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
Superior Murphy
Political science
Carleton College
Brittany Dominguez
Sociology and anthropology
Andrew Farias
Environmental studies; political science
Coe College
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
Cleo Sullivan
Sociology and anthropology
Knox College
Alexis Ramirez
Psychology; Spanish
Matrice Young
Creative writing
Lake Forest College
Sarah Coffman
History; African American studies; education
Yaneli Guajardo
Politics
Lawrence University
Nero Gallagher
Anthropology
Alex Medina
Music education
Isaac Wippich
Psychology; Philosophy
Luther College
Hannah Johnson
Music
Macalester College
Nancy Gomez
Psychology; educational studies
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
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
Hana Hassanpourgol
International Relations; religious studies
Research Placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Hayden Lamphere
History
Research Placement: University of Iowa
Carleton College
Grisel Vidal-Munoz
Psychology
Research Placement: Pennsylvania State University
Coe College
Mia Resa
Psychology
Research Placement: Purdue University
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
John Bogucki
Psychology
Research Placement: Michigan State University
Kourtney Ellis
History; secondary education
Research Placement: Northwestern University
Grinnell College
Langston Thomas
Political science
Research Placement: Michigan State University
Tin Tran
Anthropology; biological chemistry
Research Placement: Michigan State University
Knox College
Soko Cheng
Sociolology
Research Placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brenda Hernandez
Economics; psychology
Research Placement: Purdue University
Lake Forest College
Yessenia Abigail Alvarado Vasquez
Education; Spanish
Research Placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Zaria Sydnor
Economics; African American studies
Research Placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lesley Tenorio
Politics; environmental studies
Research Placement: Michigan State University
Lawrence University
Angelica Hurtado
Art history; film
Research Placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Pa Soua Vue
Studio art
Research Placement: Pennsylvania State University
Luther College
Merrsadiz Smith
Psychology; English
Research Placement: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Macalester College
Cristina Martin
Psychology; educational studies
Research Placement: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Monmouth College
Maria Cocone
Psychology; Spanish
Research Placement: Pennsylvania State University
Taylar Tramil
Political science; communication
Research Placement: Michigan State University
Ripon College
Rachel Joas
English
Research Placement: University of Chicago
St. Olaf College
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
Miyani Clark
Studio art; critical identity studies
Research placement: Pennsylvania State University
Leanna Miller
Anthropology; Latin American and Caribbean studies
Research placement: Indiana University
Joshua Randolph
Anthropology; Russian
Research placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Helena RoseSpanish; critical identity studies
Research placement: The Ohio State University
Carleton College
Gregory Amusu
Politics Science; International Relations; Economics
Research placement: Michigan State University
Mandy Duong
American studies; international relations
Research placement: University of Michigan
Sociology and anthropology
Research placement: University of Michigan
Coe College
Emilio Ayala Enriquez
International studies; German; music
Research placement: University of Chicago
Briana Gipson
African American studies; economics
Research placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Hayley Luna
Political science; international business
Research placement: Northwestern University
Colorado College
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
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
Nabiha Mansoor
English literature
Research placement: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lindsay Smith
Anthropology and sociology
Research placement: University of Maryland
Lake Forest College
Sonia Gomez
English literature; American politics
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alexandra Soriano
Psychology; sociology; anthropology
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lawrence University
Vicky Liang
Philosophy; gender studies
Research placement: Northwestern University
Global studies
Research placement: Indiana University
Luther College
Liliana Mondragon
History
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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
Cameron Hill
Sociology; Hispanic studies
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Classics; media and culture studies
Research placement: Purdue University
Monmouth College
Elle Meyer-Thomas
Political science; international relations
Research placement: University of Maryland
Laura Salas
Communications/public relations
Research placement: University of Iowa
Ripon College
Juan Baez
English; theatre
Research placement: Purdue University
Religion; history
Research placement: Pennsylvania State University
Olivia Heck
Psychology
Research placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
St. Olaf College
Jenna Castillo
Sociology; anthropology
Research placement: The Ohio State University
Philosophy; religion
Research placement: University of Iowa
Marnicia Johnson
Psychology
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Karina Mojica
Psychology; Spanish
Research placement: Michigan State University
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
Bresasha Duquaine
Psychology
Research placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Charlotte Mayeda
International relations, with a focus on China and human rights
Research placement: Michigan State University
Ashley Sorensen
Political science
Research placement: University of Maryland
Kendra Weinrich
Anthropology; biology
Research placement: Ohio State University
Carleton College
Amirah Ellison
Cinema and media studies
Research placement: Purdue University
Coe College
Steven Sharkey-Dye
African American Studies
Colorado College
Brittany Camacho
Classics; history; politics
Research placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Atiya Harvey
Feminist and gender studies
Research placement: The Ohio State University
Maja Anna Orlowska
Comparative literature and Romance Languages
Research placement: University of Iowa
Cornell College
Randy Santiago
English
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Grinnell College
Knox College
Kadet Alaks
Creative writing; education
Research placement: University of Michigan
Willa Coufal
Theatre
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Callie Ellis
Economics
Research placement: Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Lake Forest College
Lawrence University
Kori Looker
Studio art
Research placement: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yee Leng Yang
Psychology or government
Research placement: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Luther College
Macalester College
Ashanté Alford
Psychology/neurocience
Research placement: The Ohio State University
Cecilia Caro
Anthropology and educational studies
Research placement: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Allegra Wyatt
Psychology and anthropology
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Monmouth College
Anthony Adams
Communication studies; political science
Research placement: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Melissa Hernández
French and international studies
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Paulo Pliego
Economics
Research placement: Michigan State University
Diana Rubi
Political science; international studies; Spanish
Research placement: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ripon College
Holly Erickson
History; anthropology
Research placement: University of Michigan
Stephanie Lopez
Psychology
Research placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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.
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Undergraduate and Faculty Fellows Program for a Diverse Professoriate
Mellon Faculty Fellowships
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