Three nationally celebrated CUNY faculty members have been awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships for their work in art, letters and photography, placing the University among those counting the most winners of the award, which is one of the country’s most prestigious honors supporting those in scholarly disciplines and artistic fields.
The faculty members are:
- A.K. Burns, an interdisciplinary artist and distinguished lecturer of art and art history at Hunter College.
- Victoria Johnson, a biographer and professor of urban policy and planning at Hunter College.
- Chris Verene, a photographer, musician and associate professor of photography at College of Staten Island.
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“My deep congratulations and heartfelt gratitude to these esteemed fellows for their extraordinary work and for this outstanding honor which they, in turn, have also bestowed on CUNY,” said Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez. “Their accomplishments demonstrate that public higher education – and its educators – are crucial to the fabric of humanities. These newly named Guggenheim fellows have excelled at a time of intense anxiety, and we know that their work will continue to enlighten and enrich us.”
Two prominent university alumni also received fellowships in recognition of their accomplishments in fiction, poetry and the performing arts. They are Kaitlyn Greenidge (MFA Hunter ’10), a novelist and journalist, and Tracie Morris (MFA Hunter ’01), a poet.
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