Watson Fellowships (43)
2025 – Cecelia Schneider
Culturally Influenced Communication About Sexuality
New Zealand, Sweden, MĂ©xico, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Nepal
2024 – Lauren Seckington
Seeking Peace Through Interfaith Dialogue in Pluralist Societies
Singapore, Japan, Ireland, Australia, South Africa
2024 – Marcia Williams
Cultivating Connections: Community Gardens as Ecotherapy
Rwanda, Sweden, Germany, Japan, Mexico
2023 –
Adaja Cooper
Power, Preservation, and
Activism in Art
The United Kingdom, Mexico, Italy, Senegal
2022 –
Ilana Svartz
Compulsory Voting and the
Culture of Civic Engagement
Australia, Singapore, Luxembourg, Bolivia
2021 –
Savannah WiegelĚý
Healing Words:Ěý Building
Community Health through Narrative Medicine
Ireland, Switzerland, Japan, Guatemala,
Argentina
2020- Claire Fleming
Enhanced Livelihood: Seeking International Workplace Practice
Uganda, Kenya, India, and Colombia
2020- Mackenzie Gearin
From Persecution to Refuge: Grassroots Peacebuilding in Displacement
Colombia, Kenya, Uganda, and Sri Lanka
2019 - Allison Monroe
Building Agency through Bioliteracy: Modern Insect Conservation
Madagascar, South Africa, and Costa Rica
2016Ěý– Jessa Thurman
From Extermination to Appreciation: Ethnoentomology and
Connecting to the World through Insects.
Australia, Thailand, Brazil, Peru, and the United Kingdom
2015 – Audrey Morrow
Coast-to-coast In Search of Equity
Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Guatamala
2014 – Alison Harrington
Partnering with Fungi to Improve the Human Landscape through Transformative Decomposition
Thailand, Cambodia, South Africa, Namibia, Ecuador, Costa Rica
2014 – McKenna Raney
Uncovering Emotional Connections in Human-Equine Partnerships
Argentina, France, Iceland, Ireland, South Africa, Kyrgyzstan, Australia
2013Ěý– Maia YangĚý
Sharing in their Stories: Microfinance from the Female PerspectiveĚý
Bangladesh, Vietnam, Rwanda, PeruĚý
2012Ěý– Wyatt (Dillon) BlankenshipĚý
A Detour by Way of the Beehive: Traditional Apiculture in a Changing WorldĚý
United Kingdom, Tanzania, Egypt, India, RussiaĚý
2012Ěý– Laura Podd
Extraordinary Bodies: Perceptions of Disability in the Developing WorldĚý
Romania, Thailand, El SalvadorĚý
2010 – Nathan Thomas
Educational Prosperity: Cultural Education in Four Metropolitan Schools
India, South Africa, Australia, Finland
2009 – Trenton (T.C.) Elliott
Beliefs and Biomedicine: Investigating Culture and Health in the Tropics
Brazil, Vietnam, Tanzania
2009 – Benjamin Lownik
A Revolutionary Vehicle: How Bicycles Transform Lives Throughout the World
Belgium, Denmark, United Kingdom, France, Germany, South Africa, Ghana, Rwanda, China, Hungary
2007 – Sabrinah (Ariane) Christie
Female Beauty and Body Alteration
Jamaica, China, England, Mexico
2006 – Tori Sutherland
A Study of Women's Health Care in Four Developing Nations
El Salvador, India, Botswana, Senegal
2004 – Sarah Jacobson
Heritage Management and the Search for National and Ethnic Identity
England, Spain, Mexico, Peru, the Ukraine
2002 – Elizabeth “Liza” Mueller
When Development Reaches the Beach: Sea Turtles and Ecotourism
Brazil, French Guiana, Galapagos Islands, Seychelles, Greece, Mexico
2001 – Kendall Collier
The Unlikely Leader: Leadership Styles of Empowered Women
Argentina, South Africa, India, Nepal, Vanuatu
2001 – David Scott Cunningham
The Acadian Legacy: Exploring the State of Modern Descendents of the Acadians
Canada, France, St. Dominigue, Martinique, Falkland Islands
2001 – Katy Montgomery
Spirituality and Sustainability in Ecovillages Around the World
Australia, India, Italy, Scotland, Sweden, Denmark
2000 – David Doyle
Dance as Expression & Therapy
United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Japan
1998 – Karen Steelman
A Study of Conservation and Museum Display
United Kingdom, Australia, Chile and Costa Rica
1997 – Sarah King
An Exploration of Quilting and Quilting Societies
Western Europe, Australia and Japan
1996 – Misty Leigh Williams (awarded but not pursued)
Treating Cancer and Its Victims
Australia, Great Britain, Thailand, India
1994 – Gustavo H. Zajac
The New Europe: Impact on Jewish Communities
Western Europe, Russia, Israel, Hungary
1993 – Wendy R. Anderson
Empowering the Female Voice
Palestine, Russia, China
1992 – John A. “Jay” Ball
Socialism with a Human Face: Political Cultures in Transition
Tanzania, Czechoslovakia
1992 – Dabney D. Hailey
Effects of Major Political Shifts on Public Art
Spain, Germany, Poland, Russia
1991 – Bruce W. Martin
Changes in the Society and Landscape of England from Thomas Hardy to the Twentieth Century
Great Britain
1991 – Julie A. Nolte Owen
Religious Phenomena and Marian Pilgrimages
Yugoslavia, France, Ireland, Egypt
1990 – Tim McKenna
Environmental Problems and Policies
New Zealand
1990 – Anna Cheiron Barnes
Strategies for Women’s Development
Kenya, Liberia, Jamaica
1989 – Jaleh Mansouri
Archaeological Excavations of Roman Ruins
England, West Germany, France, Italy
1988 – Daniel Harton Spatz, Jr.
