Leigh Schmidt, PhD, a historian of American religion, and Susan Rotroff, PhD, a classical archaeologist, are the latest Washington University in St. Louis scholars to be selected for prestigious fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Schmidt and Rotroff were among 175 Guggenheim Fellows chosen in 2013 from nearly 3,000 applicants in the United States and Canada, including scholars, artists and scientists. The Guggenheim fellowship is awarded based on prior achievement and exceptional promise.
