From Penn Today:
Dorothy Roberts, a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, has been named a 2024 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Roberts is the George A. Weiss Professor of Law and Sociology in Penn Carey Law, and is the Raymond Pace & Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights, and professor of Africana studies in the School of Arts & Sciences. She is also the founding director& of the Program on Race, Science and Society.
“The transformative scholarship of Dorothy Roberts focuses on some of the most pressing issues facing our society, addressing issues of inequality, social justice, and race,” says Interim President J. Larry Jameson. “As a scholar, award-winning author, and now MacArthur Fellow, she exemplifies Penn’s commitment to impactful, interdisciplinary, creative pursuits.”
The Fellowship is designed to provide recipients with the flexibility to pursue their own artistic, intellectual, and professional activities in the absence of specific obligations or reporting requirements. Fellows are nominated anonymously by leaders in their respective fields and are considered by an anonymous selection committee.