List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2000. U.S. and Canadian Fellows Robert H. Abzug, Professor of History and American Studies, University of Texas at Austin: Rollo May and the transformation of American culture. Richard D. Alba, Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, State University of New York at Albany: Second generations in immigrant societies. April Alliston, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Princeton University: Character, plausibility, and gender in French and English historical narratives, 1650-1850. Hilton Als, Writer, New York City; Staff Writer, The New Yorker: Creative writing. Douglas Anderson, Professor of English, University of Georgia: William Bradford and the Anglo-European republic of letters. James Arthur, University Professor, University of Toronto: Representations of classical groups. David Auburn, Playwright, Brooklyn, New York: Play writing. David Baker, Poet, Granville, Ohio; Professor of English and Thomas B. Fordham Professor of Creative Writing, Denison University; Poetry Editor, The Kenyon Review: Poetry. Joan Banach, Artist, New York City: Painting. Abhijit V. Banerjee, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: The new economics of poverty. Jill Banfield, Professor of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin–Madison: Microbe-mineral interactions of environmental importance. Ernesto Bazan, Photographer, Brooklyn, New York: Photography. Howard Curtis Berg, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and of Physics, Harvard University: The motile behavior of bacteria. Jane A. Bernstein, Austin Fletcher Professor of Music, Tufts University: Music and print culture in Renaissance Rome. William Betz, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver: The optical detection of synaptic function. Rabi Bhattacharya, Professor of Mathematics, Indiana University Bloomington: Studies in Markov processes. Tom Bills, Artist, Brooklyn, New York; Associate Professor of Art, Brandeis University: Sculpture. Lisa M. Bitel, Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies and Director of Women's Studies, University of Kansas: Landscape, gender, and Christianization in Gaul and Ireland. Stuart Blackburn, Senior Lecturer in Tamil and South Indian Studies and Chairman, Centre of South Asian Studies, University of London: The role of folklore in colonial south India. Isidro Blasco, Artist, New York City: Sculpture and installation art. Anne Bogart, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, Columbia University; Artistic Director, The Saratoga International Theatre Institute (SITI), New York City: Essays on the theatre. Lloyd Bonfield, Professor of Law, Tulane University: Litigants, lawyers, and the law in English probate courts, 1660-1700. Nina Bovasso, Artist, New York City: Painting and drawing. John M. Bowers, Professor of English, University of Nevada, Las Vegas: The antagonistic tradition of