New School Faculty Awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
Two professors from The New School were among the 180 awarded 2011 Guggenheim Fellowships, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced recently. The recipients were chosen from over 3,000 applicants in the United States and Canada. Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of achievement and exceptional promise,, the foundation said in its announcement.
This year’s Guggenheim Fellows from The New School are:
- Jonathan R. Dee, assistant professor, graduate program in Creative Writing at The New School, was awarded a fellowship in the field of Creative Arts: Fiction.
- Peter Lucas, part-time professor in the graduate program in International Affairs at Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, was awarded a fellowship in the field of Creative Arts: Film-Video.