2017–2018 Fellowship Winners Booklet

OFFICE OF FELLOWSHIPS

Fellowship Winners 2017–18

OFFICE OF FELLOWSHIPS

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You may wonder, “What’s a fellowship?” A fellowship can be • a grant for a creative or research project • a scholarship for an academic qualification • an internship for professional development

What makes a grant, scholarship, or internship a fellowship is the cohort of people chosen to develop their talents together with guidance from mentors, through group activities, and in support of a larger goal.

This booklet lists the hundreds of Northwestern students and alumni who secured external funding during the 2017–18 academic year to create, research, study, and intern through fellowships all over the country and around the globe. The fellowships are listed in four categories: • those requiring students to apply first to Northwestern for endorsement before filing applications to national competitions • those offering international experiences by taking recipients outside the United States • those taking recipients off campus to destinations within the United States • those funding student activities on campus

We want you to join these fellowship winners and help us paint the world purple, one Wildcat at a time!

Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe, PhD Director

Year in parentheses after school name indicates date of receiving undergraduate (year only) or graduate (G plus year) degree. Abbreviated year after winner’s name indicates current undergraduate class year.

1 A sampling of this year’s undergraduate winners

Lars Benson transferred to Northwestern at the start of his junior year and quickly found a home with Associated Student Government, serving as its chief of staff. Having completed his degree in political science in June, Benson is pursuing a master’s degree in public administration at the London School of Economics on a British Marshall Scholarship. By Northwestern University Endorsement Goldwater Scholar Lucia Brunel followed up last year’s success by winning a British Marshall Scholarship. Having completed a joint bachelor’s and master’s degree in American Association of University Women Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship chemical engineering, she is pursuing research on tissue engineering at the University American Dissertation Fellowship Joy Nicolas Sales of Cambridge’s Centre for Medical Materials. Brunel also fights for STEM inclusivity Elizabeth Bradley Hunter (declined) History, Graduate School through her role in the Society of Women Engineers. Theater and Drama, Graduate School Writing Writing Ashlie Andrea Sandoval After separate trips to South Africa for study abroad and independent research, Henry Aisha Motlani Performance Studies, Graduate School Chen longed to go back. He will do just that this year through the Fulbright US Student Art History, Graduate School Writing Writing Program, expanding on his prior research on substance abuse and masculinity. When Fulbright (IIE) US Student Award this history and music composition dual-degree student returns home, he plans to Boren Scholarship Natalie Bess deepen his research skills in graduate school. Jacob Richard Summers, ’20 Sociology, Weinberg (2015) Slavic Languages and Literatures and Teaching—Spain International Studies, Weinberg Rishika Bheem Gwendolyn Gissendanner, a social policy major and African American studies minor, Study—Kazakhstan takes her passion for public work to the Big Apple as part of the New York City Urban Economics, Weinberg (2018) Teaching—South Korea Fellows program. In New York, Gissendanner will have the opportunity to work for a British Marshall Scholarship Henry Chen mayoral office and participate in a series of seminars designed to train the next genera- Lars Benson Political Science, Weinberg (2018) History, Weinberg; Composition, Bienen (2018) tion of America’s civic leaders. Study—United Kingdom Research—South Africa Lucia Brunel Tsu-Ann Chen Truman Scholar Kathleen Nganga will spend this year as a research assistant Chemical Engineering, McCormick (2018) Learning Sciences, Education and Social Policy (2017) in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment Study—United Kingdom Teaching—South Korea for International Peace after being named a recipient of the James C. Gaither Junior Adina Cianciotto Fellowship. Research has been a top priority for this political science major, as Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Cognitive Science, Weinberg (2018) James C. Gaither Junior Fellowship Teaching—South Korea evidenced by her membership in the Posner and Mellon Mays cohorts. Kathleen Nganga Political Science, Weinberg (2018) Payton Danner Since being accepted into the prestigious NEURON program in 2016, Hadley Pfalzgraf Internship—Washington, DC English, Weinberg; Winds and Percussion, Bienen (2017) Research and Teaching—Austria has been on a path toward breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s research. This year her DAAD Research Grant journey continues on a Mitchell Scholarship as she pursues a master’s degree in neuro Jeromy Gotschall Robin Kathryn Pokorski (declined) Neuroscience, Weinberg (2017) science at Ireland’s University College Cork, after which she plans to earn a medical History, Graduate School Teaching—Colombia degree and embark on a career as a physician-scientist. Research—Germany Kayla Griffith Thomas Witschonke Theater, Communication (2017) School of Communication graduate Rachel Stamler-Jonas made her mark on North Art History, Graduate School Teaching—Germany Research—Germany western’s campus through her innovative work in theater, highlighted by her nonbinary Nina Gabriel Holl Hans Christian Andersen adaptation, The Little Merperson. Now she takes her love of DAAD Study Scholarship German, Weinberg (2018) theater to Thailand, where she is spending the year as a Luce Scholar, joining a cohort Coretta Lemaitre Research—Germany of emerging leaders who seek to enhance our understanding of Asia. Political Science, Weinberg (2017) Study—Germany

