Leo Hidy ’23 Earns 2026 Marshall Scholarship</h1> <article> <h1>Leo Hidy ’23 Earns 2026 Marshall Scholarship</h1> <p>azaleski — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:22:30 +0000</p> <span>Leo Hidy ’23 Earns 2026 Marshall Scholarship</span> <span><span>azaleski</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-12-08T11:22:30-05:00" title="Monday, December 8, 2025 - 11:22">Mon, 12/08/2025 - 11:22</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Leo Hidy ’23, a <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies">comparative American studies</a> major who also studied <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/business">business</a> and <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/economics">economics</a> while at �鶹��Ƶ, has received a 2026 Marshall Scholarship. </p><p>The prestigious award funds two years of graduate study in the UK, providing Hidy with the opportunity to research how immigrants shape neighborhood economies and how government policy can better sustain these vital spaces. “I'm deeply honored and humbled to receive the Marshall Scholarship,” he says. “It's an opportunity I couldn't have imagined when I first set foot on campus.”</p><p>Hidy will first earn a Master of Science in City Design and Social Science at the London School of Economics, followed by a Master of Public Administration at the University College London's Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment. </p><p>“This two-year sequence lets me first understand how immigrant communities create their own economic and urban spaces, before applying those insights to reimagining supportive policy frameworks,” he says. “London's historic legacy of immigrant entrepreneurship and evolving approaches to high street revitalization offer an ideal setting for this work. I'm eager to bring these perspectives back to public service in the U.S. and to policy that empowers immigrants as the essential architects of vibrant cities.” </p><p>The Marshall Scholarship builds on Hidy’s post-graduation work as a <a href="/news/leo-hidy-23-receives-selective-public-policy-fellowship">New York City Urban Fellow</a> and an <a href="https://www.shansi.org/">�鶹��Ƶ Shansi Fellow</a> in Japan. During the award application process, the San Francisco native also received crucial guidance from the <a href="/fellowships">Fellowships and Awards</a> office, faculty support from Professor of Comparative American Studies <a href="/gina-perez">Gina Pérez</a> and Professor of Sociology <a href="/greggor-mattson">Greggor Mattson</a>, and encouragement from Obies everywhere.</p><p>“I couldn't have done this without �鶹��Ƶ's community,” he says. “The Marshall application and interview process was intense, and I'm so grateful I had support at every step.”</p><p>“What moved me most, though, was my �鶹��Ƶ friends,” Hidy adds. “When I was preparing for the Marshall interviews, Obies from all over the world—people who had graduated, moved to different countries, started their own careers, even some I'd never met—made time to call me, help me practice, and offer much-needed encouragement. It really does take a village, and I'm so beyond grateful for mine.”</p><p><strong>What does it mean to you to receive the Marshall Scholarship—and how will this help you move forward with your proposed career plans?</strong><br>It gives me the chance to study with scholars who are guided by the same questions as I am and who are reimagining urban policy from the ground up. </p><p>I’m currently working as a policy advisor for the City of New York. The Marshall Scholarship will allow me to return to municipal government with an eye toward transforming how cities support immigrant entrepreneurs and neighborhood economies. </p><p>Tangibly, the Marshall Scholarship means I can pursue the question that has driven my work at �鶹��Ƶ and beyond. Whether it be through my courses or extracurricular activities, I kept coming back to the same question: <em>How do institutions—dormitories, schools, towns, cities, and states—decide which identities belong and which do not? </em></p><p>In typical Obie fashion, the next question burning in the back of my mind is always, <em>What can we do about it?</em></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">The �鶹��Ƶ alum will embark on two years of funded graduate study in London, researching how immigrants shape neighborhood economies and how government policy can better sustain these vital spaces.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2025-12-09T12:00:00Z">Tue, 12/09/2025 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Office of Communications</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2368">Alumni</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=4080">Fellowships</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2373">Awards and Honors</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3846">Engaged Liberal Arts</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25311">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=187731">Business</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25341">Economics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies" hreflang="und">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/business" hreflang="und">Business</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/economics" hreflang="und">Economics</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">“The Marshall application and interview process was intense, and I'm so grateful I had support at every step. I couldn't have done this without �鶹��Ƶ's community,” says Leo Hidy ’23.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of Leo Hidy ’23</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-flex-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden vertical-spacing--basic field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div id="obj-46376" class="paragraph paragraph--type--pb-el-bq paragraph--view-mode--default"> <blockquote class="blockquote--slicer" data-text-size-large data-add-quotes> <p>I couldn't have done this without �鶹��Ƶ's community. The Marshall application and interview process was intense, and I'm so grateful I had support at every step.</p> <p class="blockquote__attribution"> Leo Hidy '23 </p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div id="obj-46377" class="paragraph paragraph--type--para-el-copy paragraph--view-mode--default o-flex--basic-copy basic-copy"> <p><strong>In what ways did �鶹��Ƶ prepare you for this honor?</strong><br>�鶹��Ƶ's motto of “Learning & Labor” taught me to ask better questions and then act on the answers. Academically, my American studies coursework pushed me to examine whose voices are centered in institutions and whose are marginalized. </p><p>In one of my favorite classes, Latinx Oral History, we met with Puerto Rican Vietnam War veterans in Lorain. We learned to listen deeply and interrogate our own assumptions about war, militarization, and patriotism. These skills shaped how I approach public service today.