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Anna Schuleit M.A.L.S. '05, Jennifer Richeson, a former assistant professor
of psychological and brain sciences, and John A. Rich '80 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.
Anna Schuleit M.A.L.S. '05
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Jennifer Richeson (both photos by Joseph Mehling '69)
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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. She is currently a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute,
where she is working on a series of paintings and drawings. "My time as a
graduate student at Dartmouth allowed me to study with several extraordinary
professors whose teachings, support, and critical guidance truly changed the
way I approach my work," says Schuleit.
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.
"People today generally understand that prejudice is a bad thing, but
still don't quite know how to converse or behave with people different from
themselves," Richeson says. Intergroup interactions can be awkward, less
effective or even avoided "because 'good people' don't want to offend or
appear prejudiced."
For coverage of Rich's award, see the September 25 issue
of Vox of Dartmouth.
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