The Program in Critical Theory extends its congratulations to Hannah Zeavin, who was recently awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Zeavin, an affiliate faculty in the Program in Critical Theory, works on the history of human sciences (psychoanalysis, psychology, and psychiatry), the history of technology and media, feminist science and technology studies, and media theory.
The Guggenheim Fellowship, awarded by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, is among the most prestigious honors in the arts and humanities. In 2026, the foundation selected 223 fellows from nearly 5,000 applicants across 55 disciplines, recognizing individuals who have demonstrated exceptional achievement and promise. The fellowship provides recipients with the time and financial support to pursue independent work at a high level, reflecting the foundation’s longstanding commitment to advancing scholarship, creativity, and innovation.
Zeavin is an Associate Professor of History (Science/North America fields) in the Department of History and The Berkeley Center for New Media at UC Berkeley. She is the author of the award winning books, The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy (2021, MIT Press) and Mother Media: Hot and Cool Parenting in the 20th Century (MIT Press, April 2025).She is at work on her third book, All Freud’s Children: A Story of Inheritance (US: Penguin Press; UK: Fern Press), for which she received a 2022 Works in Progress Grant from the Robert B. Silvers Foundation, a 2024 Whiting Foundation Non-Fiction Grant, and a 2026 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.
In 2021, Zeavin co-founded The Psychosocial Foundation and is the Founding Editor of Parapraxis, amagazine for psychoanalysis on the left
Read more about the 101st class of Guggenheim fellows here.
