Dr Danielle Allen
Dr. Danielle Allen emerged from humble beginnings to become a leading voice in academia and activism
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Jeanne Gang
In 2011, the New York Times praised the newly minted MacArthur Fellow’s “habit of coaxing lyricism out of rigor in many of her designs.” Based in Chicago, her firm Studio Gang has helped reshape the city with projects such as the 82-story, ripple-skinned Aqua Tower, a nature boardwalk at the Lincoln Park Zoo, and a pair of boathouses along the Chicago River.
Julie Taymor
Stage and screen director
Lateefah Simon
US Representative from California
Dr Bonnie Bassler
American molecular biologist
Yiyun Li
After losing both her sons to suicide, she shared her story in a memoir
Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp is one of America’s most important contemporary dance choreographers.
Regina Carter
Regina Carter is renowned for her mastery of the violin and exploring the instrument’s possibilities in jazz, as well as taking journeys in other genres of music.
Teresita Fernández
Teresita Fernández, recipient of a 2005 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, is a sculptor and visual artist whose works—often large in scale and inspired by landscape and natural phenomena—explore issues of perception and seeing.
Mary Jackson
A descendent of the Gullah community of coastal South Carolina, Mary Jackson learned the art of making baskets at the age of four from her mother and grandmother.