2 3 Anna Holubecki Hana Suckstorff Neuroscience, Weinberg (2018) History, Weinberg (2011) Research—Poland Research—Italy Aleksandar Kajmakoski Jordan Todes Neuroscience, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Integrated Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Global Health Studies, Weinberg (2018) Weinberg (2018) Research—Macedonia Research—Poland Fannie Koltun Rachel Wallner Human Development and Psychological Services, History, Graduate School International Fellowships Education and Social Policy (2018) Research—China Teaching—Spain Thomas Witschonke Clare Ling Art History, Graduate School American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Fellowship Buffett Institute Postgraduate Fellowship Spanish, Weinberg (2018) Research—Germany Anisha Bhat One Acre Fund Teaching—Mexico History, Graduate School Nicole Kempis Tiffany Wong Research—India Comparative Literary Studies and Political Science, Patrick Liu Learning and Organizational Change, Education Weinberg (2018) Psychology, Biological Sciences, and Neuroscience, and Social Policy (2018) American Research Institute in Turkey Summer Internship—Rwanda Weinberg (2017) Teaching—Macau Fellowships for Advanced Turkish Language Study Jacob Salomon Teaching—South Korea Dominic Balestrieri-Fox, ’20 Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship Biomedical Engineering, McCormick (2018) Caitlin Monroe International Studies and Political Science, Weinberg Joy Nicolas Sales Internship—Rwanda History, Graduate School Study—Turkey History, Graduate School Research—Uganda Emilie Umuhire Writing Frank Huntington Beebe Fellowship Psychology and Global Health Studies, Weinberg (2018) Jessie Moravek Tyrone Clinton* Internship—Rwanda Environmental Sciences and Biological Sciences, Luce Scholars Program Choral Conducting, Bienen Weinberg (2016) Rachel Stamler-Jonas Study—Mexico Center for Arabic Study Abroad Fellowship Study—United Kingdom Theater, Communication (2018) Leila Oum Kulthoum Tayeb* Rachel Moss Internship—Thailand Berlin Program for Advanced German and Performance Studies, Graduate School Theater and Drama, Graduate School European Studies Dissertation Fellowship Study—Jordan Research—Poland Mellon–American Council of Learned Societies Gil Engelstein Dissertation Completion Fellowship History, Graduate School Chateaubriand Fellowship Nikita Patel* Kathryn Anne Catlin Research—Germany Brian Forman Computer Science, Weinberg; Winds and Percussion, Anthropology, Graduate School History, Graduate School Bienen (2017) Writing Botany in Action Fellowship Research—France Teaching—Malaysia Myisha Eatmon Lynnaun Johnson Robin Kathryn Pokorski History, Graduate School Plant Biology and Conservation, Graduate School Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange History, Graduate School Writing Research—Cuba for Young Professionals Research—Germany Nina Gabriel Holl (declined) British Institute in Eastern Africa Thematic Grant German, Weinberg (2018) Tara Morgan Sennott Mitchell Scholarship Patrick Mbullo Owuor Internship—Germany Radio/Television/Film, Communication (2017) Hadley Pfalzgraf Anthropology, Graduate School Teaching—Czech Republic Neuroscience, Weinberg (2018) Study—Ireland Research—Kenya Council on Library and Information Resources Dilpreet Singh Mellon Fellowship for Dissertation Research Anthropology, Graduate School Yenching Academy of Peking University Fellowship in Original Sources Research—Ethiopia Julia Jacobs (declined) Adrienn Kácsor Art History, Graduate School Angelina Strohbach Journalism and Political Science, Medill (2018) Research—Hungary, United Kingdom, Austria, and Russia Anthropology, Weinberg (2018) Study—China Teaching—Taiwan Megan Pan (declined) Andrea Rosengarten Philosophy, Weinberg (2018) History, Graduate School Study—China Research—Namibia

