MacArthur Fellows

The MacArthur Fellows Program awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction. There are three criteria for selection of Fellows: exceptional creativity, promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishment, and potential for the fellowship to facilitate subsequent creative work.

• 2022 – Yejin Choi, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
• 2021 – Trevor Bedford, Genome Sciences, Epidemiology, (Affiliate Faculty)
• 2018 – Kristina Olson, Psychology
• 2011 – Shwetak Patel, Computer Science & Engineering
• 2009 – Heather McHugh, English
• 2008 – David R. Montgomery, Earth and Space Sciences
• 2007 – Yoky Matsuoka, Computer Science & Engineering (former faculty)
• 2007 – Mark Roth, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
• 1998 – Linda Bierds, English
• 1998 – Charles Johnson, English
• 1996 – Thomas Daniel, Biology
• 1995 – Richard White, History (former faculty)
• 1993 – Victoria E. Foe, Biology
• 1993 – Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp, Asian Languages and Literature (former faculty)
• 1992 – Suzanne Lebsock, History (former faculty)
• 1987 – Richard Kenney, English
• 1986 – Caroline Walker Bynum, History (former faculty)
• 1984 – Michael Freedman, Mathematics (former faculty)
• 1984 – John E. Toews, History