Penn Arts & Sciences Faculty Among 2022 Mellon Fellows and Penn Fellows

Penn Arts & Sciences

The University of Pennsylvania has announced the selection of the 2022 Mellon Fellows and 2022 Penn Fellows. Both fellowship programs support faculty at mid-career.

The Mellon Fellows Program supports mid-career arts and humanities faculty whose work is strongly based on cultural/historical analysis. The program prepares fellows for leadership roles, encourages collaboration and community across departments and disciplines, and promotes humanistic culture and values. The following Penn Arts & Sciences faculty are Mellon Fellows for 2022:

Nikhil Anand, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Vance Byrd, Presidential Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Huey Copeland, BFC Presidential Associate Professor of History of Art
Eva Del Soldato, Associate Professor of Romance Languages
Huda Fakhreddine, Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Jared Farmer, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History
Glenda Goodman, Associate Professor of Music
Lisa Mitchell, Associate Professor of South Asia Studies
Projit Bihari Mukharji, Associate Professor of History and Sociology of Science
Zita Cristina Nunes, Associate Professor of English
Anna Papafragou, Professor of Linguistics
Lauren Ristvet, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Jolyon Baraka Thomas, Associate Professor of Religious Studies

The Penn Fellows Program provides leadership development and includes opportunities to build alliances across the University, meet distinguished academic leaders, think strategically about university governance, and consult with Penn’s senior administrators. Arts and Sciences Penn Fellows for 2022 are:

Wale Adebanwi,  Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies
Tobias Baumgart, Professor of Chemistry
Xu Cheng, Associate Professor of Economics
Lance Freeman, Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor of City and Regional Planning and Sociology
Roberto Gonzales (deferred), Richard Perry University Professor of Sociology and Education
Eleni Katifori, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Michele Margolis,  Associate Professor of Political Science
Hyunjoon Park, Korea Foundation Professor of Sociology

 

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