L-R: Toni C. Antonucci, William A. Darity, Jr., Michael Jones-Correa, Taeku Lee, Susan S. Silbey, Celeste Watkins-Hayes

Six RSF-affiliated scholars have recently been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). AAAS members are selected annually and are individuals with outstanding achievements in academia, the arts, business, government, and public affairs. Among the new members named to join the AAAS in 2025 are Toni C. Antonucci (University of Michigan), William A. Darity, Jr. (Duke University), Michael Jones-Correa (University of Pennsylvania), Taeku Lee (Harvard University), Susan S. Silbey (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Celeste Watkins-Hayes (University of Michigan).

Toni C. Antonucci (University of Michigan) is a former RSF visiting scholar and a former member of the RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences editorial board member.

William A. Darity, Jr. (Duke University) is co-editor of the RSF journal issue “Black Reparations: Insights from the Social Sciences,” a contributing author to RSF journal issues “Plessy v. Ferguson and the Legacy of ‘Separate but Equal’ After 125 Years,” “The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Kerner Commission Report,” and “Anti-poverty Policy Initiatives for the United States,” a contributing author to RSF volumes Prosperity for All?, An American Dilemma Revisited, and The Decline in Marriage Among African Americans, and a former RSF visiting scholar.

Michael Jones-Correa (University of Pennsylvania) is an RSF trustee, a former RSF visiting researcher and visiting scholar, co-author of RSF book Holding Fast, editor of RSF volume Governing American Cities, co-editor of RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences issue, “Immigrants Inside Politics/Outside Citizenship,” a contributing author to RSF volumes Just Neighbors?, New Faces in New Places, and The Changing Face of Home, a contributing author to RSF journal issues, “Suburban Inequality” and “Immigration and Changing Identities,” an RSF-Gates Pipeline Grants Competition mentor, and a recipient of multiple RSF research grants.

Taeku Lee (Harvard University) is co-author of RSF book Asian American Political Participation, an RSF-Gates Pipeline Grants Competition mentor, and a recipient of multiple RSF research grants.

Susan S. Silbey (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is a former RSF visiting scholar.

Celeste Watkins-Hayes (University of Michigan), an RSF trustee and a contributing author to RSF journal issue “Building an Open Qualitative Science;”

The foundation congratulates each of the new AAAS members for their achievements.

Read the full list of newly elected AAAS members here.