4 *Awarded in 2016–17 *Awarded in 2016–17 5 Critical Language Scholarship DAAD Undergraduate Scholarship Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Suzannah Kingsbury, ’20 Moses Lee, ’20 Amber Marie Luczak, ’19 Megan Ballew, ’19 Human Development and Psychological Services, Middle East and North African Studies, Weinberg; Learning Biological Sciences, Weinberg Radio/Television/Film, Communication (2019) Education and Social Policy and Organizational Change, Education and Social Policy Study—Germany Study—Greece Study—Uganda Study—Morocco Marcela Bustillos, ’19 Charles Lei, ’19 Peter R. D’Agostino Research Travel Grant Coretta Lemaitre* Communication Studies, Communication (2019) Economics, Weinberg Gabrielle Guillerm Political Science, Weinberg (2017) Study—Australia Study—Switzerland History, Graduate School Study—Jordan Research—Italy Jessica Carter, ’19 Denise Lopez, ’20 Madison Rinder (declined) Political Science and Psychology, Weinberg (2019) Environmental Sciences, Weinberg Middle East and North African Studies, Weinberg (2017) Durham University Elite Athlete Scholarship Study—France Study—Vietnam Study Katharine Patricia Van Riper Heaven Davis, ’20 Aleah Matthews-Runner, ’19 History and Psychology, Weinberg (2018) Political Science, Weinberg Theater, Communication DAAD Intensive Language Course Grant Study—United Kingdom Study—Ghana Study—France Marzouq Alnusf Philosophy, Graduate School Emile-Boutmy Scholarship Kahlil Ellis, ’20 Xin Mei, ’21 Study—Germany Natalie Burg Journalism, Medill Undeclared, Weinberg Study—Czech Republic Study—China Eskil Elling Economics and Political Science, Weinberg (2018) Philosophy, Graduate School Study—France Esteban Espino Montgomery Nelson, ’19 Study—Germany Radio/Television/Film, Communication (2018) Art History and Political Science, Weinberg Ertegun Graduate Scholarship in the Humanities Study—Argentina Study—France Adina Goldman DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering Rachel Fimbianti, ’20 Mialejandra Nevarez, ’20 (declined) Yehya Elmasry, ’20 Religious Studies, Weinberg (2018) Study—United Kingdom Radio/Television/Film, Communication Theater, Communication; Legal Studies, Weinberg Computer Engineering, McCormick Study—Italy Study—Scotland Internship—Germany Fellowship at Auschwitz for the David Guirgis, ’20 Jailene Ochoa, ’20 Ryan McHenry, ’19 (declined) Study of Professional Ethics Social Policy and Global Health Studies, Education Human Development and Psychological Services, Music, Bienen; Computer Science, McCormick Rhaina Cohen and Social Policy Education and Social Policy Internship—Germany American Studies, Weinberg (2014) Study—France Study—South Korea Study—Poland Shaam Nobel, ’19 Monica Ha, ’19 Erika Rodriguez, ’20 Integrated Science and Physics, Weinberg Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weinberg Radio/Television/Film, Communication; English, Weinberg Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Internship—Germany Study—South Africa Study—England Leila Oum Kulthoum Tayeb* Biraj Parikh, ’21 Performance Studies, Graduate School Sayeed Sanchez Johnson, ’20 Sofia Salgado, ’19 (declined) Computer Science, McCormick Study—Jordan African American Studies and English, Weinberg Psychology and Economics, Weinberg Internship—Germany Study—Spain Study—Brazil Freeman-Asia Scholarship Ava Polzin,* ’20 Kiana Jones, ’20 Maxwell Sigal, ’20 Maxwell Sigal, ’20 Earth and Planetary Sciences and Physics, Weinberg Anthropology and Global Health Studies, Weinberg Integrated Science, Biological Sciences, and Chemistry, Integrated Science, Biological Sciences, and Chemistry, Internship—Germany Study—Mexico Weinberg Weinberg Taylor Anne Reyes, ’20 Study—Japan Study—Japan Angelina Jose, ’20 Biomedical Engineering, McCormick Anthropology and Global Health Studies, Weinberg Jacob Richard Summers, ’20 Internship—Germany Fulbright UK Summer Institutes Study—Mexico Slavic Languages and Literatures and International Studies, Hope White, ’19 (declined) John Stavropoulos,* ’20 Weinberg Neuroscience, Weinberg English, Weinberg Study—Kazakhstan Study—United Kingdom Internship—Germany Andy Tran James Williams, ’21 Neuroscience and Global Health Studies, Weinberg (2018) Computer Engineering, McCormick Study—France Internship—Germany Ted Zhang, ’19 Chemistry and Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences, Weinberg Internship—Germany

