Thomas J. Watson Fellowship
Meet the Fellows
The 55th Class of Thomas J. Watson Fellows comes from 20 states and 4 countries and exhibits a broad range of academic specialties, socio-economic backgrounds, and project diversity.
They will travel to 54 countries pursuing topics ranging from climate refugees to pediatric cancer; from contemporary African art to disability care innovation; from entrepreneurial inclusion to urban animals; from coastal resilience to modern opera.
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2023 Fellows
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Rania Afaneh
Wellesley College -
Isabella Amaro Varas
Connecticut College -
Clara Benadon
Bowdoin College -
Paige Bristow
Ursinus College -
Adaja Cooper
Hendrix College -
Marisol Cora
Earlham College -
Caro Djakuduel
Davidson College -
Erin Flannery
Colgate University -
Emma Hart
Oberlin College -
Ariana Henry
Vassar College -
Elijah Hicks
Berea College -
Katie Jose
Whitman College -
Margaret Kraus
Scripps College -
Elizabeth LaCroix
Bates College -
Kirsty Leech
Rice University -
Charles-Olivier Levesque
College of the Atlantic -
Grace Levins
Union College -
Arturo Linan-Martinez
Bowdoin College -
Hunter Logan
Haverford College -
Thomas Martinez
Pitzer College -
Annie Means
Whitman College -
Ella Meyer
Pitzer College -
Allie Mikolanis
Wellesley College -
Ellie Murphy-Weise
Wellesley College -
Agathe Mwehu
Wheaton College -
Clark O'Bryan
Middlebury College -
Benjamin Oelkers
Rhodes College -
Shiara Pyrrhus
Williams College -
Huda Rahman
Vassar College -
Alli Roshni
Oberlin College -
Adilene Sandoval
Bates College -
Emma Schaefer
Grinnell College -
Maddi Schink
Colorado College -
Sarah Shelton
Colgate University -
Salwa Sidahmed
Hamilton College -
Olivia Stoetzer
Swarthmore College -
Sidney Taylor
Harvey Mudd College -
Mouminatou Thiaw
Scripps College -
Jocelyn Velasquez Baez
Wesleyan University -
Charlie Wetzel
Lawrence University -
Julian White-Davis
Carleton College -
Aubrianna Wilson
Middlebury College
2022 Fellows
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Sylvia Adome
Whitman College -
Sylvie Alexander
Scripps College -
Luis Cordero
Davidson College -
Bethany Costello
Union College -
Livia Cox
Wesleyan University -
Mark Diaz
Pomona College -
Ashley Eugley
Bard College -
Andy Garcia
Bard College -
Molly Gleydura
Oberlin College -
Maija Hecht
Macalester College -
Maria A. Hernandez Diaz
Berea College -
Stevie Hoesel
Reed College -
Saehui Hwang
California Institute of Technology -
Xiao Jiang
Pomona College -
Salma Khalaf
Earlham College -
Ellie Lipp
Davidson College -
Olivier Mbabazi
Sewanee: University of the South -
Jordan McClintock
Colby College -
Hunter McDavid
Berea College -
Margaret McGlenn
Lawrence University -
Crys Moosman
Grinnell College -
Justin Morande
Middlebury College -
Dylan Morse
Hamilton College -
Marie Nzeyimana
Bowdoin College -
Chibuike Odo
Davidson College -
Chloe Ortiz
Pitzer College -
Adebola Oshipitan
Amherst College -
Kaitlyn Paulsen
Harvey Mudd College -
Brandon Pita
Haverford College -
Moriah Prescia
Connecticut College -
Angus Pritchard
Sewanee: University of the South -
Mikayla Purnell
Swarthmore College -
Teodosii Ruskov
Amherst College -
Maya Sobchuk
Macalester College -
Rinako Sonobe
