Achievements Archive
Fulbright Success Rate
In the last five years, 49 percent of Fulbright applicants have been offered awards, and almost 80 percent of applicants demonstrate just how competitive they are by reaching the semi-finalist stage.
Congratulations to Smith's Fulbright winners, alternates and finalists for the 2017-18 competition year!
Smith students garnered 17 Fulbright Fellowship offers (another one was short-listed as an Alternate). The winners included 14 Smith undergraduates and 3 alumnae. Among them, 5 plan to pursue research projects, 1 intends to study for a master degree, and 11 aim to complete English teaching assistantships.
Smith's cohort of 31 Fulbright applicants registered a 55% success rate compared to the national average of 22%.
Fulbright awardees in 2017-18 target 15 different countries. Our adventurous, trail-blazing students will gain international confidence and represent the U.S. in nations including Germany, France, India, Thailand, Malta, Colombia, Finland, Taiwan, Malaysia, Lithuania, Vietnam, Norway, South Korea, and Kenya. One Smith applicant was wait-listed as an Alternate to Andorra.
This year, 7 applicants—41% of the winning candidates—self-identify as minority students.
We once again thank Smith faculty and staff who contributed in various capacities (31 Faculty Fulbright Mentors, 61 Recommenders, 36 Consultants, 16 Foreign Language Evaluators). Appreciation is also extended to other staff who supported this campus-wide collaboration from various quarters including the Jacobson, Wurtele ,and Lewis centers, the Registrar's, Class Deans, Disability, and Student Financial Services offices, plus Institutional Review Board, and Information Technology Services.
It is this rallying around that helps keep Smith the strongest Fulbright program in the nation.
Summary of Results 2017-18
17 Fulbright Fellow Offers
Casey Armanetti '18
Germany: Environmental Studies
“Unlocking Tree-Ring Secrets to Reveal Climate Change Causes”
Mentor: Bosiljka Glumac
Recommenders: Bosiljka Glumac, Amy Rhodes
Consultants: John Burk, Kai Jensen, Joe McVeigh, Sara Pruss
Foreign Language Evaluator: Jocelyne Kolb
Darby Bates '18
France: Physics
“Build France’s First Quantum Gas Microscope: Toward Quantum Computer Development”
Mentor: Doreen Weinberger
Recommenders: Doreen Weinberger, William Williams
Consultants: Rob Dorit, Nalini Easwar, Gary Felder, Chrisophe Golé, Jonathan Gosnell, Travis Norsen
Foreign Language Evaluator: Ibtissam Bouachrine
Dominique Callahan '18
Thailand: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary/Middle or High School
Mentor: Shannon Audley
Recommenders: Shannon Audley, Susan Etheredge, Janice Szymanszek
Crystal Card '16
India: English Teaching Assistantship
Secondary School
Mentor: Rick Millington
Recommenders: William Oram, Cornelia Pearsall
Leah Crisman '18
Malta: English Teaching Assistantship
Schools & University
Mentor: Susan Etheredge
Recommenders: Susan Etheredge, Monica Ginanneschi, Guido Reverdito
Consultants: Debra Carney, Bruno Grazioli, Nnamdi Pole
Foreign Language Evaluator: Bruno Grazioli
Liz Curran-Groom '18
Colombia: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Rick Fantasia
Recommenders: Diana Becerra, Rick Fantasia, Al Rudnitsky
Consultants: Ginetta Candelario, Patricia González
Foreign Language Evaluator: Maria Rueda
Kate Fessler '18
Finland: Environmental Studies
“Deploying Novel Diagnostic Assay to Save Endangered Saimaa Seals”
Mentor: Steven Williams
Recommenders: Paulette Peckol, L. David Smith, Steven Williams
Consultants: Rob Dorit, Sara Eddy, Bob Merritt, Andy Rotman
Leigh Johnston '18
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary/Secondary School
Mentor: Leslie King
Recommenders: Leslie King, Marc Steinberg, Rebecca Shaw
Consultants: Susannah Benn '20; Debra Carney, Pooja Hindocha '16, Sara Eddy, Sujane Wu
Ellen Kim '16
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary/Secondary School
Mentor: Michele Wick
Recommenders: Michele Wick, Dennis Yasutomo
Foreign Language Evaluator: Yuwen Yao
Beverly Lipsey '18J
Malaysia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Benita Jackson
Recommenders: Benita Jackson, Molly Falsetti-Yu, Phillip Peake
Consultants: Hannah Durrant, Margaret Sarkissian
Foreign Language Evaluator: Christine May Tong
Emily Mazza '18
Lithuania: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle School through University
Mentor: Sergey Glebov
Recommenders: Sergey Glebov
Foreign Language Evaluators: Marina Shatilova
Danielle McColgan '14
Vietnam: English Teaching Assistantship
Secondary School/University
Mentor: Jennifer Hall-Witt
Recommenders: Jennifer Hall-Witt, Jennifer Guglielmo, Amy Rhodes
Molly Peek '18
Norway: Geology
“Put It On Ice: Modeling the Fate of Industrial Pollutants Sequestered in an Arctic Glacier”
Mentor: Robert Newton
Recommenders: Robert Newton, Amy Rhodes
Sophia TenHuisen '18
Germany: Physics
“Plumbing the Behavior of Atomic Electrons Towards Developing Quantum Technologies”
Mentor: Gary Felder
Recommenders: Gary Felder, Doreen Weinberger
Foreign Language Evaluator: Joe McVeigh
Anisha Tyagi '18
Indonesia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Payal Banerjee
Recommenders: Marguerite Harrison, Kate Queeney, Kevin Shea
Consultants: Sarah Moore
Amelia Wagner '18J
South Korea: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Gary Lehring
Recommenders: Mike Cognato, Brent Durbin, Hannah Durrant
Consultants: Ted Reinert, Zianabu Williams
Foreign Language Evaluator: Suk Massey
Gretchen Walch '18
Kenya: Public Health
“A New Soil Test for Intestinal Worms: Towards Reducing the Risk of Wide-Spread Infection”
Mentor: Katwiwa Mule
Recommenders: Katwiwa Mule, Steven Williams, Kim Yi Dionne
Consultants: Debra Carney, Bruno Grazioli, Nnamdi Pole
Foreign Language Evaluator: Agnes Kimokoti
1 Alternate
Sawnie Smith '17
Andorra: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Maria Estela Harretche
Recommenders: Silvia Berger, Malcolm McNee, Maria Rueda
Foreign Language Evaluator: Silvia Berger, Dawn Fulton
24 Finalists
Casey Armanetti '18
Germany: Environmental Studies
“Unlocking Tree-Ring Secrets to Reveal Climate Change Causes”
Mentor: Bosiljka Glumac
Recommenders: Bosiljka Glumac, Amy Larson Rhodes
Consultants: John Burk, Kai Jensen, Joe McVeigh, Sara Pruss
Foreign Language Evaluators: Jocelyne Kolb
Darby Bates '18
France: Physics
“Build France’s First Quantum Gas Microscope: Toward Quantum Computer Development”
Mentor: Doreen Weinberger
Recommenders: Doreen Weinberger, William Williams
Consultants: Rob Dorit, Nalini Easwar, Gary Felder, Chrisophe Golé, Jonathan Gosnell, Travis Norsen
Foreign Language Evaluators: Ibtissam Bouachrine
Dominique Callahan '18
Thailand: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary/Middle or High School
Mentor: Shannon Audley
Recommenders: Shannon Audley, Susan Etheredge, Janice Szymanszek
Crystal Card '16
India: English Teaching Assistantship
Secondary School
Mentor: Rick Millington
Recommenders: William Oram, Cornelia Pearsall
Leah Crisman '18
Malta: English Teaching Assistantship
Schools & University
Mentor: Susan Etheredge
Recommenders: Susan Etheredge, Monica Ginanneschi, Guido Reverdito
Consultants: Debra Carney, Bruno Grazioli, Nnamdi Pole
Foreign Language Evaluators: Bruno Grazioli
Liz Curran-Groom '18
Colombia: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Rick Fantasia
Recommenders: Diana Becerra, Rick Fantasia, Al Rudnitsky
Consultants: Ginetta Candelario, Patricia González
Foreign Language Evaluators: Maria Rueda
Kate Fessler '18
Finland: Environmental Studies
“Deploying Novel Diagnostic Assay to Save Endangered Saimaa Seals”
Mentor: Steven Williams
Recommenders: Paulette Peckol, L. David Smith, Steven Williams
Consultants: Rob Dorit, Sara Eddy, Bob Merritt, Andy Rotman
Leigh Johnston '18
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary/Secondary School
Mentor: Leslie King
Recommenders: Leslie King, Marc Steinberg, Rebecca Shaw
Consultants: Susannah Benn '20; Debra Carney, Pooja Hindocha '16, Sara Eddy, Sujane Wu
Ellen Kim '16
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary/Secondary School
Mentor: Michele Wick
Recommenders: Michele Wick, Dennis Yasutomo
Foreign Language Evaluators: Yuwen Yao
Zoë Langsdale '17
Ireland: Singing
“MA in Irish Traditional Singing (sean-nós): An American Amhránaíocht”
Mentor: Craig Davis
Recommenders: Craig Davis, Karen Smith Emerson
Foreign Language Evaluators: Jonathan Kennedy
Beverly Lipsey '18J
Malaysia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Benita Jackson
Recommenders: Benita Jackson, Molly Falsetti-Yu, Phillip Peake
Consultants: Hannah Durrant, Margaret Sarkissian
Foreign Language Evaluators: Christine May Tong
Quinn Malter '18
Australia: Political Science
“Compulsory Voting as a Means to Inspire Faith in the Electoral Process”
Mentor: Howard Gold
Recommenders: Randall Bartlett, Velma García, Howard Gold
Consultants: Greg White
Emily Mazza '18
Lithuania: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle School through University
Mentor: Sergey Glebov
Recommenders: Sergey Glebov
Foreign Language Evaluators: Marina Shatilova
Danielle McColgan '14
Vietnam: English Teaching Assistantship
Secondary School/University
Mentor: Jennifer Hall-Witt
Recommenders: Jennifer Hall-Witt, Jennifer Guglielmo, Amy Rhodes
Angela O'Donnell '18
Switzerland: Biology
“Unearthing Microbial Biodiversity and Distribution Towards Evaluating Environmental Health”
Mentor: Laura Katz
Recommenders: Rob Dorit, Jean-David Grattepanche, Laura Katz
Foreign Language Evaluators: Christiane Métral
Molly Peek '18
Norway: Geology
“Put It On Ice: Modeling the Fate of Industrial Pollutants Sequestered in an Arctic Glacier”
Mentor: Robert Newton
Recommenders: Robert Newton, Amy Rhodes
Andrea Schmid '17
Mexico: Environmental Studies
“The Other Border: The Impact of Climate Change on Migration in Mexico's Southern States”
Mentor: Greg White
Recommenders: Mehammed Mack, Camille Washington, Greg White
Consultants: Velma Garcia
Foreign Language Evaluators: Michelle Joffroy
Krista Smathers '18
Germany: Urban Development and Planning
“Berlin Cohousing: Maintaining Community in a Developing City”
Mentor: Dana Leibsohn
Recommenders: Jutta Gutzeit, Jocelyne Kolb
Consultants: Randy Bartlett, Reid Bertone-Johnson, Joel Westerdale
Foreign Language Evaluators: Jocelyne Kolb
Sawnie Smith '17
Andorra: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Maria Estela Harretche
Recommenders: Silvia Berger, Malcolm McNee, Maria Rueda
Foreign Language Evaluators: Silvia Berger, Dawn Fulton
Sophia TenHuisen '18
Germany: Physics
“Plumbing the Behavior of Atomic Electrons Towards Developing Quantum Technologies”
Mentor: Gary Felder
Recommenders: Gary Felder, Doreen Weinberger
Foreign Language Evaluators: Joe McVeigh
Anisha Tyagi '18
Indonesia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Payal Banerjee
Recommenders: Marguerite Harrison, Kate Queeney, Kevin Shea
Consultants: Sarah Moore
Amelia Wagner '18J
South Korea: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Gary Lehring
Recommenders: Mike Cognato, Brent Durbin, Hannah Durrant
Consultants: Ted Reinert, Zianabu Williams
Foreign Language Evaluators: Suk Massey
Gretchen Walch '18
Kenya: Public Health
“A New Soil Test for Intestinal Worms: Towards Reducing the Risk of Wide-Spread Infection”
Mentor: Katwiwa Mule
Recommenders: Katwiwa Mule, Steven Williams, Kim Yi Dionne
Consultants: Debra Carney, Bruno Grazioli, Nnamdi Pole
Foreign Language Evaluators: Agnes Kimokoti
Chloe Wynne 15
Bulgaria: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Nancy Whittier
Recommenders: Denise Rochat
31 Candidates
Rosie Altucher '18
Czech Republic: English Teaching Assistantship
Secondary School
Mentor: Alice Hearst
Recommenders: Howard Gold, Genevieve Piron, Greg White
Casey Armanetti '18
Germany: Environmental Studies
“Unlocking Tree-Ring Secrets to Reveal Climate Change Causes”
Mentor: Bosiljka Glumac
Recommenders: Bosiljka Glumac, Amy Larson Rhodes
Consultants: John Burk, Kai Jensen, Joe McVeigh, Sara Pruss
Foreign Language Evaluators: Jocelyne Kolb
Darby Bates '18
France: Physics
“Build France’s First Quantum Gas Microscope: Toward Quantum Computer Development”
Mentor: Doreen Weinberger
Recommenders: Doreen Weinberger, William Williams
Consultants: Rob Dorit, Nalini Easwar, Gary Felder, Chrisophe Golé, Jonathan Gosnell, Travis Norsen
Foreign Language Evaluators: Ibtissam Bouachrine
Dominique Callahan '18
Thailand: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary/Middle or High School
Mentor: Shannon Audley
Recommenders: Shannon Audley, Susan Etheredge, Janice Szymanszek
Crystal Card '16
India: English Teaching Assistantship
Secondary School
Mentor: Rick Millington
Recommenders: William Oram, Cornelia Pearsall
Marina Chen ’18
South Africa: English Teaching Assistantship
Secondary School/University
Mentor: Sam Intrator
Recommenders: Sam Intrator, Lucy Mule
Leah Crisman '18
Malta: English Teaching Assistantship
Schools & University
Mentor: Susan Etheredge
Recommenders: Susan Etheredge, Monica Ginanneschi, Guido Reverdito
Consultants: Debra Carney, Bruno Grazioli, Nnamdi Pole
Foreign Language Evaluators: Bruno Grazioli
Liz Curran-Groom '18
Colombia: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Rick Fantasia
Recommenders: Diana Becerra, Rick Fantasia, Al Rudnitsky
Consultants: Ginetta Candelario, Patricia González
Foreign Language Evaluators: Maria Rueda
Kate Fessler '18
Finland: Environmental Studies
“Deploying Novel Diagnostic Assay to Save Endangered Saimaa Seals”
Mentor: Steven Williams
Recommenders: Paulette Peckol, L. David Smith, Steven Williams
Consultants: Rob Dorit, Sara Eddy, Bob Merritt, Andy Rotman
Leigh Johnston '18
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary/Secondary School
Mentor: Leslie King
Recommenders: Leslie King, Marc Steinberg, Rebecca Shaw
Consultants: Susannah Benn '20; Debra Carney, Pooja Hindocha '16, Sara Eddy, Sujane Wu
Ellen Kim '16
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary/Secondary School
Mentor: Michele Wick
Recommenders: Michele Wick, Dennis Yasutomo
Foreign Language Evaluators: Yuwen Yao
Emily Kowalik '18
Senegal: English Teaching Assistantship
Secondary School
Mentor: Hélène Visentin
Recommenders: John Patrick Coby, Hélène Visentin, Greg White
Foreign Language Evaluators: Hélène Visentin
Rebecca Kuzma '18
Australia: Biology
“Develop Life-Saving Injection to Block Virus Infecting 390 Million Globally”
Mentor: Steven Williams
Recommenders: Rob Dorit, Robert Merritt, Steven Williams
Zoë Langsdale '17
Ireland: Voice
“MA in Irish Traditional Singing (sean-nós): An American Amhránaíocht”
Mentor: Craig Davis
Recommenders: Craig Davis, Karen Smith Emerson
Foreign Language Evaluators: Jonathan Kennedy
Beverly Lipsey '18J
Malaysia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Benita Jackson
Recommenders: Benita Jackson, Molly Falsetti-Yu, Phillip Peake
Consultants: Hannah Durrant, Margaret Sarkissian
Foreign Language Evaluators: Christine May Tong
Quinn Malter '18
Australia: Political Science
“Compulsory Voting as a Means to Inspire Faith in the Electoral Process”
Mentor: Howard Gold
Recommenders: Randall Bartlett, Velma GarcÃa, Howard Gold
Consultants: Greg White
Emily Mazza '18
Lithuania: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle School through University
Mentor: Sergey Glebov
Recommenders: Sergey Glebov
Foreign Language Evaluators: Marina Shatilova
Danielle McColgan '14
Vietnam: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Jennifer Hall-Witt
Recommenders: Jennifer Hall-Witt, Jennifer Guglielmo, Amy Rhodes
Angela O'Donnell '18
Switzerland: Biology
“Unearthing Microbial Biodiversity and Distribution Towards Evaluating Environmental Health”
Mentor: Laura Katz
Recommenders: Rob Dorit, Jean-David Grattepanche, Laura Katz
Foreign Language Evaluators: Christiane Métral
Danielle Osborne '18
Spain: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Douglas Patey
Recommenders: Simon Halliday, Dennis Yasutomo
Maggie Painter '18
Nepal: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary/Secondary School
Mentor: Randy Bartlett
Recommenders: Randy Bartlett, Greg White
Molly Peek '18
Norway: Geology
“Put It On Ice: Modeling the Fate of Industrial Pollutants Sequestered in an Arctic Glacier”
Mentor: Robert Newton
Recommenders: Robert Newton, Amy Rhodes
Maya Salvio '18
Mexico: English Teaching Assistantship
Secondary School
Mentor: Phil Peake
Recommenders: Joshua Birk, Michelle Joffroy
Andrea Schmid '17
Mexico: Environmental Studies
“The Other Border: The Impact of Climate Change on Migration in Mexico's Southern States”
Mentor: Greg White
Recommenders: Mehammed Mack, Camille Washington, Greg White
Consultants: Velma Garcia
Foreign Language Evaluators: Michelle Joffroy
Krista Smathers '18
Germany: Urban Development and Planning
“Berlin Cohousing: Maintaining Community in a Developing City”
Mentor: Dana Leibsohn
Recommenders: Jutta Gutzeit, Jocelyne Kolb
Consultants: Randy Bartlett, Reid Bertone-Johnson, Joel Westerdale
Foreign Language Evaluators: Jocelyne Kolb
Sawnie Smith '17
Andorra: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Maria Estela Harretche
Recommenders: Silvia Berger, Malcolm McNee, Maria Rueda
Foreign Language Evaluators: Silvia Berger, Dawn Fulton
Sophia TenHuisen '18
Germany: Physics
“Plumbing the Behavior of Atomic Electrons Towards Developing Quantum Technologies”
Mentor: Gary Felder
Recommenders: Gary Felder, Doreen Weinberger
Foreign Language Evaluators: Joe McVeigh
Anisha Tyagi '18
Indonesia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Payal Banerjee
Recommenders: Marguerite Harrison, Kate Queeney, Kevin Shea
Consultants: Sarah Moore
Amelia Wagner '18J
South Korea: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Gary Lehring
Recommenders: Mike Cognato, Brent Durbin, Hannah Durrant
Consultants: Ted Reinert, Zianabu Williams
Foreign Language Evaluators: Suk Massey
Gretchen Walch '18
Kenya: Public Health
“A New Soil Test for Intestinal Worms: Towards Reducing the Risk of Wide-Spread Infection”
Mentor: Katwiwa Mule
Recommenders: Katwiwa Mule, Steven Williams, Kim Yi Dionne
Consultants: Debra Carney, Bruno Grazioli, Nnamdi Pole
Foreign Language Evaluators: Agnes Kimokoti
Chloe Wynne '15
Bulgaria: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Nancy Whittier
Recommenders: Denise Rochat
Congratulations to Smith's Fulbright Candidates, Finalists, Fellows, and Alternates for the 2016-17 competition year!
