Contingent Faculty Capture Largest Number of Guggenheims in a Decade

BETWEEN 1992 AND 2003, adjunct, part-time, full-time temporary and visiting faculty won between 3-7 Guggenheim awards each year, or about 1.5 to 3.7 percent of the total number of awards granted (180-185). This year, out of the 185 awards given to individuals throughout the United and Canada, contingent faculty captured 6.4 percent of the grants or 12 out of the total number awarded by the foundation. The past decade has seen a steady increase in the number of contingent faculty Guggenheim winners.

Officials from the foundation have noted a steady increase in the number of applications submitted by adjunct, part-time, visiting and full-time temporary faculty. Temporary faculty may compete in any of the research and artistic creation competitions sponsored by the Guggenheim foundation.

For the United States and Canadian competition, completed applicationsmust be submitted by the candidates themselves no later than October 1, 2004.Final selection of United States and Canadian Fellows for 2005 will be made in April 2005. For more information, visit the foundation on-line at http://www.gf.org/index.html, or write to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016.

• Bill Berkeley, Writer, New York City; Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, Columbia University: The Iran hostage crisis.
• Kenneth Bilby, Independent Scholar, Rhinebeck, New York; Rockefeller Resident Fellow, Columbia College, Chicago: Jamaican musical ethnography.
• Susan Choi, Writer, Brooklyn, New York; Assistant Adjunct Professor of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York: Fiction.
• Erin Cosgrove, Artist, Los Angeles; Adjunct Professor of Art History, West Los Angeles Community College: Installation art.
• Jason Eckardt, Composer, New York City; Lecturer in Music Composition, Northwestern University: Music composition.
• John G. Gibson, Independent Researcher and Writer, Judique, Nova Scotia; Research Associate in Celtic Studies, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia: The history and significance of Cape Breton Gaelic step-dancing.
• Kay Ryan, Poet, Fairfax, California; Instructor in Writing, College of Marin: Poetry.
• Katy Schneider, Artist, Northampton, Massachusetts; Lecturer in Art, Smith College: Painting.
• Jim Shaw, Artist, Los Angeles; Member of the Adjunct Faculty, Art Center College of Design: Painting and installation art.
• SOL’SAX, Artist, Brooklyn, New York; Lecturer in Art, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York: Sculpture.
• Jeffrey Vallance, Artist, Reseda, California; Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, University of California, Los Angeles: Installation art.
• Susan Jane Walp, Artist, Chelsea, Vermont; Lecturer in Studio Art, Dartmouth College: Painting.