Coco Fusco, professor in the School of Art, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The honor, which includes only 300 members who are luminaries in the fields of architecture, art, literature, and music, is a recognition of Fusco’s years of innovative interdisciplinary artwork and writing. She’s the recipient of multiple awards, which include a Fulbright Fellowship, Anonymous Was a Woman award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her work, which has been part of three Whitney Biennials and many international exhibitions, critically examines histories of oppression, structures of geopolitical power and gender identity with a focus on Cuban, Latin American and Indigenous experiences.

In addition to Professor Fusco, Cooper alumni Ricardo Scofidio AR’55 and Elizabeth Diller AR’79 have been elected to the Academy this year for their contributions to the field of architecture.