List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1982[1]
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
| Robert Neal Ackerman | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Janet Ann Adelman | Humanities | English Literature |
| Steven A. Adelman | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Barbara Ann Anderson | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| John Leonard Anderson | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
| Laurie Phillips Anderson | Creative Arts | Film |
| George E. Andrews | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Hugo Aguirre Armelin | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Douglas E. Ashford | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| G. Michael Bancroft | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Ann Banfield | Humanities | Linguistics |
| Martha Banta | Humanities | American Literature |
| Robert J. Barro | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Roger Graham Barry | Social Sciences | Geography & Environmental Studies |
| Jonathan Beck | Medieval Literature | |
| John Bryant Bender | English Literature | |
| Andrew Scott Berg | Drama & Performance Art | |
| Truman Fassett Bewley | Economics | |
| Robert L. Bireley | Renaissance History | |
| Ran Blake | Music Composition | |
| Elliott Martin Blass | Psychology | |
| William Henry Bond | Bibliography | |
| Ivonne Aline Bordelois | Linguistics | |
| Rafael Luis Bras | Engineering | |
| Victoria E. R. Bricker | Linguistics | |
| Marilyn Christine Bridges | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Arthur Eastwood Broadus | Medicine & Health | |
| T. Alan Broughton | Fiction | |
| Carolyn Brown | Creative Arts | Film |
| David Wolf Budbill | Poetry | |
| Claudio Bunster | Physics | |
| Jesús Calderón | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Sharon Cameron | American Literature | |
| Jared Carter | Poetry | |
| Steve Carter | Drama & Performance Art | |
| Manuel Castells | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
| John Joseph Cebra | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Jerome Charyn | Fiction | |
| José Carlos Chiaramonte | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| Christine Choy | Creative Arts | Film |
| William A. Christian | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| Amy Clampitt | Poetry | |
| Preston Cloud | Earth Science | |
| Barry S. Coller | Medicine & Health | |
| Martha Constantine-Paton | Neuroscience | |
| Houston Conwill | Fine Arts | |
| William Edwin Cooper | Psychology | |
| José Luis Coraggio Gazzin | Economics | |
| Janet Cox-Rearick | Fine Arts Research | |
| Stanley Crouch | General Nonfiction | |
| Gordon Davidson | Theatre Arts | |
| Paulo O. De Azevedo | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
| Jack Dennis | Political Science | |
| Robb Forman Dew | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| William Byron Dillingham | American Literature | |
| Loni Ding | Creative Arts | Film |
| Richard Clyde DiPrima | Applied Mathematics | |
| William Courtney Dowling | English Literature | |
| Tom Doyle | Fine Arts | |
| Edgar A. Dryden | American Literature | |
| Edward George Effros | Mathematics | |
| Glen Holl Elder | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| George Elison | Humanities | East Asian Studies |
| Jurgis Elisonas | Humanities | East Asian Studies |
| James Ellis | Humanities | Theatre Arts |
| Edward M. Eyring | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Martin Kerr Facey | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Robert M. Fagen | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Viola Farber | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Charles Bailey Faulhaber | Humanities | Medieval Literature |
| Michael David Fayer | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Pat Ferrero | Creative Arts | Film |
| Arthur I. Fine | Humanities | Philosophy |
| John V. A. Fine | Humanities | Medieval History |
| Morris Paul Fiorina | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Richard Fishman | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| John Gwynn Fleagle | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Robert M. Flores | Humanities | Spanish & Portuguese Literature |
| Ursula R. Franklin | Humanities | French Literature |
