# List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1989

List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1989 have been awarded annually since 1925, by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts."
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
| Rolena Adorno | Humanities | Latin American Literature |
| Jean-Christophe Agnew | Humanities | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| Héctor Aguilar Camín | Humanities | Iberian & Latin American History |
| Nelson W. Aldrich Jr. | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Carlos Santiago Andreo | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Rafael Apitz-Castro | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
| Aloisio Pessoa de Araujo | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Roger S. Bagnall | Humanities | Classics |
| Stanislaw Baranczak | Humanities | Slavic Literature |
| Milton J. Bates | | American Literature |
| Richard Bauman | | Folklore & Popular Culture |
| Malcolm Bell | | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Judith MacKenzie Bennett | | British History |
| Federico Bermúdez-Rattoni | | Neuroscience |
| David McLeod Bethea | | Slavic Literature |
| Dianne Blell | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Robert Lann Boswell | | Fiction |
| David H. Bradley | | Fiction |
| María Eugenia Brito Astrosa | | Latin American Literature |
| Patricia Fortini Brown | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Peter R. L. Brown | | Religion |
| Anatole Paul Broyard | | General Nonfiction |
| Jo Ann Callis | Creative Arts | Photography |
| David George Campbell | | General Nonfiction |
| David E. Cane | | Chemistry |
| Lincoln W. Caplan | | General Nonfiction |
| Sylvain Edward Cappell | | Mathematics |
| Paul DeWitt Carrington | | Law |
| Rodney Carswell | | Fine Arts |
| Terry J. Castle | | Literary Criticism |
| Hal Caswell | | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| William H. Chafe | | U.S. History |
| Stanley Chojnacki | | Renaissance History |
| James O. Clark | | Fine Arts |
| Phyllis D. Coley | | Plant Sciences |
| Marcia L. Colish | Humanities | Medieval History |
| David Collier | | Political Science |
| Cecelia Condit | | Video & Audio |
| Gregory Conniff | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Michael Allan Cook | | Near Eastern Studies |
| Clare Christine Cooper Marcus | | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Daniel Joseph Cosgrove | | Plant Sciences |
| Petah Coyne | | Fine Arts |
| Bruce Cratsley | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Martin Daly | | Psychology |
| Richard Danielpour | | Music Composition |
| Alberto Darszon Israel | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| James Dashow | | Music Composition |
| Paul J. DiMaggio | | Sociology |
| Nicholas B. Dirks | | South Asian Studies |
| Thomas Dunne | | Earth Science |
| Clyde Edgerton | | Fiction |
| Arthur B. Ellis | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Kent Emery | Humanities | Medieval Literature |
| Gawain Garth Fagan | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Margaret W. Ferguson | Humanities | English Literature |
| Joaquín Fermandois | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| David Freedberg | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Jennifer J. Freyd | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Su Friedrich | Creative Arts | Film |
| Mary K. Gaillard | | Physics |
| Jonathan W. Galassi | | Poetry |
| Gustavo Garza Villarreal | | Economics |
| Michael Eugene Gilpin | | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Clark Noren Glymour | | Philosophy |
| Stephen M. Goldfeld | | Economics |
| Louis Gordon | | Statistics |
| Shalom Gorewitz | Creative Arts | Video & Audio |
| Richard Firth Green | | Medieval Literature |
| Steven Hahn | Humanities | U.S. History |
| John Michael Haiman | Humanities | Linguistics |
| Juliana Hall | | Music Composition |
| Dee Dee Halleck | | Video & Audio |
| Ann K. Hamilton | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Gary G. Hamilton | | Sociology |
| Susan Hanson | | Geography & Environmental Studies |
| Hendrik A. Hartog | | U.S. History |
| Glenn I. Hatton | | Neuroscience |
| Doris Heyden | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| James L. Hoberman | | Film, Video, & Radio Studies |
| Jerrold Edwin Hogle | | English Literature |
| Sergio Andrés Hojman | | Physics |
| Trevor H. Howard-Hill | | Bibliography |
| Peter B. Hutton | Creative Arts | Film |
| Carol Frances Jacobs | | Literary Criticism |
| Geoffrey James | Creative Arts | Photography |
| John Allan James | | Economic History |
| Laura Linnea Jensen | | Poetry |
| Gerald Kim Jones | | Fine Arts |
| Jon Stephen Jost | Creative Arts | Film |
| Tony Robert Judt | | German & East European History |
| Anton Kaes | | German & Scandinavian Literature |
| Victoria Kahn | | English Literature |
| Peter M. Kareiva | | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Carol F. Karlsen | | U.S. History |
| Thomas M. Kavanagh | | French Literature |
| Jerold Seth Kayden | | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Herbert Kellman | | Music Research |
| John Kelly | | Drama & Performance Art |
| Kenneth F. Kiple | | African Studies |
| Jon Paul Klancher | | English Literature |
| Michael L. Klein | | Chemistry |
| August Kleinzahler | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Thomas A. Kselman | Humanities | French History |
| Walter F. LaFeber | | U.S. History |
| Emmet Larkin | | British History |
| Douglas Alan Lauffenburger | | Engineering |
| Karen Lawrence | | English Literature |
| Héctor A. Leanza | | Earth Science |
