Fellows Program

The Fellows Program provides a unique opportunity for a select group of Scripps students to participate in the life of the Humanities Institute. Each semester, students are nominated by faculty or apply independently to be Fellows; appointed for one semester, they enroll in a seminar taught by the Director of the Humanities Institute (Humanities 195J) that follows the semester’s program and promotes engagement with the Institute’s guests. The culmination of the semester is a final paper or project connected to the program’s theme and designed according to each student’s particular interests.

Information about the following semester’s program is available before pre-registration, when the Director meets with interested students to explain the program, the application process, and deadlines. Applications usually consist of a one-page letter of interest in the program and in the chosen theme, describing its connection to their course of study and/or their interests outside of the classroom (and their interest in particular speakers, if relevant). In addition to students’ letters of application, the Director reviews student transcripts. Students are notified of acceptances before pre-registration; letters of acceptance serve as permission to register for the course.

Fellows by Semester

Spring 2023
Tomas Aguilar-Fraga
Margaret Manton Bancroft
Mariela Centeno
Amanda M. Gomez
Mara Elsie Halpern
Simar Malhotra
Sydney Kaylin Nemetz
Corina Michel Silverstein
Spring 2021
Allegra Alfano
Naiti Bhatt
Nikita Chinamanthur
Hannah Grunow
Alejandra Mateos Castanon
Moira Mulhern
Chigozie Obiegbu
Kerry Wong
Spring 2020
Julia Beckwith
Grace Corrigan
Julia Foodman
Victoria Genao
Margaret Gill
Siena Hinshelwood
Anwen Jones
Leo Kajfez
Rebecca Lane
Isabella Melsheimer
Anupriya Nag
Ellen Schoenfeld
Madeline Warman
Camille Ylagan
Spring 2019 Corine Astroth
Langelihle Chinyoka
Rachel H. Diamond
Jaimie G. Ding
Franchesca Fu
Sophie Marion Liles
Christina E. Marshall
Matilda Msall
Samantha Norrito
Rebecca Reisman
Desiree Santos
Nikita Sharma
Layne E. Wells
Josephine Winslow
Hannah Zucker
Spring 2018
Monica A. Acosta
Ana Elizabeth Cherry
Gabriella Raye Kimmerly
Nathalie Esther Marx
Nikita Sharma
Rebecca M. Wainess
Madeline Monro Warman
Fall 2017
Monica A. Acosta
Priya Marie Canzius
 Zoe Alexand Cardwell-Copenhefer
Julia Coyle Gill
Claudia Hernandez
Cara E Michael
Niyati Narang
Indigo Rose Olson
Sarah Maria Sanchez
Yadira Maritza Schrom
Tamara Regine Wachsman
Nina F Zietlow
Spring 2017 Rohma Amir
Katherine Coomer Baughman
Rachel N. Bolton
Asha Jacqueline Gupta
Mary Jacqueline Heuman
Harriet Alice Lindeman
Isabella Sophie Mann
Bridget Alanna Pranzatelli
Yasmin Sofia Roberts
Fall 2016 Hannah (Betts) Alalou
Jessica Bird
McKenzie Deutsch
Jacqulin Givelber
Noor Hamdy
Amanda Larson
Elizabeth Leung
Lawrie Mankoff
Emily Tabb
Danielle Tishkoff Chidester
Chenlu (Cindy) Zhu
Spring 2016

Sara Bautista
Flora Field
Alicia Hurteau
Phoebe Shen
Naomi Shroff-Mehta

Fall 2015 Eden Amital
Emily Audet
Chelci Burroughs
Kela Caldwell
