Purpose:
The purpose of these fellowships was to recruit strong incoming graduate students who will at some point in their graduate training require a period of international fieldwork or development of language or cultural competence off the UW-Madison campus.
Fellowship Details:
These are one-time awards of up to $5,000 to be used in the student’s first three years of graduate school (typically taken in the summer), timing determined in consultation with advisor. They may be combined with other funding sources. 20-25 students enrolling at the UW-Madison received these awards in each year they were offered (2013-2015).
Reports from recipients:
All awardees are required to submit a brief report on the activites funded by their award. Reports are listed below by year award was made, name of recipient, and departmental affiliation.
2013
- Camilo Diaz Pino, Communication Arts
- Nyoko Edoho-Eket, Languages and Cultures of Asia (ALC)
- K. Edwards, Slavic Languages & Literatures (GNS)
- Alexandra Fleagle, History of Science
- Jessica Funtanilla, German (GNS)
- Laura Hamman, Curriculum and Instruction
- Richard Hronek, German (GNS)
- Kip Hutchins, Anthropology
- Maro Kim, Law
- Kurt Kuehne, Southeast Asian Studies
- Lu Liu, East Asian Languages & Literature (ALC)
- Hamidreza Nassiri, Communication Arts
- John Prusynski, Scandinavian Studies (GNS)
- Rocío Rubio Moirón, Spanish and Portuguese
- Javier Rodriguez, Sociology
- Maryanne Schiffman, Journalism and Mass Communication
- Sallie Anna Steiner, Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies
- Alicia Wright, Journalism and Mass Communication
- Lei Zheng, Curriculum and Instruction
2014
- Jacob Brunclik, Law
- Kelly Wanjing Chen, Geography
- Evan Eifler, Botany
- Nicolle Etchart, Geography
- Mollie Gossage, Anthropology
- W Nathan Green, Geography
- Shannyn Kitchen, Anthropology
- Johanna Krukowski, Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies
- Mary Claire La Velle, Classics
- Cheng Li, East Asian Languages and Literature (ALC)
- Ian McQuistion, German (GNS)
- Lauren Poyer, Scandinavian Studies (GNS)
- Piotr Puchalski, History
- Zhijun Ren, History
2015
- Ivan Babanovski, English
- Scott Campbell, Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies
- Kate Carter, Political Science
- Joshua Deutschmann, Agricultural & Applied Economics
- Shreenita Ghosh, Journalism and Mass Communication
- Kilian Harrer, History
- Raven Hayes, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies
- Bhanubhatra Kaan Jittiang, Sociology
- Mason Johnson, Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
- Kathryn Mara, African Cultural Studies
- Molly Minden, Political Science
- Tristan Mueller-Vollmer, Scandinavian Studies (GNS)
- Mark Radomski, Spanish and Portuguese
- Kimberly Rooney, French and Italian
- Matthew Venker, Anthropology
- Cecil Leigh Wilson, Slavic Languages & Literatures (GNS)
- Matthew Zinsli, Development Studies
Please Note:
Campus units can find information on IRIS’s International Research and Training Grants for Incoming Graduate Students competition here.
No Mellon Incoming Graduate Student awards were offered after 2015.