The 37 Smith candidates for 2016-17 included 28 seniors, 7 alumnae, a graduate student, and a research fellow. Of them, 18 applied to conduct research projects, 5 to study for masters degrees, 13 to teach English as a second language, and one (an alumna who uses a wheelchair) to pursue an art-performance project of mixed-ability dance in Uruguay.
Of our 37 applicants, 27 were recognized as Finalists (73%), from which 14 were offered Fulbright Fellowships (38% of applicants) and 4 were designated Alternates (11%).
These candidates applied to 29 countries, including Smith’s first applicant to Nigeria. About 46% of them (17 applicants) self-identified as minority candidates. Each of our applicants demonstrated the talent, intelligence, and enthusiasm Smithies carry overseas as they venture around the globe representing the college and the United States.
We thank the some 200 Smith faculty and staff who supported our Fulbright candidates as they completed about 1000 pages of application material. Your guidance, advice and encouragement as Faculty Fulbright Mentors, Recommenders, Consultants, and Foreign Language Evaluators were invaluable, and the college is grateful for the enormous assistance you provided.
We also extend our appreciation to other staff who supported this campus-wide collaboration from various quarters including: the Jacobson, Wurtele, and Lewis centers; the Registrar's, Class Deans, Disability, and Student Financial Services offices; plus the Institutional Review Board and Information Technology Services.
It is this rallying around that helps keep Smith the strongest Fulbright program in the nation:
https://www.smith.edu/fulbright/outstanding_ach.php
SUMMARY OF FULBRIGHT RESULTS 2016-17
14 Fulbright Fellow Offers
4 Alternates
27 Finalists
37 Candidates
Joan Brunetta 17J
Norway: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Thalia Pandiri
Recommenders: Jeffrey Ahlman, Craig Davis, Thalia Pandiri
Consultants: Jeffrey Ahlman, Craig Davis
Foreign Language Evaluator: Erika Espey-Sundt
Nancy Cai 17J
Thailand: English Teaching Assistantship
Public school
Mentor: David Palmer
Recommenders: Yalin Chen, Sara Eddy, David Palmer
Consultants: Yalin Chen, Sara Eddy
Foreign Language Evaluator: Amy Wordelman
Claudia Deeg 17
Tanzania: Biology
"Enabling Sustainable Use of Zanzibar Coral Reefs for Tourism and Fishing"
Mentor: L. David Smith
Recommenders: Jesse Bellemare, Jack Loveless, Sara Pruss
Consultants: Al Curran, Jesse Bellemare, Jack Loveless, Agnes Kimokoti, Paulette Peckol, Marney Pratt, Sara Pruss, Sarah Tucker 13
Foreign Language Evaluator: Agnes Kimokoti
Nicole DelRosso, Graduate Research Fellow
Germany: Biology
"Powering a DNA-based Nanomachine to Understand and Manipulate the Inner Workings of Life"
Mentor: Nathan Derr
Recommenders: Nathan Derr, Robert Dorit, Sarah Hews
Consultants: Robert Dorit, Sarah Hews
Foreign Language Evaluator: Lisa Haegele
Carina Ho 09
Uruguay: Dance
"Promoting Access to Dance for People with Disabilities through International Skill Sharing"
Mentor: Angie Hauser
Recommenders: Karen Pfeifer, Judith Smith, Lauren Taylor
Consultants: Lila Dodge 09
Foreign Language Evaluator: Melissa Belmonte
Asrivanti Karma 16
Indonesia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Michelle Joffroy
Recommenders: Reid Bertone-Johnson, Dana Leibsohn, James Middlebrook
Foreign Language Evaluator: Sonya Condro Lukitosari
Sydney Keen 17
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle School
Mentor: William Oram
Recommenders: Jill de Villiers, William Oram, Lourdes Ortega
Consultants: Nalini Bhushan, Yalin Chen, Jill de Villiers, William Oram
Foreign Language Evaluator: Yalin Chen
Julia Kim 14J
South Korea: Political Science
"Growth of Democracy Through Sex Workers' Rights Debate"
Mentor: Dennis Yasutomo
Recommenders: Brent Durbin, Jina Kim, Dennis Yasutomo
Foreign Language Evaluator: Suk Massey
Zoe Kohler-Boland 17
Peru: Biology
"Effects of Pollutants on Lake Titicaca's Threatened Killifish and Fishing Communities"
Mentor: Lisa Mangiamele
Recommenders: Donald Baumer, Ibtissam Bouacherine, Lisa Mangiamele
Foreign Language Evaluator: Maria Estela Harretche
Quinn Lavigne 17
Malaysia: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle/High School
Mentor: Peter de Villiers
Recommenders: Peter de Villiers, Susan Etheredge, Katie Moore
Candy Lee 11
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary School
Mentor: Samuel Intrator
Recommenders: Samuel Intrator, Victor Tam, Sujane Wu
Consultants: Debra Carney, Marisa Cheng 13, Julie Goshe 07, Lucy Mule, Kimberly Probolus 11, Alan Rudnitsky, Carmen Say 11, Sujane Wu
Foreign Language Evaluator: Sujane Wu
Sage Lillaheart 17
Brazil: Film Studies
"Brazilian Horror Film: Popular Genre Expanding Brazil's Film Industry"
Mentor: Marguerite Harrison
Recommenders: Craig Davis, Alexandra Keller, Bernadine Mellis
Consultants: Andrew Dausch, Craig Davis, Alexandra Keller, Bernadine Mellis, Malcolm McNee, William Oram, Andy Rotman, Alex Seggerman, Mihoko Suzuki, Joel Westerdale
Foreign Language Evaluator: Malcolm McNee
Monica Wilson 17
Germany: Biology
"Biodiversity of Bacterian Symbionts in Protists"
Mentor: Laura Katz
Recommenders: Laura Katz, Joseph McVeigh, Joel Westerdale
Consultants: Marisa Cheng 13, Andy Rotman, Alex Seggerman, Joel Westerdale
Foreign Language Evaluator: Joseph McVeigh
Sarah Yan 17
Vietnam: English Teaching Assistantship
High School/University
Mentor: Brent Durbin
Recommenders: Marc Lendler, Brent Durbin, Yuh-Line Niou
Foreign Language Evaluator: Quynh Anh Giang
Eliza Cummings 17
Uganda: Economic Development
"Impact of Specialty Coffee Certifications on Agricultural Development"
Mentor: Kim Dionne
Recommenders: Kim Dionne, Howard Gold, Greg White
Consultants: Howard Gold, Greg White
Foreign Language Evaluator: Agnes Kimokoti
Sarah Emigh-Doyle 16
Bulgaria: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Fernando Armstrong-Fumero
Recommenders: Olla Al-Shalchi, Fernando Armstrong-Fumero, Judith Bradshaw Brown
Consultants: Olla Al-Shalchi, Grant Moss, Alex Seggerman
Foreign Language Evaluator: Elena Atanascheva
Susanna Lam 15
Iceland: Language and Literature
"Grasping the Cultural Context of Icelandic Language for Effective Translations"
Mentor: Craig Davis
Recommenders: Anna Andersen, Craig Davis, Marguerite Harrison
Consultant: Marguerite Harrison
Foreign Language Evaluator: Craig Davis
Sarah Tully 17
Slovakia: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle/High School
Mentor: Gillian Kendall
Recommenders: Peter de Villiers, Gillian Kendall, Barry Moser
Aisha Amin 17
Netherlands: Film Studies
"The Potential for Documentary Film Utilizing Neurocinema to Create Social Change"
Mentor: Ellen Kaplan
Recommenders: Len Berkman, Mary Harrington, Ellen Kaplan
Consultants: Peter Sapiro, Alex Seggerman
Joan Brunetta 17J
Norway: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Thalia Pandiri
Recommenders: Jeffrey Ahlman, Craig Davis, Thalia Pandiri
Consultants: Jeffrey Ahlman, Craig Davis
Foreign Language Evaluator: Erika Espey-Sundt
Jackie Byun 16
South Korea: Computer Science
"Connecting a Growing Population of Senior Citizens in South Korea to the Digital Age"
Mentor: Dominique Thiebaut
Recommenders: Tracy Hammond, Danielle Santos, Dominique Thiebaut
Consultants: Marisa Cheng 13, Suzanne Gottschang, Rocco Piccinino, Alex Seggerman
Foreign Language Evaluator: Hyunsook Shin
Nancy Cai 17J
Thailand: English Teaching Assistantship
Public school
Mentor: David Palmer
Recommenders: Yalin Chen, Sara Eddy, David Palmer
Consultants: Yalin Chen, Sara Eddy
Foreign Language Evaluator: Amy Wordelman
Isabella Casini 17
Germany: Engineering
"Improvement of Biogas Production from Anaerobic Digestion"
Mentor: Denise McKahn
Recommenders: Giovanna Bellesia, Niveen Ismail, Denise McKahn
Consultants: Niveen Ismail, Naila Moreira
Foreign Language Evaluator: Judith Keyler-Mayer
Mandy Castro 17
Indonesia: Biology
"Ecological Analysis for the Preservation of Vital Coral Reefs"
Mentor: L. David Smith
Recommenders: Laura Katz, Kate Queeney, L. David Smith
Consultants: Al Curran, Laura Katz, Kate Queeney, L. David Smith
Foreign Language Evaluator: Amy Wordelman
Eliza Cummings 17
Uganda: Economic Development
"Impact of Specialty Coffee Certifications on Agricultural Development"
Mentor: Kim Dionne
Recommenders: Kim Dionne, Howard Gold, Greg White
Consultants: Howard Gold, Greg White
Foreign Language Evaluator: Agnes Kimokoti
Claudia Deeg 17
Tanzania: Biology
"Enabling Sustainable Use of Zanzibar Coral Reefs for Tourism and Fishing"
Mentor: L. David Smith
Recommenders: Jesse Bellemare, Jack Loveless, Sara Pruss
Consultants: Al Curran, Jesse Bellemare, Jack Loveless, Agnes Kimokoti, Paulette Peckol,
Marney Pratt, Sara Pruss, Sarah Tucker 13
Foreign Language Evaluator: Agnes Kimokoti
Nicole DelRosso, Graduate Research Fellow
Germany: Biology
"Powering a DNA-based Nanomachine to Understand and Manipulate the Inner Workings of Life"
Mentor: Nathan Derr
Recommenders: Nathan Derr, Robert Dorit, Sarah Hews
Consultants: Robert Dorit, Sarah Hews
Foreign Language Evaluator: Lisa Haegele
Sarah Emigh-Doyle 16
Bulgaria: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Fernando Armstrong-Fumero
Recommenders: Olla Al-Shalchi, Fernando Armstrong-Fumero, Judith Bradshaw Brown
Consultants: Olla Al-Shalchi, Grant Moss, Alex Seggerman
Foreign Language Evaluator: Elena Atanascheva
Anna George 17
France: Biology
"Preparing for Climate Change through Mapping Horticultural Plant Escape"
Mentor: Jesse Bellemare
Recommenders: Jesse Bellemare, Sharyn Goldstien, Virginia Hayssen
Consultants: Marisa Cheng 13, Virginia Hayssen, Leslie King, Hélène Visentin
Foreign Language Evaluator: Hélène Visentin
Dariana Guerrero 17
South Korea: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle/High School
Mentor: Lucy Mule
Recommenders: Louis Bernieri, William Oram, Pamela Petro
Consultants: William Oram, Pamela Petro, Nancy Whittier
Carina Ho 09
Uruguay: Dance
"Promoting Access to Dance for People with Disabilities through International Skill Sharing"
Mentor: Angie Hauser
Recommenders: Karen Pfeifer, Judith Smith, Lauren Taylor
Consultants: Lila Dodge 09
Foreign Language Evaluator: Melissa Belmonte
Asriyanti Karma 16
Indonesia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Michelle Joffroy
Recommenders: Reid Bertone-Johnson, Dana Leibsohn, James Middlebrook
Foreign Language Evaluator: Sonya Condro Lukitosari
Sydney Keen 17
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle School
Mentor: William Oram
Recommenders: Jill de Villiers, William Oram, Lourdes Ortega
Consultants: Nalini Bhushan, Yalin Chen, Jill de Villiers, William Oram
Foreign Language Evaluator: Yalin Chen
Julia Kim 14J
South Korea: Political Science
"Growth of Democracy Through Sex Workers' Rights Debate"
Mentor: Dennis Yasutomo
Recommenders: Brent Durbin, Jina Kim, Dennis Yasutomo
Foreign Language Evaluator: Suk Massey
Zoe Kohler-Boland 17
Peru: Biology
"Effects of Pollutants on Lake Titicaca's Threatened Killifish and Fishing Communities"
Mentor: Lisa Mangiamele
Recommenders: Donald Baumer, Ibtissam Bouacherine, Lisa Mangiamele
Foreign Language Evaluator: Maria Estela Harretche
Susanna Lam 15
Iceland: Language and Literature
"Grasping the Cultural Context of Icelandic Language for Effective Translations"
Mentor: Craig Davis
Recommenders: Anna Andersen, Craig Davis, Marguerite Harrison
Consultant: Marguerite Harrison
Foreign Language Evaluator: Craig Davis
Quinn Lavigne 17
Malaysia: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle/High School
Mentor: Peter De Villiers
Recommenders: Peter de Villiers, Susan Etheredge, Katie Moore
Candy Lee 11
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary School
Mentor: Samuel Intrator
Recommenders: Samuel Intrator, Victor Tam, Sujane Wu
Consultants: Debra Carney, Marisa Cheng 13, Julie Goshe 07, Lucy Mule, Kimberly Probolus 11, Alan Rudnitsky, Carmen Say 11, Sujane Wu
Foreign Language Evaluator: Sujane Wu
Sage Lillaheart 17
Brazil: Film Studies
"Brazilian Horror Film: Popular Genre Expanding Brazil's Film Industry"
Mentor: Marguerite Harrison
Recommenders: Craig Davis, Alexandra Keller, Bernadine Mellis
Consultants: Andrew Dausch, Craig Davis, Alexandra Keller, Bernadine Mellis, Malcolm
McNee, William Oram, Andy Rotman, Alex Seggerman, Mihoko Suzuki, Joel Westerdale
Foreign Language Evaluator: Malcolm McNee
Samantha Page 17
Spain: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Kevin Rozario
Recommenders: Rosetta Cohen, Jessica Nicoll, Adam Rizzo
Consultants: Marisa Cheng 13, Christen Mucher, Jessica Nicoll, Frazer Ward
Foreign Language Evaluator: Ibtissam Bouachrine
Sarah Tully 17
Slovakia: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle/High School
