To: The Wellesley Community
From: Ann Velenchik, Chair, Committee on Curriculum and Academic Policy
Re: Announcing the 2018-19 Schiff Fellowships and the new Knapp Social Science Fellows
Date: November 12, 2018
The Committee on Curriculum and Academic Policy is pleased to announce the names of the twenty-one students who have been awarded Jerome A. Schiff Fellowships for 2018-19. We received 54 applications, and the committee found the process of narrowing to the 21 we were able to fund to be extremely difficult because so many of the proposals were truly excellent. It was an impressive pool, and we congratulate all the participants on the quality of this work.
This year, the Knapp Social Science Center was also able to support two Knapp Social Science Fellows from among the Schiff applicants. Their names are also listed below.
We would like to thank all of the students who applied and the faculty members who supported those applications and will be supervising their research projects.
2018-19 Schiff Fellows
Oluwademiladeola (Demilade) Adeboye, Music
Subha Baniya, Chemistry
Anna Farrell-Sherman, Computer Science
Hannah Jacobs, Biochemistry
Stacey Kim, Philosophy
Rachel Kim, Chemistry
Lumi Kinjo, Chemistry
Danielle Leibu, Classical Civilization
Genae Matthews, Philosophy
Maya Nandakumar, Political Science
Debra Rowcroft, Sociology
Sara Shin, Biological Sciences
Stephanie Song, Neuroscience
Rachel Speyer Besancon, Political Science
Madeline (Maddie) Taylor, History
Phuong Anh (Alex) Vu, Economics
Lucy Wanzer, Geosciences
Sarah White, English and Creative Writing
Madeline Wood, American Studies
Sophia Zupanc, Economics
Gwendolyn (Gwen) Zwirko, Art History
2018-19 Knapp Social Science Fellows
Emily Moss, Economics
Kavindya Thennakoon, Anthropology
