The following students were selected as Graduate School Exploration Fellowship (GSEF) recipients.
This listing includes each GSEF fellow’s major(s) and information collected during their research placement.
GSEF Fellows - Cohort 5
Carleton College
Maya Rogers
Psychology
Keely Fisher
Environmental Studies
Coe College
Danielle Amezcua
Sociology; Asian Studies
Luis Ybarra
Psychology;Kinesiology
Jacquelyne Leon-Flores
Sociology; Social and Criminal Justice
Colorado College
Emily Hidalgo
Spanish; Race Ethnicity and Migration Studies
Sonam Dolma Rabgay
Psychology
Cornell College
Ariana Ramirez
Art History
Knox College
Jonathan Doriscar
Psychology
Olivia Palepoi
Anthropology;Sociology
Alexis Ramirez
Psychology;Spanish
Lake Forest College
Ruth E Castillo-Espinoza
Spanish; International Relations
Esther Kim
Psychology; Film
Lawrence University
Terrence Freeman
Archaeology
Sabrina Salas
Anthropology on the Cultural Track
Luther College
Sophia Rodriguez
Spanish; French; Linguistics
Ursula Mbra Damtse
International Studies; French
Macalester College
Cathy Kiều My Trương
American Studies
Serena Touqan
Religious Studies
Monmouth College
Camila Alejandra Rico
Spanish; International Studies
Ripon College
Abigail Maas
Psychology;English
Loren Whiting
Psychology
St. Olaf College
Natalie Meinhardt
Environmental Studies
Samuel Rivera
Vocal Music Education
GSEF Fellows - Cohort 4
During the next two years these GSEF fellows will have on-campus mentoring and activities and will engage in a paid summer research internship in 2020 on the campus of a Big Ten Academic Alliance institution or the University of Chicago.
Beloit College
Joshua Milligan
Psychology
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Superior Murphy
Political science
Carleton College
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Brittany Dominguez
Sociology and anthropology
Andrew Farias
Environmental studies; political science
Coe College
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Emani Brinkman
Economics; environmental studies; business administration
Milinda Mimi Ortiz
Art
Jaelynn Smith
Sociology; Psychology
Colorado College
Katie Damas
Southwest studies
Case Osborn
Political science
Cornell College
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Cleo Sullivan
Sociology and anthropology
Knox College
Alexis Ramirez
Psychology; Spanish
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Matrice Young
Creative writing
Lake Forest College
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Sarah Coffman
History; African American studies; education
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Yaneli Guajardo
Politics
Lawrence University
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Nero Gallagher
Anthropology
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Alex Medina
Music education
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Isaac Wippich
Psychology; Philosophy
Luther College
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Hannah Johnson
Music
Macalester College
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Nancy Gomez
Psychology; educational studies
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Swopnil Shrestha
Educational studies; political science
Monmouth College
Gunnar Leaf
English
Brenda Matias-Cruz
Sociology and Anthropology
Ripon College
Morgan Devine
Psychology
Addison Lindsey
Psychology
St. Olaf College
Marisabel Cordova
Vocal music education
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Ian Roback
Environmental studies; political science
GSEF Fellows - Cohort 3
The following students were selected by their colleges as the third cohort to receive Graduate School Exploration Fellowships (GSEF). They began their participation in the program at the Annual Summit in Chicago on August 13-16, 2018.
The listing includes each GSEF fellow’s major(s) and placement for research in summer 2018.
Beloit College
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Hana Hassanpourgol
International Relations; religious studies
Research Placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
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Hayden Lamphere
History
Research Placement: University of Iowa
Carleton College
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Grisel Vidal-Munoz
Psychology
Research Placement: Pennsylvania State University
Coe College
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Mia Resa
Psychology
Research Placement: Purdue University
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Kaylee Skweres
African American Studies
Research Placement: University of Michigan
Colorado College
English; creative writing
Research Placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Russian studies
Research Placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Cornell College
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John Bogucki
Psychology
Research Placement: Michigan State University
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Kourtney Ellis
History; secondary education
Research Placement: Northwestern University
Grinnell College
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Langston Thomas
Political science
Research Placement: Michigan State University
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Tin Tran
Anthropology; biological chemistry
Research Placement: Michigan State University
Knox College
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Soko Cheng
Sociolology
Research Placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Brenda Hernandez
Economics; psychology
Research Placement: Purdue University
Lake Forest College
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Yessenia Abigail Alvarado Vasquez
Education; Spanish
Research Placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Zaria Sydnor
Economics; African American studies
Research Placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Lesley Tenorio
Politics; environmental studies
Research Placement: Michigan State University
Lawrence University
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Angelica Hurtado
Art history; film
Research Placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Pa Soua Vue
Studio art
Research Placement: Pennsylvania State University
Luther College
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Merrsadiz Smith
Psychology; English
Research Placement: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Macalester College
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Cristina Martin
Psychology; educational studies
Research Placement: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Monmouth College
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Maria Cocone
Psychology; Spanish
Research Placement: Pennsylvania State University
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Taylar Tramil
Political science; communication
Research Placement: Michigan State University
Ripon College
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Rachel Joas
English
Research Placement: University of Chicago
St. Olaf College
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Iain Carlos
Religion
Research Placement: University of Chicago
GSEF Fellows - Cohort 2
The following students were selected by their colleges as the second cohort to receive Graduate School Exploration Fellowships (GSEF). They began their participation in the program at the Annual Summit in Chicago on August 15-19, 2017.