Melissa Krassenstein
Veronica Mark
Sarah Otterstrom
Kohsheen Sharma
Keely Shinners
Emily Tabb
Maya Thomas
Spring 2015 Lucy Altman-Newell
Dorie Bailey
Maura Duffey
Francesca Jimenez
Shruti Kannan
Dagny Lu
Mengqi Pan
Alexandra Ronco
Christina Whalen
Fall 2014 Elise Berendt
Alexandra Copp
Elizabeth Gile
Atika Gupta
Brynne Ichiuji
Harriet Lindeman
Jessie Modlin
Anna Reich
Julia Tambone
Emilie Wilk
Spring 2014 Aimee Abrams-Widdicombe
Grace Dahlstrom
Jennie Frishtick
Emily Hampshire
Celina Hayashi
Claire Hirschberg
Emilie Ho
Kayon James
Maddy Klein
Melissa Montez
Madeleine Pierson
Taryn Riera
Eliana Rudee
Robyn Sherman
Jade Ulrich
Fall 2013 Kaylene Au
Maya Espiritu
Sarah Han
Nancy Herrera
Leah Hochberg
Catherine Holcombe
Kehaulani Jai
Tamar Kaplan
Emily Long
Elizabeth Medford
Swathi Narahari
Allison Rigby
Haley Ross
Xitlally Sanchez
Corinna Svarlien
Sofie Thixton
Christina Timko
Aida Villarreal
Spring 2013 Danica Harootian
Hannah Mason
Sanjana Singh
Christine Zenel
Fall 2012 Samantha Abernathey
Devika Agrawal
Kaixin Bao
Sasha Bassi
Allegra Breedlove
Vivian Delchamps
Eleanor Dwyer
Sharmishtha Gupta
Leah Hughes
Lan-Anh (Jessica) Nguyen-Phuong
Lucia Nunez
Laurel Schwartz
Molly Serizawa
Briana Smith
Spring 2012 Emily Bluck
Hilary Bruegl
Natalie Cannon
Chelsea Carlson
Julia Hughes
Elizabeth Jones
Allison Matamoros
Marisa Mendoza
Joan Pradhan
Lauren Prince
Hallie Richards
Julia Seward
Dana Shaker
Sarah Stringer
Mariah Tso
Fall 2011 Edith Adams
Marie Angeles
Alexa Clark
Ishani Deo
Isabella Hendry
Katharine Hutchins
Janessa Ingram
Laura Jones
Ann Kirkpatrick
Oriana LaVilla
Anya Leyhe
Emery Lieberman-Auerbach
Katherine MacDonnell
Emily Matteson
Julia Scheibmeir
Gillian Varney
Spring 2011 Jerrika Anderson Edwards
Julia Berryman
Claire Calderon
Mary Callahan
Elizabeth Crumpacker
Caroline Daly
Anne Dreshfield
Sarah Garrett
Amy Hollander
Laura Passarelli
Felicia Palmer
Sara Popovich
Ellie Rudee
Elizabeth Silverman
Jacqueline Wijaya
Fall 2010 Alyssa Marie Boyle
Lily Burgess
Mary Leslie Callahan
Tara Devendra Contractor
Kayla Nicole Dalsfoist
Justine Frawley Desmond
Lindsay Gutierrez
Marnie Neal Hogue
Corin Elizabeth James
Jesse Klekamp
Ann Katherine Mayhew
Refilwe Motsetselele Moahi
Christina Rose Noriega
Stephanie Nicole Park
Maddie Potter
Julia Edith Rigby
Jessica Rosenthal
Laura Anne Steinroeder
Peri Tenenbaum
Jenna Nicole Tico
Rachel Weiner
Spring 2010 Grace Ditsworth
Alle Hsu
Stephanie Jimenez
Leah Mortensen
Anushka Prasad
Lauren Rettig
Kelsey Roberts
Ashleigh Shoecraft
Fall 2009 Laura Abbott
Halley Everall
Kelsey Figone
Stephanie Kang
Lauren Kwok
Kaitlin Muth
Emily O’Brian
Elizabeth Olesen
Rachel Poutasse
Olivia Powar
Jennifer Simpson
Natalie Stephens
Sean Svoboda
Jenna Tico
Spring 2009 Leila Alhamoodah
Hannah Bradley
Jessica Burrus
Stephenie Caughlin
Ayesha Chugh
Rebecca Fogel
Adrian Hodos
Heidi Hong
Rebecca Karpovsky
Robyn Kopp
Allison Kupsco
Kayly Lembke
Arlyn Madsen-Bond
Brigid Meints
Lila Nazemian
Semira Nikou
Debbie Palacios
Rachel Picher
Jocelyn Price
Hannah Segal
Aja Senestraro
Alexandra Tyson
Nora Wright
