Fellows
2021 Amherst College Fellowships and National FellowshipsJoyzel Acevedo ’15, Amherst Memorial Fellow in film directing and screenwriting, University of Southern California.
Kiera Alventosa ’21, Evan Carroll Commager Fellow in writing, University of Warwick. Julien Aoyama ’14, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College. Kaetlyn Arant ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Brown University. Kashmeera Baboolall ’20, Lloyd I. Rosenblum Memorial Fellow in biophysical sciences, University of Chicago. William Balmer ’21, Amherst Memorial Fellow in astrophysics, Johns Hopkins University. Margaret Banks ’17, Amherst Memorial Fellow and Henry P. Field Fellow in English and comparative literature, Columbia University. Hilary Bediako ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Marvin Bell ’19E, Charles B. Rugg Fellow in law, Columbia Law School. Maria Belota Moreno ’21, Amherst Memorial Fellowship in physics, Yale University. Alladin Bhuiyan ’17, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Beselot Birhanu ’17, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Andrea Boskovic ’21, Amherst Memorial Fellow in statistics, University of Washington, Seattle. Louis Briones ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. Eden Charles ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Kelvin Chen ’16, Amherst Memorial Fellow in ecology and evolution, Rutgers University. Ho Yean Choi ’19, Charles B. Rugg Fellow in law, Seoul National University School of Law. Mujin Choi ’19, Charles B. Rugg Fellow in law, Yale Law School and School of Management. Diana Chou ’15, Edward Poole Lay Fellow in organ performance, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Jennifer Citarelli ’15E, Edward Poole Lay Fellow in music composition, University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music. Daniella Colombo ’17, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Madeleine Conner ’21, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in social work, New York University Silver School of Social Work. Rebecca Correa ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC. Christine Croasdaile ’17, Charles B. Rugg Fellow in law, Howard University Schools of Law and Business. Katyana Dandridge ’18, Amherst Memorial Fellow in nonprofit administration, University of Memphis. Ursula des Bordes ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine. Djelimory Diabate ’21, Benjamin Goodall Symon, Jr., Memorial Fellow and C. Scott Porter Memorial Fellow in religion, Harvard University. Anise Diaz ’18, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Hofstra University Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine. Tacia Diaz ’19, Amherst Memorial Fellow in library and information science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sophia Doerr ’19, Lloyd I. Rosenblum Memorial Fellow in biology, University of Oregon. Katherine Dominguez ’16, Amherst Memorial Fellow in health analytics, Duke University Fuqua School of Business. Nayereh Doosti ’19E, C. Scott Porter Memorial Fellow in creative writing, Boston University. Sarah Duggan ’20, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in biomedical science, University of Massachusetts Medical School Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Kai-Isaak Ellers ’19, Amherst Memorial Fellow in physics, University of California, Berkeley. Jessica Eutsler ’20, Amherst Memorial Fellow in German, Ohio State University. Emily Flaherty ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Renai Foster ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in education, Relay Graduate School of Education. Jasmine Gamboa ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Irisdelia Garcia ’18, Roland Wood Fellow in theatre and performance, The New School. Noah Gilreath ’20, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Maria-Cristiana Girjau ’21, Amherst Memorial Fellow in statistics, Columbia University. Carlos Gonzalez Sierra ’14, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in law, Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Aqiil Gopee ’20, George Stebbins Moses Memorial Fellow in comparative religion, Harvard Divinity School. Hannah Greenwald ’14, Forris Jewett Moore Fellow and Henry P. Field Fellow in History in history, Yale University. Kyleen Grissom ’16, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School. Wesley Guimaraes Dos Santos ’19, Roland Wood Fellow in theatre and performance, American Conservatory Theater. Soham Gupta ’17, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix. Lidia Gutu ’20, Amherst Memorial Fellow in economics, University of Maryland, College Park. Elliott Hadwin ’19, Amherst Memorial Fellow in library and information science, Pratt Institute. Christina Hansen ’17, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. Constance Holden ’15, Forris Jewett Moore Fellow in History in history, University of Connecticut. Tomal Hossain ’17, Edward Poole Lay Fellow in ethnomusicology, University of Chicago. Jennifer Hugg ’17, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in psychology, University of Maine. David Ingraham ’18, Charles B. Rugg Fellow in law, Stanford University. Esther Isaac ’19, Rufus B. Kellogg University Fellow in history, University of Chicago. Jonathan Jackson ’19, Amherst Memorial Fellow in photography, Rhode Island School of Design. Keiana James ’16, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in law, New York University School of Law. Nia James ’15, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Howard University College of