Congratulations Academic Year 2024-2025 FLAS Fellows!

The Institute for Regional and International Studies and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s National Resource Centers (NRCs) congratulate our Academic Year 2024-2025 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellows! FLAS fellowships, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, are administered by UW-Madison’s NRCs. They assist students in acquiring foreign language and area or international studies competencies and expertise among what are known as “less commonly taught languages.” UW-Madison’s NRCs offer FLAS awards for more than 50 languages! FLAS fellowships support academic year and summer language study and have been instrumental in helping more than 900 UW-Madison students achieve their foreign language and cultural proficiency goals. Interested in learning more or applying for the FLAS award? Visit flas.wisc.edu. Congratulations to our newest awardee cohort: Rosemary Adams, African Studies Program Madeleine Afonso, Center for European Studies Oluwaremileku Akintonwa, African Studies Program Salah Algabli, IRIS NRC Alec Armon, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) Erika Bando, Center for Southeast Asian Studies Matthew Bialo, Center for East Asian Studies Elliott Brandsma, Center for European Studies Emily Bruce, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) Isabelle Bubnick, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) Ernesta Cole, African Studies Program Michael Dawes, IRIS NRC Kyle Dougherty, Center for South Asia Cole Eckhardt, Center for South Asia Leah Entenmann, African Studies Program Emma Feldhausen, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) Allison Fisher, African Studies Program Amanda Grant, African Studies Program Emily Groeneveld, Center for Southeast Asian Studies Noor Hamwy, IRIS NRC Meghan Hills, African Studies Program Reem Itani, IRIS NRC Emily Jensen, Center for European Studies Bariture John-Miller, African Studies Program Parker Jorenby, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) Sophea Kai, Center for Southeast Asian Studies Pope Kanne, Center for East Asian Studies Russell Knapp, Center for European Studies Marianna Krumrine, Center for European Studies Sydney Kurszewski, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) Raymond Lacko, Center for Southeast Asian Studies Julio Lara, Center for European Studies Nathan Le, Center for East Asian Studies Xuan Hong Le Nguyen, Center for Southeast Asian Studies Francesco Liucci, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) Lauren Marino, African Studies Program Suhaib Mehmood, Center for South Asia Dragan Mikulin, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) Dehlia Mitchell-Gray, Center for East Asian Studies Eliza Morris, Center for European Studies Anna Nguyen, Center for Southeast Asian Studies Isabella Prenger, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) Katherine Pulaski, Center for Southeast Asian Studies Ryan Rowe, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) Guy Russo, Center for Southeast Asian Studies Oluwatumininu Samuel-Ipaye, African Studies Program Paige Schaefer, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) Hanna Schuricht, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) Maxim Serlin, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) Liliana Sgriccia, Center for European Studies Griffin Sherry, Center for European Studies Jacob Sorrells, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) Brandon Thierry, Center for Southeast Asian Studies Caitlin Vitale-Sullivan, Center for European Studies Hezouwe Walada, African Studies Program Isa Whitten, Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lucas Wirick, IRIS NRC Je-In Woo, Center for East Asian Studies Mina Yildiz, Center for East Asian Studies