<br><br>The “labor” side was just as formative. As co-chair of the Student Finance Committee, allocating $2.4 million in student funding forced me to make consequential decisions about which groups would be resourced. </p><p>Additionally, working as a consent educator, Barefoot Dialogue facilitator, and an RA all taught me how to build community and translate academic insights into institutional change. These roles provided me with the leadership skills, humility, and curiosity essential for the work I want to accomplish as a Marshall Scholar. </p><p><strong>Anything else you want to add?</strong><br>I couldn't have done this without the support of �鶹��Ƶ's community. The Marshall application and interview process was intense, and I'm so grateful I had support at every step. </p><p>The Fellowships Office guided me through the complexities of the application, helping me articulate ideas through many (and I mean many) drafts. My professors, especially Gina Pérez and Greggor Mattson, not only wrote incredible letters of recommendation but pushed me to clarify the driving questions behind my work.</p><p>Additionally, the �鶹��Ƶ Shansi Fellowship gave me the ambassadorial skills that became central to my Marshall proposal, and the Shansi community continues to shape how I think about cross-cultural exchange and learning.</p><hr><p><a href="/fellowships"><em>Connect with Fellowships & Awards</em></a><em> to learn more about the fellowships and awards opportunities and support available to �鶹��Ƶ students and alumni.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-article-header field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">0</div> </article> <article> <h1>Miriam Entin-Bell ’23 Named 2025-2026 NYC Urban Fellow</h1> <p>mreed — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:56:28 +0000</p> <span>Miriam Entin-Bell ’23 Named 2025-2026 NYC Urban Fellow</span> <span><span>mreed</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-09-10T13:56:28-04:00" title="Wednesday, September 10, 2025 - 13:56">Wed, 09/10/2025 - 13:56</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p id="docs-internal-guid-ee372d34-7fff-0e14-6a22-9443b19be7ce">After graduating from �鶹��Ƶ, Entin-Bell did an AmeriCorps service year with FoodCorps, establishing partnerships between FoodCorps and public schools in Newark, New Jersey, and leading garden and nutrition programming for more than 8,500 school community members. </p><p>“I then transitioned to a role as an educator with the Horticultural Society of New York, facilitating garden and food education to school communities all throughout New York City,” says Entin-Bell, who also earned an <a href="/aarc/advising-guides-major/environmental-studies-sciences" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="652125b1-309d-42b7-8019-efc6fd96da9a" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Environmental Studies & Sciences">environmental studies </a>minor and participated in the �鶹��Ƶ Student Cooperative Association (OSCA), Resource Conservation Team, and Students for Energy Justice. </p><p><strong>How does this fellowship build on your previous studies and activities at �鶹��Ƶ? </strong></p><p>When I was a senior at �鶹��Ƶ, I wrote a Comparative American Studies honors thesis about a multi-abled intentional community [Camphill] that I lived and worked at during the COVID-19 pandemic. </p><p>Grounded in interviews with community members, I uplifted the community's multi-abled practices of living that render binaries between disability and ability irrelevant to life at Camphill, while also revealing how Camphill contends with the imminent threat of the reinscription of these binaries in the form of state-mandated documentation and bureaucracy. </p><p>My thesis, along with the incredible education I got from the Comparative American Studies department, woke me up to just how much funding streams dictate what kinds of community-based work are possible and made me curious about how I could be a part of the apparatuses that resource communities professionally.</p><p><strong>What made you want to apply for this fellowship? How does this fellowship line up with your career goals?</strong></p><p>Growing up in Brooklyn, amidst decade-long commercial rezoning and residential upscaling, my life has always been shaped by city policy, but my on-the-ground experience doing public service health and education work since graduating has inspired me to pursue a career in city government. </p><p>After two years in public schools and communities in NYC and beyond, the systemic nature of the oppression that the communities I am working in is so evident; [there’s] food apartheid and access to green space, among other public health disparities. In tandem with that, I realized that almost all of the contracts I am working on are funded by the city. I am excited to take my on-the-ground experience and my questions around addressing systemic health issues to this fellowship.</p><p><strong>How did �鶹��Ƶ influence you as an academic, thinker, and person?</strong></p><p>At �鶹��Ƶ I practiced creating and building initiatives in collaboration with others. I got so much out of the bold, justice-oriented visions of professors and my fellow students because these were always backed up with a collaborative and nonhierarchical work ethos. The skills in communication, facilitation, critical thinking, and decision-making this fostered have served me so well as I entered the working world post graduation.</p><p><strong>,What’s the best advice you received while you were at �鶹��Ƶ?</strong></p><p>Something I heard throughout my time at �鶹��Ƶ was to release ambition and embrace curiosity. The most rigorous and meaningful work I have done, the choices I’ve been confident in, and the strongest relationships I have are centered in curiosity about myself, my communities and the world!</p><hr><p><em>If you’re a rising or graduating senior interested in the NYC Urban Fellow, connect with </em><a href="/node/4526"><em>Fellowships & Awards</em></a><em> to learn more about pursuing research or an arts project, obtaining a graduate degree, or teaching English in a foreign country of your choice following graduation.</em></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">The Brooklyn native will work on urban policy issues during a nine-month fellowship.