| Carlos Franqui | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Paul William Friedrich | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Laura J. Furman | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Lilian R. Furst | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Frank F. Furstenberg | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| John Morgan Fyler | Humanities | Medieval Literature |
| Gerardo Jorge Gandini | Music Composition | |
| Carmen Garcia Muñoz | Music Research | |
| Michael Saunders Gazzaniga | Neuroscience | |
| Gregory Lynn Geoffroy | Chemistry | |
| Sandra M. Gilbert | Literary Criticism | |
| Norton Sydney Ginsburg | Geography & Environmental Studies | |
| Roberto González Echevarría | Latin American Literature | |
| Jorie Graham | Poetry | |
| Paul B. Green | Plant Sciences | |
| Linda Gregg | Poetry | |
| Robert Greskovic | Dance Studies | |
| Jan Tomasz Gross | Sociology | |
| Allen R. Grossman | Poetry | |
| Ernest Arthur Gusella | Video & Audio | |
| Paul D. Guyer | Philosophy | |
| Charles M. Haar | Social Sciences | Law |
| Mitchell Lewis Halperin | Medicine & Health | |
| Thomas Leroy Hankins | History of Science & Technology | |
| Andrew D. Hanson | Plant Sciences | |
| Michael Harrington | Political Science | |
| Robert Arthur Harris | Chemistry | |
| William V. Harris | Classics | |
| John Fraser Hart | Geography & Environmental Studies | |
| Deborah Hay | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Shelby Hearon | Fiction | |
| Peter Heller | Intellectual & Cultural History | |
| Mark H. Helprin | Fiction | |
| Sandra Herbert | History of Science & Technology | |
| George Herms | Fine Arts | |
| Patricia Hills | Fine Arts Research | |
| David A. Hollinger | U.S. History | |
| Lynn Hunt | Humanities | French History |
| Richard O. Hynes | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Ian Charles Jarvie | Film, Video, & Radio Studies | |
| George Brooks Johnson | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Philip M. Johnson | Chemistry | |
| Estelle Jussim | Photography Studies | |
| Richard Lauren Kagan | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| Barbara Kasten | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Miriam Kastner | Earth Science | |
| John Robert Keeble | Fiction | |
| Robert Lloyd Kelley | U.S. History | |
| Raymond Case Kelly | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Elizabeth Kendall | Film, Video, & Radio Studies | |
| Wendy Kesselman | Drama & Performance Art | |
| Maxine Hong Kingston | Fiction | |
| Anthony W. Knapp | Mathematics | |
| MacGregor Knox | Italian Literature | |
| David L. Kohlstedt | Earth Science | |
| Harold W. Kuhn | Social Sciences | Economics |
| William A. Kuhns | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Terence David La Noue | Fine Arts | |
| Bolivar Lamounier | Political Science | |
| Coral Lansbury | English Literature | |
| Eric Larrabee | General Nonfiction | |
| William Larson | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Luce López-Baralt | Spanish & Portuguese Literature | |
| Brad E. Leithauser | Poetry | |
| Douglas L. Leslie | Law | |
| Gerald Charles Levinson | Music Composition | |
| Larry P. Levis | Poetry | |
| Max Lifchitz | Music Composition | |
| Ming-Chang Lin | Chemistry | |
| Bruce Lincoln | Religion | |
| W. Bruce Lincoln | Russian History | |
| Lester K. Little | Medieval History | |
| Lily Litvak | Spanish & Portuguese Literature | |
| A. Walton Litz | English Literature | |
| Tai-Ping Liu | Mathematics | |
| George Lusztig | Mathematics | |
| Jesús P. Machado-Salas | Neuroscience | |
| Leo Manso | Fine Arts | |
| Emanuel Margoliash | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Robert Mark | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
| Calvin Martin | U.S. History | |
| Marian Marzynski | Creative Arts | Film |
| Bernard J. Matkowsky | Applied Mathematics | |
| Deirdre N. McCloskey | Economic History | |
| John J. McCusker | Economic History | |
| William Shield McFeely | U.S. History | |
| Paul Meier | Statistics | |
| Robert L. Metzenberg | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Thomas J. Meyer | Chemistry | |
| Margaret Ruth Miles | Religion | |
| Larry L. Miller | Chemistry | |
| Peter Minshall | Fine Arts | |
| Gerald C. Monsman | English Literature | |
| Allen D. Moore | Creative Arts | Film |
| Patrice A. Morrow | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Catherine Murphy | Fine Arts | |
| Frederick Naftolin | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
| John W. Negele | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Richard G. Niemi | Political Science | |
| Anne Noggle | Creative Arts | Photography |
