Assoc. Prof. Reuben Jonathan Miller, a renowned sociologist who studies mass incarceration and how it shapes people’s lives, has been awarded a 2022 MacArthur Fellowship.
Awarded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the prestigious fellowship recognizes individuals from across disciplines who “show exceptional creativity in their work.” As one of this year’s 25 MacArthur fellows, Miller will receive a no-strings-attached grant of $800,000 over five years to support creative pursuits.
Miller joins more than 50 people associated with UChicago to have won a MacArthur Fellowship. Also among the 2022 class is Amanda Williams, Lab’92, a Chicago-based artist and architect.
“I have, of course, dreamed that I’d win the lottery. I've also dreamt that somebody would hand me a deed to a new house. This was sort of on that level,” said Miller, AM’07, a scholar in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and the American Bar Foundation. “To get the call, it was incredible. Just incredible.”
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