6 *Awarded in 2016–17 7 Harriman Carnegie Research Grant Projects for Peace Alexandra Sasha Klyachkina Cesar Almeida Political Science, Graduate School Learning Sciences, Education and Social Policy (2018) Research—Russia Teaching—Ghana

Huaya Enrichment Scholarship Schwarzman Scholars Samuel Cullen, ’21 (declined) Jung Sup Lim Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences and Communication Studies, Communication (2013) Undeclared, Weinberg Study—China Study—Taiwan Domestic Fellowships Bozhong Xue Sociology, Weinberg; Civil Engineering, McCormick (2012) Henry Luce Foundation/American Council Study—China of Learned Societies Program in China Studies American Political Science Association James H. Dunn Jr. Memorial Fellowship Predissertation Summer Travel Grant Prestage-Fenno Fund Mackenzie Taylor Eisen Toshiba International Foundation Fellowship Guangshuo Yang Justin Zimmerman Philosophy and Political Science, Weinberg (2018) for Research and Japanese Language Training History, Graduate School Political Science, Graduate School Internship—Springfield, Illinois Alexandra De Leon Research—China Study—Ann Arbor, Michigan History, Graduate School Echoing Green Research and Study—Japan MEXT Research Student Scholarship Argonne National Laboratory Enrico Fermi Fellowship Purvi Shah Ying Han Sarah Wolff Political Science, Weinberg; Social Policy, Education University of Notre Dame Rome Biological Sciences and Gender and Sexuality Studies, Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School and Social Policy (2002) Global Gateway Rome Seminar Weinberg (2018) Internship and Research—Argonne, Illinois Honorarium—Baltimore, Maryland Anna Dumont Study—Japan Art History, Graduate School Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Forest Fungal Ecology Research Award Research—Italy Middle East and North Africa Visiting Graduate Student Fellowship Lynnaun Johnson Regional Fellowship Program Emma Bennett Jones Plant Biology and Conservation, Graduate School Warburg Institute Frances A. Yates Madeline May Ewbank History, Graduate School Research—Naples, Florida Long-Term Fellowship Middle East and North African Studies, Weinberg (2018) Research—New Haven, Connecticut Frederika Tevebring Internship—Tunisia Friends of Nachusa Grasslands Research Grant Comparative Literary Studies, Graduate School Big Ten Academic Alliance Smithsonian Fellowship Emma Leavens Research—United Kingdom Max Planck Summer Academy for Legal History Talia Bess Shabtay Plant Biology and Conservation, Graduate School Melody Shum Art History, Graduate School Research—Chicago and Franklin Grove, Illinois Weiss Fund for Research in Development Economics History, Graduate School Research—Washington, DC Francesca Truffa Katherine Wenzell Study—Germany Economics, Graduate School Plant Biology and Conservation, Graduate School Blue Waters National Center for Research—Ghana Research—Franklin Grove, Illinois, and Felton and Princeton in Asia Fellowship Supercomputing Applications Fellowship Red Wing, Minnesota Erin Selene Dunbar Ashley Wong Alexander Gurvich Comparative Literary Studies and French, Weinberg (2018) Economics, Graduate School Physics and Astronomy, Graduate School Gilder Lehrman Institute Scholarly Fellowship Teaching—Mongolia Research—Ghana Research—Urbana, Illinois Gideon Cohn-Postar History, Graduate School Princeton in Latin America Fellowship Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant Fred Case Grant Research—New York City, New York Tatiana Dalton Livia Garofalo Lynnaun Johnson Theater, Communication (2018) Anthropology, Graduate School Plant Biology and Conservation, Graduate School Harvard Kennedy School Internship—Guatemala Research—Argentina Research—Naples, Florida Public Policy and Leadership Conference Kacey Grauer Adam Davies Center for French Colonial Studies Anthropology, Graduate School Gender and Sexuality Studies, Weinberg; Social Policy, Carl J. Ekberg Research Grant Research—Belize Education and Social Policy (2018) Gabrielle Guillerm Study—Cambridge, Massachusetts History, Graduate School Research—Detroit, Michigan, and St. Louis, Missouri