Fall 2008 Ariana Bell
Rebecca Dias
(Kimber) Clementine Dunnell
Lindsey Dybdahl
Riley Grime
Neena Laufer
Kelsey McDonald
Claire Mullen
Jessica Nance
Alicia Roy
Claire Shaw
Sean Svobada
Mallory Smith
Allison Schmidt
Courtney Wai
Payton Watkins
Spring 2008 Caughlin, Stephanie
Chan, Alysha
Derry, Sarah
Halley Everall
Funk, Courtney
Kendall, Julia
Korn, Clio
Latham, Nicole
Loesch, Laura
Kelsey MacDonald
Kelsey McDonald
Sarah McKinney
Pearlstone, Eva
Richmond, Claire
Timberlake, Nina
Sandra Tseng
Wang, Linda
Williams, Laura
Zug, Keri
Fall 2007 Rebecca Aaronson
Rochelle Bailis
Jennifer Brody
Julianne Bukey
Alison Cantor
Lara Colvin
Elizabeth DeGori
Eva DeLair
Katherine Erickson
Hannah Friedlander
Mia Marquez
Anna Salem
Megan Sirras
Angela Woods
Spring 2007 Jeanette Charles
Sarah Cody
Kareesha de Visser
Shawna Foster
Alexis Hamann-Nazaroff
Leslie Hartman
Melissa Lewis
Hilary Lowe
Nicole Montojo
Sarah Moos
Kelsey Pierce
Sarah Pripas
Djamila Ricciardi
Allison Schmidt
Amanda Shortall
Megan Toyama
Gavin Turek
Danielle Winner
Sarah Wootton
Fall 2006 Britta Beckstead
Alison Clemens
Yael Friedman
Sarah Goodspeed
Lisa Hahn
Kendra Hoerst
Susannah Kricker
Zoe Larkins
Vivian Lin
Laura Loesch
Ariane Mohr-Felsen
Lisa Nicholson
Kelsey Sanford
Pacifica Sommers
Heather Yang
Spring 2006 Hajira Ahmed
Erin Coon
Christine DuBois
Lauren Eckler
Ali Ghilarducci
Laurel Horn
Rachel Mayer
Rachel McCullough
Natalie Nakasone
Anna Penniman
Jessica Olans
Miranda Walker
Rachael Warecki
Eli Winkelman
Fall 2005 Zemula Barr
Kathryn Chew
Kate Forrest
Lindsey Galloway
Sandra Kottum
Caitlin Myers
Brenna Norton
Elizabeth Obreza
Megan Paulson
Marin Sarvé-Tarr
Anne Schulzinger
Amanda Tennery
Spring 2005 Martha Arguello
Ayesha Hashim
Lindsey Healey
Melanie Jasnoch
Kate Kang
Lauren Limbert
Kara McManus
Laine Middaugh
Karina Miller
Allison Pullins
Hallie Randel
Fall 2004 Ashley Boothby
Alycia Chin
Jessica Christian
Ellie Cross
Liane Dirks
Chelsea Jones
Morgan Nomura
Priya Prasad
Jun Stinson
Amanda Thompson
Devon Whitman
Jaime Willis
Spring 2004 Tessa Ely
Hannah Graves
Heidi Jakal
Brandy Jenner
Christy Karcher
Megan Murphy
Jharina Pascual
Tarrin Peterson
Jessica Petrini
Molly Rogers
Brigid Vance
Fall 2003 Kellin Crossman
Jamie Gavin-Smyth
Cora Gorman
Panayiota Jraige
Sarah Levine
Erika Linden
Kassandra Lobeto
Adriane Peralta
Sylvia Ruiz
Britta Sorensen
Kirstine Taylor
Bevin Tighe
Elena Zaharieva
Spring 2003 Mary An
Jamie Barron
Emi Bennett
Jill Delsigne
Caily DiPuma
Erin Fry
Jennifer Goodman
Erin Kirkbride
Jess McElfresh
Bree Murray
Jessica Osbaldeston
Molli Osborne
Kara Sigler
Fall 2002 Emily Alvarado
Megan Harris
Alexandra Hart
Amelia Hight
Connie McMahon
Lily Mitchem
Sara Rich
Spring 2002 Holly Hight
Kathleen Kralowec
Sophie Lalazarian
Maria Lewis
Rissa Mongiello
Fall 2001 Elise Benveniste
Jennifer Davis
Stevie Lee
Laura Love
Marika Lucas
Rosie Poitra-Chalmers
Nikhila Raj
Kira Ricketts
Megan Ritchie
Lee Ann Wang
Spring 2001 Emerald Adams
Sophia Ahmed
Chevon Alderson
Skyler Bentsen
Rachel Myers
Elizabeth Payne
Anne Raney
Normelena Rios
