April 28, 2017
Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy Tommie Shelby has been named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow for 2017. As noted by the philosophy blog Daily Nous, Shelby is one of two philosophers to receive the award this year. According to its website, the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program seeks to support research in the humanities and social sciences that addresses a variety of global challenges. This year the program will award approximately $7 million in total to its 35 recipients, with each fellow receiving up to $200,000 "toward the funding of significant research and writing in the social sciences and humanities."