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2025-09-18T12:00:00Z">Thu, 09/18/2025 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="text-content field field--name-field-intro-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Miriam Entin-Bell ’23 has been named a 2025-2026 NYC Urban Fellow. With this nine-month fellowship program, the Brooklyn, New York, native will work on urban policy issues in a mayor’s office or city agency. “Through hands-on experience, a dynamic seminar series, and service opportunities, I’ll be furthering my skills in and connections to public service work in NYC,” says the <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a668aca7-5310-47b1-8311-a3f0cd7bfce2" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Comparative American Studies">comparative American studies</a> major.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2360">After �鶹��Ƶ</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25311">Comparative American Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies" hreflang="und">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/environmental-studies" hreflang="und">Environmental Studies and Science</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of Miriam Entin-Bell</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-article-header field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">0</div> </article> <article> <h1>Cameron Montague ’24 Earns Fulbright to Colombia</h1> <p>jstrauss — Wed, 22 May 2024 20:25:39 +0000</p> <span>Cameron Montague ’24 Earns Fulbright to Colombia</span> <span><span>jstrauss</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-05-22T16:25:39-04:00" title="Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - 16:25">Wed, 05/22/2024 - 16:25</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Cameron Montague ’24 has earned a <a href="/node/467299">Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship</a> (ETA) to Colombia for the 2024-2025 academic year. A double major in <a href="/node/3366">psychology</a> and <a href="/node/3216">comparative American studies</a>, she will teach English at a university and immerse herself in campus life.</p> <p>“I hope to connect with the university community and participate in clubs, such as sporting, dance, or nature,” Cameron says, “and practice language exchange with Colombians college students.”</p> <p>Outside of the classroom, she plans to work with an NGO supporting some of the over three million Venezuelan refugees in Colombia. Cameron’s interest in this work grew out of a summer 2023 internship in Pamplona, Colombia, at a grassroots organization called On the Ground International. “I also conducted public health research through �鶹��Ƶ's David Love Memorial Fellowship,” she adds. “This experience sparked my interest in returning to Colombia to continue this work and especially to understand the realities of this crisis in a different region.”</p> <p><strong>How did �鶹��Ƶ influence you to pursue the Fulbright?</strong><br> Many classes at �鶹��Ƶ had significant impacts on my inquiry and interest into this region and histories of refugee and immigration studies. Some of the most formative and salient classes included Borderlands with Pablo Mitchell; Constructing Immigrant Communities with Rich Baldoz; Politics of Oil with Amanda Zadorian; and Indigenous Activism, Environmental Justice, and the State with my wonderful advisor, Jess Arnett. </p> <p>Additionally, I participated in the SIT/IHP Health and Community in Vietnam, South Africa, and Argentina program. While this was originally not affiliated with �鶹��Ƶ, the study away office helped me make it transfer here, which was wonderful because it was so meaningful for my studies. </p> <p>The support I received from the office of fellowships was really helpful as I prepared my Fulbright application. Danielle Abdon was especially instrumental with reading my essays, answering last minute-panicked questions, and helping me prepare for my interview. �鶹��Ƶ has such a robust system of support to help as many students as possible succeed with post-college fellowships and programs, it’s no wonder that each year we rank as a top producer of Fulbright scholars. </p> <p><strong>How does pursuing the Fulbright align with your post-college life and career goals? </strong></p> <p>I am really interested in pursuing public health, psychology, or policy advocacy, with a focus on the Latin American refugee and immigrant population in the U.S. Some time down the line from this Fulbright, I hope to pursue a master’s degree in refugee and migration studies, public health, or social work. Completing a Fulbright will help me expand my cultural literacy of this region, my Spanish comprehension, and my ability to use cross-cultural collaboration as a means to address global issues of migration and resource access. And it’s also offering me a wonderful opportunity to consider if teaching, NGO work, public health, and Hispanic studies are areas I will pursue for my career. Since I traveled around a lot on my study abroad—I spent each month in a different country—I am also really excited to live in one city for a whole year and really root myself in a community.</p> <p><strong>What’s the best advice you’ve received from your �鶹��Ƶ faculty mentor?</strong><br> I was stressing out about my majors and minors and trying to figure out the puzzle of getting every single requirement done so I could fulfill all of the components of the things I wanted to do. The chair of the comparative American studies program, Gina Perez, told me that having just one major was enough. I didn't have to bog myself down collecting titles of degrees; they were not representative of my learning and I would be better off following the trail of my interests and allowing myself to take classes that truly sparked my interests. She reminded me to remember that the joy of reminiscing about college will be the wonderful things I learned and the passions I explored—not the technicalities of my degree.</p> <p><strong>Activities Cameron was involved in at �鶹��Ƶ:</strong> <a href="https://www.osca.coop/">�鶹��Ƶ Student Cooperative Association</a> (OSCA), Harkness member; Women and Trans Rugby Team, Treasurer; Outings Club, trip leader; <a href="/node/465732">Barefoot Dialogue</a>, Facilitator; EXCO teacher, NVC CO (non-violent communication).</p> <hr> <p>If you’re a rising or graduating senior interested in Fulbright, connect with <a href="/node/4526">Fellowships & Awards</a> to learn more about pursuing research or an arts project, obtaining a graduate degree, or teaching English in a foreign country of your choice following graduation.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">The psychology and comparative American studies major will be teaching English at a university and working with an NGO supporting Venezuelan refugees.