The September Transition

Today, we welcome 15 Class of 2022 National Fellows to New America. This class of National Fellows includes writers, podcasters, and scholars who are dedicated to enhancing conversations around the most pressing issues of our time.

Please join us in welcoming the Class of 2022; watch our class video, read their bios, and listen to their audio interviews.

This month serves as both an inflection and reflection point as we look forward to supporting the professional journey of this new class while also pausing to reflect on the impact made by last year’s class.

Since last September, the Class of 2021 has had a remarkable year. They published and produced work that will shape our understanding of a number of pressing issues including the coronavirus pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, the Chinese internet, and more. We have compiled a list of highlights from their fellowship year.

We hope you enjoy catching up on the work from the Class of 2021!

Highlights from the Class of 2021:

• Cecilia Aldarondo debuted her film Landfall at the Tribeca Film Festival.
• Daniel Bergner finished a draft of his book about how we think about and treat mental health, to be published by Ecco in 2022.
• Jonathan Blitzer wrote for the New Yorker about family reunification and the crisis at the southern border.
• Jennifer Daskal was named Deputy General Counsel of Cyber and Technology at the Department of Homeland Security.
• Eve L. Ewing was awarded a United States Artists Fellowship in Writing.
• Caleb J. Gayle wrote the cover story for the New York Times Magazine about the Tulsa Race Massacre.
• Brian Goldstone organized a series of events at Duke University on the right to housing.
• Adam Harris completed and published his book The State Must Provide.
• Yi-Ling Liu wrote for WIRED about the Chinese science fiction author Chen Qiufan.
• Shaun Ossei-Owusu co-authored a piece on the role of race in public interest law for the California Law Review.