The City University of New York celebrates the selection of eight faculty members as recipients of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. Each year, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation offers fellowships to extraordinary individuals leading the way in the creative arts, natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities.
The CUNY Fellows include:
Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, media studies professor at Queens College. Madeleine Hunt Ehlrich is a filmmaker, visual artist and assistant professor of media studies at Queens College. Her work often explores Black women’s histories and Afro-Surrealist storytelling and has been presented at major festivals, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, where her feature “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire” premiered in 2024. Her next project, a feature-length screenplay titled “The Last Photograph,” will explore themes of memory, identity and the enduring presence of the photographic archive.
Molly Rose Lieber, drama professor at Queens College. Molly Rose Lieber is a choreographer and professor of drama at Queens College whose work centers on experimental performance and collaborative movement-based practice. Her choreography has been presented nationally and internationally, and she is also recognized for her work as a performer and educator in contemporary dance. Her nonprofit, Lieber and Smith, Inc., choreographs and performs feminist works and provides a platform for feminist creative expression.
This year’s class of Guggenheim Fellows includes over 200 individuals whose work spans 55 artistic and scientific disciplines. Recipients were selected from among 5,000 applicants through a highly competitive process recognizing both prior achievement and exceptional promise. Fellows receive support to pursue independent projects and advance new ideas across fields.
Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich, media studies professor at Queens College.
Molly Rose Lieber, drama professor at Queens College.