The Huntington Library in San Marino is one of the world’s greatest sources for independent research in the humanities, with documents and artifacts that span 11 centuries. Scholars from more than 30 nations visit its reading rooms or tap into its digital services.
Each year, the library awards 15 long-term fellowships for high-quality research. Of those, six are named distinguished fellows, an honor for exceptional work in their field of study.
This year, two of those six are from UC Merced.
History Professor Susan Amussen was named the Fletcher Jones Foundation Distinguished Fellow in the 2024-25 fellowship cohort. Art History and Visual Studies Professor ShiPu Wang was named the Hannah and Russel Kully Distinguished Fellow in American Art.
Amussen and Wang are UC Merced’s first distinguished fellows, an honor bestowed only by invitation. Only twice before in the last 20 years have two distinguished fellows hailed from one university in the same cohort. In both cases, it was Princeton University.
The 207-acre complex known simply as The Huntington, about five miles from downtown Pasadena, includes, in addition to the research library, a stunning collection of themed botanical gardens and an art museum that features more than five centuries of British, European, American and Asian art.
