The Franke Visiting Fellows Program is intended to ensure ongoing interdisciplinary exchange and creative debate at the Whitney in particular and at Yale in general. The Fellows serve as catalysts for intellectual gatherings at the Whitney Humanities Center, setting their own agendas and presenting their work to the community. Franke Visiting Fellows are an integral part of the WHC fellowship, participating in weekly luncheon talks and congenial conversation with other fellows, and are asked to deliver one public talk or presentation.
The Franke Visiting Fellows Program is made possible by the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Franke.
James McAuley is a Global Opinions contributing columnist for the Washington Post, formerly the Paris correspondent, and a contributor to the New York Review of Books. He holds a doctorate in French history at Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar. He is the author of 
Alejandra Oliva is an essayist, embroiderer, and translator working in immigration advocacy. Her writing has been included in Best American Travel Writing 2020, nominated for a Pushcart prize, and helped her secure an Aspen Summer Words Emerging Writers Fellowship. She is the translator for a bilingual edition of