Mentor: Gillian Kendall
Recommenders: Peter de Villiers, Gillian Kendall, Barry Moser
Marta Vivanco 17
Denmark: International Relations
"Rainbow Politics: How Progressive LGBTQ Policies Benefit the National Economy"
Mentor: Carrie Baker
Recommenders: Keith Gumery, Maria Estela Harretche, Greg White
Foreign Language Evaluator: Rikke Mamsen
Cheryl Lyn Watts 17
Nepal: Geology
"The Effects of the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake on Groundwater Springs in Central Nepal"
Mentor: Greg White
Recommenders: Constance Kassor, Robert Newton, Beth Pratt-Sitaula
Foreign Language Evaluator: Aditi Aryal
Monica Wilson 17
Germany: Biology
"Biodiversity of Bacterian Symbionts in Protists"
Mentor: Laura Katz
Recommenders: Laura Katz, Joseph McVeigh, Joel Westerdale
Consultants: Marisa Cheng 13, Andy Rotman, Alex Seggerman, Joel Westerdale
Foreign Language Evaluator: Joseph McVeigh
Sarah Yan 17
Vietnam: English Teaching Assistantship
High School/University
Mentor: Brent Durbin
Recommenders: Marc Lendler, Brent Durbin, Yuh-Line Niou
Foreign Language Evaluator: Quynh Anh Giang
Aisha Amin 17
Netherlands: Film Studies
"The Potential for Documentary Film Utilizing Neurocinema to Create Social Change"
Mentor: Ellen Kaplan
Recommenders: Len Berkman, Mary Harrington, Ellen Kaplan
Consultants: Peter Sapiro, Alex Seggerman
Catherine Bradley 17
Spain: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle/High School
Mentor: Alan Rudnitsky
Recommenders: Carol Berner, Elizabeth Pryor, Alan Rudnitsky
Consultants: Carol Berner, Marisa Cheng 13, Daniel Gardner
Foreign Language Evaluator: Reyes Lázaro
Joan Brunetta 17J
Norway: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Thalia Pandiri
Recommenders: Jeffrey Ahlman, Craig Davis, Thalia Pandiri
Consultants: Jeffrey Ahlman, Craig Davis
Foreign Language Evaluator: Erika Espey-Sundt
Jackie Byun 16
South Korea: Computer Science
"Connecting a Growing Population of Senior Citizens in South Korea to the Digital Age"
Mentor: Dominique Thiebaut
Recommenders: Tracy Hammond, Danielle Santos, Dominique Thiebaut
Consultants: Marisa Cheng 13, Suzanne Gottschang, Rocco Piccinino, Alex Seggerman
Foreign Language Evaluator: Hyunsook Shin
Nancy Cai 17J
Thailand: English Teaching Assistantship
Public school
Mentor: David Palmer
Recommenders: Yalin Chen, Sara Eddy, David Palmer
Consultants: Yalin Chen, Sara Eddy
Foreign Language Evaluator: Amy Wordelman
Elizabeth Carper 17
Singapore: Environmental Science
"Singapore as a Model for Potable and Freshwater Resiliency Strategies"
Mentor: Susan Sayre
Recommenders: Elliot Fratkin, Suk Massey, Dennis Yasutomo
Consultants: Marnie Anderson, Elliot Fratkin, Suk Massey, Greg White, Dennis Yasutomo
Isabella Casini 17
Germany: Engineering
"Improvement of Biogas Production from Anaerobic Digestion"
Mentor: Denise McKahn
Recommenders: Giovanna Bellesia, Niveen Ismail, Denise McKahn
Consultants: Niveen Ismail, Naila Moreira
Foreign Language Evaluator: Judith Keyler-Mayer
Mandy Castro 17
Indonesia: Biology
"Ecological Analysis for the Preservation of Vital Coral Reefs"
Mentor: L. David Smith
Recommenders: Laura Katz, Kate Queeney, L. David Smith
Consultants: Al Curran, Laura Katz, Kate Queeney, L. David Smith
Foreign Language Evaluator: Amy Wordelman
Marina Cheng 17
Japan: Computer Science
"Societal and Cultural Investigation of Computational Biology Research"
Mentor: Sara Mathieson
Recommenders: Nathan Derr, Nicholas R. Howe, Sara Mathieson
Consultants: Nancy Whittier, Dennis Yasutomo
Foreign Language Evaluator: Yuri Kumagai
Haley Crockett 15
Jamaica: Agriculture
"High Honey-Yielding Top-Bar Hives to Promote Affordable Beekeeping"
Mentor: Paul Wetzel
Recommenders: Zoe Burgess, Frazer Ward, Paul Wetzel
Consultants: Sara Pruss, Greg White
Eliza Cummings 17
Uganda: Economic Development
"Impact of Specialty Coffee Certifications on Agricultural Development"
Mentor: Kim Dionne
Recommenders: Kim Dionne, Howard Gold, Greg White
Consultants: Howard Gold, Greg White
Foreign Language Evaluator: Agnes Kimokoti
Claudia Deeg 17
Tanzania: Biology
"Enabling Sustainable Use of Zanzibar Coral Reefs for Tourism and Fishing"
Mentor: L. David Smith
Recommenders: Jesse Bellemare, Jack Loveless, Sara Pruss
Consultants: Al Curran, Jesse Bellemare, Jack Loveless, Agnes Kimokoti, Paulette Peckol,
Marney Pratt, Sara Pruss, Sarah Tucker 13
Foreign Language Evaluator: Agnes Kimokoti
Nicole DelRosso, Graduate Research Fellow
Germany: Biology
"Powering a DNA-based Nanomachine to Understand and Manipulate the Inner Workings of Life"
Mentor: Nathan Derr
Recommenders: Nathan Derr, Robert Dorit, Sarah Hews
Consultants: Robert Dorit, Sarah Hews
Foreign Language Evaluator: Lisa Haegele
Sarah Emigh-Doyle 16
Bulgaria: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Fernando Armstrong-Fumero
Recommenders: Olla Al-Shalchi, Fernando Armstrong-Fumero, Judith Bradshaw Brown
Consultants: Olla Al-Shalchi, Grant Moss, Alex Seggerman
Foreign Language Evaluator: Elena Atanascheva
Ana Garcia 17
Chile: Chemistry
"Toward the Development of a Snail Slime-Polymer Biomaterial for Bone Tissue Regeneration"
Mentor: Cristina Suarez
Recommenders: Maren Buck, Travis Norsen, Cristina SuarezConsultants: Maren Buck, Betsie Jamieson
Foreign Language Evaluator: Alejandra Osorio
Anna George 17
France: Biology
"Preparing for Climate Change through Mapping Horticultural Plant Escape"
Mentor: Jesse Bellemare
Recommenders: Jesse Bellemare, Sharyn Goldstien, Virginia Hayssen
Consultants: Marisa Cheng 13, Virginia Hayssen, Leslie King, Hélène Visentin
Foreign Language Evaluator: Hélène Visentin
Dariana Guerrero 17
South Korea: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle/High School
Mentor: Lucy Mule
Recommenders: Louis Bernieri, William Oram, Pamela Petro
Consultants: William Oram, Pamela Petro, Nancy Whittier
Carina Ho 09
Uruguay: Dance
"Promoting Access to Dance for People with Disabilities through International Skill Sharing"
Mentor: Angie Hauser
Recommenders: Karen Pfeifer, Judith Smith, Lauren Taylor
Consultants: Lila Dodge 09
Foreign Language Evaluator: Melissa Belmonte
Asriyanti Karma 16
Indonesia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Michelle Joffroy
Recommenders: Reid Bertone-Johnson, Dana Leibsohn, James Middlebrook
Foreign Language Evaluator: Sonya Condro Lukitosari
Sydney Keen 17
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle School
Mentor: William Oram
Recommenders: Jill de Villiers, William Oram, Lourdes Ortega
Consultants: Nalini Bhushan, Yalin Chen, Jill de Villiers, William Oram
Foreign Language Evaluator: Yalin Chen
Julia Kim 14J
South Korea: Political Science
"Growth of Democracy Through Sex Workers' Rights Debate"
Mentor: Dennis Yasutomo
Recommenders: Brent Durbin, Jina Kim, Dennis Yasutomo
Foreign Language Evaluator: Suk Massey
Zoe Kohler-Boland 17
Peru: Biology
"Effects of Pollutants on Lake Titicaca's Threatened Killifish and Fishing Communities"
Mentor: Lisa Mangiamele
Recommenders: Donald Baumer, Ibtissam Bouacherine, Lisa Mangiamele
Foreign Language Evaluator: Maria Estela Harretche
Natalie Kolber 17
Poland: Biology
"Novel Biomarkers to Accurately Diagnose Diabetic Complications Sooner"
Mentor: Stylianos Scordilis
Recommenders: Lou Ann Bierwert, Robert Merritt, Stylianos Scordilis
Foreign Language Evaluator: Malgorzata Zielinska-Pfabe
Susanna Lam 15
Iceland: Language and Literature
"Grasping the Cultural Context of Icelandic Language for Effective Translations"
Mentor: Craig Davis
Recommenders: Anna Andersen, Craig Davis, Marguerite Harrison
Consultant: Marguerite Harrison
Foreign Language Evaluator: Craig Davis
Quinn Lavigne 17
Malaysia: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle/High School
Mentor: Peter De Villiers
Recommenders: Peter de Villiers, Susan Etheredge, Katie Moore
Candy Lee 11
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary School
Mentor: Samuel Intrator
Recommenders: Samuel Intrator, Victor Tam, Sujane Wu
Consultants: Debra Carney, Marisa Cheng 13, Julie Goshe 07, Lucy Mule, Kimberly Probolus 11, Alan Rudnitsky, Carmen Say 11, Sujane Wu
Foreign Language Evaluator: Sujane Wu
Sage Lillaheart 17
Brazil: Film Studies
"Brazilian Horror Film: Popular Genre Expanding Brazil's Film Industry"
Mentor: Marguerite Harrison
Recommenders: Craig Davis, Alexandra Keller, Bernadine Mellis
Consultants: Andrew Dausch, Craig Davis, Alexandra Keller, Bernadine Mellis, Malcolm
McNee, William Oram, Andy Rotman, Alex Seggerman, Mihoko Suzuki, Joel Westerdale
Foreign Language Evaluator: Malcolm McNee
Maya McCann 17
Ecuador: Interdisciplinary Studies
"Girls in Soccer: Developing an Effective and Accessible Positive Youth Development Model"
Mentor: Alice Hearst
Recommenders: Alice Hearst, Naomi Miller, Chrstine Shelton
Consultants: Deb Carney, Kim Dionne, Christine Shelton
Foreign Language Evaluator: Nancy Sternbach
Esosa Osayamen 17
Nigeria: History
"The Benin Empire's Relationship to the Atlantic Slave Trade from a Local Perspective"
Mentor: Louis Wilson
Recommenders: Barbara Kellum, Albert Mosley, Louis Wilson
Consultants: Jerry Ahlman, Kevin Quashie, Andy Rotman
Samantha Page 17
Spain: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Kevin Rozario
Recommenders: Rosetta Cohen, Jessica Nicoll, Adam Rizzo
Consultants: Marisa Cheng 13, Christen Mucher, Jessica Nicoll, Frazer Ward
Foreign Language Evaluator: Ibtissam Bouachrine
Ayla Staelin-Lefsky 15
Jordan: English Teaching Assistantship
Secondary School
Mentor: Ernest Benz
Recommenders: Amanda Belden, Ernest Benz, Caitlin Turner
Consultants: Amanda Belden 07, Sergey Glebov
Foreign Language Evaluator: Mohamed Hassan
Sarah Tully 17
Slovakia: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle/High School
Mentor: Gillian Kendall
Recommenders: Peter de Villiers, Gillian Kendall, Barry Moser
Marta Vivanco 17
Denmark: International Relations
"Rainbow Politics: How Progressive LGBTQ Policies Benefit the National Economy"
Mentor: Carrie Baker
Recommenders: Keith Gumery, Maria Estela Harretche, Greg White
Foreign Language Evaluator: Rikke Mamsen
Megan Wancura 17
Singapore: Chemistry
"Developing Methods to Use the Peels of Local Fruits to Purify Scarce Water for Reuse"
Mentor: Kevin Shea
Recommenders: Maren Buck, Laura Katz, Kevin Shea
Consultants: Maren Buck, Betsie Jamieson
Cheryl Lyn Watts 17
Nepal: Geology
"The Effects of the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake on Groundwater Springs in Central Nepal"
Mentor: Greg White
Recommenders: Constance Kassor, Robert Newton, Beth Pratt-Sitaula
Foreign Language Evaluator: Aditi Aryal
Monica Wilson 17
Germany: Biology
"Biodiversity of Bacterian Symbionts in Protists"
Mentor: Laura Katz
Recommenders: Laura Katz, Joseph McVeigh, Joel Westerdale
Consultants: Marisa Cheng 13, Andy Rotman, Alex Seggerman, Joel Westerdale
Foreign Language Evaluator: Joseph McVeigh
Sarah Yan 17
Vietnam: English Teaching Assistantship
High School/University
Mentor: Brent Durbin
Recommenders: Marc Lendler, Brent Durbin, Yuh-Line Niou
Foreign Language Evaluator: Quynh Anh Giang
Congratulations to Smith's fellowship winners, alternates and finalists for the 2015-16 competition year.
Among other awards, Smith students garnered 19 Fulbright Fellowship offers (another 2 were short-listed as Alternates), 1 Beinecke Scholarship and 2 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowships.
For the Fulbright, Smith's record cohort of 43 applicants registered a 44% success rate compared to the national average of 17%. Our success rate for the English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) alone is 63%.
Fulbright offers target 16 different countries, which means that Smithies are reaching out further across the globe, with five first-time countries this year among all the applicants, three of whom were selected, with a fourth standing by as an Alternate.
The increasing number of countries Smithies are headed towards also shows how our adventurous trail-blazing students are gaining in international confidence as they venture forth into more foreign regions off the beaten track to represent the United States.
Among our applicants, about 16 or 37% were minority students, who at eight winners among them constitute 41% of Smith's Fellows this year.
Congratulations also to students who applied and were named finalists for other prestigious awards like the Marshall, Gates and Rhodes. That Smith records finalists for these fellowships, a rare achievement, is testament to the preparation and dedication invested in these applications by students, faculty and staff alike.
We once again thank Smith faculty and staff who contributed in 273 capacities (42 Faculty Fulbright Mentors, 104 Recommenders, 101 Consultants, 26 Foreign Language Evaluators).
