The Institute for Regional and International Studies and the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s National Resource Centers (NRCs) congratulate our Academic Year 2025-2026 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? Read this article featuring a few of our 2024-2025 FLAS fellows and visit flas.wisc.edu.
Congratulations to our newest awardee cohort!
Summer 2025
Jacob Aehl, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, 1st Year Uyghur
Victor Ajibola, African Studies Program, 3rd Year Swahili
Elizabeth Birkhauser, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, 1st Year Quichua
Nicholas Borbely, European Studies, 3rd Year Swedish
Katelyn Bowman, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, 4th Year Russian
Taylor Cataldi, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, 2nd Year Portuguese
Harry Chenault Jr, African Studies Program, 3rd Year Arabic
Timothy Christensen, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, 1st Year Portuguese
Toluwalayomi Coker, African Studies Program, 2nd Year Yoruba
Ian Danner, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, 1st Year Czech
Zane De Luge, IRIS NRC, 3rd Year Arabic
Kiana Duncan, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1st Year Thai
Nara Easum, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2nd Year Thai
Richard Ellis, IRIS NRC, 2nd Year Persian
Roman Fermanian, African Studies Program, 2nd Year Arabic
Claudia Guske, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, Uyghur
Mia Haas-Goldberg, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 3rd Year Thai
Kali Hanson, IRIS NRC, 3rd Year Arabic (in Africa)
Wesley Hedden, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 3rd Year Tagalog
Christopher Herde, European Studies, 5th Year Arabic
Hunter Hill, Center for South Asia, 2nd Year Hindi
Mina House, Center for East Asian Studies, 3rd Year Chinese
Sarah Hussain, Center for South Asia, 4th Year Urdu
Madison Leake, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, 1st Year Portuguese
Marieke Lewis, IRIS NRC, 1st Year Arabic
Jameson Lynch, European Studies, 4th Year Italian
Caitlyn Marentette, Center for South Asia, 3rd Year Hindi
Ailee Miller, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, 2nd Year Russian
Lisa Msuya, African Studies Program, 3rd Year Swahili
Arvind Nair, Center for South Asia, 1st Year Urdu
Patrick Nolan, Center for South Asia, 1st Year Nepali
Robert Olbon, IRIS NRC, 2nd Year Arabic
Favor Olubi, African Studies Program, 5th Year Yoruba
Ade Onabule, African Studies Program, 5th Year Yoruba
Isabella Palange, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, 4th Year Ukrainian
Kiera Parker, IRIS NRC, 2nd Year Arabic
Stephen Pittman, IRIS NRC, 2nd Year Arabic
Sophia Pringle, Center for East Asian Studies, 5th Year Chinese
Megan Ramp, African Studies Program, 2nd Year Arabic
Nathaniel Richmond, IRIS NRC, 2nd Year Arabic
Noa Rickey, European Studies, 2nd Year Irish
Lowell Ruck, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, 1st Year Serbo-Croatian
Mikaela Salvador, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 3rd Year Tagalog
Anna Schiessl, IRIS NRC, 2nd Year Arabic
Griffin Sherry, European Studies, 2nd Year Arabic
Adam Sherwood, Center for East Asian Studies, 3rd Year Chinese
Malaika Shuck, IRIS NRC, 3rd Year Arabic
Andromeda Swissdorf, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, 1st Year Russian
Yonathan Taye, IRIS NRC, 1st Year Portuguese
Ashton Thiele, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, 3rd Year Russian
Tyler Thom, Center for South Asia, 2nd Year Urdu
John Tobin, Center for East Asian Studies, 2nd Year Japanese
Aimee Trivino, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, 1st Year Quichua
Addin Vang, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2nd Year Hmong
Hezouwe Walada, African Studies Program, 3rd Year Yoruba
Lequeint Webb, African Studies Program, 2nd Year Yoruba
Ethan Weisbaum, Center for South Asia, 2nd Year Urdu
Ashley Whitaker, African Studies Program, 2nd Year Arabic
Audrey Wilson, European Studies, 3rd Year Norwegian
Lucas Wirick, Center for South Asia, 1st Year Urdu
Academic Year
Victor Ajibola, African Studies Program, 4th Year Swahili
Katherine Alonso, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 5th Year Indonesian
Sarah Amplo, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2nd Year Tagalog
Francesca Angiulli, European Studies, 4th Year Italian
Ian Auger, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, 1st Year Yucatec Maya
Chloe Bartz, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, 1st Year Portuguese
Adrian Beyer, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 5th Year Thai
Elliott Brandsma, European Studies, 4th Year Finnish
Abigail Buschette, African Studies Program, 3rd Year Luo
Kaitlin Case, European Studies, 2nd Year Italian
Taylor Cataldi, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, 3rd Year Portuguese
Samantha Cayton, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2nd Year Tagalog
Ernesta Cole, African Studies Program, 3rd Year Gambian Wolof
Henry Curcio, European Studies, 1st Year Arabic
Ian Danner, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, 1st Year Czech
Rita Dinh, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2nd Year Vietnamese
Kyle Dougherty, Center for South Asia, 5th Year Tibetan
Erin Dowding, European Studies, 2nd Year Finnish
Emily Fornof, African Studies Program, 3rd Year Fulfulde
Isabella Garcia-Ippolito, European Studies, 3rd Year Italian
Declan Halloran, Center for East Asian Studies, 5th Year Chinese
Mina House, Center for East Asian Studies, 3rd Year Chinese
Ajara Jagne, African Studies Program, 2nd Year Yoruba
Olivia Kusuma, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 4th Year Indonesian
Alexander Lauridsen, European Studies, 3rd Year Danish
Nathan Le, Center for East Asian Studies, 2nd Year Korean
Tuong-Phi Le, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 4th Year Vietnamese
Katarina Leek, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, 5th Year Russian
Ivan Loncharich Pacheco, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, 1st Year Quichua
Christopher Lough, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2nd Year Vietnamese
Michael McPhee, IRIS NRC, 2nd Year Persian,Arabic
Suhaib Mehmood, Center for South Asia, 5th Year Urdu
Arvind Nair, Center for South Asia, 2nd Year Urdu
Phuong-Quyen Nguyen, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2nd Year Vietnamese
Sarosh Noorani, Center for South Asia, 4th Year Urdu
Michael Onabule, African Studies Program, 2nd Year Yoruba
Isabella Prenger, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, 4th Year Kazak
Larissa Redditt, Center for East Asian Studies, 4th Year Japanese
Andrew Reed, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, 1st Year Russian
Greta Risgin, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, 4th Year Russian
Ryan Rowe, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, 2nd Year Ukrainian
Hanna Schuricht, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies, 2nd Year Quichua
Lars Shimbakuro, Center for East Asian Studies, 2nd Year Japanese
Brandon Thierry, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 3rd Year Tagalog
Diamond Urey, African Studies Program, 2nd Year Yoruba
Catalina Valdez, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 3rd Year Tagalog
Maiyia Vang, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1st Year Thai
Hunter Vierck, IRIS NRC, 2nd Year Arabic
Caitlin Vitale-Sullivan, European Studies, 2nd Year Finnish
Roland Will, Center for East Asian Studies, Japanese
Lucas Wirick, Center for South Asia, 1st Year Urdu
Mina Yildiz, IRIS NRC, 5th Year Korean