CWAC Faculty Member Sean Metzger Named 2026 Guggenheim Fellow
CWAC faculty member Sean Metzger is among five University of California, Los Angeles faculty selected as 2026 Guggenheim Fellows, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced. Metzger joins fellow honorees Richard L. Hasen, Jamie Kreiner, Heather Maynard and Kay Kyurim Rhie as part of a distinguished class of 223 scholars, scientists and creative professionals selected from nearly 5,000 applicants across the U.S. and Canada.
Now in its 101st year, the prestigious fellowship recognizes exceptional achievement and future promise across 55 disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Each fellow receives an unrestricted stipend to pursue independent research and creative work.
A professor of theater in UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, Metzger’s interdisciplinary scholarship bridges visual culture, performance, and Asian American, Caribbean, Chinese and sexuality studies. He is the author of Chinese Looks: Fashion, Performance, Race and The Chinese Atlantic: Seascapes and the Theatricality of Globalization, and is currently working on a third book examining law, performance and refugees from the Asian diaspora. In 2025, he served as a visiting research fellow at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
“Our new class of Guggenheim Fellows is representative of the world’s best thinkers, innovators and creators,” said Edward Hirsch, president of the foundation. “We are honored to support their visionary contributions.”
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