More than 40 College and graduate students earn prestigious Fulbright fellowships

Students in the College and the graduate divisions and schools continue to garner prestigious international study awards, including 18 undergraduates and 33 graduates who were selected to study and conduct research in nearly 30 countries, from Albania to Tanzania, during the 2010-11 academic year.

Ten students in the College received Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowships this spring, while eight undergraduates received six National Security Education Program Boren Scholarships for International Study and two DAAD German Academic Exchange Program Study scholarships.

"International study is something we introduce to students in the College very aggressively from the beginning," said John Boyer, Dean of the College and the Martin A. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor in History. "The College is invested in studying abroad and in encouraging these worldly, academic experiences."

In the graduate schools and divisions, 18 students won Fulbright U.S. Student Program graduate fellowships, and 13 were named Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellows. Two students also won 2010-11 National Security Education Program Boren graduate fellowships.

Among the graduate fellowship recipients this year are an additional 11 alternates, who also may receive awards. The U.S. Fulbright Student Fellowship Program is available to both fourth-year undergraduate and graduate students.

The U.S. Department of State administers the program. The Fulbright-Hays Program aids students' doctoral dissertation research and is administered by the U.S. Department of Education.

International Scholarship/Fellowship recipients in the College
2010-11 competitions

Fulbright U.S. Student Program

Rachel Berkowitz, English teaching assistantship in Austria; Miggie Cramblit, Economic Development in Cameroon; Jessica Dragonetti, English teaching assistantship in Turkey; Sarah Farr, Modern History in Mexico; Katayun Kamdin, Physics in Germany; Sarah McKeever, English teaching assistantship in India;

Alexander Meyer, English teaching assistantship in Germany; Claire Saperstein, History in Russia; Jonathan Simon, English teaching assistantship in Russia; and Alexander Werner, English teaching assistantship in Brazil.

DAAD German Academic Exchange Program Study Scholarship

Katayun Kamdin for 10 months of study
Anna Norton for 10 months of study

Boren Scholarship for International Study

Samuel Berkowitz, China for one year; Robert Bishop, Egypt for Fall Quarter; Muhammed Khan, Pakistan for one year; Barbra Kim, South Korea for one year; Nora Vallerini, Egypt for one year; and Jonathan Warczak, Russia for Fall Quarter.

Fulbright U.S. Student Program Graduate Fellows

Naomi Bartz, Social Sciences Division, Human Development, Canada
Natalie Belsky, Social Sciences Division, History, Russia
Falina Enriquez, Social Sciences Division, Anthropology, Brazil
Johnhenry Gonzalez, Social Sciences Division, History, Dominican Republic
Laura Goodrich, Social Sciences Division, Sociology, Panama
Matthew Heintz, Biological Sciences Division, Evolutionary Biology, Tanzania
Amanda Hughes, Social Sciences Division, History, Brazil
Paul Keen, Humanities Division, Classics, Cyprus
Mariusz Kozak, Humanities Division, Music, Norway
Emin Lelic, Humanities Division, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Turkey
Nancy Lin, Humanities Division, Art History, Korea and Japan
Cameron Penwell, Social Sciences Division, History, Japan
Jose Ramos, Social Sciences Division, History, Mexico
Adam Sargent, Social Sciences Division, Anthropology, India
Sunit Singh, Divinity School, Divinity, India<
Benjamin White, Social Sciences Division, Anthropology, Albania
Sarah Panzer, Social Sciences Division, History, Germany
Owen Kohl, Social Sciences Division, Anthropology, Croatia

Fulbright-Hays DDRA (Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad) Fellows

Mathew Barton, Social Sciences Division, History, Brazil
Elizabeth Brummel, Social Sciences Division, Anthropology, Kenya
Megan Clark, Social Sciences Division, Anthropology, Turkey
Joe Feinberg, Social Sciences Division, Anthopology, Slovakia
Owen Kohl, Social Sciences Division, Anthropology, Croatia
Nancy Lin, Division of the Humanities, Art History, Japan
Casey Lurtz, Social Sciences Division, History, Mexico
David Pacifico, Social Sciences Division, Anthropology, Peru
awad Qureshi, Divinity School, Divinity, Syria
Katherine Reischl, Division of the Humanities, Slavic Languages, Russia
Nelly Samoukova, Division of the Humanities, Slavic Languages, Russia
Jackie Sumner, Social Sciences Division, History, Mexico
Benjamin White, Social Sciences Division, Anthropology, Albania

NSEP (National Security Education Program) Boren Graduate Fellows

Susan Rosas, School of Social Service Administration, Cambodia
Daniel Wollrich, Social Sciences Division, Committee on International Relations, Russia