In a series of online question-and-answer sessions, MacArthur Fellows have discussed their work on reddit.  This ongoing series of “ask me anything” sessions (AMAs) has featured the following Fellows:

 

2017


August 23: Writer, Dinaw Mengestu

August 23: Economist, Heidi Hartmann

February 13: Organic Chemist, Phil Baran 

January 27: European Historian, Jacob Soll 

 

2016


October 17: Graphic Novelist, Gene Luen Yang

September 7: Author, Screenwriter and Producer, David Simon

August 16: Parasitologist and Virologist, Elodie Ghedin

August 4: Environmental Engineer, Kartik Chandran

April 27: American Historian, Annette Gordon-Reed

March 16: Medical Anthropologist and Physician, Paul Farmer

March 11: Historian, Tara Zahra

March 7: Playwright, Tarell Alvin McCraney

February 8: Investigative Journalist, Jerry Mitchell

January 22: Chemist, Will Dichtel

January 5: Education Entrepreneur, Patrick Awuah

 

2015


September 23: Civil Rights Lawyer, Mary Bonauto

September 17: Biophysicist, John Dabiri

September 16: Physicist, Danielle Bassett

September 1: Jazz Percussionist, Dafnis Prieto and Anthropologist, Ruth Behar jointly discussing their connection to Cuba

 

2013


November 8: Research Psychologist, Angela Duckworth and Economist, Roland Fryer

September 27: Choreographer and Dancer, Kyle Abraham and Pianist and Writer, Jeremy Denk