Appreciation is also extended to staff members who supported this campus-wide collaboration from various quarters including the Clark Science, Wurtele, Jacobson, Lazarus, and Lewis centers, the Registrar's, Class Deans, Disability, and Student Financial Services offices, plus IRB and ITS.
It is this rallying around that helps keep Smith the strongest Fulbright program in the nation:
https://www.smith.edu/fulbright/outstanding_ach.php
Fellowships Results 2015-16
SUMMARY
62 FELLOWS
19 Fulbright Fellow Offers
1 Goldwater Scholar
1 Beinecke Scholar
1 Killam Fellowship
2 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
1 AMGEN Scholar
2 Fulbright-Hays
1 NSF PIRE
2 Exceptional Research Opportunities Fellowships (EXROP)
6 Teaching Assistantship Program in France Fellowships (TAPIF)
1 EuroScholar
5 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows
1 Davis Project for Peace
1 Critical Language Scholarship
1 Yiddish Book Center Fellowship
1 Keck Geology Consortium Fellowship
1 Asian Women in Business Scholarship
1 National Park Service Wilderness Fellowship
1 Innovate for Maine Fellowship
1 Hillard Jenkins Fellowship
1 True Entrepreneur Corps. Fellowship
3 Fox-Boorstein Fellowships
1 Helix Project
1 Running Star Start Fellowship
1 Girls Who Invest Scholarship
1 Rackham Merit Fellowship
2 Hollings Scholarships
1 Gladys Emerson Scholarship
1 Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Chemistry by a First-Generation Student
10 FINALISTS
1 Rhodes
1 Marshall
1 Gates
7 Fulbright
49 CANDIDATES
1 Rhodes
1 Marshall
1 Gates
1 Churchill
43 Fulbright
1 Beinecke
1 DAAD
Michaela Chinn '16
Indonesia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Giovanna Bellesia
Recommenders: Susan Etheredge, Janice Gatty, Leslie Jaffe
Foreign Language Evaluator: Sonya Condro Lukitosari '16
Sophia Deady '16
Sri Lanka: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle/ High School
Mentor: David Palmer
Recommenders: David Gorin, Leslie Jaffe, David Palmer
Consultants: Peter de Villiers, Leslie Jaffe, Elizabeth Jamieson
Lally Delgado '16
Brazil: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Simone Gugliotta
Recommenders: Marguerite Harrison, Lucy McAuliffe, Malcolm McNee
Consultants: Randy Bartlett, Holly Davis, Jim Johnson
Foreign Language Evaluator: Simone Gugliotta
Hannah Francis '16
El Salvador: Geology
"Improving Soil Fertility to Promote Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Practices"
Mentor: Amy Rhodes
Recommenders: Robert Newton, Amy Rhodes
Consultant: Alexander Barron
Foreign Language Evaluator: Silvia Berger
Michaela Gill '16
Germany: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary to High School
Mentor: Joseph McVeigh
Recommenders: Karen Klinger, Jocelyne Kolb, Elizabeth Pryor
Consultants: Kevin Rozario, Michael Thurston
Foreign Language Evaluator: Jocelyne Kolb
Cynthia Gomez '16
Malaysia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Susan Etheredge
Recommenders: Giovanna Bellesia, Susan Etheredge, Victoria Poletto
Consultants: Giovanna Bellesia, Debra Carney, Naila Moreira
Eilis Goshow-Snook '16
Germany: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary to High School
Mentor: Jocelyne Kolb
Recommenders: Judith Keyler-Mayer, Jocelyne Kolb, Michael Thurston
Consultants: Judith Keyler-Mayer, Joseph McVeigh, William Oram, Michael Thurston, Joel Westerdale
Foreign Language Evaluator: Jocelyne Kolb
Idia Irele '16
Andorra: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle or High School
Mentor: Mlada Bukovansky
Recommenders: Mlada Bukovansky, L'Tanya Richmond, Maria Helena Rueda
Foreign Language Evaluator: Maria Helena Rueda
Mehr Kaur '16
India: Drama/Theatre Arts -- Directing
"The Street as a Performance Space for Works of Culture and Expression in the Punjab"
Mentor: Ellen Kaplan
Recommender: Ellen Kaplan
Consultant: Leonard Berkman
Becky Lai '16
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary or Junior High School
Mentor: Shannon Audley-Piotrowski
Recommenders: Shannon Audley-Piotrowski, Mohini Kulp, Alan Rudnitsky
Consultants: Carol Berner, Alan Rudnitsky, Susan Wu
Foreign Language Evaluator: Jessica Moyer
Sarah Orsak '16
Canada: Gender Studies
"Silence and Isolation No Longer: Disabled 'Girls' Affirming Their Self-Worth Through Media"
MA in Critical Disability Studies
York University
Mentor: Kevin Quashie
Recommenders: Elisabeth Armstrong, Jennifer Guglielmo, Kevin Quashie
Consultants: Elisabeth Armstrong, Jennifer Guglielmo
Anna Partridge '16
Finland: Energy
"Harvesting Energy from Waste: Adaptation and Application of Finnish Bioenergy Systems"
MSc in Energy Technology
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Mentor: Denise McKahn
Recommenders: Judith Cardell, Glenn Ellis, Denise McKahn
Consultants: Judith Cardell, Darcy Dwyer '11, Christen Mucher
Gisele Pineda '16
South Korea: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary School
Mentor: Vera Shevzov
Recommenders: Suk Massey, Vera Shevzov
Consultant: Carol Zaleski
Foreign Language Evaluator: Suk Massey
Sarah Posont '16
South Korea: English Teaching Assistantship
Secondary School
Mentor: Christophe Golé
Recommenders: Donald Baumer, Kiara Brown, Hélène Visentin
Consultants: Donald Baumer, Suk Massey, Hélène Visentin
Foreign Language Evaluator: Suk Massey
Sydney Ramirez '16
Germany: History
"How the Transforming 'History Workshop' Movement Shapes Recent Memory Discourse"
Mentor: Jocelyne Kolb
Recommender: Jocelyne Kolb
Foreign Language Evaluator: Joseph McVeigh
Hannah Sachs '16
Czech Republic: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Carol Zaleski
Recommenders: Ellen Kaplan, Daniel Kramer, Carol Zaleski
Consultants: Emily Atkinson, Len Berkman, Kiki Gounaridou, Ellen Kaplan, Daniel Kramer
Helena Tatgenhorst '16
Bulgaria: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Jack Loveless
Recommenders: Jonathan Hirsh, Sara Pruss, Alan Rudnitsky
Consultants: Sara Pruss, Alan Rudnitsky
Foreign Language Evaluator: Kalina Dimova
Jane Weinstock '16
Panama: Oceanography
"Evaluating the Impact of Marine 'Dead Zones' on Threatened Coral Reefs"
Mentor: Bosiljka Glumac
Recommenders: Robert Newton, David Smith
Consultant: David Smith
Foreign Language Evaluator: Maria Helena Rueda
Eugenia Yee '16
China: Gender Studies
"Romantic Partnerships: Contemporary Social Mores Guiding Campus Courtship"
Mentor: Justin Cammy
Recommenders: Daniel Gardner, Jina Kim, Garrett Washington
Consultants: Ernest Benz, Barbara Brehm-Curtis, Lauren Duncan, Daniel Gardner, Steven Goldstein, Jina Kim, Sabina Knight, Jessica Moyer, Marc Steinberg, Garrett Washington, Sujane Wu, Ling Zhao
Sara Callahan '18
Mentor: Margaret Lamb
Recommender: Paul Voss
Consultant: Paramjeey Pati
Angela Acosta '17
Spanish and English Language & Literature
Recommenders: Michelle Joffroy, Reyes Lazaro, Malcom McNee
Courcelle Stark '18
Recommenders: Ernest Benz, Sarah Pruss
Foreign Language Evaluator: Hélène Visentin
Angela Upreti '16
Research Internship in Science and Engineering Scholarship
Megan Wancura '17
Research Internship in Science and Engineering Scholarship
Amalia Sweet '17
UCLA
Recommenders: Rob Dorit, Steve Williams
Chunmei McKernan '18
Group Projects Abroad Program
Recommenders: Gwen Spencer, Ling Zhao
Yujin Pyun '17
GPA Advanced Chinese Immersion Program
University of Massachusetts Boston
Recommenders: Marnie Anderson, Lu Yu-Cameron
Grace Lee '17
Mentor: Judith Cardell
Miatta Ndama '17
Anna Render '17
Sarah Achartz '16
Académie de Lille
Margaret Johnson '16
Académie de Rennes
Recommender: Eglal Doss-Quinby
Arcadia Kratkiewicz '16
Académie de Nice
Sarah Posont '16
Académie de Créteil
Recommender: Hélène Visentin
Meredith Shanoski '16
Académie de Reims
Kathryn Welles '16
Académie de Versailles
Madeleine Britton '17
"Research Project in Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience"
Leiden University, NL
Recommenders: Peter de Villiers and Mary Harrington
5 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows
Tiara Austin '18
Africana Studies
Suroor Gandhi '18
Physics
Hee-Young Kim '18
English Language and Literature
Mentors: Naomi Miller, William Oram, and Gillian Kendall
Recommender: Naomi Miller, William Oram
Precious Musa '18
English and Poetry
Alina Wang '18
Philosophy
Mentor: Jill de Villiers
Recommenders: Jill de Villiers, Nnamdi Pole
Ayesha Kahn '16
1 Critical Language Scholarship
Sarah Emigh-Doyle '16
Mentor: Agnes Kimokoti
Recommender: Fernando Armstrong Fumero
1 Yiddish Book Center Fellowship
Sadie Gold-Shapiro '16
Recommenders: Darcy Buerkle, Sebastian Schulman, Eitan Kensky
1 Keck Geology Consortium Fellowship
Heather Upin '16
1 Asian Women in Business Scholarship
Yoo Eun Kim '16
Recommenders: Carol Zaleski, James Miller
1 National Park Service Wilderness Fellowship
Katherine Lyons '16
Recommender: Donald Baumer
1 Innovate for Maine Fellowship
Lucy Kneissler '19
Priscilla Takondwa Semphere '18
1 True Entrepreneur Corps. Fellowship
Natasha Sharma '17
Alina Ghulam Rasool '18
Recommender: Brent Durbin
Van Nguyen '18
Recommenders: Dominique Thiebaut, Nessy Tania
Jiaying Xu '17
Mentor: Patrick Coby
Recommender: Martine Gantrel
Lydia Ivanovic '19'
Mentor: Justin Cammy
1 Running Star Start Fellowship
Theresa Meyer '17
Mentor: Melissa Richmond
Recommender: Marc Lendler
1 Girls Who Invest Scholarship
Latifa Al-Mohdar '18
Gabrielle Peterson '16
Emma Harnisch '18
Courcelle Stark '18
Megan Wancura '17
1 Undergraduate Award for Excellence in Chemistry by a First-Generation Student
Katie McGeough '16
Brianna Jackson '16
Slovak Republic: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Dawn Fulton
Recommenders: Dawn Fulton, Christophe Golé, Kate Queeney
Consultant: Ruth Isserman '13
Foreign Language Evaluator: Maria Banerjee
Chelsea Villareal '14J
The Netherlands: Linguistics
"Bridging the Gap: Analyzing Arabic and English Cultural Perspectives through Language"
MA in Language and Communication (Research)
Radboud University
Mentor: Jill de Villiers
Recommender: Jill de Villiers
Jamie Cyr '16
MSc by Research
Department of Materials
University of Oxford, UK
Recommenders: Maren Buck, Christophe Golé, Mark Platts, Stylianos Scordilis, Nessy Tania, William Williams
Sponsors: Lynn Oberbillig, Stacie Hagenbaugh
Endorsement: Thomas Bernard, Robert Dorit, Kathleen McCartney
Jamie Cyr '16
MSc by Research
Department of Materials
University of Oxford, UK
or
DPhil in Materials Science
School of Materials
University of Manchester, UK
Recommenders: Maren Buck, Christophe Golé, Stylianos Scordilis, Nessy Tania
Consultants: Maren Buck, Robert Dorit, Margaret Lamb
Sponsors: Lynn Oberbillig, Stacie Hagenbaugh
Endorsement: Thomas Bernard, Robert Dorit, Kathleen McCartney
Jamie Cyr '16
"Construction of a Cross-Linked Colagen Extracellular Matrix to Support Myocardial Tissue Growth"
MPhil by Research
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
University of Cambridge, UK
Recommenders: Christophe Golé, Mark Platts, Nessy Tania
Consultant: Margaret Lamb
Dorean Collins '16
Brazil: Sociology
"Contributions of Afro-Brazilian Women to the Development of the Brazilian Economy"
Mentor: Malcolm McNee
Recommenders: Payal Banerjee, Marguerite Harrison, Malcolm McNee
Foreign Language Evaluator: Simone Gugliotta
Jamie Cyr '16
UK: Medical Sciences
"Novel Employment of Artificial Dermal Substitutes as Alternatives to Skin Grafting"
MSc in Biomaterials
School of Materials
University of Manchester
Mentor: Stan Scordilis
Recommender: Nessy Tania
Consultant: Maren Buck
Saloma Furlong AC '07
Germany: History
"Tracing Amish Education Traditions Through the Annals of German History"
Mentor: Ernest Benz
Recommender: Jocelyne Kolb
Consultants: Ernie Alleva, Judith Keyler-Mayer, Jocelyne Kolb
Foreign Language Evaluator: Judith Keyler-Mayer
Danielle Jacques '16
Mexico: Agriculture
"Vulnerability to Sustainability: Agricultural Strategies for Adapting to Water Scarcity"
Mentor: Charles Staelin
Recommenders: Charles Staelin, Vis Taraz, Paul Wetzel
Consultants: Fernando Armstrong-Fumero, Susan Sayre, Nancy Sternbach, Vis Taraz
Foreign Language Evaluator: Nancy Sternbach
Asriyanti Karma '16
Indonesia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Dana Leibsohn
Recommenders: Ibtissam Bouachrine, Dana Leibsohn, James Middlebrook
Isabella McNamara '16
Australia: Public Health
"Communicating Collaboratively to Reduce Scabies in Indigenous Communities"
Master of Public Health in Indigenous Health
University of Queensland
Mentor: Dave Gorin
Recommenders: Maren Buck, Kevin Shea
Consultants: Maren Buck, Suzanne Gottschang, Kevin Shea, Kristin Shaw
Christine Roh '16J
South Korea: English Teaching Assistantship
Secondary School
Mentor: Peter de Villiers
Recommenders: Floyd Cheung, Peter de Villiers, Suk Massey
Consultant: Floyd Cheung
Foreign Language Evaluator: Hyunsook Shin
Jamie Cyr '16
MSc by Research
Department of Materials
University of Oxford, UK
Recommenders: Maren Buck, Christophe Golé, Mark Platts, Stylianos Scordilis, Nessy Tania, William Williams
Sponsors: Lynn Oberbillig, Stacie Hagenbaugh
Endorsement: Thomas Bernard, Robert Dorit, Kathleen McCartney
Jamie Cyr '16
MSc by Research
Department of Materials
University of Oxford, UK
or
DPhil in Materials Science
School of Materials
University of Manchester, UK
Recommenders: Maren Buck, Christophe Golé, Stylianos Scordilis, Nessy Tania
Consultants: Maren Buck, Robert Dorit, Margaret Lamb
Sponsors: Lynn Oberbillig, Stacie Hagenbaugh
Endorsement: Thomas Bernard, Robert Dorit, Kathleen McCartney
Jamie Cyr '16
"Construction of a Cross-Linked Colagen Extracellular Matrix to Support Myocardial Tissue Growth"