8 9 Illinois Native Plant Society Research Grant Major League Baseball Diversity Fellowship New York State Summer Writers Institute Scholarship Santa Fe Institute Omidyar Postdoctoral Fellowship Samantha Danguilan Katie Krall Laila Francis, ’19 Chuqiao (Vicky) Yang Plant Biology and Conservation, Graduate School History, Weinberg (2018) English, Weinberg Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Research—Glencoe, Illinois Internship—New York City, New York Study—Saratoga Springs, New York Graduate School Research—Santa Fe, New Mexico Katherine Wenzell Yunhao (Leslie) Liu, ’19 Mellon–American Council of Learned Society Plant Biology and Conservation, Graduate School Economics, Mathematics, and French, Weinberg Public Fellows Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship Research—Glencoe, Illinois Study—Saratoga Springs, New York Samuel Kling at the Smithsonian American Art Museum History, Graduate School Megan Pan Alison Boyd Illinois State Academy of Sciences Internship—Chicago, Illinois Philosophy, Weinberg (2018) Art History, Graduate School Botanical Division Travel Grant Study—Saratoga Springs, New York Research—Washington, DC Samantha Danguilan Jessica Koski Plant Biology and Conservation, Graduate School Sociology, Graduate School Sydney Shaw, ’19 Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Research—Glencoe, Illinois Internship—Seattle, Washington Journalism and English, Medill Study—Saratoga Springs, New York W. Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship Jonathan Isaac Ng Illinois State Academy of Sciences Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at the History, Graduate School Student Research Grant University of Wisconsin–Madison Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Research—Ann Arbor, Michigan; Vermillion, South Dakota; Katie Kucera Christine Goding-Doty Anna Jozwik Atlanta, Georgia; and San Salvador, El Salvador Plant Biology and Conservation, Graduate School African American Studies, Graduate School Political Science, Weinberg (2005) Research—New Orleans, Louisiana Research and Teaching—Madison, Wisconsin Study—Washington, DC Society of Fellows Harper and Schmidt Fellowship Blake Smith Knight-Hennessy Scholars Monticello-McNeil Fellowship Project Horseshoe Farm Fellowship History, Graduate School Garam Kim Laura McCoy Priya Garigipati Teaching—Chicago, Illinois Biostatistics, Graduate School (2018) History, Graduate School Biological Sciences, Weinberg (2017) Study—Stanford, California Research—Charlottesville, Virginia Internship—Greensboro, Alabama Thornton Tomasetti Foundation National Scholarship Sophie Sisson Knowles Teaching Fellows Program National Aeronautics and Space Administration Harry Ransom Center Research Fellowship Civil Engineering, McCormick (2018) Nina Ozdemir Space Technology Research Fellowship in the Humanities Study—Austin, Texas Economics and Mathematics, Weinberg (2007) Nicholas Geisendorfer Ruby Daily Teaching—San Mateo, California Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School History, Graduate School Venture for America Research—Cleveland, Ohio, and Pasadena, California Research—Austin, Texas Rohan Prakash Emma Montgomery Secondary Teaching, Education and Social Policy (2017) Comparative Literature and Psychology, Weinberg (2017) National Institutes of Health Postbaccalaureate Report for America Corps Teaching—Cupertino, California Internship—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Intramural Research Training Award Molly Born Amy Lieberman Editorial Journalism, Medill Kress History of Art Institutional Fellowship Vincentian Studies Institute Grant Human Development and Psychological Services, Internship—Williamson, West Virginia Julia Marie Oswald Gabrielle Guillerm Education and Social Policy (2018) Art History, Graduate School Samantha Max History, Graduate School Internship—Bethesda, Maryland Research—Berlin, Germany, and Washington, DC Journalism and Spanish, Medill (2018) Research—Chicago, Illinois Internship—Macon, Georgia National Museum of African American History and Leadership Alliance Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant Culture Next Exit History Research Assistant Internship Ciara McCarthy Jordyn Ricard, ’20 Moira Kyweluk Ashley Dennis American Studies, Weinberg (2015) Human Development and Psychological Services, Anthropology, Graduate School African American Studies, Graduate School Internship—Victoria, Texas Education and Social Policy Research—Chicago, Illinois, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Internship—Washington, DC Study—Cambridge, Massachusetts Robertson Foundation for Government Fellowship Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American New York City Urban Fellows Program Maria Peurach James Madison Graduate Fellowship and African Studies Two-Year Predoctoral Fellowship Gwendolyn Gissendanner Psychology and International Studies, Weinberg (2018) Karin Therese Scott Francisca Delali Yawa Kumavie Social Policy, Education and Social Policy (2018) Study—College Station, Texas History and Urban Studies, Weinberg (2013) English, Graduate School Internship—New York City, New York Study Research and Writing—Charlottesville, Virginia