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2024-05-22T12:00:00Z">Wed, 05/22/2024 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2373">Awards and Honors</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3831">Fulbright</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25286">Psychology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25311">Comparative American Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/psychology" hreflang="und">Psychology</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies" hreflang="und">Comparative American Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Cameron Montague working with her faculty advisor, Jess Arnett.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pull-images field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yes</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-cte-images field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yes (Individual Images)</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Sophia Gliatto ’24 Earns Fulbright to Mexico</h1> <p>mreed — Wed, 22 May 2024 18:05:26 +0000</p> <span>Sophia Gliatto ’24 Earns Fulbright to Mexico</span> <span><span>mreed</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-05-22T14:05:26-04:00" title="Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - 14:05">Wed, 05/22/2024 - 14:05</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Sophia Gliatto ’24 has earned a <a href="/node/467299">Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship</a> (ETA) in Mexico for the 2024-2025 academic year. A double major in <a href="/node/3206">Hispanic studies</a> and <a href="/node/3216">comparative American studies</a>, Sophia will teach English to students. “[This] will be a really huge challenge as I primarily have experience teaching Spanish. I’m looking forward to using language lessons to forge personal connections with my students.”</p> <p><strong>How did �鶹��Ƶ influence you to pursue the Fulbright?</strong><br> It was a culmination of many factors. I began taking classes in Spanish during my first year. I ended up not only loving the language learning process in college, but also the <a href="/node/3206">�鶹��Ƶ</a> department as a whole, as I had met so many awesome professors who wanted to support my growth. (Special shoutout to <a href="/node/68921">Patty Tovar</a> and <a href="/node/5826">Ana María Díaz Burgos</a>!) Spanish just happened to become really important to my academic trajectory and personal growth.</p> <p>While I have had extensive experience working with kids, I went abroad to Argentina during the spring semester of last year and took a philosophy seminar at the local university, where we facilitated philosophy lessons with students at a local elementary school. This seminar reconfigured how I thought about teaching, and motivated me to pursue it even further once I returned to �鶹��Ƶ.</p> <p>Over this past year, I have worked closely alongside <a href="/kim-faber">Kim Faber</a>. Her Language Pedagogy class continued to pique my interest in teaching, and additionally introduced me to language education, a field of study that I had not previously engaged in. Volunteering through the <a href="/arts-and-sciences/resources-and-support/sites">Spanish in the Elementary Schools </a>(SITES) program, and working as her teaching assistant and writing tutor for her Spanish 101 and 102 students, gave me diverse opportunities to hone my language teaching capacities. I have come to deeply care about language education and accessibility of learning materials, which has motivated me to pursue a Fulbright ETA. I feel very fortunate to have had a really strong academic support network to get me here.</p> <p><strong>How does pursuing the Fulbright align with your post-college life and career goals? </strong>While I really value language pedagogy and seek to improve how I engage with language teaching, I still face a lot of unknowns about how an ETA Fulbright will contribute to my personal career trajectory. Even still, I think that pursuing a Fulbright will grant me important skills for facilitating relationships with local communities and develop my Spanish-speaking skills in ways that can be carried through in any facet of my life.</p> <p><strong>What’s the best advice you’ve received from your �鶹��Ƶ faculty mentor?</strong><br> Professor <a href="/patty-tovar">Patty Tovar</a> once told me to leave insecurity aside and just go for it. And that has motivated me to keep pushing myself outside of my comfort zone, not only academically speaking, but also in terms of my own interests and personal motivations. I have a lot of gratitude that she told me this very early in my college career, because I really wouldn’t be where I am if I didn't learn to cultivate confidence in myself during my first couple of years at �鶹��Ƶ.</p> <p><strong>Activities Sophia was involved in at �鶹��Ƶ:</strong> <a href="/node/74841">�鶹��Ƶ Resource Conservation Team</a>; Third World Cooperative; <a href="/node/166296">Spanish in the Elementary Schools</a> (SITES); <a href="/node/364231">Spanish Writing Tutor</a>.</p> <hr> <p>If you’re a rising or graduating senior interested in Fulbright, connect with <a href="/node/4526">Fellowships & Awards</a> to learn more about pursuing research or an arts project, obtaining a graduate degree, or teaching English in a foreign country of your choice following graduation.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">The Hispanic studies and comparative American studies major will be teaching English to students.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2024-05-22T12:00:00Z">Wed, 05/22/2024 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2373">Awards and Honors</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=4066">Spanish in the Elementary Schools</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=4796">�鶹��Ƶ</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25311">Comparative American Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/hispanic-studies" hreflang="und">�鶹��Ƶ</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies" hreflang="und">Comparative American Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pull-images field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yes</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones ’97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Renee Romano Earns Excellence in Teaching Award</h1> <p>anagy — Thu, 18 May 2023 15:03:04 +0000</p> <span>Renee Romano Earns Excellence in Teaching Award</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-05-18T11:03:04-04:00" title="Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 11:03">Thu, 05/18/2023 - 11:03</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>�鶹��Ƶ has recognized six faculty members with <a href="/news/six-faculty-receive-2021-2022-excellence-teaching-honors">Excellence in Teaching Awards</a> for the 2021-22 academic year. The annual Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes faculty in the college and conservatory who have demonstrated sustained and distinctive excellence in their teaching at the college and conservatory.