MPhil by Research
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
University of Cambridge, UK
Recommenders: Christophe Golé, Mark Platts, Nessy Tania
Consultant: Margaret Lamb
Jamie Cyr '16
"Construction of a Cross-linked Scaffold to Support Myocardial Tissue Growth"
MPhil by Research
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
University of Cambridge, UK
Recommenders: Christophe Golé, Nessy Tania
Sponsors: Lynn Oberbillig, Stacie Hagenbaugh
Endorsement: Margaret Lamb, Robert Dorit
Siiri Bigalke '16J
Nepal: Environmental Studies
"Modeling Resilience to Climate Change and Adaptive Capacities of Himalayan Communities"
Mentor: Camille Washington-Ottombre
Recommenders: David Smith, Dano Weisbord
Consultants: Constance Kassor, Bob Newton, Greg White
Samantha Black '90
Peru: Ethnomusicology
"Preserving Amazonian Medicinal and Ecological Knowledge Embedded in Indigenous Music"
Mentor: Margaret Sarkissian
Viola Castagna '16
Turkey: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Lucy Mule
Recommenders: Fernando Armstrong-Fumero, Janice Gatty
Consultants: Fernando Armstrong-Fumero, Janice Gatty, Marc Steinberg
Michaela Chinn '16
Indonesia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Giovanna Bellesia
Recommenders: Susan Etheredge, Janice Gatty, Leslie Jaffe
Foreign Language Evaluator: Sonya Condro Lukitosari '16
Dorean Collins '16
Brazil: Sociology
"Contributions of Afro-Brazilian Women to the Development of the Brazilian Economy"
Mentor: Malcolm McNee
Recommenders: Payal Banerjee, Marguerite Harrison, Malcolm McNee
Foreign Language Evaluator: Simone Gugliotta
Jamie Cyr '16
UK: Medical Sciences
"Novel Employment of Artificial Dermal Substitutes as Alternatives to Skin Grafting"
MSc in Biomaterials
School of Materials
University of Manchester
Mentor: Stan Scordilis
Recommender: Nessy Tania
Consultant: Maren Buck
Hannah Davis '09
Mauritius: Language & Literature
"Mauritian Women Speak Up: Fiction and Dialogue in the Service of Gender Equality"
Mentor: Katwiwa Mule
Recommenders: Peter Bloom, Brigitte Buettner, Dawn Fulton
Consultants: Brigitte Buettner, Dawn Fulton
Foreign Language Evaluator: Christiane Metral
Sophia Deady '16
Sri Lanka: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle/ High School
Mentor: David Palmer
Recommenders: David Gorin, Leslie Jaffe, David Palmer
Consultants: Peter de Villiers, Leslie Jaffe, Elizabeth Jamieson
Lally Delgado '16
Brazil: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Simone Gugliotta
Recommenders: Marguerite Harrison, Lucy McAuliffe, Malcolm McNee
Consultants: Randy Bartlett, Holly Davis, Jim Johnson
Foreign Language Evaluator: Simone Gugliotta
Mallory Durlauf '16
China: Economics
"Green Consumerism: Consumer Power as a Force for Environmental Change"
Mentor: Daniel Gardner
Recommenders: Steven Goldstein, Simon Halliday, Roger Kaufman
Consultants: Marnie Anderson, Simon Halliday, Roger Kaufman, Sujane Wu
Foreign Language Evaluator: Sujane Wu
Catherine Ellsberg '16
France: Film Studies
"Film Criticism as a Vehicle for Social Reflection and Cultural Change"
Mentor: Alexandra Keller
Recommenders: Alexandra Keller, Jocelyne Kolb
Consultant: Darcy Buerkle
Foreign Language Evaluator: Christophe Golé
Taylor Fallon '16
Ghana: Political Science
"Employing Women As An Effective Force In Combatting Trafficking"
Mentor: Bozena Welborne
Recommenders: Carrie Baker, Alice Hearst
Consultants: Carrie Baker, Kim Dionne, Alice Hearst, Greg White
Hannah Francis '16
El Salvador: Geology
"Improving Soil Fertility to Promote Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Practices"
Mentor: Amy Rhodes
Recommenders: Robert Newton, Amy Rhodes
Consultant: Alexander Barron
Foreign Language Evaluator: Silvia Berger
Saloma Furlong AC '07
Germany: History
"Tracing Amish Education Traditions Through the Annals of German History"
Mentor: Ernest Benz
Recommender: Jocelyne Kolb
Consultants: Ernie Alleva, Judith Keyler-Mayer, Jocelyne Kolb
Foreign Language Evaluator: Judith Keyler-Mayer
Michaela Gill '16
Germany: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary to High School
Mentor: Joseph McVeigh
Recommenders: Karen Klinger, Jocelyne Kolb, Elizabeth Pryor
Consultants: Kevin Rozario, Michael Thurston
Foreign Language Evaluator: Jocelyne Kolb
Cynthia Gomez '16
Malaysia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Susan Etheredge
Recommenders: Giovanna Bellesia, Susan Etheredge, Victoria Poletto
Consultants: Giovanna Bellesia, Debra Carney, Naila Moreira
Eilis Goshow-Snook '16
Germany: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary to High School
Mentor: Jocelyne Kolb
Recommenders: Judith Keyler-Mayer, Jocelyne Kolb, Michael Thurston
Consultants: Judith Keyler-Mayer, Joseph McVeigh, William Oram, Michael Thurston, Joel Westerdale
Foreign Language Evaluator: Jocelyne Kolb
Mckenzie Hessel '15
Uruguay: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary through University
Mentor: Ibtissam Bouachrine
Recommenders: Ibtissam Bouachrine, María Estela Harretche, Leslie King
Foreign Language Evaluator: María Estela Harretche
Idia Irele '16
Andorra: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle or High School
Mentor: Mlada Bukovansky
Recommenders: Mlada Bukovansky, L'Tanya Richmond, Maria Helena Rueda
Foreign Language Evaluator: Maria Helena Rueda
Brianna Jackson '16
Slovak Republic: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Dawn Fulton
Recommenders: Dawn Fulton, Christophe Golé, Kate Queeney
Consultant: Ruth Isserman '13
Foreign Language Evaluator: Maria Banerjee
Danielle Jacques '16
Mexico: Agriculture
"Vulnerability to Sustainability: Agricultural Strategies for Adapting to Water Scarcity"
Mentor: Charles Staelin
Recommenders: Charles Staelin, Vis Taraz, Paul Wetzel
Consultants: Fernando Armstrong-Fumero, Susan Sayre, Nancy Sternbach, Vis Taraz
Foreign Language Evaluator: Nancy Sternbach
Cade Johnson '16 (Calla Bowles)
Hungary: Gender Studies "Women Advancing Human Rights Through Documentary Film and Video"
Mentor: Elizabeth Pryor
Recommenders: Darcy Buerkle, Alex Keller, Elizabeth Pryor
Consultant: Darcy Buerkle, Alex Keller, Bernadine Mellis
Asriyanti Karma '16
Indonesia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Dana Leibsohn
Recommenders: Ibtissam Bouachrine, Dana Leibsohn, James Middlebrook
Mehr Kaur '16
India: Drama/Theatre Arts -- Directing
"The Street as a Performance Space for Works of Culture and Expression in the Punjab"
Mentor: Ellen Kaplan
Recommender: Ellen Kaplan
Consultant: Leonard Berkman
Arcadia Kratkiewicz '16
France: Biology
"Analyzing the Bacterial Synthesis of a Molecule with Environmental & Therapeutic Promise"
Mentor: Christine White-Ziegler
Recommenders: Rob Dorit, Christophe Golé, Stylianos Scordilis
Consultants: Rob Dorit, Stylianos Scordilis
Foreign Language Evaluator: Christophe Golé
Becky Lai '16
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary or Junior High School
Mentor: Shannon Audley-Piotrowski
Recommenders: Shannon Audley-Piotrowski, Mohini Kulp, Alan Rudnitsky
Consultants: Carol Berner, Alan Rudnitsky, Susan Wu
Foreign Language Evaluator: Jessica Moyer
Rachel Lichtman '16
Colombia: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Payal Banerjee
Recommenders: Carrie Baker, Payal Banerjee, Nancy Whittier
Consultant: Carrie Baker
Foreign Language Evaluator: Patricia Gonzalez
Isabella McNamara '16
Australia: Public Health
"Communicating Collaboratively to Reduce Scabies in Indigenous Communities"
Master of Public Health in Indigenous Health
University of Queensland
Mentor: Dave Gorin
Recommenders: Maren Buck, Kevin Shea
Consultants: Maren Buck, Suzanne Gottschang, Kevin Shea, Kristin Shaw
Celia Meredith '16
Mexico: Journalism
"Building Home: Seeking Identity and Sense of Belonging in Border Spaces"
Mentor: Nancy Sternbach
Recommender: Elizabeth Klarich
Consultants: Michelle Joffroy, Elizabeth Klarich, Dana Leibsohn, Maria Helena Rueda, Margot Veranes '03
Foreign Language Evaluator: Maria Helena Rueda
Sarah Orsak '16
Canada: Gender Studies
"Silence and Isolation No Longer: Disabled 'Girls' Affirming Their Self-Worth Through Media"
MA in Critical Disability Studies
York University
Mentor: Kevin Quashie
Recommenders: Elisabeth Armstrong, Jennifer Guglielmo, Kevin Quashie
Consultants: Elisabeth Armstrong, Jennifer Guglielmo
Anna Partridge '16
Finland: Energy
"Harvesting Energy from Waste: Adaptation and Application of Finnish Bioenergy Systems"
MSc in Energy Technology
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Mentor: Denise McKahn
Recommenders: Judith Cardell, Glenn Ellis, Denise McKahn
Consultants: Judith Cardell, Darcy Dwyer '11, Christen Mucher
Gisele Pineda '16
South Korea: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary School
Mentor: Vera Shevzov
Recommenders: Suk Massey, Vera Shevzov
Consultant: Carol Zaleski
Foreign Language Evaluator: Suk Massey
Sarah Posont '16
South Korea: English Teaching Assistantship
Secondary School
Mentor: Christophe Golé
Recommenders: Donald Baumer, Kiara Brown, Hélène Visentin
Consultants: Donald Baumer, Suk Massey, Hélène Visentin
Foreign Language Evaluator: Suk Massey
Wendy Ramirez '16
Mexico: English Teaching Assistantship
Middle School to University
Mentor: Mahnaz Mahdavi
Recommenders: Brent Durbin, Mahnaz Mahdavi, Charles Staelin
Consultant: Brent Durbin
Foreign Language Evaluator: Nancy Sternbach
Sydney Ramirez '16
Germany: History
"How the Transforming 'History Workshop' Movement Shapes Recent Memory Discourse"
Mentor: Jocelyne Kolb
Recommender: Jocelyne Kolb
Foreign Language Evaluator: Joseph McVeigh
Christine Roh '16J
South Korea: English Teaching Assistantship
Secondary School
Mentor: Peter de Villiers
Recommenders: Floyd Cheung, Peter de Villiers, Suk Massey
Consultant: Floyd Cheung
Foreign Language Evaluator: Hyunsook Shin
Hannah Sachs '16
Czech Republic: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Carol Zaleski
Recommenders: Ellen Kaplan, Daniel Kramer, Carol Zaleski
Consultants: Emily Atkinson, Len Berkman, Kiki Gounaridou, Ellen Kaplan, Daniel Kramer
Helena Tatgenhorst '16
Bulgaria: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Jack Loveless
Recommenders: Jonathan Hirsh, Sara Pruss, Alan Rudnitsky
Consultants: Sara Pruss, Alan Rudnitsky
Foreign Language Evaluator: Kalina Dimova
Chelsea Villareal '14J
The Netherlands: Linguistics
"Bridging the Gap: Analyzing Arabic and English Cultural Perspectives through Language"
MA in Language and Communication (Research)
Radboud University
Mentor: Jill de Villiers
Recommender: Jill de Villiers
Sydney Walker '16
South Africa: Public Health
"Ingredients for Building a Successful Community Health Engagement Program"
Mentor: Adam Hall
Recommenders: Adam Hall, Kevin Shea
Consultants: Ibtissam Bouachrine, Donald Jorelamon, Marc Steinberg, Eeva Sointu
Jane Weinstock '16
Panama: Oceanography
"Evaluating the Impact of Marine 'Dead Zones' on Threatened Coral Reefs"
Mentor: Bosiljka Glumac
Recommenders: Robert Newton, David Smith
Consultant: David Smith
Foreign Language Evaluator: Maria Helena Rueda
Victoria Yan '16
France: Sociology
"Towards an Assimilation Model: Survey of Welfare Organizations Supporting Muslim Women"
Mentor: Jonathan Gosnell
Recommender: Brent Durbin
Consultants: Dawn Fulton, Christophe Golé, Hélène Visentin, Bozena Welbourne, Greg White
Foreign Language Evaluator: Christophe Golé
Eugenia Yee '16
China: Gender Studies
"Romantic Partnerships: Contemporary Social Mores Guiding Campus Courtship"
Mentor: Justin Cammy
Recommenders: Daniel Gardner, Jina Kim, Garrett Washington
Consultants: Ernest Benz, Barbara Brehm-Curtis, Lauren Duncan, Daniel Gardner, Steven Goldstein, Jina Kim, Sabina Knight, Jessica Moyer, Marc Steinberg, Garrett Washington, Sujane Wu, Ling Zhao
Sydney Ramirez '16
"How the Transforming 'History Workshop' Movement Shapes Recent Memory Discourse"
Mentor: Jocelyne Kolb
Recommender: Jocelyne Kolb
Foreign Language Evaluator: Joseph McVeigh
For the first time in 32 years, a Smith College candidate has won the highly prestigious Marshall Scholarship. Tess Grogan '14 applied to study English Literature at St Andrews University in Scotland. Read the full story here.
Congratulations to this year's 20 Fulbright winners, a 48% success rate in the ratio of winners to applicants versus a national 17% average.
In 2015-16, our 11 Research Fellows and 9 Teaching Fellows will fan out across the globe to 16 countries on 4 continents, including to Belgium, China, Morocco, Trinidad & Tobago, and Turkey. Two will study for master's degrees in the United Kingdom, a Fulbright first for Smith.
We honor all the 42 candidates who completed Fulbright applications in 2014: This cohort represents a record 42% minority students among both the original 42 candidates and the short-listed 31 finalists who comprised a first-round 74% success rate.
We thank the 250 Smith faculty and staff supporters — in the form of 45 Faculty Fulbright Mentors, 101 Recommenders, 78 Consultants, and 21 Foreign Language Evaluators, staff members from the Clark Science, Jacobson, Lazarus, and Lewis Global Studies centers, the Registrar's, Class Deans, Disability Services and Diversity offices, and IRB, SFS and ITS — who pitched in with key support. It is this rallying around that helps keep Smith the strongest Fulbright program in the nation with the highest success ratio of winners to applicants among all top-producing institutions.
Please notify us via the easy form of any Smith fellowships winner not listed below.