A Documentary Study of Cultural Change
Zaire, India
1987 – Annette M. Stroud
Study of Islamic Culture
Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Pakistan, Malaysia
1986 – Amy E. Raymond
Prehistoric Gynocentric Religious Images
Greece, England, Turkey, Crete
1985 – George F. Sawaya
Studying Tropical Diseases
United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, West Africa
Fulbright Scholarships (40)
2024 –Ěý Emma Schroeder, ETA to France
2021 – Elizabeth
Jones, Study/Research Grant to the UK (History/Holocaust Studies)
2017 –
Jessa Thurman, Study/Research Grant to Australia (Agriculture)
2016 –
Megan Hull, ETA to Germany
2016 – Justin
Murdock, ETA to Uruguay
2016 –
Grace Oxley, ETA to India
2016 –
Rachel Zweig, Study/Research Grant to Spain (Chemistry)
2014 –
Sara Hales, ETA to Italy
2014Ěý–
Nicholas Drake, Study/Research Grant to China (History; declined)
2013Ěý–
Anna Broadwell-Gulde, ETA to Brazil
2013Ěý–
Josephine Reece, ETA to South Korea
2012Ěý–
Dan Gibbens-Rickman, ETA to AustriaĚý
2012Ěý–
Elizabeth Pond, ETA to South AfricaĚý
2012Ěý–
Morgan Shelburne, ETA to IndonesiaĚý
2011Ěý–
Jayce Hafner, Study/Research Grant to Trinidad and TobagoĚý(Interdisciplinary
Studies)
2011Ěý–
Lana Allen, ETA to Malaysia (declined)Ěý
2011 –
Gina Gordon, ETA to South KoreaĚý
2011Ěý–
Dietlinde Heilmayr, ETA to AustriaĚý
2011Ěý–
Colleen Mayo, ETA to South KoreaĚý
2011Ěý–
Tyler Schroeder, ETA to GermanyĚý
2010 –
Blake Smith, Study/Research Grant to France (History)
2010 –
Lauren Bartshe, ETA to Germany
2009 –
Rachel DeCuir, ETA to Thailand
2009 –
Jessica Rood, ETA to Germany
2007 –
Andy McCormick, ETA to South Korea
2007 – John
Porter, ETA to France
2007 – Matthew
Ormsbee, ETA to Germany
2006 –
Matt Stinson, ETA to Germany
1999 –
Russell Roberson, Study/Research Grant, New Zealand (Biology)
1999 –
Jonathan Whitlock, Study/Research Grant to GermanyĚý (Biology)
1997 –
Jennifer Wethington, ETA to Austria
1997 –
Emily Johnson, Study/Research Grant to Finland (Women’s Studies)
1997 –
Heather Watson, Study/Research Grant to Germany (History)
1994 –
Brad Spear, Study/Research Grant to Austria (Germanic Languages &
Literature)
1992 –
Richard Swafford, Study/Research Grant to Austria (Germanic Languages &
Literature)
1984 –
Ronnie Pelton, Study/Research Grant to Austria (Chemistry)
1965 –
Bruce Whitton, Research/Study Grant to West Germany (Economics)
1964 –
Ernest Maner, Study/Research Grant to France (Religion and Theology)
1964 – Joe
Hackler, Study/Research Grant to West Germany (Philosophy)
1951 –
Elise Ware, Study/Research Grant to France (North American Studies)
Fulbright Summer Scholarships (2)Ěý
2024 – Campbell Christensen, Scotland Summer Institute on Technology, Innovation and Creativity, "Revitalizing Forgotten Art Forms"
2015 – Emily Hardick, Summer Institute at Bristol, "Slavery and the Atlantic Heritage"
Goldwater Scholars (36)
2026 - Tanvi Kiran
2025 - Harry Lance
2020 — Rebecca Parham
2019 — Sarah Nicholson and Kate Sanders
2017 – Honorable Mention:Ěý Megan Cassingham, William “Billy” Gardner, Claire Turkal
2016 – Sydney Fobare (Karthik Garimella, Honorable Mention)
2015Ěý– Jake Higgins (Jessa Thurman and Grant Zurcher, Honorable Mention)
2014Ěý– Stephen Kyle Wilshusen, Honorable Mention