Medicine. Noah John ’21, Amherst Memorial Fellow in journalism, New York University. Julia Kagan ’16, Amherst Memorial Fellow in psychology, Columbia University. Beebee Yusrah Kaudeer ’21, Forris Jewett Moore Fellow in Chemistry in chemistry, California Institute of Technology. Namita Khajanchi ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in biomedical engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Brittany Kim ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Jenny Yejin Kim ’19, Forris Jewett Moore Fellow in Chemistry in chemical biology, Harvard University. Mindy Kim ’17, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine. Rene Kooiker ’18, Rufus B. Kellogg University Fellow in comparative literature, Yale University. Boran Kuzhan ’21E, Amherst Memorial Fellow in physics, Northwestern University. Michael Kwong ’17, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of Colorado. Konstantin Larin ’21, George A. Plimpton Fellow in statistics, Rice University. Mylinh Le ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of Washington. Austin Lee ’17, Amherst Memorial Fellow in sociology, University of Pennsylvania. Eugene Lee ’16, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in law, University of Michigan Law School. Jackson Lee ’21, George A. Plimpton Fellow in film and media studies, Columbia University School of the Arts. Ju Hyun Lee ’18, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in nursing, Yale University. Timothy Lee ’18, Amherst Memorial Fellow in statistics and data science, Northwestern University. Mariana Lehoucq ’20E, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in public health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Luz Lim ’20, John Mason Clarke 1877 Fellow in geology, University of Nevada, Reno. Ying Tong Liu ’21, Amherst Memorial Fellow in physics, Carnegie Mellon University. James Logan ’21, Amherst Memorial Fellow in physics, Dartmouth College. Amira Lundy-Harris ’16, Amherst Memorial Fellow in women, gender, and sexuality studies, University of Maryland, College Park. Annika Lunstad ’21, Amherst Memorial Fellow in physics, Harvard University. Yuxing Ma ’20, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Johns Hopkins University. Mercedes MacAlpine ’16, Amherst Memorial Fellow in public administration, University of Connecticut. Darienne Madlala ’16, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Boston University School of Medicine. Caroline Magee ’17E, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in public health, Yale School of Public Health. Syeda Malliha ’17, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in law, Harvard Law School. Johsias Maru ’18, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Nehemiah McGowan ’21, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in law, Georgetown University. Rilla McKeegan ’21, John Mason Clarke 1877 Fellow in geology, Princeton University. Maeve McNamara ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Emory University. Casey McQuillan ’18, Amherst Memorial Fellow in economics, Princeton University. Kevin Mei ’16, Amherst Memorial Fellow in neuroscience, California Institute of Technology. James Melican ’21, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in statistics, University of Chicago. Elizabete Mezinska ’20, Sterling Lamprecht Fellow in philosophy, Duquesne University. Keelin Moehl ’16, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Yaquelin Montes de Oca ’21, Amherst Memorial Fellow in social work, Florida State University. Toma-Jin Morikawa Fouquet ’21, Rufus B. Kellogg University Fellow in anthropology, University of Oxford. Noah Morton ’17, Amherst Memorial Fellow in education, University of San Francisco. Colin Murphy ’21, George A. Plimpton Fellow in geosciences, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Seol Namgoong ’16, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in law, University of Notre Dame Law School. Obed Narcisse ’21, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in school psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University. Katianna Nardone ’19, Edward Poole Lay Fellow in music composition, Tufts University. Lucas Newman-Johnson ’19, Edward Poole Lay Fellow in voice performance, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Uchechi Onyebuchi ’15, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in nursing, Yale School of Nursing. Amna Pathan ’20, Amherst Memorial Fellow in South Asian politics, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Amanda Patsis ’17, John Mason Clarke 1877 Fellow in geobiology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Theo Peierls ’20E, Amherst Memorial Fellow in social work, Columbia University. Van Pham ’17, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Boston University School of Medicine. Allen J. Phillips ’20, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in genomics, Keck Graduate Institute. Melissa Pineda Brown ’20, Amherst Memorial Fellow in women's and gender studies, Central European University, Austria. Bailey Plaman ’18, Forris Jewett Moore Fellow in Chemistry in chemical biology, Harvard University. Katherine Ponds ’15, Amherst Memorial Fellow in African American and American studies, Yale University. Cheyenne Pritchard ’16, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in public health, University of California, Berkeley. Breanna Richards ’21, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in biostatistics, Brown University. Kristen Riley ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Weill Cornell School of Medicine.