Fellowships Results 2014-15
SUMMARY
- 77 FELLOWS
- 1 Marshall Scholar
- 20 Fulbright Fellow Offers
- 3 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellows
- 1 Luce Scholar
- 2 Goldwater Scholars
- 1 Humanity in Action Fellow
- 1 Bill Emerson Hunger Fellow
- 3 Amgen Scholars
- 1 GRO (Greater Research Opportunities) Fellow
- 1 CASA (Center for Arabic Study Abroad) Fellow
- 1 Volunteer Nepal Teaching Fellow
- 1 Liebowitz Centennial Fellow
- 3 Howard Hughes Medical Research Fellows
- 10 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows
- 8 Teaching in France Fellows
- 1 Hastings Bioethical Fellow
- 1 Critical Language Scholarship Offer
- 1 Lehigh Valley Research Scholar
- 1 NASPA Undergraduate Fellow
- 1 Zeidman Fellow
- 1 hackNY Fellow
- 1 FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellow
- 1 Amir Farming Fellow
- 1 UCSB Regents Fellow
- 1 Changemaker Religion Fellow
- 1 Uncommon Schools Summer Teaching Fellow
- 1 Noble and Greenough Teaching Fellow
- 1 National Physical Science Consortium Fellow
- 1 Gertrude M. Cox Scholar
- 1 Global Youth Advocacy Fellow
- 1 Lindsay Fellow
- 1 Mellon Research Fellow
- 1 NOAA Hollings Scholar
- 1 CHCI Public Policy Fellow
- 1 McKnight Doctoral Fellow
FACULTY FELLOWS
2 Fulbright Scholars
5 ALTERNATES
5 Fulbright Wait Listed
13 FINALISTS
6 Fulbright
1 Fulbright Summer Institute
2 Goldwater Honorable Mention
1 NSF Graduate Research Honorable Mention
2 John Lewis Fellowships
1 Beinecke Scholarship
Tess Grogan '14
Nominator: William Oram
Sponsor: Jefferson Hunter
Recommenders: Michael Gorra, Jefferson Hunter, Naomi Miller, William Oram
Consultants: Michael Gorra, Jefferson Hunter, Naomi Miller, William Oram
Interview Coach: Stacie Hagenbaugh
Practice Interviewers: Don Baumer, Tom Bernard, John Connolly, Patricia DiBartolo, Rob Dorit, Justina Gregory, Simon Halliday, Debra Kramer, Margaret Lamb, Susan Levin, Donna Lisker, Katy McColl '99, Bob Merritt, Rick Millington, Thalia Pandiri, Tom Riddell, Don Robinson, Sam Samuels, Deb Shaver, Kevin Shea, Audrey Smith, Vicky Spelman, Michael Thurston, Carol Zaleski
Amelia Burke '15
Morocco: Agriculture
"How Different Grazing Methods Stimulate Atlas Mountain Pasture Regrowth"
Mentor: Greg White
Recommenders: Abdelkader Berrahmoun, Paul Wetzel, Greg White
Foreign Language Evaluator: Abdelkader Berrahmoun
Consultants: Nola Reinhardt, Nadya Sbaiti
"Nicole" Grace Chang '15
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary or Junior High
Mentor: Janice Gatty
Recommenders: Susan Etheredge, Janice Gatty
Foreign Language Evaluator: Ling Zhao
Consultant: Marsh Liaw
Emily Clark '15
Trinidad and Tobago: Environmental Studies
"Assessment of Marine Resource Use for Sustaining Artisanal Fisheries"
Mentor: Paulette Peckol
Recommenders: Virginia Hayssen, Paulette Peckol, David Smith
Consultant: Camille Washington-Ottombre
Ana Darrow '15
United Kingdom: Theater Studies
University of Roehampton
"The Generative Potential of a Disability Aesthetic of Performance"
Mentor: Kevin Rozario
Recommenders: Andrea Hairston, Christen Mucher, Kevin Rozario
Consultants: Chris Aiken, Christen Mucher, Elizabeth Pryor, Candice Salyers
"Thea" Theadora Dennis '15
Belgium: Biology
"Discovering New Targets for Breast Cancer Therapy: A Unique Fatty Acid Pathway"
Mentor: Rob Dorit
Recommender: Rob Dorit
Marisal Dobbins '15
China: Area Studies
"Successful Watershed Conservation for Water Resource Security in Lashi, Yunnan"
Mentor: Andy Rotman
Recommenders: Craig Davis, Katrina O'Brien
Consultant: Craig Davis
Jordan Dubin '15
Argentina: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Sam Intrator
Recommenders: Ibtissam Bouachrine, Sam Intrator, Christine Shelton
Foreign Language Evaluator: Ibtissam Bouachrine
"Seher" Afreen Gandhi '15
Malaysia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Pinky Hota
Recommenders: Nalini Bhushan, Andrea Hairston, Ellen Kaplan
Consultants: Peter Sapira
"Mari" Marichuy Gomez '14
Turkey: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Helene Visentin
Recommenders: Velma Garcia, Jennifer Guglielmo, Gary Lehring
Consultants: Gregory White, Jeremy Wolf
Symone Gosby '15
South Korea: Sociology
"Invisibility Becoming Visible: Disability Rights Movement Advancements"
Mentor: Brent Durbin
Recommenders: Brent Durbin, Jina Kim, Laura Rauscher
Consultants: Andrea King, Aileen Kim, Jina Kim, Laura Rauscher
Caitlin Jordan AC '13
Indonesia: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Dennis Yasutomo
Recommender: Dennis Yasutomo
Hannah Kaplan-Hartlaub '15
Spain: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Maria Estela Harretche
Recommenders: Maria Estela Harretche, Tina Wildhagen
Foreign Language Evaluator: Maria Estela Harretche
Consultant: Tina Wildhagen
Mekala Keshu '15
India: Psychology
"Exploring Psychosocial Support Systems As a Preventive Measure Against Dementia"
Mentor: Peter de Villiers
Recommenders: Peter de Villiers, Bill Peterson
Consultants: Mary Harrington, Bill Peterson, Jill de Villiers
Kay Kulason '15
Japan: Biology
"The Effects of Learning Therapy on Patients with Postoperative Cognitive Decline"
Mentor: Mary Harrington
Recommenders: Mary Harrington, Maki Hubbard
Foreign Language Evaluator: Yuri Kumagai
Consultants: Katherine Halvorsen, Thomas Rohlich, Dennis Yasutomo
Monica Munoz '15J
Spain: English Teaching Assistantship
High School
Mentor: Rick Fantasia
Recommenders: Ginetta Candelario, L'Tanya Richmond, Nancy Whittier
Foreign Language Evaluator: Silvia Berger
McClain Musson '12
Colombia: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Jennifer Guglielmo
Recommender: Jennifer Guglielmo
Foreign Language Evaluator: Ibtissam Bouachrine
Consultant: Tony Delarosa
Mariah Prescott '14
Germany: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary to High School
Mentor: Judith Keyler-Mayer
Recommenders: John Connolly, Judith Keyler-Mayer, Jocelyne Kolb
Foreign Language Evaluator: Judith Keyler-Mayer
Consultants: Emily Coda, John Connolly, Ashton Fancy, Johanna Gustin, Nora Nadire
"Izzy" Isabelle Ross '15
Germany: Political Science
"Funny Serious: Stand-up Comedy's Progression on Cabaret's Social and Political Commentary"
Mentors: Justin Cammy, Joel Westerdale
Recommender: Martine Gantrel-Ford
Consultants: Judith Keyler-Mayer, Joseph McVeigh
Chloe Vaughn '15
Germany: History
"From Goethe to Goebbels: Hamburg's German Studies as Influenced by National Socialism"
Mentor: Joseph McVeigh
Recommenders: Ernest Benz, Jocelyne Kolb, Joseph McVeigh
Foreign Language Evaluator: Joseph McVeigh
Consultant: Ernest Benz
"Alice" Yiqian Wang '15
United Kingdom: Political Science
University of Warwick
"The Influence of Affluence: Impact of Economic Disparity on Democratic Governance"
Mentor: Susan Levin
Recommender: Susan Levin
Consultants: Donald Baumer, Pat Coby, Greg White
3 NSF Graduate Research Fellows
Wanda Feng '15
Recommenders: John Brady, Suzan Edwards, Cynthia Evans
Angela Oliverio '12
Recommenders: Laura Katz, Jeffry Ramsey, L. David Smith
Maggie Sawdy '13
Recommenders: Virginia Hayssen, Laura Katz, Sara Pruss
Aubrey Menard '08
Sponsor: Christine Overstreet (Mount Holyoke College)
Arcadia Kratkiewicz '16
Major: Biochemistry
Career Goal: PhD in Biochemistry or Molecular Biology and conduct research in one of those fields. Considering combining interests in research and teaching by becoming a university professor.
Catherine McGeough '16
Major: Biochemistry
Career Goal: PhD in Organic Chemistry. Teach at the university level and conduct research in drug development.
Noemi Linares-Ramirez '15
Mentor: Nancy Whittier
Recommender: Marc Steinberg
Milanes Morejon '15
Recommenders: Jennifer Guglielmo, L'Tanya Richmond
Katie Blackford '16
Mentor: Kevin Shea
Recommenders: Lauren Duncan, Kevin Shea
Jamie Cyr '16
Mentor: Chris Gole, Stacie Hagenbaugh, Nessy Tania
ShuMing Huang '15
Mentor: Sarah Reisman
Recommenders: David Gorin, Sara Sandstrom, Kevin Shea
Eden Bonjo '16
Mentor: Susan Van Dyne
Recommenders: Nehemiah Hodges, L. David Smith
Consultant: Daryl Gehman
1 CASA Fellow
Harvard University Center for Arabic Study Abroad
Chelsea Villareal '14
Recommenders: Annette Lienau (UMass Amherst), Nadya Sbaiti, John Weinert
Advisers: Mohamed Al-Hassan (Amherst College), Abdelkader Berrahmoun, Jill de Villiers
1 Volunteer Nepal Teaching Fellow
Sarah Posont '16
High School
1 Jessica K. and Ronald D. Liebowitz Centennial Fellow
Symone Gosby '15
Middlebury College School of Korean
3 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Exceptional Research Opportunity Fellows
Metasebia Aberra '15
Mentors: James Bardwell, David Bickar
Consultants: Fasika Aberra, Brianne Docter, Tsinatkeab Hailu, Scott Horowitz, Loic Salmon, Stylianos Scordilis
Taleen Dilanyan '16
Mentor: Kate Queeney
Recommender: David Gorin
Maribel Santos '15
Recommender: Adam Hall
10 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow
Angela Acosta '17
Mentor: Reyes Lazaro
Recommender: Ellen Watson
Shanice Bailey '17
Mentor: Kevin Quashie
Recommender: Kevin Rozario
Sydney Brown '16
Jen Calabrese '17
Mentor: Nancy Sternbach
Alyssa Flores '16
Beryl Briane Ford '17
Mentors: Dana Leibsohn, Gabrielle Peterson
Recommender: John Davis
Gaiana Joseph '17
Mentor: Dawn Fulton
Consultants: Rick Fantasia, Samuel Intrator
Gabrielle Peterson '16
Mentor: Riché D. Barnes
Jocelyn Proietti '16
Miari Stephens '16
Mentor: Malcolm McNee
8 Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) Offers
Kaitlin Burns '15
Academie d'Orleans
Hannah Carlson '15
Academie de Versailles
Christine Cordelia Roth '15
Academie de Paris
Recommender: Justin Cammy
Foreign Language Evaluator: Martine Gantrel-Ford
Kristen de Lancey '15
Academie de Montpellier
Recommender: Martine Gantrel-Ford
Julia Lipkis '15
Academie de Strasbourg
Yolana Pollak '15
Recommender: Denise Rochat
Foreign Language Evaluator: Martine Gantrel-Ford
Maredith "Edie" Richardson '15
Académie de Rouen
Foreign Language Evaluator: Martine Gantrel-Ford
Mia Ruf '15
Academie de Versailles
Recommenders: Elissa Gelfand (Mount Holyoke College), Richard Millington
1 Emily Murray Student Fellow at the Hastings Center for Bioethical Research
Paige Christie '15
Recommender: Susan Levin
1 Critical Language Scholarship Program Offer
Mary Ann Maestas '15
Country: Jordan
1 Lehigh Valley Research Scholar
Alexandra Maryashina '17
Mentor: Patricia Gonzalez
Recommenders: Robert Linck, Kevin Shea
Jessica Montecalvo '15
Mentor: Julianna Ohotnicky
Khadija King '15
Ren Delos Reyes '16
1 FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) Fellow
Sarah Emigh-Doyle '16
Consultants: Dr. Chege Githiora (University of London), Yussuf Hamad (University of London)
Tara Stark '15
1 University of California, Santa Barbara Regents Fellow
Isabel Lipartito '15
Recommenders: Gary Felder, James Lowenthal
Marjorie Amon '15
Mentor: Vera Shevzov
Recommenders: Darcy Buerkle, Carol Zaleski
1 Uncommon Schools Summer Teaching Fellow
Olivia Timmins '16
Recommender: Carol Berner
1 Noble and Greenough Teaching Fellow
Amelia Fitch '15
Recommenders: Sam Rush, Kiki Smith
1 National Physical Science Consortium Fellow
Sara Stoudt '15
Recommender: Ben Baumer
Sara Stoudt '15
Recommender: Ben Baumer
1 Global Youth Advocacy Fellow
Isabel Benincasa Reade '17
Recommender: Alicia Johnson (Planned Parenthood)
Gena White '16
Recommender: Gary Lehring
Maggie King '16
Celeste Venolia '17
Mentor: L. David Smith
Recommender: Camille Washington-Ottombre
1 CHCI Public Policy Fellowship
Maria Alejandra Moscoso Rivandeneira '15
Vanessa Vieites '12
Ginetta Candelario '90
Carribean/Dominican Republic: "Voices Echoing Beyond the Seas: Dominican Pan-American Feminisms, 1882-1942"
Amy Liu '02 (2002-03 Fulbright Fellow to Hungary)
Romania: "Chinese Migration in Romania"
For a list of fellowships and awards won by Smith faculty:
https://www.smith.edu/deanoffaculty/sro_grants.html
5 Fulbright Wait Listed
"Jackie" Jacqueline Leahy '14
Kazakhstan: English Teaching Assistantship
High School or University
Mentor: Nalini Bhushan
Recommenders: Nalini Bhushan, Naomi Miller
Alice Ng '15
Macau: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Alice Hearst
Recommenders: Patrick Coby, Martine Gantrel-Ford
Consultant: Ruth Isserman
"Edie" Maredith Richardson '15
France: Law
"Analysis of the Enforcement of Anti-Hate Speech Laws to Gauge their Effectiveness"
Mentor: Jonathan Gosnell
Recommenders: Martine Gantrel-Ford, Jonathan Gosnell, Alice Hearst
Foreign Language Evaluator: Martine Gantrel-Ford
Consultants: Debra Carney, Marc Lendler, Mehammed Mack, Denise Rochat
Kirsten Silfvenius '13
Mongolia: Anthropology
"Becoming Prepared: Mongolian Scouting as Youth Empowerment"
Mentor: Suzanne Gottschang
Recommenders: Suzanne Gottschang
Ayla Staelin-Lefsky '15
Jordan: History
"Living Artifacts: Involving Community Stakeholders to Promote Archaeological Preservation"
Mentor: Ernest Benz
Recommender: Ernest Benz
Foreign Language Evaluator: Olla Al-Shalchi
Rebecca Gerdes '15
United Kingdom: Archeology
"Preserving Ancient Pottery: Unearthing Cultural Practices Using a Cutting-Edge Technique"
Mentors: Rob Dorit, Kate Queeney
Recommenders: Scott Bradbury, David Dempsey, Kate Queeney
Consultants: Lale Burk, Stacie Hagenbaugh, Clarke Knight
Noemi Linares-Ramirez '15
Brazil: Sociology
"Progress Towards Improving the Quality of Life of Indigenous People in São Paulo"
Mentor: Nancy Whittier
Recommenders: Malcolm McNee, Marc Steinberg, Nancy Whittier
Foreign Language Evaluator: Malcolm McNee
Consultant: Marguerite Harrison
Paxton Misra '15
Germany: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary to High School
Mentor: Roisin O'Sullivan
Recommenders: Jeffrey Ahlman, Jocelyne Kolb, Roisin O'Sullivan
Foreign Language Evaluator: Jocelyne Kolb
Consultants: Jeffrey Ahlman, Joseph McVeigh, Christen Mucher
Milanes Morejon '15
Brazil: Anthropology
"Cultural Bridge: Immigrant Integration Success through a São Paulo Community Center"
Mentor: Michelle Joffroy
Recommenders: Jennifer Guglielmo, Marguerite Harrison, Malcolm McNee
Foreign Language Evaluator: Marguerite Harrison
Consultants: Jennifer Guglielmo, Marguerite Harrison, Malcolm McNee
Anne Wyszewianski '15
Japan: Language and Literature
"In Her Own Words: The Liberating Role of Women's Memoirs in Modern Japan"
Mentor: Kimberly Kono
Recommenders: Kimberly Kono, Thomas Rohlich, Dennis Yasutomo
Foreign Language Evaluator: Yuri Kumagai
Consultants: Ginetta Candelario, Maki Hubbard, Eeva Sointu
Samantha Zizi '15
Mexico: English Teaching Assistantship
University
Mentor: Patricia Gonzalez
Recommenders: Julio Alves, Margaret Bruzelius, Kate Queeney
Foreign Language Evaluator: Maria Estela Harretche
Consultants: Julio Alves, Michelle Joffroy, Brian Turner
Maya Salvio '18
Queens University Belfast Summer Institute
Recommenders: Joshua Birk, Rob Dorit
2 Goldwater Honorable Mentions
Jamie Cyr '16
Major: Mathematics
Career Goal: MD/PhD in Biological and Biomedical Sciences. Conduct research in biomaterials and their applications in the field of global medicine.
Jane Weinstock '16
Majors: Geoscience, Biological Science
Career Goal: PhD in Biological Oceanography. Conduct research in deep sea evolution and teach at a university level.