2013Ěý– Macrina Butler, Kaleigh Clary, Vincent Gammill, and Konstantin Gruenwald
2012Ěý– Erik Urban (Calvin Cochran and Kristen Finch, Honorable Mention)Ěý
2011Ěý– Annie Greenaway, Colin Hoy, and Sarah Thompson (Erik Istre, Honorable Mention)Ěý
2010 – Sarah Thompson, Honorable Mention
2009 – Emily Marie Harris and William James Porter III (Laura Anne Johnson and Daniel Christopher Totten, Honorable Mention)
2008 – Kelly A. Zalocusky (Bethanie Rachele Edwards, Luke Adam Erickson, and Adam M. Jacobs, Honorable Mention)
2007 – Erica A. Siebrasse
2004 – Christina Barnes
2003 – Peter Horn
2002 – Jared Williams
2001 – Brian Alford
2000 – Andrew Colin Blair and Ben M. Goodwin
1998 – Russell S. Roberson
1997 – Todd M. Tinsley
1996 – James A. Cole and Gary W. Russell
1995 – K. Russell DePriest and Jennifer Powell
1994 – Sheryl L. Davis
1993 – Lars K. Seme
1991 – Omer L. Shedd
1990 – Renee S. Holmes
1989 – Thomas E. Huston
Udall ScholarsĚý
2024 – Liam Puls, Honorable Mention
2012Ěý– Emily Deitchler (Elizabeth Elmore, Honorable Mention)Ěý
Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
1997 – Jennifer Powell (molecular genetics at the University of California, Berkeley)
Council of Independent Colleges' American Graduate Fellow
2008 – Jennifer Tate (English Literature at Washington University)
Austrian Ministry of Education and Women's Affairs U.S. Teaching Assistantship (2)
2015 – Kyle Wicks
2012 – Dan Gibbens-Rickman
Truman Scholars (3)
2011Ěý– Annie GreenawayĚý
2001 – Kerri Maxwell
1992 – David McCoy
Jack Kent Cooke Scholars (2) (scholarship has been discontinued)
2006 – Katie Hamilton
2004 – Kerri Maxwell
Rhodes Scholars (6)
2001 – Ben Goodwin
1960 – Warren Miles
1950 – Charles Hamilton
1918 – E.H. Stephenson
1916 – James H. Bishop
1910 – Claud D. Nelson
Rotary International Scholars (7)
2019 – Rachel Zweig
2008 – Kim Barratt
2007 – Katie Allison Pratt
2001 – Maureen McClung
1999 – Shawn Johnson
1993 – Robert Thompson
1983 – P. Allen Smith
French Government Teaching Assistantship in English (3)
2017 – Emily Hardick
2012 – Heather McPherson
2008Ěý– Lindsay Fuller (declined)
Benjamin A. GilmanĚýĚýInternational Scholarship (9)
2023 – Dominic Stevens, Taiwan
2021 – Ashtyn Bell, AustriaĚý
2021 – June Baumann, FranceĚý(declined)
2019 – Wendell Casey, China
2014 – Joshua Hall to study in Brussels, Belgium
2014 – Brittany Hearn to study in Poland
2011Ěý– Ashley Lynn, Heilongjiang, ChinaĚý
2010 – Caitlin Mulkern, Spain
2008 – Harmony Hudson, Ghana
USA Today All-USA College Academic Second TeamĚý
2009Ěý– Erica Siebrasse (created Ridin' Dirty with Science, a fun science summer camp for elementary school children)Ěý
Marshall Scholarship (2)
2016 – Sean Alexander
1965Ěý– James A. MeansĚý
Woodrow Wilson FellowshipĚý
1965Ěý– Dr. James A. Means
Critical Language Scholars (2)Ěý
2015 – Colleen Kremer
2014 – Cameron Meek
Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program (10)
2026 - Kendra Baldwin
2025 - Sofia Perez
2024 – Bergen Franklin
2020 – Connor Griffin and Tristian NormanĚý(deferred to 2021)
2019 – John Tran, Hueseng Xiong, Jazmin Calixto, Adrienne McGooden, and Alex BernerĚý
Marshall T. Steel Center Ambassador Award (1)
2025 – Aiyla East
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