John A. Rich '80, Anna Schuleit M.A.L.S. '05, and Jennifer Richeson, a former assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences, are among the 25 recipients of 2006 MacArthur Fellowships. The fellowships provide each recipient $500,000 in no-strings-attached support over the next five years to help accelerate important work or take it in new directions. This year's awards were announced by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on September 19.
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Rich, a physician and chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy at Drexel University in Philadelphia, is a leader in addressing the health-care needs of African American men in urban settings. He established the Young Men's Health Clinic at the Boston Medical Center, which provides primary care to men ages 17 to 29, and initiated the Boston HealthCREW, a community health-worker training program for young black men to conduct peer outreach in general health education and men's reproductive health.
Schuleit is an artist known for bringing historic sites to life through original creative interpretations. She has honored the lives lived within mental health institutions by transforming abandoned facilities into moving, site-specific memorials.
Richeson is a social psychologist interested in the cognitive underpinnings of prejudice and racial stereotyping. Currently an associate professor of psychology at Northwestern University, she researches the experiences of minority and majority groups in their interactions with one another and has found that these interactions often require heightened self-control to combat expressions of prejudice.
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