1 NSF Graduate Research Honorable Mention
Abigail Azari '13
Milanes Morejon '15
Chelsea Williams '13
Miari Taina Stephens '16
Majors: Afro-American Studies, Latin American and Latina/o Studies
Recommenders: Riche' J. Daniel Barnes, Paula Giddings, Louis Wilson
Amelia Burke '15
Morocco: Agriculture
"How Different Grazing Methods Stimulate Atlas Mountain Pasture Regrowth"
Mentor: Greg White
Recommenders: Abdelkader Berrahmoun, Paul Wetzel
Consultants: Nola Reinhardt, Nadya Sbaiti
"Nicole" Grace Chang '15
Taiwan: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: Janice Gatty
Recommenders: Susan Etheredge, Janice Gatty
Emily Clark '15
Trinidad and Tobago: Environmental Studies
"Assessment of Marine Resource Use for Sustaining Artisanal Fisheries"
Mentor: Paulette Peckol
Recommenders: Virginia Hayssen, Paulette Peckol, L. David Smith
Consultant: Camille Washington-Ottombre
Anna Compere '15
Rwanda: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: Joanne Corbin
Recommenders: Jeffrey Ahlman, Mehammed Mack, Caroline Melly
Ana Darrow '15
United Kingdom: Theater Studies
"The Generative Potential of a Disability Aesthetic of Performance"
Mentor: Kevin Rozario
Recommenders: Andrea Hairston, Christen Mucher, Kevin Rozario
Consultants: Chris Aiken, Christen Mucher, Elizabeth Pryor, Candice Salyers
"Thea" Theadora Dennis '15
Belgium: Biology
"Discovering New Targets for Breast Cancer Therapy: A Unique Fatty Acid Pathway"
Mentor: Rob Dorit
Recommender: Rob Dorit
Marisal Dobbins '15
China: Area Studies
"Successful Watershed Conservation for Water Resource Security in Lashi, Yunnan"
Mentor: Andy Rotman
Recommender: Craig Davis
Consultants: Craig Davis
Julia Dobner-Pereira '12
Lesotho: Theater Studies
"Applied Theatre Participation to Improve Wetlands Preservation"
Mentor: Daniel Kramer
Recommender: Patricia DiBartolo
Jordan Dubin '15
Argentina: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: Sam Intrator
Recommenders: Ibtissam Bouachrine, Sam Intrator, Christine Shelton
Dylan Farrell '12
Peru: Sociology
"Urban Agriculture: Growing Women's Access to Food Sustainability"
Mentor: Elisabeth Armstrong
Recommenders: Elisabeth Armstrong, Payal Banerjee
Consultants: Michelle Joffroy
"Seher" Afreen Gandhi '15
Malaysia: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: Pinky Hota
Recommenders: Nalini Bhushan, Andrea Hairston, Ellen Kaplan
Consultants: Peter Sapira
Rebecca Gerdes '15
United Kingdom: Archeology
"Preserving Ancient Pottery: Unearthing Cultural Practices Using a Cutting-Edge Technique"
Mentors: Rob Dorit, Kate Queeney
Recommenders: Scott Bradbury, David Dempsey, Kate Queeney
Consultants: Lale Burk, Stacie Hagenbaugh, Clarke Knight
Symone Gosby '15
South Korea: Sociology
"Invisibility Becoming Visible: Disability Rights Movement Advancements"
Mentor: Brent Durbin
Recommenders: Brent Durbin, Jina Kim, Laura Rauscher
Consultants: Andrea Kang, Aileen Kim, Jina Kim, Laura Rauscher
Stephanie Greene '15
Mexico: Performance Art
"Bodies in Motion: The Impact of New Wave Feminism on Cross-Border Culture"
Mentor: John Gibson
Recommender: John Gibson
Consultants: Stacy Finkelstein, Amanda Herman
Angela Hwang '15
Thailand: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: Charles Staelin
Recommenders: Yalin Chen, Simon Halliday, Charles Staelin
Caitlin Jordan AC '13
Indonesia: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: Dennis Yasutomo
Recommender: Dennis Yasutomo
Danielle Julien Trice '14
South Korea: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: Lucy Mule
Recommenders: Marnie Anderson, Rob Dorit, William Oram
Consultants: Marnie Anderson, William Oram
Hannah Kaplan-Hartlaub '15
Spain: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: Maria Estela Harretche
Recommenders: Maria Estela Harretche, Tina Wildhagen
Consultant: Tina Wildhagen
Mekala Keshu '15
India: Psychology
"Exploring Psychosocial Support Systems As a Preventive Measure Against Dementia"
Mentor: Peter de Villiers
Recommenders: Bill Peterson, Peter de Villiers
Consultants: Mary Harrington, Bill Peterson, Jill de Villiers
Kay Kulason '15
Japan: Biology
"The Effects of Learning Therapy on Patients with Postoperative Cognitive Decline"
Mentor: Mary Harrington
Recommenders: Mary Harrington, Maki Hubbard
Consultants: Katherine Halvorsen, Thomas Rohlich, Dennis and Mrs. Yasutomo
"Jackie" Jacqueline Leahy '14
Kazakhstan: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: Nalini Bhushan
Recommenders: Nalini Bhushan, Naomi Miller
Noemi Linares-Ramirez '15
Brazil: Sociology
"Progress Towards Improving the Quality of Life of Indigenous People in São Paulo"
Mentor: Nancy Whittier
Recommenders: Malcolm McNee, Marc Steinberg, Nancy Whittier
Consultant: Marguerite Harrison
Elisabeth Mah '15
South Korea: Psychology
"Influence of Personality Traits and Cultural Identity on Interpersonal Relationships"
Mentor: Bill Peterson
Recommenders: Jina Kim, Bill Peterson, Dennis Yasutomo
Consultants: Andrea Kang, Jina Kim, Dennis Yasutomo
Paxton Misra '15
Germany: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary to High School
Mentor: Roisin O'Sullivan
Recommenders: Jeffrey Ahlman, Jocelyne Kolb, Roisin O'Sullivan
Consultants: Jeffrey Ahlman, Joseph McVeigh, Christen Mucher
Milanes Morejon '15
Brazil: Anthropology
"Cultural Bridge: Immigrant Integration Success through a São Paulo Community Center"
Mentor: Michelle Joffroy
Recommenders: Jennifer Guglielmo, Marguerite Harrison, Malcolm McNee
Consultants: Jennifer Guglielmo, Marguerite Harrison, Malcolm McNee
Monica Munoz '15J
Spain: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: Rick Fantasia
Recommenders: Ginetta Candelario, L'Tanya Richmond, Nancy Whittier
McClain Musson '12
Colombia: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: Jennifer Guglielmo
Recommender: Jennifer Guglielmo
Alice Ng '15
Macau: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: Alice Hearst
Recommenders: Patrick Coby, Martine Gantrel-Ford
Consultant: Ruth Isserman
Vy Nguyen '15
South Korea: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: Richard Millington
Recommenders: Suk Massey, William Oram
Consultants: Suk Massey, William Oram
Lindsey Osburnsen '15
Mozambique: Language and Literature
"Writing Spaces: Completing the Story of Contemporary Mozambican Literature"
Mentor: Malcolm McNee
Recommenders: Michael Gorra, Marguerite Harrison, William Oram
Consultants: Marguerite Harrison, Katwiwa Mula, Ellen Watson
Mariah Prescott '14
Germany: English Teaching Assistantship
Elementary to High School
Mentor: Judith Keyler-Mayer
Recommenders: John Connolly, Judith Keyler-Mayer, Jocelyne Kolb
Consultants: Emily Coda, John Connolly, Nora Nadire
"Edie" Maredith Richardson '15
France: Law
"Analysis of the Enforcement of Anti-Hate Speech Laws to Gauge their Effectiveness"
Mentor: Jonathan Gosnell
Recommenders: Martine Gantrel-Ford, Jonathan Gosnell, Alice Hearst
Consultants: Debra Carney, Marc Lendler, Mehammed Mack, Denise Rochat
"Izzy" Isabelle Ross '15
Germany: Political Science
"Funny Serious: Stand-up Comedy's Progression on Cabaret's Social and Political Commentary"
Mentors: Justin Cammy, Joel Westerdale
Recommenders: Martine Gantrel-Ford
Consultants: Judith Keyler-Mayer, Joseph McVeigh
Kirsten Silfvenius '13
Mongolia: Anthropology
"Becoming Prepared: Mongolian Scouting as Youth Empowerment"
Mentor: Suzanne Gottschang
Recommender: Suzanne Gottschang
Fuchsia Spring '15
Turkey: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: William Oram
Recommenders: Jeffrey Ahlman, Richard Millington, William Oram
Greta Stacy '15
Indonesia: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: Kevin Rozario
Recommenders: Glenn Ellis, David Gorin, Kevin Shea
Ayla Staelin-Lefsky '15
Jordan: History
"Living Artifacts: Involving Community Stakeholders to Promote Archaeological Preservation"
Mentor: Ernest Benz
Recommender: Ernest Benz
Chloe Vaughn '15
Germany: History
"From Goethe to Goebbels: Hamburg's German Studies as Influenced by National Socialism"
Mentor: Joseph McVeigh
Recommenders: Ernest Benz, Jocelyne Kolb, Joseph McVeigh
Consultant: Ernest Benz
"Alice" Yiqian Wang '15
United Kingdom: Political Science
"The Influence of Affluence: Impact of Economic Disparity on Democratic Governance"
Mentor: Susan Levin
Recommender: Susan Levin
Consultants: Donald Baumer, Pat Coby, Greg White
Anne Wyszewianski '15
Japan: Language and Literature
"In Her Own Words: The Liberating Role of Women's Memoirs in Modern Japan"
Mentor: Kimberly Kono
Recommenders: Kimberly Kono, Thomas Rohlich, Dennis Yasutomo
Consultants: Ginetta Candelario, Maki Hubbard, Eeva Sointu
Samantha Zizi '15
Mexico: English Teaching Assistantship
Mentor: Patricia Gonzalez
Recommenders: Julio Alves, Margaret Bruzelius, Kate Queeney
Consultants: Julio Alves, Michelle Joffroy, Brian Turner
Statistics available as of 6.18.03. Please contact Don Andrew (dandrew@smith.edu) with the name of the fellowship you were awarded and when, if your name is not listed below, or if you have a correcton to the information.
The Fellowships Office currently runs about 15 fellowship support programs on campus. The following shows Smith participation and results in about 20 fellowships competitions.
Beckman
Beinecke
Blumberg
Boren
Daad
French Government Teaching Assistantships
Fulbright
Goldman Sachs Global Leader
Goldman Sachs Global Leadership Institute Delegate
Humanity in Action
Marshall
Mellon
Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellows
Mitchell
Rhodes
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship
Rotary World Peace Scholar
Soros
Truman
Woodrow Wilson
BECKMAN
Undergraduate science research scholarship
2003
Beckman Scholar: Eva LaDow 04
Interviewers: Brenda Bolduc, James Callahan, Thomas Litwin, Stylianos Scordilis
Nominator and Mentor: Adam Hall
Beckman Scholar Nominee:
Lindy Davis 04
Nominator and Mentor: Steve Williams
2002
Alanna Morris 03
Interviewers: Brenda Bolduc, Richard Briggs, James Callahan, Thomas Litwin
Nominator and Mentor: Steven Williams
Prianka Patel 03
Nominator and Mentor: Stylianos Scordilis
BEINECKE
Graduate study for financial-aid undergraduates
2003
One applicant, one nominee, one scholarship:
Alyson Shaw AC 04, English Literature
2002
Three applicants: Claire Avitabile, Damiana Astudillo-Eterno, Vanessa Grover.
Smith's 2002 nominee Damiana Astudillo-Eterno not chosen.
In the past 27 years since inception of the fellowship in 1975, Smith has had five other awards:
- 2001 Cypriane Williams, American Studies
- 1998 Elysabeth Young, Performance Studies, Northwestern University
- 1992 Sabrina Bowers, Interactive Telecommunications, New York University
- 1980 Stephanie Suszko, Classic, University of Toronto
- 1975 Leah McCormack, Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical School
BLUMBERG
JYA Traveling Fellowship
2003
Ten applicants, seven awards:
Katherine Arthur, Switzerland
Francesca Bastianini, Florence
Anna Dengler, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic
Sarah Lynch, Italy
Bryn Savage, Germany
Bridget Schmelzer, Italy
Lauma Skruzmane, Switzerland
2002
Six applicants, two awards:
Jennifer Giasone, Italy
Sara Heft, France
2001
Four applicants, four awards:
Two Italy, Two France
BOREN
NSEP undergraduate study abroad
In the past 9 years since inception of the fellowship in 1995, Smith has had 46 applicants and 15 awards = ~33% success rate. Boren years are listed for the year the application is submitted (February) which is the same year the awards are announced (April).
2003
There were 7 applicants and 3 awards which comprised of 2 scholars and 1 alternate scholar:
Rachel Balsham 05, Senegal
Stephanie Jakus 05, Hungary
Bassema Yousef 05, Egypt, chosen as an alternate scholar
2002
One applicant, Marjorie Housley, no award.
2001
2 applicants and no award.
2000
3 applicants and 2 awards:
Rebecca Kastl, Russian Studies, Russia
Amy Liu, Mathematics, Hungary
1999
5 candidates, 4 applicants and 1 award: Alex Null, Teaching, Russia.
1998
5 applicants and 3 awards:
Erin Dow, Politics, through Council Study Center, Argentina
Nina Rohlich, Japanese Studies, Associated Kyoto Program, Japan
Laura Taylor-Kale, Economics, through Kalamazoo College, Senegal
1997
7 applicants and 3 awards:
Hehershe Busuego, Japan
Elektra Gorski, Latin American Studies, Chile
Erika Noebel, Central European Studies, Hungary
1996
2 applicants and no awards
1995
15 applicants and 4 awards: Marnie Anderson, Alexandra Montague, Laura Samartin, Chhuy To
DAAD
German university
2002-2003
Three applicants and three awards, a Smith record:
Romney Haylett 02
Lisa Unangst 03
Karyn Wheeler 03
2001-2002
One award to Emily Evans from 4 candidates narrowed down to 2 applicants: Emily Evans, translation and theatre studies, Jennifer Pyranowski, public health research.
2000-2001
One candidate, one endorsed applicant, one fellow:
Heather Milligan/Mulligan, An Investigation into the Works of Franziska Grafin zu Reventlow, Ludwig-Maximillians University, Munich.
1999-2000
Two candidates, two applicants, two awards:
Tanja Gohlert, German Studies, Hamburg
Alison Kachmar, Eastern European Politics, University of Leipzig
1998-1999
Two candidates, two applicants, one award:
Coree Newman, Medieval History, University of Freiburg
1997-1998
One candidate/applicant, one award:
Samantha Schasberger, Government, Cologne
1996-1997
One candidate/applicant, no award
1995-1996
Two candidates, no applicants
DAAD
undergraduate scholar
A Smith program administered by German Studies Department Chair.
2002-2003
Two applicants, one award:
Sarah Winawer-Wetzel 05
FRENCH GOVERNMENT TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
A Smith program administered by the French Department. 1991
Andrea Flores 91
1992
Michelle Fournier 92
1993
Katherine Linton 93
1998
Allison Ra 98
Christine Mejo 98
2001
Amy Hersberger 00
2003-2004
Katie Byars 03
Kathryn Cohen 03, Versailles
Missy Pleasant-Jones 03, Limoges
FULBRIGHT
140 countries
The Fulbright record goes back 33 years to 1970 during which time there have been 437 applicants and 77 awards for an average of about 13 applicants a year and about two awards a year. This does not take at-large alumnae applicants and the 16 alum fellows into account as there's no way of knowing the number of alum applicants (they applied direct not via Smith) whereas every alum recipient is identified as a Smith graduate.
From 2003, the results include Smith alums because they were brought into the Smith mentoring program in 2002 although they still applied direct to IIE. From the 2003 competition (results announced 2004) alums have had the option to apply through Smith rather than direct to IIE which they can still do instead.
Awards used in 2003-2004
(application deadline:2002, award announced: 2003)
27 applicants: 19 students and 8 alums:
Twelve finalists comprising eight students (=44% success rate), and four alums:
Merrill Baker, Madagascar
Radha Blackman 92 Bulgaria
Catherine Campbell, Trinidad and Tobago
Christina Gosack, Senegal
Margaret Halley, Senegal
Bethany Hamblen, UK
Teresa Hazas, Chile
Samantha Martin 98, Greece
Libby Page 01, UK
Ann Scagel 98, South Korea
Hannah Wenzel, Germany
Chong-Hye Yi, Russia
(all 03 except as indicated).
