Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program
ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é students regularly count among the undergraduates chosen to study abroad by the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program.
The is a summer study abroad opportunity for American college and university students who are US citizens. Sponsored by the US Department of State, it enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, providing them with skills critical to American national security and economic prosperity.
Students gain proficiency in diverse languages and cultures to help further their academic and career development. Named after the late congressman from New York, it was established in 2000.
Learn more about the Gilman Scholarship Program and other fellowship, scholarship, and award opportunities available to ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é students.
Recent Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholars
Congratulations to our most recent ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é Gilman Scholars!
Lisadine Cherubin ‘23
Country: United Kingdom
Area of study: Health, behavior and society (BA)
Justin Pimentel ‘23
Country: Spain
Area of study: Computer science (BS)
Andre Tulloch ‘23
Country: United Kingdom
Area of study: Health, behavior and society (BA)
Past Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholars
Note: Programs were canceled due to Covid-19.
Azucena Espiritu ’21
Country: Japan
Areas of study: Psychology (BA) and gender, sexuality, and women’s studies (BA)
Tishana Foster ’21
Area of study: Environmental health (BS)
Renee Sipos ’21
Areas of study: Environmental science (BS) and epidemiology (BA)
Michael Chung ’20
Country: Spain
Area of study: Business: entrepreneurship (BS)
Justin King ’21
Country: New Zealand
Area of study: Chemical engineering (BS)
Alyssa Williams ’20
Country: Australia
Area of study: Biological sciences: molecular genetics (BS)
Lara Andree ’20
Country: Italy
Area of study: Political science (BA)
Talia Apter ’20
Country: Spain
Areas of study: Spanish (BA) and brain and cognitive sciences (BS)
Victoria Blackham ’20, ’21 (T5)
Country: South Africa
Area of study: Economics (BA)
Minor: Psychology
Justin Delinois ’19
Country: Peru
Areas of study: Political science (BA) and interdepartmental program
Jin Kim ’20
Country: China
Area of study: Political science (BA)
David Reynoso ’20
Country: Spain
Area of study: Mechanical engineering (BS)
Shareef Alwarashneh ’19
Country: France
Area of study: Linguistics (BA)
Jainy Anderson ’20
Country: France
Area of study: Epidemiology (BA)
Sadyn Angeles ’19
Country: South Africa
Area of study: Health, behavior, and society (BA) and gender, sexuality, and women’s studies
Kylee Bartlett ’19
Country: Italy
Area of study: Brain and cognitive sciences (BS)
Mahima Joshi ’19
Country: India
Area of study: Health, behavior, and society (BA)
Sun Young Kim ’18
Country: Denmark
Area of study: Brain and cognitive sciences (BS)
Lindsey Medalla ’19
Country: Spain
Area of study: Mechanical engineering (BS)
Aisha Mohamed ’19
Country: Denmark
Areas of study: Health policy (BA) and political science (BA)
Sarah Ogunji ’19
Country: South Korea
Area of study: Digital media studies (BA)
Parmanand Pheku ’19
Country: Spain
Area of study: Business (BS)
Emily Radford ’19
Country: Netherlands
Areas of study: Psychology (BA) and gender, sexuality, and women’s studies (BA)
Rachel Siciliano ’19
Country: Italy
Area of study: Psychology (BA)
Stella Sohyun M. Bae ’18
Country: Singapore
Area of study: International relations (BA) and East Asian studies (BA)
Minor: Chinese
Gina Bolanos ’18
Country: Spain
Area of study: Mechanical engineering (BS)
Nicholas A. Boldt ’18
Country: Japan
Area of study: Biomedical engineering (BS)
Minor: Japanese
Crystal A. Hoffman ’17
Country: Costa Rica
Area of study: International relations (BA)
Minors: Spanish and Latin American studies
Lauren Raue ’18
Country: Thailand
Area of study: Health, behavior, and society (BA)
Minor: Philosophy
Manal A. Sidi ’17
Country: South Africa
Area of study: Health, behavior, and society (BA)
Minor: Medical anthropology
Yareni A. Sime ’18
Country: United Kingdom/Jamaica
Area of study: Health, behavior, and society (BA) and psychology (BA)
Zoe Tiet ’17
