art, University of Southern California: Visual art.
• Bruce C. Berndt, Professor of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Ramanujan's lost notebook.
• Pallab K. Bhattacharya, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan: Photon localization in semiconductor heterostructures.
• Hayes Biggs, Composer, New York City; Member of the Faculty, Manhattan School of Music; Associate Editor, C. F. Peters Corporation: Music composition.
• Barbara Bloom, Artist, New York City: Visual art.
• Andrew Borowiec, Photographer, Akron, Ohio; Professor of Art, University of Akron: Photography.
• Svetlana Boym, Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature, Harvard University: Nostalgia and post-Communist memory.
• Richard D. Brown, Professor of History, University of Connecticut: Family violence and community justice in the early American republic.
• Ellen Bruno, Film Maker, San Francisco: Film making.
• Barbara Kathryn Burgess, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine: Gated proton and electron transfer reactions.
• Scott G. Burnham, Associate Professor of Music, Princeton University: Mozart, Schubert, and the music of Romantic subjectivity.
• Judith Butler, Professor of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley: The politics of kinship.
• Jin-Yi Cai, Professor of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Computational complexity theory.
• Anne Carson, Poet, Montreal; Professor of Classics, McGill University: Poetry.
• Clare Cavanagh, Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Poetry and power in modern Russia and Poland.
• Sun-Yung Alice Chang, Professor of Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles: Studies of the Paneitz operator.
• Albert Chong, Photographer, Boulder, Colorado; Associate Professor of Art, University of Colorado at Boulder: Photography.
• Demetrios Christodoulou, Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University: Black holes and space-time singularities.
• David Crumb, Composer, Eugene, Oregon; Assistant Professor of Composition, University of Oregon: Music composition.
• Richard Dellamora, Professor of English and Cultural Studies and Acting Director, Graduate Program in Methodologies, Trent University: Citizenship in the Victorian novel.
• Justin N. Dello Joio, Composer, New York City; Faculty Composer-in-Residence and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music, New York University: Music composition.
• John D'Emilio, Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Greensboro: A biography of Bayard Rustin.
• Yemane I. Demissie, Film Maker, Culver City, California: Film making.
• Suzanne Desan, Associate Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Family law, gender, and politics in revolutionary France.
• Jared Diamond, Professor of Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine: Ecological collapses of past societies.
• Tom Donaghy, Playwright, New York City: Play writing.
• Rackstraw Downes, Artist, New York City: Painting.
• Kathy Eden, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University: Tradition and intellectual property in the Adages of Erasmus.
• Daniel Eisenberg, Film Maker, Chicago; Assistant Professor of Filmmaking, School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Film making.
• A. Roger Ekirch, Professor of History, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Night in times past.
• Peter T. Ellison, Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University: Ecological constraints on human reproduction.
• Jody Enders, Professor of French, University of California, Santa Barbara: The social context of medieval French drama.
• Steven A. Epstein, Professor of History, University of Colorado at Boulder: The language of Italian slavery.
• Candace Falk, Editor and Director, The Emma Goldman Papers, University of California, Berkeley: Essays on Emma Goldman.
• James R. Farr, Professor of History, Purdue University: The Giroux affair and the law in 17th-century France.
• Gilles R. Fauconnier, Professor of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego: Conceptual integration.
• Paula Findlen, Associate Professor of Italian History, Stanford University: Women and science in 18th-century Italy.
• Maurice A. Finocchiaro, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas: A critical history of the Galileo affair, 1633-1992.
• David Fludd, Artist, New York City: Painting.
• Nina Fonoroff, Film Maker, Buffalo, New York; Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Study, State University of New York at Buffalo: Film making.
• Hal Foster, Professor of Modern Art, Princeton University: Definitions of artistic medium and aesthetic field in modernism.
• Eduardo Fradkin, Professor of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Studies in low-temperature quantum phenomena.
• Kenji Fujita, Artist, Red Hook, New York; Member of MFA Faculty, Bard College; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; Instructor, MFA and Asian Students Programs, School of Visual Arts: Sculpture and works on paper.