The listing includes each GSEF fellow’s major(s) and placement for research in summer 2018.
Meet the GSEF Cohort 2 Fellows!
Click names highlighted in blue for student profiles
Beloit College
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Miyani Clark
Studio art; critical identity studies
Research placement: Pennsylvania State University
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Leanna Miller
Anthropology; Latin American and Caribbean studies
Research placement: Indiana University
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Joshua Randolph
Anthropology; Russian
Research placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
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Spanish; critical identity studies
Research placement: The Ohio State University
Carleton College
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Gregory Amusu
Politics Science; International Relations; Economics
Research placement: Michigan State University
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Mandy Duong
American studies; international relations
Research placement: University of Michigan
Sociology and anthropology
Research placement: University of Michigan
Coe College
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Emilio Ayala Enriquez
International studies; German; music
Research placement: University of Chicago
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Briana Gipson
African American studies; economics
Research placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
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Hayley Luna
Political science; international business
Research placement: Northwestern University
Colorado College
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Dylan Compton
Religion; international affairs
Research placement: University of Maryland
Race, ethnicity, and migration studies
Research placement: Michigan State University
Feminist and gender studies
Research placement: Michigan State University
Cornell College
Katie Alvarez
Psychology
Research placement: Michigan State University
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Jessica Meis
Art history
Research placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Grinnell College
Anthropology
Research placement: University of Chicago
Brianisha Frith
Sociology
Research placement: Purdue University
Carrie Stallings
Sociology
Research placement: Michigan State University
Knox College
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Nabiha Mansoor
English literature
Research placement: University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Lindsay Smith
Anthropology and sociology
Research placement: University of Maryland
Lake Forest College
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Sonia Gomez
English literature; American politics
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Alexandra Soriano
Psychology; sociology; anthropology
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lawrence University
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Vicky Liang
Philosophy; gender studies
Research placement: Northwestern University
Global studies
Research placement: Indiana University
Luther College
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Liliana Mondragon
History
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Shasa Sartin
Religion
Research placement: University of Iowa
Macalester College
Economics; political science
Research placement: Michigan State University
Political science
Research placement: Michigan State University
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Cameron Hill
Sociology; Hispanic studies
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Classics; media and culture studies
Research placement: Purdue University
Monmouth College
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Elle Meyer-Thomas
Political science; international relations
Research placement: University of Maryland
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Laura Salas
Communications/public relations
Research placement: University of Iowa
Ripon College
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Juan Baez
English; theatre
Research placement: Purdue University
Religion; history
Research placement: Pennsylvania State University
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Olivia Heck
Psychology
Research placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
St. Olaf College
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Jenna Castillo
Sociology; anthropology
Research placement: The Ohio State University
Philosophy; religion
Research placement: University of Iowa
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Marnicia Johnson
Psychology
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Karina Mojica
Psychology; Spanish
Research placement: Michigan State University
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Daniel Vega
History; Economics
Research placement: University of Michigan
GSEF Fellows - Cohort 1
The following students were selected in 2016 as the first cohort of Graduate School Exploration Fellowship (GSEF) recipients.
The listing includes each GSEF fellow’s major(s) and information collected during their research placement from summer of 2017.
Meet the GSEF Fellows Class of 2018!
Check out the students’ bios to learn more about their summer research experiences.
Beloit College
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Bresasha Duquaine
Psychology
Research placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
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Charlotte Mayeda
International relations, with a focus on China and human rights
Research placement: Michigan State University
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Ashley Sorensen
Political science
Research placement: University of Maryland
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Kendra Weinrich
Anthropology; biology
Research placement: Ohio State University
Carleton College
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Amirah Ellison
Cinema and media studies
Research placement: Purdue University
Coe College
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Steven Sharkey-Dye
African American Studies
Colorado College
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Brittany Camacho
Classics; history; politics
Research placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
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Atiya Harvey
Feminist and gender studies
Research placement: The Ohio State University
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Maja Anna Orlowska
Comparative literature and Romance Languages
Research placement: University of Iowa
Cornell College
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Randy Santiago
English
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Grinnell College
Knox College
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Kadet Alaks
Creative writing; education
Research placement: University of Michigan
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Willa Coufal
Theatre
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Callie Ellis
Economics
Research placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Lake Forest College
Lawrence University
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Kori Looker
Studio art
Research placement: University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Yee Leng Yang
Psychology or government
Research placement: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Luther College
Macalester College
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Ashanté Alford
Psychology/neurocience
Research placement: The Ohio State University
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Cecilia Caro
Anthropology and educational studies
Research placement: University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Allegra Wyatt
Psychology and anthropology
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Monmouth College
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Anthony Adams
Communication studies; political science
Research placement: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Melissa Hernández
French and international studies
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Paulo Pliego
Economics
Research placement: Michigan State University
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Diana Rubi
Political science; international studies; Spanish
Research placement: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ripon College
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Holly Erickson
History; anthropology
Research placement: University of Michigan
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Stephanie Lopez
Psychology
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Maddison Vega
English
Research placement: University of Wisconsin-Madison
St. Olaf College
Questions?
For questions about the GSEF program, contact Allen Linton II, ACM Senior Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, or visit the FAQ page.
These fellowships and the Undergraduate and Faculty Fellows Program for a Diverse Professoriate are supported by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Go to:
Undergraduate and Faculty Fellows Program for a Diverse Professoriate
Mellon Faculty Fellowships
ACM-Big Ten Academic Alliance meetings and workshops