</p> <p><a href="/renee-romano">Renee C. Romano</a> is the Robert S. Danforth Professor of History and Professor of Comparative American Studies and Africana Studies. A specialist in 20th- and 21st-century American cultural and political history and in the field of historical memory, she is the author of <em>Racial Reckoning: Reopening America’s Civil Rights Trials</em> (Harvard University Press, 2014) and <em>Race Mixing: Black-White Marriage in Postwar America</em> (Harvard University Press, 2003.) She has also co-edited three collections: <em>Historians on Hamilton: How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging America’s Past</em> (Rutgers University Press, 2018); <em>Doing Recent History: On Privacy, Copyright, Video Games, Institutional Review Boards, Activist Scholarship, and History that Talks Back</em> (University of Georgia Press, 2012); and <em>The Civil Rights Movement in American Memory</em> (University of Georgia Press, 2006).</p> <p>“Professor Renee Romano has been at the forefront of deeply important curricular, pedagogical, and mentoring initiatives in undergraduate education, including the formal establishment of curricular pathways in Public Humanites at �鶹��Ƶ,” says David Kamitsuka, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “Renee trains her students not only how to grapple with the most challenging social, political, and institutional issues in American history, but also to share their learning for the benefit of the broader public.”</p> <p>Romano teaches courses on a variety of topics related to political, cultural, and racial history in the modern United States, including the History of Museums, Race and Sexuality in U.S. History, and Deconstructing Disney. She is also committed to the practice of public history. She is a founder and co-director of the <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/public-humanities">Public Humanities Integrative Concentration</a> at �鶹��Ƶ, and she has been involved in numerous public humanities projects, including consulting for the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, directing the �鶹��Ƶ visit of “Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American World War II Experience,” and serving as a scholarly advisor for the Kent State May 4th Walking Tour and Visitor's Center, the Brooklyn Historical Society, Eyes on the Prize Revisited, and Radio Diaries. From 2016 to 2019, Romano was a member of the Executive Board of the Organization of American Historians, and she is currently on the board of National History Day. She has also served as an �鶹��Ƶ campus mentor for the Posse Leadership Program.</p> <p>“I am humbled and gratified to be recognized with this award, especially given how many wonderful and dedicated teachers there are at �鶹��Ƶ,” says Romano. “I feel extraordinarily lucky to have the opportunity to work with �鶹��Ƶ students, whose energy, intellect, and curiosity constantly push me to experiment with new pedagogies, to create new courses, and to keep working to improve my teaching.”</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">A specialist in 20th- and 21st-century American cultural and political history, Romano is instrumental in establishing a public humanities concentration.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2023-05-18T12:00:00Z">Thu, 05/18/2023 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Communications Staff</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2414">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2576">Excellence in Teaching Award</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3501">Teaching & Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2377">Arts & Humanities</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25381">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25311">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=4821">Africana Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/history" hreflang="und">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies" hreflang="und">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/africana-studies" hreflang="und">Africana Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/public-humanities" hreflang="und">Public Humanities</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Jennifer Manna</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Taking Passion to the Pavement</h1> <p>tapplega — Fri, 05 May 2023 17:14:08 +0000</p> <span>Taking Passion to the Pavement</span> <span><span>tapplega</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-05-05T13:14:08-04:00" title="Friday, May 5, 2023 - 13:14">Fri, 05/05/2023 - 13:14</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>�鶹��Ƶ’s <a href="/node/55501">Bonner Scholars</a> program has been connecting classrooms to communities for more than 30 years. Operated by the <a href="/node/4416">Bonner Center for Community-Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Research</a> and supported by the national <a href="http://www.bonner.org/">Bonner Foundation</a>, the scholars program provides four-year community service scholarships to approximately 60 �鶹��Ƶ students who are the first in their families to attend college or come from underrepresented populations. Bonner Scholars participate in intensive, developmental community-engagement experiences throughout their time at �鶹��Ƶ.</p> <p>Each year, approximately 15 incoming first-year students are selected as Bonner Scholars. Their experience is guided by designated student leaders, who lead community projects and engage with the entire campus community about service opportunities. Fourth-year Bonner leader Ari Leandry majors in <a href="/node/3216">comparative American studies</a> with minors in <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/history">history</a> and <a href="/node/3426">gender, sexuality, and feminist studies</a>, and an integrative concentration in <a href="/node/322091">journalism</a>. Her previous Bonner work has revolved around <a href="https://prochoiceohio.org/">NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio</a>—a reflection of her deep passion for reproductive justice and mutual aid. A native of nearby Lorain, Ohio, Leandry finds herself serving the very community in which she was raised.</p> <p>We asked Leandry about her life as a Bonner Scholar.</p> <p><strong>Can you describe the Bonner Scholar Program to someone who is unfamiliar?</strong></p> <p>The Bonner Scholar Program provides an outlet for students passionate about social justice and service to further engage with their greater college community. Bonner enables these students to build connections that will help them personally and professionally. </p> <p><strong>How has your service corresponded to social issues you care about?