The fellows are appointed on the basis of unusually distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation said.
This year’s fellows included faculty from 72 colleges and universities, although many fellows are not affiliated with academic institutions.
U-M professors sharing in the total $4,272,000 are listed below with their academic field and the projects that the grants will support:
¤ Ruth Behar, anthropology: The sexual politics of the Cuban revolution.
¤ E. Valentine Daniel, anthropology: The anthropology of Sri Lankan violence.
¤ Yuri Gurevich, computer science: Foundation issues in computer science.
¤ Raoul Kopelman, chemistry and physics: The molecular lens.
¤ Bruce Mannheim, anthropology: Language, nationality and rebellion in southern Peru.
¤ Brinkley Mesick, anthropology: Sharia law in an Islamic state.
¤ Thylias Moss, creative writing: poetry (see other story in this issue).
. . . October 1995