| David Leavitt | | Fiction |
| Li-Young Lee | | Poetry |
| David C. Lehman | | Poetry |
| Patricia Leighten | | Fine Arts Research |
| Eli Leon | | Folklore & Popular Culture |
| Peter Wai-Kwong Li | | Mathematics |
| Carlos Libertun | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Peggy Liss | | Iberian & Latin American History |
| Jean N. Locey | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Joan Logue | | Video & Audio |
| Steven Gwon Sheng Louie | | Physics |
| Joseph L. Love | Humanities | Economic History |
| Richard V. E. Lovelace | | Astronomy—Astrophysics |
| David J. Luban | | Law |
| David M. Lubin | | Fine Arts Research |
| Millicent Joy Marcus | | Italian Literature |
| Tobin J. Marks | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Michael Joseph Marrinan | | Fine Arts Research |
| David Marshall | | English Literature |
| Megan Marshall | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Donald Anthony Martin | | Mathematics |
| Hugo Alberto Massaldi | | Medicine & Health |
| Heather McHugh | | Poetry |
| Roderick James McIntosh | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| George McLendon | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Julia Meech | | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Igor Mel'čuk | | Linguistics |
| James Lester Miller | | Medieval Literature |
| Max Miller | | Fine Arts |
| Nancy K. Miller | Humanities | French Literature |
| Sue Miller | | Fiction |
| Katharine Vasser Milton | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Jorge Montealegre Iturra | | Fine Arts Research |
| Emilio F. Moran | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Errol Mark Morris | Creative Arts | Film |
| David Murray | | Music Composition |
| Karen Alison Newman | | English Literature |
| Graham Nickson | | Fine Arts |
| James J. O'Donnell | Humanities | Classics |
| Robert G. O'Meally | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Robert Olmstead | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Carlos Raul Ordoñez | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Steven Alan Orszag | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Peter Joseph Ortoleva | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Richard Magee Osgood | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
| Michael Palmer | | Poetry |
| Roger Parker | | Music Research |
| Manuel Pastor | | Economics |
| Katharine Boynton Payne | | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Donald E. Pease | | American Literature |
| Harold J. Perkin | | British History |
| Wayne T. Peterson | | Music Composition |
| Michael Phillips | | Fine Arts |
| Ricardo Piglia | | Latin American Literature |
| Adrian Piper | | Fine Arts |
| Theodore M. Porter | | History of Science & Technology |
| Robert Michael Pyle | | General Nonfiction |
| David C. R. Rakowski | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| David Lorimer Ransel | | Russian History |
| Evelyn Sakakida Rawski | | East Asian Studies |
| Richard James Rezac | | Fine Arts |
| Robert D. Richardson | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Marcial Antonio Riquelme | | Sociology |
| Harriet Ritvo | Humanities | English Literature |
| Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui | | Iberian & Latin American History |
| David Peter Rock | | Iberian & Latin American History |
| Roy Rosenzweig | | U.S. History |
| Alison M. Saar | | Fine Arts |
| Oliver Sacks | | Medicine & Health |
| Robert Holt Salisbury | | Political Science |
| Wade H. Saunders | | Fine Arts |
| Thomas Michael Scanlon | | Philosophy |
| Orville H. Schell | | General Nonfiction |
| Carmel Schrire | | African Studies |
| Gabriele M. J. Schwab | | Literary Criticism |
| Vera Schwarcz | | East Asian Studies |
| Carolyn See | | Fiction |
| Sara W. Sefchovich | | Sociology |
| Stuart L. Shapiro | | Astronomy—Astrophysics |
| Peter T. Shelton | | Fine Arts |
| Norman Sherry | | English Literature |
| Amy E. Shuman | | Folklore & Popular Culture |
| Kenneth Silverman | | American Literature |
| Theda Skocpol | | Sociology |
| Scott Soames | | Philosophy |
| George Nicholls Somero | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Katepalli R. Sreenivasan | | Applied Mathematics |
| Barbara M. Stafford | | Fine Arts Research |
| Zara Steiner | | German & East European History |
| James W. Stigler | | Education |
| Elizabeth Streb | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Susan Sugarman | | Psychology |
| Julie Taymor | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| Augusta Read Thomas | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Enrique Tirapegui Zurbano | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Pamela Avril Tucker | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Isadore Twersky | Humanities | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| Ana Lydia Vega | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Alejandro Venegas | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Roberto dos Santos Vieira | Social Sciences | Law |
| Julio Martín Viera | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Robert W. Wason | Humanities | Music Research |
| John Waterbury | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| William B. Worthen | Humanities | Theatre Arts |
| Franz Wright | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Stephen W. Wright | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi | Humanities | Near Eastern Studies |
| Everett Zimmerman | Humanities | English Literature |
| Fernando Omar Zuloaga | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Edgar Basil Zurif | Social Sciences | Psychology |