10 11 Humanities without Walls Robert Free Predoctoral Career Diversity Summer Workshop Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School Gideon Cohn-Postar Timothy Herr History, Graduate School Health Sciences, Graduate School Maria Dikcis Haleh Karbasforoushan English, Graduate School Neuroscience, Graduate School Angela Tate Stephanie Kielb* History, Graduate School Clinical Psychology, Graduate School On-Campus Fellowships Asha Lahiri Jefferson Scholars Foundation National Fellowship Neuroscience, Graduate School Matthew Lacombe Actors Fund Career Transition for Dancers Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Political Science, Graduate School Carmen Lin Elliot Gordon Mercer Self-Financed Students Abroad Neuroscience, Graduate School Theater and Drama, Graduate School Kan Li* Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Elena Montauti Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Graduate School Stephanie Georgina Johnson Life Sciences, Graduate School American Association of University Women Economics, Graduate School Aneesha Nilakantan Career Development Grant Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Chiara Maggi Neuroscience, Graduate School Naeema Jamilah Torres Venetian Research Grant Economics, Graduate School Documentary Media, Graduate School Kathleen Noll Laura Shanahan* Neuroscience, Graduate School History, Graduate School Mellon–Council for European Studies American Chemical Society Dissertation Completion Fellowship Sripadh Balasubramanian Sharma Division of Organic Chemistry Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Kathryn Anne Catlin Neuroscience, Feinberg; Medical Science Training, Outstanding Senior Organic Chemistry Student Brandon Alston Anthropology, Graduate School Graduate School Ryan Evenson Sociology, Graduate School Chemistry, Weinberg (2018) Christie Sze Raudel Oswaldo Avila National Defense Science and Engineering Life Sciences, Graduate School Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School Graduate Fellowship American Comparative Literature Association Katherine Warfel Charlotte Emily Ward Kaelin Marcel Rapport Health Sciences, Graduate School Presidential Undergraduate Prize Chemical Engineering, Graduate School Anthropology, Graduate School Emma Montgomery Priscilla See-Wai Yeung Psychology and Comparative Literary Studies, National Institute on Deafness and Other Life Sciences, Feinberg; Medical Science Training, GEM PhD Full Fellowship Weinberg (2017) Communication Disorders Research Dissertation Graduate School Kofi Emmanuel Otseidu Fellowship for AuD Audiologists (F32) Computer Engineering, Graduate School American Political Science Association Samantha Stiepan National Institutes of Health Minority Fellowship Communication Sciences and Disorders, Graduate School Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award GEM University Associate Fellowship Andrene Wright Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellowship (F30) Carolyn E. Ramirez Political Science, Graduate School National Institutes of Health Nina Calantone* Chemical Engineering, Graduate School Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Life Sciences, Feinberg; Medical Science Training, Beca Complemento de Apoyo al Posgrado Ciclo Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) Graduate School Elsa De La Rosa Hearst Journalism Award Michael David Adoff History, Graduate School Multimedia I–Narrative Storytelling Neuroscience, Graduate School Krishan Dilip Chhiba Alex Lederman* Life Sciences, Feinberg; Medical Science Training, Alexandra Apple* Graduate School Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships Journalism and Political Science, Medill (2017) Clinical Psychology, Graduate School Doctoral Program Samuel Emerson Harvey Emma Baillargeon Amanda Shorter Humane Studies Fellowship Life Sciences, Feinberg; Medical Science Training, Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School David Peyton Graduate School Political Science, Graduate School Maxwell Edmonds Albert J. Beveridge Grant Life Sciences, Feinberg; Medical Science Training, Stephen Henrich Alvita Ansa Akiboh Graduate School Biomedical Engineering, Feinberg; Medical Science Training, Graduate School History, Graduate School Dominic Frank* Neuroscience, Graduate School

