# List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1996

List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1996
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
| Henry J. Aaron | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Lila Abu-Lughod | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Sadhan Kumar Adhikari | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Agha Shahid Ali | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Carlos Aguirre | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Peggy Ahwesh | Creative Arts | Film |
| César Tomás Aira | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Wye Jamison Allanbrook | Humanities | Music Research |
| George Reid Andrews | Humanities | Iberian & Latin American History |
| Nina M. Athanassoglou-Kallmyer | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Carmen Bambach | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Larry M. Bartels | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| John Beardsley | | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Etelvino J. H. Bechara | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Neal Bell | | Drama & Performance Art |
| Anna Maria Busse Berger | | Music Research |
| Paul F. Berliner | | Folklore & Popular Culture |
| Stephanie Black | Creative Arts | Film |
| Anthony M. Bloch | | Applied Mathematics |
| George Boolos | | Philosophy |
| José Alberto Braunstein | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Lucie Brock-Broido | | Poetry |
| Philip H. Bucksbaum | | Physics |
| Graham B. Campbell | | Fine Arts |
| Jane Caplan | | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| Néstor Carrillo | | Plant Sciences |
| George Chauncey | | U.S. History |
| Chen Yi | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Jamsheed Chosky | | Near Eastern Studies |
| Steven Chu | | Physics |
| Susanna Coffey | | Fine Arts |
| Mark R. Cohen | | Near Eastern Studies |
| Alan Colquhoun | | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Valdir Cruz | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Michael Daugherty | | Music Composition |
| John A. Davis | | Italian History |
| Philip J. DeVries | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Andrés Di Tella | Creative Arts | Film |
| Ronald I. Dorn | | Geography & Environmental Studies |
| Prasenjit Duara | | East Asian Studies |
| Carroll Dunham | | Fine Arts |
| Morris Eaves | | Literary Criticism |
| Jennifer Egan | | Fiction |
| Robin L. Einhorn | | U.S. History |
| Nicole Eisenman | | Fine Arts |
| Uri Eisenzweig | | French Literature |
| Terry Evans | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Kevin Jerome Everson | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Constantin Fasolt | Humanities | German & East European History |
| Rochelle Feinstein | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| David Ferry | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Philip Fisher | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Jonathan Franzen | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Rosana Patricia Fuertes | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Pablo E. Furman | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Jorge Gamboa | | Physics |
| David Ganz | | Medieval Literature |
| Juan Gelman | | Poetry |
| Susan A. Gelman | | Psychology |
| Chambliss Giobbi | | Music Composition |
| Mike Glier | | Fine Arts |
| David P. Goldenberg | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| David Guterson | | Fiction |
| Jacquelyn Dowd Hall | | U.S. History |
| William F. Hanks | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Lars Peter Hansen | | Economics |
| Russell Hardin | | Political Science |
| Ruth Harris | | French History |
| Thomas Harris | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Tim Harris | | British History |
| Dayton Haskin | | English Literature |
| Hayden Herrera | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Mack P. Holt | | Renaissance History |
| Jonathon Howard | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Susan Howe | | Poetry |
| Nora Jacobson | Creative Arts | Film |
| Jainendra K. Jain | | Physics |
| Roberta Johnson | | Spanish & Portuguese Literature |
| Mark D. Jordan | Humanities | Medieval Literature |
| Paul Kaiser | | Video & Audio |
| Catherine Kallin | | Physics |
| Richard B. Kaner | | Chemistry |
| Temma Kaplan | | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| P. Andrew Karplus | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Aviva Kempner | Creative Arts | Film |
| Jon Kessler | | Fine Arts |
| Kyung-Suk Kim | | Engineering |
| John T. Koch | | Medieval Literature |
| Harold Hongju Koh | | Law |
| Howard Korder | | Drama & Performance Art |
| Kathryn Kramer | | Fiction |
| Corinne A. Kratz | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Allan Kulikoff | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Michèle Lamont | | Sociology |