Country: Hungary
Areas of study: Computer science (BA) and digital media studies (BA)
Jacqueline Tran ’18
Country: Egypt
Area of study: Anthropology (BA)
Minor: Women’s studies
Bethany C. Warnock ’17
Country: South Korea
Area of study: Japanese (BA)
Kevin S. Yi ’18
Country: Russia
Areas of study: Financial economics (BA) and Russian studies (BA)
Alternate
Luke T. Szumski ’17
Area of study: BA Economics
Minor: Business
Scholar-Elect
Mark A. Auden ’18 (declined)
Areas of study: Mathematics (BS) and physics (BA)
Kendall C. Gildersleeve ’17
Country: Russia
Area of study: Russian (BA)
Julissa N. Thompson ’16
Country: Denmark
Area of study: Psychology (BA)
Claude D. Galette ’16
Country: South Africa
Area of study: Psychology (BA)
Victoria Stepanova ’16
Country: Denmark
Area of study: Health, behavior, and society (BA)
Eric Y. Chen ’16
Country: China
Area of study: Molecular genetics (BS)
Jasré A. Ellis ’15
Country: Japan
Areas of study: Psychology (BA) and Japanese (BA)
Johnson T. Truong ’15
Country: Ireland
Area of study: Chemistry (BS)
Breanna J. Madrazo ’15
Country: Italy
Area of study: Financial economics (BA)
Jenny M. Quintero ’16
Country: Australia
Area of study: Biomedical engineering (BS)
Catherine P. Sbeglia ’15
Country: Czech Republic
Areas of study: English (BA) and film and media studies (BA)
Nancy T. Bui ’14
Country: Denmark
Areas of study: Psychology (BA) and neuroscience (BS)
Kathy Edouard ’14
Country: Spain
Area of study: Political science (BA)
Anjali A. Patel ’15
Country: England
Area of study: Molecular genetics (BS)
Marissa Stanger ’14
Country: Thailand
Area of study: Environmental studies (BA)
Luis Zamudio ’15
Country: Chile
Area of study: Political science (BA)
Manda Brefo ’14
Country: Spain
Areas of study: Anthropology (BA) and political science (BA)
Teija K. Corse ’14
Country: Denmark
Area of study: Health, behavior, and society (BA)
Arthur Dashan ’14
Country: Italy
Area of study: Economics (BA)
Jonathan R. Kho ’14
Country: Australia
Area of study: Electrical and computer engineering (BS)
Anjalene Whittier ’14
Country: England
Area of study: Psychology (BA)
Scholar-Elect
Olga A. Nikolayeva ’14 (declined)
Area of study: Linguistics (BA) and Russian (BA)
Stephen T. Barlow ’14
Country: Egypt
Area of study: Linguistics (BA)
Christopher G. Davis ’14
Country: Australia
Area of study: Financial economics (BA)
Kathleen Dickson ’14
Country: Russia
Area of study: International relations (BA)
Minor: Russian
Ramsey Ismail ’13
Country: Japan
Areas of study: Anthropology (BA) and Japanese (BA)
Morgan J. Kennedy ’14
Country: United Kingdom
Area of study: Neuroscience (BS)
Yelena Kernogitski ’13, ’14 (T5)
Country: Russia
Areas of study: Cell and developmental biology (BS) and religion (BA)
Leslie N. Martin ’14
Country: China
Area of study: Chinese culture and economics (BA)
Meridel M. Phillips ’12, ’13 (T5)
Country: India
Areas of study: English (BA) and physics (BA)
Nicholas K. Van Swol ’15
Country: China
Area of study: Mechanical engineering (BS)
Scholar-Elects
Jared T. O’Loughlin ’13 (declined)
Area of study: Linguistics (BA) and Chinese language and culture (BA)
Chelsea A. Vargas ’15 (declined)
Area of study: Electrical and computer engineering (BS)
Kiera R. Anderson ’13
Country: Italy
Area of study: Psychology (BA) and English (BA)
Minor: Business
Maia D. Ashman ’13
Country: Denmark
Area of study: Biology (BA)
Mary E. Bachmann ’13
Country: Germany
Area of study: Neuroscience (BA)
Marissa A. Balonon-Rosen ’13, ’13E
Country: France
Area of study: Urban youth studies (BA) and music theory (BM)
Jayson R. Baman ’13
Country: Argentina
Area of study: Molecular genetics (BS)
Minor: Economics
Rachel L. Bierasinski ’13
Country: Germany
Areas of study: Mechanical engineering (BS) and German (BA)
Adam J. Bossert ’13
Country: Australia
Area of study: Microbiology (BS)
Lauren A. Bujnicki ’13
Country: Denmark
Area of study: Psychology (BA)
Minor: Business
Kelsey A. Burritt ’13
Country: Spain
Area of study: English (BA)
Janise L. Carmichael ’13
Country: Argentina
Area of study: Psychology (BA) and Spanish (BA)
Gabrielle E. Cornish ’13
Country: Russia
Area of study: Music (BA) and Russian studies (BA)
Samantha R. Crandall ’13
Country: Ireland
Area of study: Biology (BA)
Minor: Psychology
Allayna J. DeHond ’14
Country: Australia