</strong></p> <p>I was always interested in engaging with reproductive justice efforts, but I did not know how to pursue this interest. Through Bonner, I had support to seek out opportunities to work with reproductive justice organizations in Ohio and understand how I can turn this passion into an actual career. I was able to explore my interest in reproductive justice and grassroots activism. I built connections in my field that I otherwise would not have found if it weren't for Bonner's encouragement of exploring academic and personal interests through service. I appreciate the diversity of service opportunities that Bonner provides, and I feel fortunate to have been able to connect with reproductive justice advocates in Ohio and build a greater personal network in this issue area.</p> <p><strong>How has your Bonner experience influenced your time at �鶹��Ƶ?</strong></p> <p>Bonner allowed me to build strong relationships and connections with other students who shared my passion for community service and social justice. Through Bonner, I was able to participate in meaningful and impactful service projects, which not only contributed to the community but also allowed me to develop my skills in leadership and teamwork.</p> <p><strong>What have you learned about the �鶹��Ƶ community through your service?</strong></p> <p>One of the things that I have learned is the extent to which social justice and equity are at the forefront of people's minds. I have also learned about the importance of collaboration and partnership in addressing community needs.</p> <p><strong>What is unique to you about the Bonner Scholar Program?</strong></p> <p>What makes Bonner unique is the tight-knit community that accompanies it. The support and guidance of the Bonner staff and my fellow Bonner Scholars helped me navigate the challenges of college life and find a sense of belonging on campus. They provided me with resources, advice, and encouragement that allowed me to thrive academically and personally.</p> <p><strong>Share a fond Bonner memory!</strong></p> <p>I loved getting to connect more deeply with my fellow Bonner Scholars at our Fall Bonner Retreat in 2021!</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Dedication to reproductive rights fuels the service of Bonner Leader Ari Leandry.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2023-05-05T12:00:00Z">Fri, 05/05/2023 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tyler Applegate</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2381">Bonner Center</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2382">Community Service</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25311">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25381">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25361">Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=181496">Journalism</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies" hreflang="und">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/history" hreflang="und">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/gsfs" hreflang="und">Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/journalism" hreflang="und">Journalism</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">courtesy of Ari Leandry</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Getting Organized</h1> <p>anagy — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:32:20 +0000</p> <span>Getting Organized</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-03-23T11:32:20-04:00" title="Thursday, March 23, 2023 - 11:32">Thu, 03/23/2023 - 11:32</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Henry Hicks IV graduated from �鶹��Ƶ in 2021 with a double major in comparative American studies and creative writing. His passions for grassroots organizing and advocacy have paid dividends: During his fourth year, Hicks was awarded the prestigious Truman Scholarship, which recognizes extraordinary dedication to public service. After graduating, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he works at <em>Nonprofit Quarterly</em>—a new position that follows an administrative stint at AmeriCorps.</p> <p><strong>You are a former chair of the �鶹��Ƶ Student Senate. How did that experience cultivate your interest in leadership?</strong></p> <p>I had a really unique experience on the student senate. I stepped into the role of chair at the onset of the pandemic, when there was a huge surge in racial justice protests. Issues on campus were directly tied to problems in communities across the country. There was definitely a heightened sense of urgency. I had a great experience developing as a leader. Since student senators are voting members of general faculty, there’s a lot of opportunity for growth. During this time, our work became less about programming and more focused on policy on educational accessibility. How can we think more intentionally about those who identify as BIPOC? Issues became more nuanced, a lot deeper, and prompted thinking about national identity. These discussions gave me a unique perspective entering rooms after �鶹��Ƶ. I could say that I had done work building bridges in �鶹��Ƶ and was able to say that I organized students remotely. </p> <p><strong>You took a personal leave in fall 2019 to work as a field organizer for Kamala Harris in Iowa. How did this experience give you an understanding of grassroots organizing and campaigning?</strong></p> <p>If anyone is considering taking personal leave to work on a campaign, I absolutely recommend it. It was my first time in this type of environment, and it was like doing a study away program. I was organizing between Black Hawk County and Bremer County. I got to see different ways of organizing. I volunteered, phone-banked, and always asked, “How can I get people involved?” It was important to tailor messages to different community members. That primary cycle was unique because there were 20 different campaigns happening. I got to see how other campaigns were working. It was very interesting.</p> <p><strong>You cite many mentors at �鶹��Ƶ, including entire departments—comparative American studies, Africana studies, creative writing—as well as President Carmen Twillie Ambar and professor Wendy Kozol. How did they influence your career?