| Russell Lande | | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Ullrich Langer | | Italian Literature |
| Peter Lepage | | Physics |
| Suzanne Jill Levine | | Latin American Literature |
| Bruce G. Lindsay | | Statistics |
| Ralph Lombreglia | | Fiction |
| Setha M. Low | | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Cristina Magaldi | | Music Research |
| Sabina Magliocco | | Folklore & Popular Culture |
| Frank Majore | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Florencia E. Mallon | Humanities | Iberian & Latin American History |
| Carl Martin | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Jann Matlock | | Fine Arts Research |
| Jane Dammen McAuliffe | | Religion |
| Todd McGrain | | Fine Arts |
| J. R. McNeill | | Science Writing |
| Jorge H. Medina | | Neuroscience |
| H. Jay Melosh | | Earth Science |
| Kenneth M. Merz | | Chemistry |
| Sam Messer | | Fine Arts |
| Ann Messner | | Fine Arts |
| Axel Meyer | | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Eugenia Meyer | | Iberian & Latin American History |
| Paulo K. Monteiro | | Economics |
| Jennifer Montgomery | Creative Arts | Film |
| Rodrigo Montoya Rojas | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Louis A. Montrose | | English Literature |
| Shaul Mukamel | | Chemistry |
| Desiderio Navarro | Humanities | Latin American Literature |
| Larry Neal | Humanities | Economic History |
| Robert Nozick | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Josiah Ober | Humanities | Classics |
| Chris Offutt | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Celeste Olalquiaga | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Patrick Olivelle | Humanities | Religion |
| Eduardo L. Ortiz | Humanities | History of Science & Technology |
| Karen Hunger Parshall | | History of Science & Technology |
| Joyce Pensato | | Fine Arts |
| Irene M. Pepperberg | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Gregory A. Petsko | | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Janet Pierrehumbert | | Linguistics |
| Raymond T. Pierrehumbert | | Applied Mathematics |
| Kenneth Pomeranz | | Economic History |
| Gyan Prakash | | South Asian Studies |
| Ed Radtke | Creative Arts | Film |
| Natasha V. Raikhel | | Plant Sciences |
| Lawrence S. Rainey | | American Literature |
| Gabriel Retes Balzaretti | Creative Arts | Film |
| Nelly Richard | | Latin American Literature |
| Eduardo Luis Rodríguez | | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Roque Roldán Ortega | | General Nonfiction |
| Marina Roseman | | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Jonathan Rosenbaum | | Film, Video, & Radio Studies |
| Morris Rosenzweig | | Music Composition |
| Mark Rudman | | Poetry |
| C. Bryan Rulon | | Music Composition |
| Kathe Sandler | Creative Arts | Film |
| Eric L. Santner | | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| Stacy Schiff | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Richard M. Schoen | | Mathematics |
| Lynn Shapiro | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Barbara Sicherman | | U.S. History |
| María Teresa Sirvent | | Education |
| Valeska Soares | | Fine Arts |
| Ignacio Solares Bernal | | Fiction |
| Theodore Steinberg | | U.S. History |
| Jessica Stockholder | | Fine Arts |
| Linda Stojak | | Fine Arts |
| Barbara G. Taylor | Humanities | British History |
| Chris Theofanidis | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| George Tsontakis | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Antonio Wallace Turok | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Mark Tushnet | Social Sciences | Law |
| Julio A. Urbina | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| David L. Vander Meulen | Humanities | Bibliography |
| Doug Varone | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Stephen A. Vavasis | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
| J. David Velleman | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Dan Voiculescu | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Athena Vrettos | Humanities | English Literature |
| Kay B. Warren | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Janis C. Weeks | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Stephen D. White | Humanities | Medieval History |
| Stanley Whitney | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| R. Mark Wightman | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Clifford M. Will | Natural Sciences | Astronomy—Astrophysics |
| Fredric Woodbridge Wilson | Humanities | Theatre Arts |
| George R. Wodicka | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
| Robert Wrigley | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Maxine Yalovitz-Blankenship | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Bell Yung | Humanities | Folklore & Popular Culture |
| Viviana A. Zelizer | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Rosemary Lévy Zumwalt | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Barton Zwiebach | Natural Sciences | Physics |