• Salvo Galano, Photographer, New York City: Photography.
• David Gates, Writer, Granville, New York; Senior Writer, Newsweek; Instructor in MFA Writing Program, New School for Social Research: Fiction.
• Marvin Gates, Artist, Boston, Massachusetts: Painting.
• William M. Gelbart, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles: Phenomenological theory of model DNA, proteins, and cell membranes.
• Timothy J. Gilfoyle, Associate Professor of History, Loyola University of Chicago: George Appo and the urban underworld of 19th-century America.
• Francisco Goldman, Writer, Brooklyn, New York: Fiction.
• Billy Golfus, Film Maker, Minneapolis: Film making.
• Ain Gordon, Playwright, Brooklyn, New York; Associate Director, Pick Up Performance Company: Play writing.
• Alma Gottlieb, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: West African infant-care practices.
• Larry Gross, Sol Worth Professor of Communication, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania: Lesbians, gay men, and the media.
• George Gruner, Professor of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles: Quantum dynamics of solids.
• Mauro F. Guillén, Assistant Professor of Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania: Business, labor, and globalization in Argentina, South Korea, and Spain.
• Tom Gunning, Professor of Art History, University of Chicago: The early detective film.
• Sue Halpern, Writer, Johnsburg, New York: Monarch butterfly migration as fact and metaphor.
• Abdellah Hammoudi, Bayard Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Professor of Anthropology, and Director, Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, Princeton University: The pilgrimage to Mecca as a ritual process.
• Lee Haring, Professor of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; Adjunct Professor of Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania: The ethnography of interpretive communities.
• Julie Hecht, Writer, East Hampton, New York: Fiction.
• Michael W. Herren, Professor of Classics and Humanities, York University; Adjunct Professor of Medieval Studies, University of Toronto: The mythographic tradition in antiquity and the Middle Ages.
• Carla Hesse, Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley: Women, literature, and politics in the era of the French Revolution.
• Jody Hey, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Genetics, Nelson Biological Laboratories, Rutgers University, Piscataway: The genetics of speciation.
• Susan Hiller, Artist, London, England: Visual art.
• A. M. Homes, Writer, New York City; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Writing Program, Columbia University: Fiction.
• Marie Howe, Poet, New York City; Member of the Faculty in Writing, Sarah Lawrence College; Member of Adjunct Writing Faculty, Columbia University: Poetry.
• Raymond B. Huey, Professor of Zoology, University of Washington: Success and death of mountaineers on the high peaks of the Himalayas.
• Ann Hutchinson Guest, Director, Language of Dance Centre, London, England; Consultant, Laban Centre, London: Advanced Labanotation.
• John Jasperse, Choreographer, New York City; President and Artistic Director, Thin Man Dance: Choreography.
• Bill Jensen, Artist, New York City: Painting, drawing, and printmaking.
• Michael Joo, Artist, New York City: Sculpture and installation art.
• Eileen Julien, Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Indiana University at Bloomington: Modernity as theme and practice in African literatures.
• Frances Myrna Kamm, Professor of Philosophy, New York University; Visiting Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles: Error theories and nonconsequentialism.
• Paul Kane, Associate Professor of English, Vassar College: A critical re-evaluation of Emerson's poetry.
• Dennis Kardon, Artist, New York City; Instructor in Painting, School of Visual Art: Painting.
• John F. Kasson, Professor of History and Adjunct Professor of American Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: The white male body and the crisis of modernity in America, 1893-1917.
• Demetrius A. Klein, Choreographer, West Palm Beach, Florida; Artistic Director, Demetrius Klein Dance Company: Choreography.
• Timothy Kramer, Composer, San Antonio, Texas; Associate Professor of Music and Composer-in-Residence, Trinity University: Music composition.
• Christopher Kyle, Playwright, Brooklyn, New York: Play writing.
• Robert Lazarsfeld, Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan: Linear series on algebraic varieties.
• William Leavitt, Artist, Los Angeles; Instructor in Art, Marymount College, Rancho Palos Verdes, California: Visual art.
• Lyle Leverich, Scholar, San Rafael, California: A biography of Tennessee Williams.
