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2017–2018 Fellowship Winners Booklet OFFICE OF FELLOWSHIPS Fellowship Winners 2017–18 OFFICE OF FELLOWSHIPS 1940 Sheridan Road Evanston, Illinois 60208 847-491-2617 www.northwestern.edu/fellowships © 2018 Northwestern University. All rights reserved. Produced by Global Marketing and Communications. 9-18/750/KD-HM/2736 Welcome to Northwestern University’s Office of Fellowships! 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
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