Enrique Robles ’17, Amherst Memorial Fellow in mathematics, Claremont Graduate University. Manuel Rodriguez ’21, Amherst Memorial Fellow in sociology, University of Notre Dame. Abigail Rosenthal ’17E, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in law, American University Washington College of Law. Rachel Ruderman ’21, George A. Plimpton Fellow in law, Yale Law School. Zachary Rudolph ’21, Amherst Memorial Fellow in public policy, University of Chicago. Rebecca Rwakabukoza ’14, Forris Jewett Moore Fellow in History in history, Northwestern University. Minato Sakamoto ’18, Edward Poole Lay Fellow in music, Duke University. Safiatou Sangare ’20, Seth E. Frank '55 Fellow in international history, London School of Economics. Abdoulaye Sanogo ’19E, Amherst Memorial Fellow in mechanical engineering, Columbia University. Nicholas Schcolnik ’14, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in law, University of Chicago Law School. Braxton Schuldt ’21, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Chungyun Seo ’20, Amherst Memorial Fellow in social work, Smith College School for Social Work. Siyu Shen ’15, Amherst Memorial Fellow in history of art, University of Southern California. Samuel Short ’17, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. Dashiell Shulman ’21, Forris Jewett Moore Fellow in Philosophy in philosophy, Northern Illinois University. Jacob Siegel ’21, George A. Plimpton Fellow in anthropology, University of Chicago. Nathaniel Silvea ’20, George Stebbins Moses Memorial Fellow in religion, Harvard Divinity School. Mark Simonitis ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in law, University of Notre Dame Law School. Andrew Smith ’18, Amherst Memorial Fellow in human-computer interaction, University of Maryland, College Park. Asia Smith ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Howard University. Gabriela Smith-Rosario ’18, Evan Carroll Commager Fellow in genetics, University of Cambridge, Murray Edwards College. Eric Smyth ’15, John Mason Clarke 1877 Fellow in earth science, University of Colorado, Boulder. Linda Solval ’18, Warner Gardner Fletcher Fellow and John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in education and mathematics, Claremont Graduate University. Eric Steinbrook ’15, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine and public health, University of Michigan Medical School. Mary Margaret Stoll ’17, John Mason Clarke 1877 Fellow in oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle. Peter Suechting ’15, Amherst Memorial Fellow in environmental studies, University of Oregon. Shashank Sule ’20, Amherst Memorial Fellow in mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park. Meghan Sullivan ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Duke University School of Medicine. Natalie Sun ’18, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in veterinary medicine, University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine. Savannah Sutherlin ’18, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine. Andrew Tawfeek ’21E, Amherst Memorial Fellow in mathematics, University of Washington. Eleanor (Uyen) Thieu ’19, Amherst Memorial Fellow in mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Ashley Tobon ’16, Amherst Memorial Fellow in public policy, Georgetown University. Bryan Torres Rosa ’18E, Amherst Memorial Fellow in clinical social work, Smith College. Dustin Tran ’18, Warner Gardner Fletcher Fellow and John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in education and social policy, Northwestern University. Alexander Vega ’16, Forris Jewett Moore Fellow in Philosophy in philosophy, Harvard University. Alexander Versfeld ’21, Roswell Dwight Hitchcock Memorial Fellow in economics, Johns Hopkins University. Mikayla Vieira Ribeiro ’18, Amherst Memorial Fellow in literature, University of Amsterdam. Christin Washington ’17, Amherst Memorial Fellow in American studies, University of Maryland, College Park. Sydney Weil ’18, Evan Carroll Commager Fellow in veterinary medicine, Royal Veterinary College. Emily Willick ’18, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in education, Columbia University. David Wilson ’20, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in law, University of Virginia School of Law. Rebecca Wistreich ’21, George A. Plimpton Fellow in politics and international studies, University of Cambridge. Henry Wu ’17, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Jenny Xu ’16, Amherst Memorial Fellow in business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management. Phillip Yan ’18, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in law, Harvard University. Hanqi Yao ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of California Berkeley. Wisdom Elorm Yevudza ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Stefan Yong ’18, Amherst Memorial Fellow in history of consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz. Erika Zambrano ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, The Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook. Irma Zamora ’17, Amherst Memorial Fellow in English, Tufts University. Erik Zhang ’19, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. Jingwen Zhang ’18, John Woodruff Simpson Fellow in medicine, Columbia University.
2021 National Fellows and Scholars Eniola Ajao '21, Watson Fellow.
Benjamin Aliaga '21, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Taiwan.
Evan Daisy ’21, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Taiwan.
Djelimory Diabate ’21, Fulbright Grantee, Morocco.
Reid Dodson '24, Critical Language Scholar, Russian.
Stephany Flores Ramos '17, Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow for New Americans.
Angela Hernandez Veloza '17, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, South Korea.
Elaine Jeon '17, Schwarzman Scholar.
Sabrina Lin ’21, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Taiwan.
Margot Lurie '21, Watson Fellow.
Olivia Moehl ’20, Fulbright Grantee, Norway.
Sarah Montoya '21, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Lithuania.
Cy Nguyen ’21, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Taiwan.
Abigail Offei-Addo '21, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, South Korea.
Gillian Quinto '23, Critical Language Scholar, Mandarin.
Jeremy Thomas '21, Rhodes Scholar. (also named a Marshall Scholar but declined, to accept Rhodes.)
Helena Treiber '23E, Goldwater Scholar.
Luke Williamson '21, Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, France.
Hyery Yoo '22, Goldwater Scholar.