• Nelson Lichtenstein, Professor of History, University of Virginia: A history of the United States, 1941-2000.
• Mary Lindemann, Professor of History, Carnegie Mellon University: Crime, identity, and politics in Amsterdam, Antwerp, and Hamburg, 1650-1815.
• Nancy Lorenz, Artist, New York City: Painting.
• Robert C. Maggio, Composer, Media, Pennsylvania; Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition, West Chester University: Music composition.
• Dusan Makavejev, Film Maker, Paris, France; Visiting Lecturer, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University: Film making.
• Dionisio D. Martínez, Poet, Tampa, Florida: Poetry.
• Elizabeth Anne McCauley, Professor of Art, University of Massachusetts at Boston: Photography and the art-historical imagination, 1839-1939.
• Elizabeth McCracken, Writer, Somerville, Massachusetts: Fiction.
• Campbell McGrath, Poet, Miami Beach, Florida; Assistant Professor of English, Florida International University: Poetry.
• Christopher F. McKee, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley: The evolution of the interstellar medium of disk galaxies.
• Sabeeha Merchant, Professor of Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles: Assembly of protein complexes in biological membranes.
• Mattison Mines, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara: The social history of individuality in south India.
• Marilyn Minter, Artist, New York City; Instructor in Studio Painting, School of Visual Arts: Painting.
• Peter Mombaerts, Assistant Professor and Head, Laboratory of Vertebrate Developmental Neurogenetics, Rockefeller University: The wiring of the olfactory system.
• Russell K. Monson, Professor of Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder: Biospheric controls over atmospheric chemistry.
• Judith Moore, Writer, Berkeley, California; Editor and Staff Writer, San Diego Reader: A book of essays.
• Susan J. Napier, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, University of Texas at Austin: A cultural investigation into Japanese animation.
• Joachim Neugroschel, Writer and Translator, Belle Harbor, New York: Translation of S. Ansky's writings.
• Jane O. Newman, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine: The disciplinary formation of Renaissance and early modern studies.
• Roger Newton, Photographer, New York City: Photography.
• Tom Noonan, Film Maker, New York City; President, Genre Pictures; Artistic Director, Paradise Theater Company: Film making.
• Thomas V. O'Halloran, Dow Chemical Company Research Professor and Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University: Studies of metal-chaperone proteins.
• Donald B. Oliver, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University: The mechanism of SecA membrane penetration.
• Janet Peery, Writer, Norfolk, Virginia; Assistant Professor of English, Old Dominion University: Fiction.
• Laura Ann Petitto, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory for Language, Sign, and Cognition, McGill University; Research Scientist, McDonnell-Pew Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience: Studies in human and animal cognition.
• Paul Pierson, Professor of Government, Harvard University: Temporal processes in politics.
• Sarah B. Pomeroy, Distinguished Professor of Classics, Hunter College, City University of New York: Spartan women.
• Gopal Prasad, Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan: Representation theory of reductive p-adic groups.
• Alan S. Prince, Professor of Linguistics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick: Investigations in Optimality Theory.
• Jorge Pullin, Associate Professor of Physics, Pennsylvania State University: Gravitational waves from colliding black holes.
• Eloise Quiñones Keber, Professor of Art History, Baruch College and The Graduate School, City University of New York: A reassessment of Aztec art.
• Christopher A. Reed, Professor of Chemistry, University of Southern California: Studies of novel carbon-based materials.
• Paula Richman, Irvin E. Houck Professor in the Humanities, Oberlin College: The Ramayana in the political discourse of Madras, 1902-1973.
• David Riggs, Professor of English, Stanford University: A life of Christopher Marlowe.
• Kenneth Rogoff, Charles and Marie Robertson Professor of International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University: Strategic aspects of international macroeconomic policy.
• Christina D. Romer, Class of 1957-Garff B. Wilson Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley: The successes and failures of American macroeconomic policy in the 20th century.
• James Romm, Visiting Associate Professor of Classics, Fordham University: Ancient Greek views of India and their influence.
