A Princeton University professor has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship grant, sometimes called a Genius Grant, for her research into the intersection of race and economics.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor was announced as one of 25 people to earn the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, which comes with a $650,000 award . The no-strings-attached prize is paid out over five years.
“Bananas,” Taylor wrote on Twitter alongside a tweet announcing the honor.
In a press release issued by Princeton University, Taylor said she was in a state of shock when she received the call.
“I picked up the phone very tersely, and the guy was like, ‘I’m from the MacArthur Foundation.’ Then there was a moment of confusion, like, what do they want?” she said in the release. “It went from preparation to combat to confusion to then, what the, oh my God, this is crazy. And my 5-year-old is looking at my rapidly changing facial expressions like, what is happening? I’ve been pretty much in a state of disbelief since then.”
Taylor, a professor of African American studies, has published several books on racial inequality in public policy.
The grants are awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and are designed to honor creativity and discipline across disciplines. Award winners have included historians, musicians, play writes, and doctors.
Taylor is not the first Princeton professor to be named a fellow; more than two dozen previous fellows have ties to the Ivy League university.
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