| David Bourke O'Connor | Humanities | Near Eastern Studies |
| Marion Hugh O'Leary | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Fernando Orrego | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Sherry B. Ortner | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Cynthia Ozick | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Heberto Juan Padilla | Poetry | |
| Dimitri A. Papanastassiou | Astronomy—Astrophysics | |
| Stephen H. Paulus | Music Composition | |
| Franklin Pease | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Sheldon Penman | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Daniel James Perlongo | Music Composition | |
| Miguel Piñero | Drama & Performance Art | |
| Joao Murça Pires | Plant Sciences | |
| David Plante | Fiction | |
| Gary G. Porton | Religion | |
| G. Bingham Powell | Political Science | |
| Lawrence N. Powell | U.S. History | |
| Ronald John Prokopy | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Martin L. Puryear | Fine Arts | |
| Mary Ann Radzinowicz | English Literature | |
| Angel A. Rama | Latin American Literature | |
| Bernard Rands | Music Composition | |
| Irmengard Rauch | Linguistics | |
| Dana F. Reitz | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| François Paul Rigolot | French Literature | |
| William H. Riker | Political Science | |
| Thomas Roma | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Bruce Alan Rosenberg | Folklore & Popular Culture | |
| William G. Rosenberg | Russian History | |
| James F. Ross | Philosophy | |
| Charles William Royster | U.S. History | |
| Leo Rubinfien | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Darrett B. Rutman | U.S. History | |
| Vern Rutsala | Poetry | |
| Thomas P. Saine | German & Scandinavian Literature | |
| John Hearsey McMillan Salmon | French History | |
| Bruce Saylor | Music Composition | |
| Randy W. Schekman | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Richard N. Schwab | Bibliography | |
| Jarvis Edwin Seegmiller | Medicine & Health | |
| Bennett M. Shapiro | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Irwin I. Shapiro | Astronomy—Astrophysics | |
| English Showalter | French Literature | |
| David Dean Shulman | South Asian Studies | |
| William Thomas Silfvast | Applied Mathematics | |
| Sunil Kumar Sinha | Physics | |
| Nancy Gillian Siraisi | History of Science & Technology | |
| Alberto Sirlin | Physics | |
| Candace Slater | Folklore & Popular Culture | |
| Merritt Roe Smith | U.S. History | |
| Richard Eric Snow | Psychology | |
| Joan Snyder | Fine Arts | |
| Sean C. Solomon | Earth Science | |
| Márcio Souza | Fiction | |
| Wendy Steiner | Literary Criticism | |
| Pat Steir | Fine Arts | |
| Harold William Stevenson | Psychology | |
| Pamela Stewart | Poetry | |
| Frank Jones Sulloway | History of Science & Technology | |
| Ann Swidler | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Leslie Warren Tannenbaum | Humanities | English Literature |
| Nicholas Thorne | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Gary A. Tomlinson | Humanities | Music Research |
| George Trakas | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Constantino Tsallis | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Frank Miller Turner | Humanities | British History |
| Luisa Valenzuela | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Valerio Valeri | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Barry Lloyd Vercoe | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Michael S. Wald | Social Sciences | Law |
| Stephen Saunders Webb | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Gabriel P. Weisberg | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| John A. Whitehead | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| William Tobey Wickner | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Nina Diana Wiener | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Hannah Wilke | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Susan Wilmarth-Rabineau | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Don B. Wilmeth | Humanities | Theatre Arts |
| Robert B. Wilson | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Arthur Winfree | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Robert Stewart Winter | Humanities | Music Research |
| Tobias Wolff | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Craig Milton Wright | Humanities | Music Research |
| Shang Fa Yang | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Arnulfo Zepeda | Natural Sciences | Physics |