• Jay Rosenblatt, Film Maker, San Francisco; Instructor in Film, San Francisco State University; Instructor in Film, College of San Mateo: Film making.
• Frank Salomon, Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Andean writing systems.
• Daniel L. Schacter, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University: Constructive memory and the brain.
• Emanuel A. Schegloff, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles: Practices and structures of conversation.
• Bambi B. Schieffelin, Professor of Anthropology, New York University: A cultural study of Kaluli language.
• John G. Sclater, Professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego: Studies in the tectonic history of the Indian Ocean.
• Neil H. Shubin, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania: The origin of evolutionary novelty.
• Joseph H. Silverman, Professor of Mathematics, Brown University: Number theory and diophantine equations.
• Jeffrey Chipps Smith, Professor of Art History, University of Texas at Austin: Jesuits and the art of the early Catholic Reformation in Germany.
• Robert Smythe, Performance Artist, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Artistic Director, Mum Puppettheatre, Philadelphia: Puppet theatre.
• Robin Chapman Stacey, Associate Professor of History and Adjunct Associate Professor of Women's Studies, University of Washington: The performance of law in early Ireland.
• Henry Staten, Professor of English and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah: The transvaluation of values in the English novel.
• Ilan Stavans, Associate Professor of Spanish, Amherst College: A memoir of language.
• Sidney Strickland, Leading Professor of Pharmacology, State University of New York at Stony Brook: The role of proteases in wiring the central nervous system.
• Susan Strome, Professor of Biology, Indiana University at Bloomington: The roles of microtubule motors in early embryo development.
• Wendy Sussman, Artist, Oakland, California; Associate Professor of Art, University of California, Berkeley: Painting.
• Michael T. Taussig, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University: The folklore of justice in Colombia.
• Bob Thall, Photographer, Chicago; Professor of Photography, Columbia College Chicago: Photography.
• Salvatore Torquato, Professor of Engineering, Princeton University: Biological materials and growth processes.
• Nancy J. Troy, Professor of Art History, University of Southern California: Fashion and the marketing of modernism.
• Shripad Tuljapurkar, President, Mountain View Research, Los Altos, California: Uncertainty and decision-making in public retirement systems.
• Donna N. Uchizono, Choreographer, New York City; Artistic Director, Donna Uchizono Company: Choreography.
• Patricia Waddy, Professor of Architecture, Syracuse University: The Del Bufalo buildings in Rome.
• Elisabeth Weber, Associate Professor of Germanic, Slavic, and Semitic Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara: French philosophy and psychoanalysis and the Shoah.
• Barbara Weinstein, Professor of History, State University of New York at Stony Brook: Regionalism in Sao Paulo and the formation of Brazilian national identity.
• Richard H. Weisberg, Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law, Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University: The privatization of public discourse.
• Kate Wheeler, Writer, Somerville, Massachusetts: Fiction.
• Lawrence L. Widdoes, Composer, New York City; Instructor in Literature and Materials of Music, Juilliard School: Music composition.
• Isabel Wilkerson, Writer, Chicago; Senior Writer, The New York Times: The aftermath of the black migration to the North and West.
• Linda Williams, Professor of Film Studies and Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley: American racial melodrama.
• David Wilson, Artist, Los Angeles; Director, Museum of Jurassic Technology, Culver City, California: Visual art.
• Jay Winter, Reader in Modern History, University of Cambridge, England: Albert Kahn and the face of humanity.
• Robin Winters, Artist, Cooks Falls, New York; Visiting Artist, Rhode Island School of Design: Visual art.
• Elise Kimerling Wirtschafter, Associate Professor of History, California State Polytechnic University: Theatre and society in imperial Russia.
• Susan Wood, Poet, Houston, Texas; Professor of English, Rice University: Poetry.
• Michael Woodford, Professor of Economics, Princeton University: Monetary policy without money.
• Baron Wormser, Poet, Hallowell, Maine: Poetry.
• Richard Wright, Professor of Geography, Dartmouth College: Immigrants and the rhetoric of assimilation.