Eight full (and two alternate) Fulbright Fellows announced April (May) 2003 (a Smith record):
- Merrill Baker, Ecotourism: Livelihoods after the Political Crisis of 2002, Madagascar
- Radha Blackman 92, International Communication for Civic and English Language Education, Bulgaria
- Catherine Campbell, Dengue: Serological Survey of Schoolchildren and PCR Screening of Mosquitoes, Trinidad and Tobago
- Christina Gosack, Measuring the Success of Microcredit, Senegal
- Samantha Martin 98, The Paradoxical Relationship of the Stoa in Ancient Greek Civic Topography, Greece
- Ann Scagel 98, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, South Korea
- Hannah Wenzel, Teaching English as a Second Language, Germany
- Chong-Hye Yi, Ethnic-Korean Russian Migrant Workers Reviving Korean Identity in Eastern Russia, Russia
- Margaret Halley and Teresa Hazas chosen as Alternate Fellows
Awards used in 2002-2003
(application deadline:2001, award announced: 2002)
10 legitimate applicants, 6 finalists (=60% success rate):
Meghan Andrew, Spain
Amy Liu, Hungary
Elizabeth Mayer, Morocco
Mara Taylor, Germany
Nicole Wallace, Iceland
Jennifer Weedon, Ukraine.
Five full (and one alternate) Fulbright Fellows announced April (May) 2002:
- Meghan Andrew, integration of immigrant children in classrooms, Spain
- Amy Liu, impact of E.U. membership on agriculture, Hungary
- Elizabeth Mayer (#1 ranked country candidate), women's AIDS project, Morocco
- Mara Taylor, teaching high school English, Germany
- Jennifer Weedon, combating the trafficking of women, Ukraine
- Nicole Wallace chosen as an Alternate Fellow to study mythology in Iceland
Awards used in 2001-2002
(application deadline:2000, award announced: 2001)
20 applicants, 10 finalists, two awards:
One first-round award:
Catherine Christian, Native Language Cultural Effect on Brain Function, Italy.
One alternate winner subsequently awarded grant:
Stephanie Spray, A Performance and Ethnomusicological-Religious Study of the Newari Drum, Nepal
Two other alternates: Martha Johnson, Senegal, Jessika Zmuda, Russia.
Six other finalists: Senait Checole, Leah Fallon, Heather Milligan, Lisa Murphy, Anjail Sharrief, Erin Sikorsky
Awards used in 2000-2001
(application deadline:1999, award announced: 2000)
20 candidates, 19 applicants, four awards:
Three first-round fellows:
Erika Noebel, Political Science, Norway
Elizabeth Nolan, Chemistry, France
Claire Rusnak, Anthropology, Spain
One alternate fellow subsequently awarded grant:
Melanie Monroe, Women's Studies, Benin
At Large: alum fellow Sara Manya 96, Dance and Choreography, Netherlands
Awards used in 1999-2000
(application deadline:1998, award announced: 1999)
16 applicants, four awards:
- Sara Belz, Urban Planning and Development, Oslo, Norway
- Ileana Howard, Public Health, University of Grenada, Spain
- Dorith Peleg, Education: Role of school in education, Spain
- Melissa Whalen, Sociology: MA Deaf Study at La Trobe University, Australia
Awards used in 1998-1999
(application deadline:1997, award announced: 1998)
Eleven applicants, no awards.
Awards used in 1997-1998
(application deadline:1996, award announced: 1997)
Nine applicants, three awards:
Camille-Collins-Lovell, Honduras
Marcia Lazo, Chile
Andrea Pomrehn, Malaysia
Alum at large: Martha Norbeck 94, Independent research - Swedish Ecovillages: designing for people as design for the environment.
Awards used in 1996-1997
(application deadline:1995, award announced: 1996)
22 applicants, two awards:
Ann Deutsch, Polish Philosophy, Poland
Jannine Stouch, Education: Child development, Haiti
Awards used in 1995-1996
(application deadline:1994, award announced: 1995)
21 applicants, four awards:
Andrea Patterson, Spain
Kathleen Peres, Hungary
Rosa Ryu, Korea
Susan Hyon, Korea
Awards used in 1994-1995
(application deadline:1993, award announced: 1994)
24 applicants, four awards:
Danielle Conhaim, Anthropology, Israel
Eliza Garrison, Teaching, Germany
Merrilee Mardon, Teaching, Germany
Christine Thomas, East Asian Languages and Literature, Japan
Awards used in 1993-1994
(application deadline:1992, award announced: 1993)
11 applicants, two awards:
Katherine Linton, France
Tamara Wroblewski, Western European Politics, Denmark
Awards used in 1992-1993
(application deadline:1991, award announced: 1992)
Five applicants, no awards
Awards used in 1991-1992
(application deadline:1990, award announced: 1991)
Seven applicants, one award:
Alison Friedman, Bolivia
Two at-large alum winners Kaila Compton, Sudan, Claire Heffernan, Sudan
Awards used in 1990-1991
(application deadline:1989, award announced: 1990)
Six applicants, four awards:
Lydian Green, United Kingdom
Molly McGlennan Linder, Italy
Danielle Newland, Italy
Karen Saenz, Australia
Awards used in 1989-1990
(application deadline:1988, award announced: 1989)
Four applicants, one award:
Jodi Kaplan, Jamaica
Awards used in 1988-1989
(application deadline:1987, award announced: 1988)
11 applicants, one award:
Deborah Cromley, Germany
Awards used in 1987-1988
(application deadline:1986, award announced: 1987)
10 applicants, two awards:
O'Brien, Switzerland
Vronsky, Sweden
One at-large alum: fellow Conti 85, Germany
Awards used in 1986-1987
(application deadline:1985, award announced: 1986)
12 applicants, two awards:
Alyson Cole, Israel
Yvonne Gil, Switzerland
Awards used in 1985-1986
(application deadline:1984, award announced: 1985)
14 applicants, three awards:
Nany Evans, Switzerland
Margaret MacGregor, Germany
Amalie Pereira, Chile
Awards used in 1984-1985
(application deadline:1983, award announced: 1984)
16 applicants, three awards:
Merri Baldwin, United Kingdom
Patricia Fann, Greece
Martha Krause, Switzerland
Awards used in 1983-1984
(application deadline:1982, award announced: 1983)
10 applicants, three awards:
Robin Fisher, Germany
Jo Ortel, Germany
Eno Washington, GR, Senegal
Three at-large alum fellows
Jennifer Nupp 79, Germany
Ellen Sapega 80, Portugal
Shelley Zuraw 78, Italy
Awards used in 1982-1983
(application deadline:1981, award announced: 1982)
19 applicants, one award:
Carmen Kerstiens, United Kingdom
Two at-large alum fellows
Mary Ginway 77, Brazil
Dianne McMullen 76, Germany
Awards used in 1981-1982
(application deadline:1980, award announced: 1981)
12 applicants, two awards:
Stefanie Suszko, Germany
Anne Whitesell, France TA
One at-large alum: fellow Gerlinde Geiger 78, Germany
Awards used in 1980-1981
(application deadline:1979, award announced: 1980)
20 applicants, four awards:
Jeanne Barbalata, Romnia
Sheila Bindman, United Kingdom
Lisa Bitel, Ireland
Karen McDermott, France
Awards used in 1979-1980
(application deadline:1978, award announced: 1979)
Eight applicants, one award:
Ann Gilman, Germany
Awards used in 1978-1979
(application deadline:1977, award announced: 1978)
18 applicants, two awards:
Deborah Clinton, Chile, ITT
Elizabeth Sloane, Germany
Two at-large alum fellows
Lora Palladino 74, Italy
Nancy Pyle 66, Turkey
Awards used in 1977-1978
(application deadline:1976, award announced: 1977)
15 applicants, no awards:
Two at-large alum fellows
Mary Katsiaficas 68, Germany, DAAD
Candance Nelson 76, France TA
Awards used in 1976-1977
(application deadline:1975, award announced: 1976)
15 applicants, three awards:
Mary Burk, United Kingdom
Janet Clarke, Poland
Bonna Wescoat, United Kingdom
Two at-large alum fellows: Janet Goldstein 73, Germany and Nancy Vedder-Shultz 69, Germany
Awards used in 1975-1976
(application deadline:1974, award announced: 1975)
Seven applicants, no awards
Awards used in 1974-1975
(application deadline:1973, award announced: 1974)
Eight applicants, two awards:
Leslie Adelson, Germany
Abigail Rider, Peru, ITT
Awards used in 1973-1974
(application deadline:1972, award announced: 1973)
11 applicants, one award: Kathleen Toomey, Peru
Awards used in 1972-1973
(application deadline:1971, award announced: 1972)
21 applicants, four awards:
Karen Burke, Germany
Margaret Garner, Germany
Virginia Sloane, Peru
Joan Willin, Germany
Awards used in 1971-1972
(application deadline:1970, award announced: 1971)
Six applicants, two awards:
Karen Rohn, Brazil
Janet Shenk, Peru
GATES
Scholarship & Cambridge University (two separate applications submitted together)
2002-2003
Four applicants, three Cambridge acceptances, no Gates finalists:
- Bethany Hamblen 03, Medieval History, Peterhouse College
- Anne Miller 03, English Literature, Trinity Hall
- Teresa Winstead 99, Education Research, Wolfson College
2001-2002
One applicant Rachael Hanley 02 accepted into Cambridge, English Literature, no Gates. No past scholars. Gates Scholarship began in 2000.
GOLDMAN SACHS GLOBAL LEADER
(One of 20 students chosen nationwide)
- 2003 Lauren Wolfe 05
- 2002 Yakhara Sembene 04
- 2001 Anne Miller 03
GOLDMAN SACHS GLOBAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE DELEGATE
(10 chosen from the 20 Leaders)
2003 Lauren Wolfe 05
GOLDWATER
A Smith program administered by the Science Center Director's Office
2003
Heather Dyson 04, Mathematics major
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Theoretical Mathematics. Conduct research in the field of theoretical mathematics. Proposed by Ruth Haas, mentored by Joe O'Rourke.
Eva LaDow 04, Neuroscience major
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Pharmacology. Become a research scientist at an academic institution. Proposed by Mary Harrington, mentored by Adam Hall.
2002
Suzanne Gallagher 03, Mathematics major
Career Goal: Theoretical math in an academic setting
Proposed by Leanne Robertson, James Callahan, Alfred Bedard (NOAA).
HUMANITY IN ACTION
2003
Kimberly Sullivan 03, Copenhagen
LUCE
Asian internship
2003
Four candidates, two nominees, no award
2002
Three candidates, one nominee Julie Hutto, no award
2001
Three candidates, three nominees, one finalist interview, no award
2000
Five candidates, two nominees, one award Anna-Marie Soellner 98, Government
1999
Five candidates, two nominees, no award
1998
Three candidates, one nominee, no award
1997
Six candidates, two nominees, one alum award Joanna Slater
1996
One nominee, no award
MARSHALL
British university
Marshall Scholars are recorded for the year that they begin their scholarship: a 2001 applicant named a scholar in 2001, is recorded as a 2002 Marshall Scholar.
Since the Marshall began in 1956, Smith has had 11 scholars:
- 1956 Susan Weller
- 1958 Elizabeth Rhea
- 1963 Simone Reagor, Lydia Fakudiny, Judith Gingold
- 1965 Elizabeth Burack
- 1969 Ellen Gurman
- 1973 Marjorie Batchelor
- 1976 Bonna Wescoat
- 1981 Linda Merrill
- 1982 Maria Quine
- 1996 Three candidates, two applicants, no award
- 1997 No applicants
- 1998 Two applicants, no award
- 1999 Three candidates, two applicants, no award
- 2000 Eight candidates, four applicants, no award
- 2001 No finalist interview for eight endorsed applicants from 12 candidates
- 2002 Three candidates, two endorsements Claire Lombardo, Rebecca Shaeffer, neither invited to interview
- 2003 Three applicants, three endorsements, two finalists, no award: Anne Miller, Kimberly Sullivan
MELLON
Humanities doctorate for teaching career
2003
five applicants, two semi-finalists: Carrie Gaiser, Dance and Religion double major, Joanna Patterson, English major
Two finalists, two fellows: Carrie Gaiser, Joanna Patterson
2002
Six applicants, two semi-finalists: Hannah Freed-Thall 02, comp. lit. major, and Amanda Izzo 99, Am studies major
One finalist, one fellow: Amanda Izzo 99
Since inception in 1983, there have been 12 fellows, about one every other year
- 2003 Carrie Gaiser, Joanna Patterson
- 2002 Amanda Izzo
- 2001 One semi-finalist
- 2000 Sindhumathi Revuluri
- 1998 Katie Peebles
- 1997 Wendy Hyman
- 1995 Patricia Slatin
- 1993 Sonya Rhie Quintanilla
- 1989 Rebecca Hanrahan
- 1987 Laura Brewer
- 1986 Martha Boonin-Vail, Jerise Fogel
- 1985 Karen Perkins
Of the five fellows since 1993, when the award was increased, three were alums, chosen out of 57 Smith applicants, 14 of whom were finalists and/or semi-finalists (interviewed)
MELLON MINORITY UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWS
Smith program administered by Institutional Diversity
2003 Fellows:
Eundria Hill 05
Tiarra Kernan 05
Anna Lugo 05
Agunda Okeyo 05
Irma Torres-Leon 05
2002 Fellows
Ellen Smith 04
Karli Swift 04
Maria Velazquez 04
Sylvia Zamora 04
Vanessa Otero AC
MITCHELL
Irish university
- 2003 One candidate, one endorsement Teresa Winstead
- 2002 Two candidates, two endorsements Kirsten Kirby, Inga Schowengerdt
- 2001 No finalist interview for four endorsed applicants from four candidates
- 2000 Five applicants, no award
This fellowship was established in 2000
RHODES
Oxford University
Fellowship founded in 1903. Women allowed to compete from 1977 after Smith Professor Peter de Villiers, a former Rhodes Scholar from South Africa and then a professor at Harvard, was instrumental in having the British Parliament change Rhodes's will in 1976 to allow women to participate.
Smith has had two Rhodes Scholars named in African countries, and a third alumna who was at Harvard when she won. In 2001 Katrina Gardner was the first known American Rhodes national finalist (promoted from state finalist) to be sponsored by Smith.
The recorded year is the year of the competition and the result, which are the same. The results refer to the American competition. Smithies applying elsewhere or through other institutions are listed as such.
2002
Six candidates, one applicant endorsed, Anne Miller
2001
Five candidates, two endorsed applicants, both alums: Katrina Gardner, ND, and Leslie Yeransian, Mass.
Katrina was invited to her ND state interview (semi-finalist) and was selected as one of 96 national finalists who entered eight District-level contests from which 32 scholars were chosen in December 2001.
2000
Four candidates, two endorsed applicants, no state interview semi-finalist
1999
Three American applicants, no award. Tariro Makadzange 97 was the second Smith alumna to receive a Rhodes. She received hers in 1999 while finishing her first year at Harvard Medical School. She went to Oxford for a three-year program in tropical medicine, hoping to return to her home country, Zimbabwe, for a medical career.
1998
Six candidates, four applications, no Smith award.
1997
No American applicants. Angela Lwiindi Leila Hassan 94 who was from Zambia, was a Rhodes Scholar from 1997 and went to Oxford to study development economics. She subsequently received an M.Phil there in development studies and went on to a D.Phil. in Third World trade unionism. It is believed she competed in the 1996 competition.
1996
Three applicants
1995
Two applicants, no award
ROTARY AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ($23,000)
Evangeline Heiliger 00: Awarded Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship in August of 1999. Spent 2001 award year in New Zealand, studying at Victoria University of Wellington as a member of the Women's Studies postgraduate program, conducting independent research, tutoring and lecturing. Led two research projects for the National Office of the New Zealand Family Planning Association. Completed BA Honours degree with First Class Honours in Dec 2001. Spoke at more than 20 Rotary clubs about vasectomy and/or feminist theory to 50+ men at each!
2003 Mary "Katie" Shows 02, Master's Degree in Chile.
ROTARY WORLD PEACE SCHOLAR
Elektra Gorski 99, Japan
SOROS
2003
One applicant
TRUMAN
Graduate study for public service career
2002-2003
One finalist (Vermont) Barbara Morgan AC 04
Four nominees
2001-2002
One award Megan Jamieson (Vermont)
Two other finalists:
Damiana Astudillo-Eterna (Maryland)
Christina Gosack (Minnesota)
Three nominees: All three who applied were named finalists, a Smith record.
Seven awards in 23 years (about one every three years). One award in 1978, 1982 and 1984, two awards in 1985, and one award in 1992 and 1996 Additionally, eight finalists (1990 one, 1991 one, 1993 one, 1994 two, 1996 one, 2001 two)
UDALL
Undergraduate environment award
2002-2003
Five nominees. One award Elizabeth Callaghan AC 04
2001-2002
One applicant. No nominee.
WOODROW WILSON SCHOLARS
$40,000 annual scholarship to the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
2003
Damiana Estudillo-Eterno
2001
Laura Taylor-Kale