</strong></p> <p>The really big lesson I took away was that they encouraged me to move in different directions at one time. I had professors encourage me to work on Kamala Harris’ campaign. Creative writing professors encouraged me to write about my experiences. I received guidance from the Africana Studies Department on how to unpack my time in Iowa. </p> <p><strong>As a Truman Scholar, you had the opportunity to participate in the Truman-Albright Program after graduation. What was that like? </strong></p> <p>The Truman-Albright Program is for Truman Scholars who are living in Washington, D.C., but haven’t gone to grad school yet. I had a really great time meeting other Truman Scholars. I was able to connect with them and ask for advice. Similar to PAL [�鶹��Ƶ’s Peer Advising Leaders], I was part of a cohort, and it was really nice to have that network. </p> <p><strong>What did your position as assistant to the board of directors at AmeriCorps entail?</strong></p> <p>This was an appointed role in the Biden-Harris administration, working with the board of directors to advance the mission of the administration. A board member at �鶹��Ƶ referred me to this position. I was responsible for staffing people, putting together briefing materials, and communications. It’s really a mix of different tasks. I worked with people on the CEO’s team in order to integrate the board into the agency's board.</p> <p><strong>What are you on to now?</strong></p> <p>I found a new job at <em>Nonprofit Quarterly</em>. I work on content that will be in print and online. Nonprofit Quarterly has undergone a transition and is emphasizing community organizing more, and my role will focus on projects related to this transition.</p> <p><strong>What are your longer-term career goals?</strong></p> <p>I definitely see myself still organizing and writing. My honors thesis at �鶹��Ƶ was about the Deep South and a political organizing tactic called “relational organizing.” It centered around building social movements and stronger change. In the future, I see myself having an impact at home in the South.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">From presidential campaigns to grassroots initiatives, Henry Hicks IV thrives on community building.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2023-03-23T12:00:00Z">Thu, 03/23/2023 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Ava Miller '25</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2360">After �鶹��Ƶ</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25326">Creative Writing</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25311">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=4821">Africana Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies" hreflang="und">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/creative-writing" hreflang="und">Creative Writing</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/africana-studies" hreflang="und">Africana Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Henry Hicks '21</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Courtesy of Henry Hicks</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Darielle Kennedy ’22 Enters Public Affairs Arena with Coro Fellowship</h1> <p>anagy — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 17:27:51 +0000</p> <span>Darielle Kennedy ’22 Enters Public Affairs Arena with Coro Fellowship</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-06-08T13:27:51-04:00" title="Wednesday, June 8, 2022 - 13:27">Wed, 06/08/2022 - 13:27</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Law and justice scholar Darielle Kennedy ’22 has landed her first post-graduate position in public affairs through the highly selective <a href="http://www.corofellowship.org/about-the-coro-fellowship/">Coro Fellowship</a> program. </p> <p>As a member of the 2022-23 cohort in New York City, Kennedy will engage in public affairs work with the goal of amplifying and embedding the issue of mass incarceration into public discourse.</p> <p>“I applied to other fellowships that declined to endorse a candidate who wanted to take on this issue because it is too controversial for their organization, even though they assert in their mission statements that they aim to create social change. However, the Coro Fellowship embraced me and my collective and personal struggle with the criminal legal system and my passion to abolish it,” says Kennedy, a <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies">comparative American studies</a> major with a concentration in identity and diversity, as well as a minor in <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/law-and-society">law and society</a>. </p> <p>A native of the south side of Chicago, Kennedy enrolled at �鶹��Ƶ as a <a href="https://www.possefoundation.org/">Posse Scholar</a>. At �鶹��Ƶ, she has chosen courses with a particular focus on how law is enacted in ways that disenfranchise Black and brown people. </p> <p>The Coro Fellows Program develops emerging leaders to work and lead across different sectors by equipping them with knowledge, skills, and networks to accelerate positive change. Using the city as a classroom, Coro Fellows learn through interactions with private, public, and nonprofit decision-makers and work as a group to develop critical thinking, analytical, governance, and leadership skills.</p> <p>Kennedy says her coursework and leadership in �鶹��Ƶ Student Senate has prepared her for her career journey. </p> <p>“My experience as president of the Student Senate has helped to cultivate my public service skills. I served as a liaison between senior administration and the student body, and helped create platforms and workshops that aimed to help embrace, uplift, and protect equity, diversity, and inclusion on campus.”</p> <p>In addition to serving as student senate president, Kennedy is a former racial equity liaison on student senate. She also served as a peer listener in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peersupportcenter/">Peer Support Center</a>. </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">The Coro Fellows Program develops emerging leaders to work and lead across different sectors.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2022-06-09T12:00:00Z">Thu, 06/09/2022 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Amanda Nagy</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2373">Awards and Honors</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2355">Student Organizations</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3846">Engaged Liberal Arts</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25311">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25396">Law and Society</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies" hreflang="und">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/law-and-society" hreflang="und">Law and Society</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Darielle Kennedy '22 has been selected to the 2022-2023 Coro Fellowship cohort in New York City.