Colleen Snell
Alanna Sweeney
Hannah Turiansk
Fall 2000 Daura Beard
Jessica Heaton
Elizabeth Marston
Stephanie Nikolopoulos
Emily Patterson
Mathilde Saljougui
Kathryn Webber
Shawn Welton
Zoe Wilschinsky
Spring 2000 Crystal Curtis
Claire Hermann
Rebecca Hu
Christana Larson-Wille
Heidi Marie Lubin
Indira Odamtten
Megan Ritchie
Jane Shetterly
Joslyn Smith
Fall 1999 Erin Alderete
Amanda Carr
Kim Cozzetto
Laura Fribley
Sarah Levine
Gretchen Lindsay
Melanie Nakaue
Liz Perlman
Kelsey Phipps
Christian-Marie Rose
Mai Vukcevich
Spring 1999 Lara Allen
Nadia Castillo
Sarah McLemore
Sage McRae
Leilani Richardson
Frances Simmons
Fall 1998 Sneha Abraham
Jennifer Brown
Cheryl Galindo
Chessa Geisler
Isela Gutierrez
Allegra McLeod
Kathy Wise
Spring 1998 Ashley Bauer
Vaidehi Campbell
Chi Lan Lieu
Christine Marge
Edy Moulton
Taryn Okuma
Caroline Reck
Karen Samski
Fall 1997 Sneha Abraham
Alisa Do
Goretti Gonzalez
Martha Kate Lind
Lisa Logan
Corinne Rosseel
Lisa Shahriari
Emily Stoddard
Spring 1997 Anne Strohecker
Miranda Wellman
Evelyn Zaid
Fall 1996 Joleene Hubbs
Jenny Millinger
Elaine Musgrave
Cindy Okamura
Kathy Zucca
Spring 1996 Este Bailey
Victoria Barrett
Shannon Cleere
Laura Davis
Deborah Little
Yelda McMurray
Sumul Qaisar
Corinne Robinson
Telli Robinson
Wendy Yamamoto
Jennifer Yee
Fall 1995 Narisara Chulanutrakul
Barbara (B.J.) Doty
Rebecca D. Giacosie
Sandra Lin
Esther Luo
Zarya Navarra
Michelle Tung
Jennifer M. Wilson
Katherine Wise
Spring 1995 Caroline Brown
Gargi Dave
Jill Davey
Meagan Dotson
Sarah Goss
Jacqueline Guzman
Denise Hoover
Sarah Kolbe
S. Sabine Mora
Kara Platoni
Irene Schneeweis
Louise Tench
Fall 1994 Judith Augur
Abbey Banks
Katina Bishop
Mary Foley
Karolina Hubner
Molly Rightmyer
Rina Yano
Spring 1994 Devora Eisenberg
Monica Furmanski
Alicia Frost
Margaret O’Brien
Heather Purse
Jennifer Rexroth
Liza Jo Siebel
Fall 1993 Hanna Alemayehu
Dianne Chen
Sarah Harris
Susan Hwang
Hope Phillips
Melissa Riley
Heidi Sievers
Spring 1993 Maren Boedeker
Kathy Davis
Mary Lai
Jennifer Scearce
Ann Schneiders
Fall 1992 Melissa Casanta
Meredith Doran
Susan Fickling
Gina Francis
Carolyn Fritz
Leticia Hernandez
Jennifer Martinez
Dara Ayanna Pressly
Fall 1991 Jennifer Barker-Benfield
Diana Burnham
Amy Heibel
Somi Park
Salle Yoo
Joyce Ytom
Alison B. Bantz
Joanna Clark
Sarah L. Coutts
Angela S. Roth
Emily Schmidt
Spring 1991 Colleen McClurg
Melissa Milstein
Tamara Munson
Sunny Rivera
Hilary Wostenberg
Ariel Halsey
Fall 1990 Andrea Evertt
Marla Hornsten
Kira Koplos
Jennifer Richard
Meegan Blue Sasser
Penelope Willard
Spring 1990 Regina Chiou
Attia Kadri
Margaret Mueller
Athena Regala
Sharon Snyder
Fall 1989 Melinda Cordero
Yvonne Flores
Anna Ramirez
Martha Ramirez
Spring 1989 Cheri Attix
Allyson Dilworth
Jennifer Fulton
Ann Hoyt
Suzanne Rybak
Fall 1988 Andrea Fouks
Renee Lynn Gonzalez
Zoe Hammer
Holly Gillian Kindel
Beth Saiki
Spring 1988 Anjie Burnett
Paula Cooperband
Jacqueline Di Bernardo
Leslie Katzman
Sara Walker
Fall 1987 Yasuyo Abe
Brighid Brady
Sheila Faris
Geralynn Mantooth
Dawn Sellers
Kristen Speegle
Lynn Wagner