UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., May 18 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Elizabeth C. Mansfield, distinguished professor of art history in the Penn State College of Arts and Architecture, has been named a Guggenheim Fellow and a scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) for the 2026-27 academic year, during which time she will work on a book project about the visual culture of 18th-century Britain.
These two honors are among the highest achievements for artists and scholars, placing Mansfield in an elite group that includes multiple Nobel Laureates.
B. Stephen Carpenter II, the Michael J. and Aimee Rusinko Kakos Dean in the College of Arts and Architecture, said these dual honors ser...