12 *Awarded in 2016–17 *Awarded in 2016–17 13 Liliana Ma* Yu-Chin Chan William Kent Oestreich Isaac Noah Ginsberg Miller Biomedical Engineering, Feinberg; Medical Science Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School Environmental Engineering, McCormick (2015) African American Studies, Graduate School Training, Graduate School Kaitlyn Elaine Chriswell Nicole Palacio* Alicia Vanessa Nunez Alok Swaropp* Political Science and Spanish, Weinberg (2014) Life Sciences, Graduate School Spanish and Portuguese, Graduate School Life Sciences, Feinberg; Medical Science Training, Kelsey Ann Collins Kelly Ann Parker Salih Nur Graduate School Chemistry, Graduate School Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School Political Science, Graduate School Benjamin Weidemann Thomas James Cotey Justin Alexander Peruzzi Jennifer Porter-Lupu Life Sciences, Feinberg; Medical Science Training, Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School Chemical Engineering, Graduate School Anthropology, Graduate School Graduate School Hailey Ilyse Edelstein Blake Rasor Keegan Terek National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Chemical Engineering, Graduate School Chemical Engineering, Graduate School Anthropology, Graduate School Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Chelsea Fries Luke Peter Skala Anthony Topoleski Rachel So, ’20 Biomedical Engineering, McCormick (2016) Chemistry, Graduate School Slavic Languages and Literatures, Graduate School Environmental Sciences and Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weinberg Alexander Gurvich Ariana June Steele Kadek Urwasi Physics and Astronomy, Graduate School Linguistics and Cognitive Science, Weinberg (2016) Sociology, Graduate School National Science Foundation Samantha Marie Harvey Michael Joseph Strauss Benjamin Zender Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant Chemistry, Graduate School Chemistry, Graduate School Performance Studies, Graduate School Thomas Denby Laura Nicole Henry Tessa Louise Swanson Linguistics, Graduate School Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Psychology, Weinberg; Human Communication Sciences, Civil Engineering, McCormick (2016) of Canada Doctoral Fellowship Livia Garofalo Communication (2015) Anthropology, Graduate School Nicolas Edward Watkins Mitchell Robert Edwards Vincent Craig Herr Chemistry, Graduate School History, Graduate School Kacey Grauer Mathematics, Professional Studies (1990) Carlos Halaburda Anthropology, Graduate School Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Award Brennan Leo Jackson Spanish and Portuguese, Graduate School Mengtan Liu Nayoun Kim Biomedical Engineering, McCormick (2017) Linguistics, Graduate School Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, Weinberg (2018) Didier Morelli Liban Jibril Performance Studies, Graduate School Moira Kyweluk Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School Social Science Research Council Anthropology, Graduate School John Michael Kelly Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans Roberto Rosado Ramirez Psychology, Weinberg (2013) Brandon Alston Benjamin Chou Anthropology, Graduate School Sociology, Graduate School JD/MBA, Pritzker and Kellogg Nolan Kennedy Calen Ryan Biological Sciences, Graduate School Anjni Amin Julissa Muñiz Anthropology, Graduate School Music Theory and Cognition, Bienen Human Development and Social Policy, Graduate School Blaise Russel Kimmel Colin Bos Chemical Engineering, Graduate School Stigler PhD Award National Science Foundation History, Graduate School Graduate Research Fellowship Alyssa Anne Lynne Riccardo Marchingiglio Raudel Oswaldo Avila Sociology, Graduate School Olivia Cacchione Economics, Graduate School Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School Music, Graduate School Surabhi Madhvapathy Thornton Tomasetti Foundation Devika Basu Jayme Collins Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School National Scholarship Psychology and History, Weinberg (2014) English, Graduate School Natalia Izabela Majewska Kathryn Eckhoff* Lisa Jane Beckmann Chemical Engineering, McCormick (2016) Lucia Delaini Civil Engineering, McCormick (2017) Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School Communication Studies, Graduate School David Webster Miller Thornton Tomasetti Foundation Jacqueline Alexis Burke Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Sarah Estrela Student Innovation Fellowship Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School Graduate School Art History, Graduate School Michael Aronson* Nicole Irene Mirea James Howard Hill Civil Engineering, McCormick (2017) Linguistics, Graduate School Religious Studies, Graduate School Nathalia Justo Political Science, Graduate School

