Nelson, artist, Santa Monica, California; Artist-in-Residence, Siftung Laurenz Haus, Basel Switzerland: Visual art. David Nicholas, Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor of History, Clemson University: The regional identity of Germanic Europe, 1270–1500. Jan Nijman, Professor of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Miami: Miami as a laboratory of urban living. Isidore Okpewho, Professor of Africana Studies, English, and Comparative Literature, Binghamton University, State University of New York: African mythology in the new world. Ken Ono, Solle P. and Margaret Manasse Professor of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison: Studies in number theory. Max Page, Assistant Professor of Architecture and History, University of Massachusetts Amherst: The destruction of New York in the historical imagination. Marie Ponsot, poet, New York City; Professor Emerita of English, Queens College, City University of New York: Poetry. Yopie Prins, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Michigan: Translations of Greek tragedy by Victorian women. Robert N. Proctor, Walter L. and Helen Ferree Professor of the History of Science and co-Director, Science, Medicine and Technology in Culture Initiative, Pennsylvania State University: Acheulean handaxes and human origins. Donald Quataert, Professor of History, Binghamton University, State University of New York: The coal miners of the Ottoman Empire, 1829–1922. M. V. Ramana, Research Staff Member, Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University: The present and future of nuclear energy in India. Maureen E. Raymo, Research Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, Boston University: An introduction to global warming. Anne Rearick, photographer, Gloucester, Massachusetts; Instructor in Photography, Cambridge School of Weston, Massachusetts: Photography. Matthew Restall, Associate Professor of Latin American History, Anthropology, and Women's Studies, Pennsylvania State University: Slavery, society, and African-Mayan relations in colonial Yucatán. Jonathan Reynolds, Playwright & Screenwriter, New York City; Food Columnist, New York Times Magazine: Play writing. Reynold Reynolds, Film Maker, New York City: Film making. Gene E. Robinson, Professor of Entomology and Neuroscience and director, Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Genes and social behavior. Catherine Robson, Associate Professor of English, University of California, Davis: Victorian life and the memorized poem. Kathy Rose, Performance Artist, New York City; Senior Lecturer in Animation, University of the Arts, Philadelphia: Performance art. W. Jackson Rushing, III, Professor of Art History, University of Houston: Edgar Heap of Birds and contemporary visual arts. Subir Sachdev, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Yale University: Competing orders and criticality in quantum matter. Pauline Stella Sanchez, Installation Artist, Venice, California; Member