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Gabrielle Foreman Awarded 2022 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
Gabrielle Foreman, Paterno Family Professor of American Literature and Professor of African American Studies and History, has been selected as a 2022 fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Popularly known as the "genius grant," the MacArthur fellowship is awarded to "extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential." Foreman was commended by the MacArthur Foundation for her "catalyzing inquiry into historic nineteenth-century collective Black organizing efforts," which includes her work as founding director of the Colored Conventions Project and co-founding director of Penn State's own Center for Black Digital Research. The Foundation also cited Foreman's commitment to bringing artists and academics into direct conversation and collaboration with diverse publics.
Foreman was also featured in the inaugural "Fellow Spotlight", a YouTube series by the MacArthur Foundation that provides an in-depth look at grant winners' work.
Congratulations to Gabrielle on this truly remarkable accomplishment, which recognizes her innovative and vital work in Black digital humanities!
Gabrielle Foreman, Paterno Family Professor of American Literature and Professor of African American Studies and History, has been selected as a 2022 fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Popularly known as the "genius grant," the MacArthur fellowship is awarded to "extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential." Foreman was commended by the MacArthur Foundation for her "catalyzing inquiry into historic nineteenth-century collective Black organizing efforts," which includes her work as founding director of the Colored Conventions Project and co-founding director of Penn State's own Center for Black Digital Research. The Foundation also cited Foreman's commitment to bringing artists and academics into direct conversation and collaboration with diverse publics.
Foreman was also featured in the inaugural "Fellow Spotlight", a YouTube series by the MacArthur Foundation that provides an in-depth look at grant winners' work.
Congratulations to Gabrielle on this truly remarkable accomplishment, which recognizes her innovative and vital work in Black digital humanities!