14 *Awarded in 2016–17 *Awarded in 2016–17 15 A sampling of this year’s graduate student winners

Raudel Avila, a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering, was born and raised at the international border of El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico. He earned a BS in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso and won support for his doctoral work this year through a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and a Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship.

JD/MBA student Benjamin Chou was born in Houston to Chinese and Taiwanese immigrants. Both his grandfathers served in the Chinese Nationalist military and fled their ancestral homes to Taiwan after the Communist Revolution. His parents were born in Taiwan and pursued graduate studies in the US; Chou continues the family tradition through the support of a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.

Garam Kim will attend Stanford University in 2018–19 as a member of the first cohort of Knight-Hennessy Scholars. Having earned bachelor’s degrees in biological sciences and violin performance and a master’s degree in biostatistics at Northwestern, Kim is pursuing a PhD in neuroscience, bringing her passions for science and music into dynamic interdisciplinary conversations.

PhD candidate Julissa Muñiz was named a winner of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow– ship for New Americans to support her research in the School of Education and Social Policy. Born in San Diego to Mexican immigrant parents, Muñiz lived in Tijuana while crossing the border daily for school in San Ysidro, California, on her way to becoming the first in her extended family to graduate from high school.

After winning a Fulbright award to conduct research in the Philippines, Joy Sales won a Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellowship and a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship to complete her dissertation, which investigates the networks of transnational activism that have connected the Philippines to the United States since the 1960s. Her research has also been funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Art history PhD candidate Talia Shabtay received a Big Ten Academic Alliance Smithsonian Fellowship to support her research on how scientific and technological developments have been visually presented to the American public—and to scientists— since World War II. During her year in Washington, DC, Shabtay will access exhibits and archives at several Smithsonian departments.

Naeema Torres won an American Association of University Women Career Develop ment Grant to support her work in the documentary media MFA at Northwestern. Using documentary as a blueprint, Torres aims to tell unapologetic stories about urban life, complex ethnic identities, and womanhood. Her thesis film, to be completed in 2019, will examine the legacy of the largest slave rebellion in US history.