Wellesley College -
Radu Stochita
Bowdoin College -
Ilana Svartz
Hendrix College -
Edward Tranter
Swarthmore College -
Jasper White
College of the Atlantic -
Kass Wojcik
Bryn Mawr College -
Hermione Zhou
Bates College -
Yuanhao Zou
Carleton College
2021 Fellows
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Eniola Ajao
Amherst College -
Vivian Bauer
Macalester College -
Tashayla Borden
Connecticut College -
Grace Callahan
Wellesley College -
Connie Chao
Wellesley College -
Alisa Chen
Reed College -
Eleda Fernald
Oberlin College -
Jacob Fontaine
Rhodes College -
Divya Gudur
Middlebury College -
Amy Harff
Hamilton College -
Lauren Hutton
Colgate University -
Jiin Jeong
Hamilton College -
Ricardo Jimenez
Lawrence University -
Margot Lurie
Amherst College -
Crystal Ma
Williams College -
Esther Mano
Earlham College -
Hannah McKenzie
Bates College -
Liana Merk
California Institute of Technology -
Stephen Nadler
Union College -
Augustina Nguyen
Wheaton College -
Nora Peachin
Middlebury College -
Samuel Pigott
Earlham College -
Lia Pikus
Rice University -
Isis Pinheiro
Bard College -
Benjamin Portzen
Lawrence University -
Liam Prum
Hamilton College -
Jack Rider-McGovern
Connecticut College -
Mari Robles
Vassar College -
Matthew Roizin-Prior
Union College -
Soha Saghir
Haverford College -
Abel Sapirstein
Harvey Mudd College -
Joseph Stein
Haverford College -
Langston Stephens
Davidson College -
Archer Thomas
Bowdoin College -
Mandy Tu
Sewanee: University of the South -
Sarah Vanasse
Union College -
Liam Voorhees
Whitman College -
Savannah Wiegel
Hendrix College -
Kyra Zapf
University of Puget Sound -
Zijia Zhuang
Bryn Mawr College
2020 Fellows
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Antonia Aguilar Cole
Bryn Mawr College -
Tommy Armstrong
Ursinus College -
Noor Banihashem Ahmad
Bryn Mawr College -
Inayah Bashir
Wesleyan University -
Cameron Bechtold
Union College -
Adin Becker
Pomona College -
Megan Bennett
Earlham College -
Garrett Bullock
Ursinus College -
Anna Conley
Carleton College -
Cameron Conner
Whitman College -
Gretel Cuevas Verdin
Bryn Mawr College -
Claire Fleming
Hendrix College -
Cseca Gazzolo
Wellesley College -
Mackenzie Gearin
Hendrix College -
Stephanie Gee
Reed College -
Kai Greenlees
Vassar College -
Helena Gruensteidl
Grinnell College -
Maia Hay
Wheaton College -
Elizabeth Helmreich
Wheaton College -
Zed Hopkins
Pomona College -
Madison Hunter
Davidson College -
Eliamani Ismail
Scripps College -
Katherine Jacobs
Earlham College -
Suriya Khuth
Macalester College -
Minjoo Kim
Colgate University -
Luka Lezhanskyy
Wesleyan University -
Victoria Marino
Harvey Mudd College -
Wilder McCoy
Sewanee: University of the South -
Indiana Nunez Sharer
College of the Atlantic -
Stephen Nwaloziri
Berea College -
Emily Oleisky
Bowdoin College -
Danielle Pinney
Union College -
Giorlando Ramirez
Reed College -
Aloyce Riziki
Berea College -
Jack Romans
Williams College -
Evangelos Sarantinos
Whitman College -
Maleelo Shamambo
Rhodes College -
Sabrina Slipchenko
Bard College -
Alesandra Tejeda
Colorado College -
Roy Toston
Davidson College -
Maimuna Touray
Vassar College -
Hattie Wilder Karlstrom
Bard College -
Sophia Winkowitsch
Berea College -
Hailey Wozniak
Bowdoin College -
Yuxi Xia
Wellesley College