GIAS announces 2021 academic fellows

June 10, 2021

Global, International & Area Studies is pleased to announce the recipients of its AY 2020-21 grant cycle.

The Reinhard Bendix and Allan Sharlin Fellowships

  • Angela Castillo, Anthropology
  • Sourav Ghosh, History
  • Otto Kienitz, Political Science
  • Kinda Kinstler, Rhetoric
  • Mary Shi, Sociology

The John L. Simpson Pre-dissertation Research Fellowships in International & Area Studies

  • Derek Allen, Hispanic Languages and Literatures
  • Lissett Bastidas, History
  • Jenae Carpenter, Sociology
  • Claire Chun, Ethnic Studies
  • Annie Helms, Spanish and Portuguese
  • Janna Huang, Sociology
  • Mary Jirmanus, Geography
  • Elizabeth Keyser, Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology
  • Annabel LaBrecque, History
  • Gabriel Lesser, Spanish and Portuguese
  • Sarah Sears, History
  • Anna Spadafora, Comparative Literature
  • Tiffany Taylor, Anthropology
  • Christine Theunissen, Art History
  • Jonathan Wu, Music
  • Soo Sun You, Political Science

The John L. Simpson ABD Graduate Students Research Fellowships in International & Area Studies

  • Maria Barreiros Almeida Reis, History
  • Cheng-Chai Chiang, English
  • Jeehyun Choi, English
  • Devin Choudhury, Rhetoric
  • Kathryn DeWaele, Slavic Languages and Literatures
  • Sara Friedman, History
  • Ryan Gourley, Music
  • Donna Honarpisheh, Comparative Literature
  • Abigail Hoskins, Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology
  • Kyle Jackson, History
  • Grace Kuipers, Art History
  • Dinah Lensing-Sharp, Comparative Literature
  • Felipe Menares, Demography
  • Jesse Obert, Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology
  • Sarah Plovnick, Music
  • Brenda Rosado, Italian Studies
  • James Sayre, Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • Ben Siegel, Anthropology
  • Richard Smith, History
  • Ivan Sokolov, Slavic Languages and Literatures
  • Christopher Sullivan, History
  • Joel Thielen, Art History
  • Justin Weinstock, Anthropology
  • Maria Whittle, Slavic Languages and Literatures
  • Rebecca Zhu, Psychology