and theatre artist, New York City; Member of the Faculty in Dance and Theatre, Sarah Lawrence College: Choreography. Douglas A. Irwin, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College: A history of United States trade policy. Kenro Izu, photographer, Rhinebeck, New York; President, Kenro Izu Studio: Photography. Richard Jackson, poet, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Professor of English, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga; Member of the Faculty, MFA Program in Writing, Vermont College: Poetry. Lea Jacobs, Professor of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin–Madison: The decline of sentiment in American silent film. Iván A. Jaksic, Professor of History, University of Notre Dame: Ticknor, Prescott, and the origins of Hispanic studies in the United States. Deborah Jowitt, Senior Dance Critic, Village Voice; Master Teacher of Dance and Dance History, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University: A critical biography of Jerome Robbins. Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Professor of Chemistry, Michigan State University: Studies in solid-state chemistry. Moisés Kaufman, playwright, New York City; Artistic Director, Tectonic Theatre Project: Play writing. Alexander S. Kechris, Professor of Mathematics, California Institute of Technology: Classification problems in mathematics, group actions, and equivalence relations. John Kelsay, Richard L. Rubenstein Professor of Religion, Florida State University: The Islamic law of war and peace. Stephen Kern, Distinguished Research Professor of History, Northern Illinois University: A cultural history of causality since 1830. Barbara J. King, Associate Professor of Anthropology and University Professor for Teaching Excellence, College of William and Mary: The social emergence of communication and language in primates. Elizabeth King, artist, Richmond, Virginia; School of the Arts Research Professor in Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University: Video Installation. Carol L. Krumhansl, Professor of Psychology, Cornell University: Cognitive neuroscience of music. Paul LaFarge, writer, Brooklyn, New York; Adjunct Professor of Writing, Columbia University; Visiting Writer, Wesleyan University: Fiction. Jhumpa Lahiri, writer, Brooklyn, New York: Fiction. Peter Lake, Professor of History, Princeton University: Dynastic crises, confessional politics, and conspiracy theory in post-Reformation England. Bun-Ching Lam, composer, Poestenkill, New York: Music composition. David W. Lea, Professor of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara: The role of tropical ocean cooling and atmospheric carbon-dioxide variations in ice-age cycles. Marsha I. Lester, Professor of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania: Significant radical reactions in the lower atmosphere. Arthur Levering, II, composer, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Music composition. Margaret Levi, Jere L. Bacharach Professor of International Studies and Professor of Political Science, University of Washington, Seattle: Trustworthy governance and constituent engagement. Laura A. Lewis, Associate Professor of Anthropology, James