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Cassandra Gutterman-Johns Awarded Fulbright ETA to Czech Republic</h1> <p>anagy — Mon, 02 May 2022 16:44:41 +0000</p> <span>Cassandra Gutterman-Johns Awarded Fulbright ETA to Czech Republic</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-05-02T12:44:41-04:00" title="Monday, May 2, 2022 - 12:44">Mon, 05/02/2022 - 12:44</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Fourth-year Cassandra Gutterman-Johns is excited to teach, travel, and reach outside her comfort zone with a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in the Czech Republic beginning in August 2022. </p> <p>A theater and creative writing major with minors in gender, sexuality, and feminist studies and comparative American studies, Gutterman-Johns will apply the teaching experiences she learned from serving as a course writing associate in the <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/rhetoric-and-composition">Rhetoric and Composition Department</a> and a creative writing associate in the <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/creative-writing">Creative Writing Program</a>, as well as the skills in creative problem solving, collaboration, and implementing systems for communication and organization through her work in the <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/theater">Theater Department</a>.</p> <p>This year, she served as the LabSeries Production Manager in the theater department. She has also stage managed a number of mainstage productions and worked in the electrics and paint shops in the theater.</p> <p>“I’m looking forward to having an immersive experience and stepping outside of my comfort zone, as well as getting to see more of the world after not traveling for a few years and missing out on my study abroad program because of the pandemic,” says Gutterman-Johns, a resident of Salem, Oregon. “I’m hoping to learn more about pedagogy and education, and gain a clearer sense of what career path will be right for me.” </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2022-05-02T12:00:00Z">Mon, 05/02/2022 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Amanda Nagy</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2373">Awards and Honors</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2377">Arts & Humanities</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2372">Performing Arts</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25326">Creative Writing</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25441">Theater</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25311">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25361">Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/creative-writing" hreflang="und">Creative Writing</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/theater" hreflang="und">Theater</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/gsfs" hreflang="und">Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies" hreflang="und">Comparative American Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Fourth-year Cassandra Gutterman-Johns will teach and immerse herself in the culture of the Czech Republic.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Julia Rohde '21 Receives Teaching Residency Fellowship from UPenn</h1> <p>anagy — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 20:21:26 +0000</p> <span>Julia Rohde '21 Receives Teaching Residency Fellowship from UPenn</span> <span><span>anagy</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-07-07T16:21:26-04:00" title="Wednesday, July 7, 2021 - 16:21">Wed, 07/07/2021 - 16:21</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Throughout their time at �鶹��Ƶ, Julia Rohde '21 always knew that they wanted to be a teacher. Now, Rohde is applying their love of interdisciplinary learning with a fellowship in the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education.</p> <p>For the next two years, Rohde—a history major with minors in comparative American studies, gender, sexuality, and feminist studies, and the education concentration—will teach middle and upper school English at Riverdale Country School in the Bronx, New York, while simultaneously earning a master’s in education through UPenn’s Independent School Teaching Residency. Throughout the residency, Rohde will work closely with a mentor at Riverdale—where the head of both the middle and upper schools are �鶹��Ƶ alumni. </p> <p>“I'm incredibly grateful that I attended a liberal arts school where I could explore many different academic interests without focusing solely on a future career,” says Rohde, who is from Valparaiso, Indiana. “As an English teaching fellow at Riverdale, I will get to share my love for interdisciplinary learning with students. I didn't major or minor in English at �鶹��Ƶ, but virtually all of my courses engaged with the discipline and made me a better writer and reader. I am excited to show students that your courses should overlap, and you can make connections across disciplines.”</p> <p>At �鶹��Ƶ, Rohde tutored with America Reads and the <a href="/bcsl/programs/ninde-scholars">Ninde Scholars Program</a>; was a writing associate for <a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/rhetoric-and-composition/writing-resources/esol">English for Speakers of Other Languages</a>; and served as a <a href="/dean-of-students/pal">Peer Advising Leader</a>. Rohde also was involved in teaching middle school sex education in �鶹��Ƶ and worked in the children's department of the �鶹��Ƶ Public Library through the President's Public Service Fellowship, in addition to being a member of the <a href="http://osca.wilder.oberlin.edu/">�鶹��Ƶ Student Cooperative Association</a> for four years. </p> <p>Following the fellowship, Rohde hopes to continue teaching.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2021-07-07T12:00:00Z">Wed, 07/07/2021 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Amanda Nagy</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2373">Awards and Honors</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2363">Academics & Research</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2377">Arts & Humanities</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=3846">Engaged Liberal Arts</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25381">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25311">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25361">Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25226">Education Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/history" hreflang="und">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/comparative-american-studies" hreflang="und">Comparative American Studies</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/gsfs" hreflang="und">Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Julia Rohde '21.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Tanya Rosen-Jones '97</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> </article> </main></body></html>