1998 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows

• José W. Araújo, Film Maker, Fortaleza, Brazil; Writer and Director, Tupa Filmes, Fortaleza: Film making.
• Margarita Bali, Choreographer, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Co-Director, Nucleodanza; Director, Estudio de Danza Margarita Bali: Choreography.
• Rafael D. Benguria, Professor of Mathematical Physics, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile: Spectral properties of linear and nonlinear boundary value problems.
• Tania Bruguera, Artist, Havana, Cuba: Sculpture and performance art.
• Antonio Caro, Artist, Bogota, Colombia: Community art.
• Horacio Crespo, Professor of History, Center for Advanced Studies, National University of Cordoba, Argentina: Pasado y Presente and the work of José Aricó.
• Luis Manuel Escobar, Director, Museum of Indigenous Art, Center of Visual Arts, Asunción, Paraguay: The forms of power.
• Julio Garcia Espinosa, Film Maker, Mexico City: Film making.
• Ana Gerzenstein, Independent Researcher, National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET): An ethno-linguistic Maká-Spanish dictionary.
• Margo Glantz, Writer, Mexico City; Professor Emerita of Literature, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM): Fiction.
• Nury González, Artist, Santiago, Chile: Sculpture.
• J. Raul Grigera, Professor of Biophysics and Director, Institute of Physical Chemistry of Liquids and Biological Systems (IFLYSIB), National University of La Plata: The biophysics of water and the study of fluxes through membranes.
• Mariano J. Levin, Career Investigator, National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET); Professor of Microbiology, University of Buenos Aires: The role of ribosomal P proteins in the generation of Chagas disease antibodies.
• Estela Susana Lizano Soberón, Professor of Astronomy, Institute of Astronomy, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM): Star formation and its effects on molecular clouds.
• Juan Maidagan, Artist, New York City: Installation art (in collaboration with Dolores Zinny).
• Tununa Mercado, Writer, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Fiction.
• Lorenzo Meyer, Professor of Political History, El Colegio de México, Mexico City: Mexican-Spanish relationships in the 20th century.
• Piotr Nawrot, Professor of Musicology and of Gregorian Chant, National Conservatory of Music, La Paz; Investigator, Vice Ministry of Culture, La Paz: Native influence on Baroque music in the Jesuit missions of Bolivia.
• Luis A. Orozco, Associate Professor of Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook: Atom traps, elementary education, and science reporting.
• Marta María Pérez Bravo, Artist, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico: Photography.
• Sergio Pitol Deméneghi, Writer, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico; Researcher, Institute of Literary Investigations, Xalapa: Fiction.
• Gonzalo de Prat Gay, Senior Scientist, Institute of Biochemical Research, Fundación Campomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Model protein folding in the absence of chemical denaturants.
• Fernando Quevedo, Research Professor, Institute of Physics, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM): Duality, symmetries, and phenomenology in nonperturbative string theory.
• Fidel Ramón, Professor of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM): The existence of 'cognitive' waves in the crayfish brain.
• Miguel Angel Rios, Artist, New York City: Installation art.
• Arturo Ripstein, Film Maker, Mexico City: Film making.
• Roberto A. Sánchez-Delgado, Research Professor, Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC), Caracas: Metal complexes in the chemotherapy of tropical diseases and in the production of cleaner fuels.
• Carlos Sánchez-Gutierrez, Composer, San Francisco, California; Assistant Professor of Composition, San Francisco State University: Music composition.
• Guadalupe Santa Cruz, Writer, Santiago, Chile: Fiction.
• Berta M. Sichel, Writer, Researcher, and Curator, New York City: Twenty-five years of video production by Latinos and Latin Americans.
• Bruno Stagno, President, Bruno Stagno Architects and Associates, San José, Costa Rica: Bioclimatic solutions of banana-plantation living-quarters and their application in contemporary architecture.
• Gisela von Wobeser, Researcher, Institute of Historical Investigations, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM): The social and economic function of Church property in 18th-century New Spain.
• Martin Weber, Photographer, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Photography.
• Dolores Zinny, Artist, New York City: Installation art (in collaboration with Juan Maidagan).

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