ACLS warmly congratulates the newest inductees to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, announced earlier today. Among the 250 artists, scholars, scientists, and leaders in the public, non-profit, and private sectors elected in 2025 are James R. Grossman, Executive Director of the American Historical Association (a founding ACLS member society), and Antoinette Burton F’93, Professor of History and Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Each year, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences honors exceptional individuals in the arts and humanities, social policy, education, global affairs, and science and technology. The Academy also convenes these leaders to advance new ideas and address essential issues toward the public good.

In addition to Burton and Grossman, members elected in 2025 also include:

Nancy T. Ammerman F’88, Boston University School of Theology 

David Brakke F’99, The Ohio State University 

William A. Darity, Jr., G’86, Duke University 

Ann Grodzins Gold G’95, Syracuse University 

Martha S. Jones F’13, Johns Hopkins University 

Jennifer Lackey F’07, Northwestern University 

Sophia Rosenfeld F’03, University of Pennsylvania 

Susan S. Silbey F’94, F’94, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

Doris Sommer F’94, Harvard University 

Francesca Trivellato F’06, Institute for Advanced Study 

James E. Young F’95, University of Massachusetts Amherst 

Joan Weinstein, Director, The Getty Foundation 

Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the founding scholarly societies of the American Council of Learned Societies and has been a part of our history since 1919. ACLS President Joy Connolly was elected to the Academy in April 2021.

The Induction ceremony will take place in Cambridge, MA, on Saturday, October 11, 2025.

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