Huskies Forward Record Number of Fulbright Fellowship Applications

October 17, 2019 | by Jonna Iacono

A record number of globally-minded, civically engaged Northeastern students and alumni, 55, proposed an impressive set of sophisticated, diverse, and consequential international projects for the Fulbright Fellowship this fall. This represents an increase of 25% over last year, which itself saw a record number of Huskies apply for and earn the Fulbright.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is America’s premier international exchange fellowship, with a mission to promote mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Through the Fulbright, awardees can either pursue study/research opportunities or teach English in one of over 140 countries worldwide. Reflecting Northeastern’s status as a global, experiential research university, our students and recent graduates have applied to pursue projects around the world and across a wide field of endeavor — read on to learn about these exciting projects.

Myra Afzal, COE’20, Chemical Engineering
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Germany
Afzal proposed to develop more efficient methods for producing chemicals from bacteria and to perform economic analyses on these methods.

Hani Ahmed, COE’20, Mechanical Engineering
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, United Kingdom
Ahmed proposed to study petroleum engineering at the University of Aberdeen.

Miranda Beggin, DMSB/CSSH’17, Political Science/Business Administration
Award:Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Jordan
Beggin proposed to study pathways to employment for Jordan’s stateless ex-Gazan Palestinian refugee women in Jerash Refugee Camp.

Joanna Berg, COS’20, Behavioral Neuroscience
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Colombia

Iancu Bica, Khoury’20, MS Data Science
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Romania
Bica proposed to investigate Cluj-Napoca’s (Cluj) transportation system and housing market.

Wesley Cannon, CAMD/CSSH’20, Media and Screen Studies/Religious Studies
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Georgia
Cannon proposed to develop a documentary short film about the Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia.

Sofia Cardamone, COS/CSSH’20, Environmental Science/International Affairs
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Greece
Cardamone proposed to study the potential for small-scale renewable energy technologies on the islands of Lipsi and Samos, Greece.

Julien Cherry, Khoury/COS’20, Computer Science/Linguistics
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Morocco

Alex Clippinger, CSSH’20, Economics/Mathematics
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Hungary
Clippinger proposed to study at Mathematics in Budapest.

Matthew Cook, Khoury/COS’20, Computer Science/Physics
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Colombia

Carmen Costa, CSSH’19, International Affairs
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Brazil

Karla Cox, CSSH’20, Political Science
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cox proposed to study the Srebrenica genocide began, as well as how Bosnia & Herzegovina is now working to prevent a similar occurrence in the future.

Evan Crystal, CSSH’20, International Affairs
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Mexico

Nicole Doherty, COS’20, Psychology
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, United Kingdom
Doherty proposed to undertake a Master’s Degree program focused on Global Security and Borders at Queen’s University Belfast.

James Doyle, COE’20, Computer Engineering
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Croatia

Madeline DuBois, COE’20, Environmental Engineering
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Denmark
DuBois proposed to undertake the Masters in Agriculture at the University of Copenhagen.

Taylor Duckworth, COE’20, Bioengineering
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Ireland
Duckworth proposed to earn a Master of Engineering Management degree at University College Dublin.

Elisa Figueras, COS’20, Biology
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Mexico

Timothy Fraser, CSSH’19, PhD Political Science
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Japan

Haley Glenn, CSSH’20, Human Services
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Hungary

Laura Gomez, CAMD’20, Architecture
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Ecuador

Leila Habib, COS’19, Behavioral Neuroscience
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, United Kingdom
Habib proposed to to pursue a joint Global Mental Health MSc at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and King’s College.

Morgan Hines, COS/CSSH’19, Biology/English
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, United Kingdom
Habib proposed to undertake a Master of Research in English at the University of Liverpool.

Joshua Hoffman, Khoury’20, Computer Science
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Israel
Hoffman proposed to study multi-agent Explainable Artificial Intelligence at Technion.

Sharon Kim, CSSH/DMSB’20, Political Science/Business Administration
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Spain

Maggie King, CSSH’20, Political Science/International Affairs
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Jordan
King proposed to study the impacts of the newly instituted governorate councils on rural communities in Jordan.

Jaclyn Long, COE’20, Bioengineering
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, United Kingdom
Long proposed to undertake an MSc in Bioinformatics & Systems Biology at Imperial College London.

Deborah Madueke, CSSH/DMSB’20, Economics/Business Admininstration
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, United Kingdom
Madueke proposed to undertake an MSc International Social and Public Policy (ISPP) at The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Stephanie Manna, DMSB’20, International Business
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, United Kingdom
Manna proposed to undertake an MSc Management at University College London.

Carson Markle, DMSB’20, Business Administration
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Kenya

Shannon McCallan, COS’20, Biochemistry
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Germany
McCallan proposed to join the Molecular Medicine master’s program at Göttingen University.

Claire McHugh, COS’20, Biology
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Netherlands

Fatuma Mohamed, CSSH’20, Political Science/International Affairs
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Turkey
Mohamed proposed to earn a master’s degree in International Relations and Political Science at Koç University in Istanbul.

Austen Moye, DMSB’20, Business Administration
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, South Korea

Courtney Naughton, CPS’20, Education
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Italy

Michael Nelson, Khoury/COS’20, Computer Science/Physics
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Laos

Daniel Ostberg, COE’20, Chemical Engineering
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, India

Maxim Petrovsky, COS’20, Behavioral Neuroscience
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Russia

Rachael Phillips, CSSH’20, International Affairs
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Kosovo

Jacob Potts, COE’20, Bioengineering
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, France
Potts proposed to study DNA repair with collaborators at the Sorbonne University.

Julia Ramseyer, COS’19, Cell and Molecular Biology
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Sweden
Ramseyer proposed to investigate the human gut microbiome at the Translational Microbiome Research at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.

Gabriella Rao, COS’20, Behavioral Neuroscience
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Italy

Olivia Scioletti, Bouve’20, Health Science
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Taiwan

Lois Seffu, CPS’19, Global Studies and International Relations
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Rwanda

Jessie Sigler, COE’20, Computer Engineering
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Israel

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Kritika Singh, COE’20, Bioengineering
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Germany
Singh proposed to study non-standard tumors at Hopp Children’s Cancer Center in Heidelberg.

Dakota Stephens, CSSH’19, Political Science/International Affairs
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Ukraine

Colton Stevens, DMSB’20, Business Administration
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Canada
Stevens proposed to undertake a Master’s of Resources, Environment, and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia.

Michael Tormey, COE/CSSH’20, Civil Engineering and Economics
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Australia
Tormey proposed to undertake both the Master of Transport and Master of Urban and Regional Planning degrees at the University of Sydney.

Taylor Trail, DMSB’20, Business Administration
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, United Kingdom
Trail proposed to undertake the MSc in Financial Mathematics at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Erica Wagner, COE’20, Bioengineering
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Singapore
Wagner proposed to investigate the use of pluripotent stem cells to treat low back pain at the Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR.

Thomas Ward, CSSH’20, International Affairs
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Spain

Erica Warren, CSSH’20, International Affairs, Anthropology
Award: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Grant, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Claire Williams, COS’20, Biochemistry
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, United Kingdom
Williams proposed to earn the Master’s in Tropical Forest Ecology at Imperial College London.

Renae Williams, CPS’19, Commerce and Economic Development
Award: Fulbright Study/Research Grant, Malawi
Williams proposed to study best practices for the cultural and economic development centered around women and girls.