Area of study: Biomedical engineering (BS)
Donias Doko ’13, ’14 (T5)
Country: United Kingdom
Area of study: Neuroscience (BS) and history (BA)
Aurora B. Dopp ’13
Country: Germany
Area of study: International relations (BA)
Shukri H. A. Dualeh ’13
Country: South Africa
Area of study: Health, behavior, and society (BA)
Amelia T. Engel ’14
Country: Chile
Area of study: Spanish (BA)
Alexa A. Freedman ’13
Country: Denmark
Area of study: Epidemiology (BA)
Sarah B. Gelbard ’13
Country: Spain
Area of study: English (BA)
Joseph N. Griggs ’13
Country: Argentina
Area of study: Environmental science (BS)
Alma G. Guevara ’13
Country: Spain
Area of study: Brain and cognitive sciences (BA)
Thanh T. Hoang ’13
Country: Denmark
Area of study: Epidemiology (BA)
Maxine A. Humphrey ’13
Country: South Africa
Area of study: International relations (BA)
Erin L. Keegan ’13
Country: Spain
Area of study: Biomedical engineering (BS)
Spencer T. Kingsbury ’13
Country: New Zealand
Area of study: Chemical engineering (BS)
Marius A. Kothor ’13
Country: Morocco
Area of study: African American studies (BA)
Jenna K. Lamb ’13
Country: South Africa
Area of study: Business (BA)
Joseph P. Maher ’13
Country: Ireland
Area of study: Brain and cognitive sciences (BS)
Heather C. Owen ’13
Country: United Kingdom
Area of study: English (BA) and Math (BA)
Yaritza D. Perez ’14
Country: Italy
Area of study: Psychology (BA)
Jakob M. Seidlitz ’13
Country: United Kingdom
Area of study: Brain and cognitive sciences (BS)
Minor: Linguistics
Margaret J. Thyne ’13
Country: Denmark
Areas of study: Brain and cognitive sciences (BA) and psychology (BA)
Kellen Tsai ’13
Country: China
Area of study: Psychology (BA)
Minor: Chinese
Paul V. Vergara ’13
Area of study: Interdepartmental program (BA)
Michael D. Wallis ’13
Country: New Zealand
Area of study: Ecology and evolutionary biology (BS)
Jiaqian Zhou ’14
Country: China
Area of study: Economics (BA)
Priscilla Alabi ’12
Country: Denmark
Area of study: Political science (BA)
Minor: Theater
Sarah E. Canny ’13
Country: Spain
Area of study: International relations (BA)
Minor: Spanish
Bhasha Chakrabarti ’13
Country: Morocco
Area of study: International relations (BA)
Ki Cheng ’13
Country: Denmark
Area of study: Psychology (BA)
Meredith A. Doubleday ’13
Country: Russia
Areas of study: Russian (BA) and classics (BA)
Luke M. Edson ’12
Country: South Africa
Areas of study: Economics (BA) and international relations (BA)
Minor: Math
Breanna M. Eng ’13
Country: New Zealand
Area of study: Chemistry (BA)
Alex B. Erines ’13
Country: Spain
Areas of study: International relations (BA) and history (BA)
Gregory R. Fedorchak ’12
Country: Greece
Area of study: Biomedical engineering (BS)
Minor: Chemical engineering
Kelsey Garlock ’12
Country: Germany
Area of study: History (BA)
Ryan Gelfand ’13
Country: Italy
Area of study: Archaeology, technology, and historical structures (BA)
Benjamin J. Gitlin ’13
Country: New Zealand
Area of study: Electrical and computer engineering (BS)
Nicole A. Goldman ’13
Country: Australia
Area of study: Financial economics (BA)
Ashley M. Haluck-Kangas ’12
Country: Finland
Areas of study: Biology (BA) and political science (BA)
Minor: Psychology
Kindred K. Harris ’13, ’14 (T5)
Country: United Kingdom
Area of study: Biology (BA)
Shaelom C. James ’12
Country: Spain
Area of study: Psychology (BA)
Minor: Math
Sarah V. Kain ’13
Country: United Kingdom
Area of study: History (BA)
Ari A. Kamin ’13
Country: Spain
Area of study: International relations (BA)
Shaina Karasin ’12
Country: Argentina
Area of study: Brain and cognitive sciences (BS)
Lily Kim ’12
Country: New Zealand
Area of study: Biology (BA)
Minor: American sign language and economics
Samuel Larussa ’12
Country: China
Area of study: International relations (BA) and economics (BA)
Minor: French
Nam K. Lee ’12
Country: France
Area of study: Molecular genetics (BS)
Minor: Economics
Donghee Lim ’12
Country: China
Area of study: Economics (BA) and business (BA)
Minor: Japanese
Nathaly Luna ’13
Country: Morocco
Area of study: Religion (BA)
Matthew T. F. McIntyre ’13
Country: Germany
Area of study: Political science (BA)
Minor: Business
Melissa R. Northrup ’12
Country: Netherlands
Area of study: Political science (BA)
Zachary Palomo ’13
Country: Russia
Area of study: International relations (BA) and Russian (BA)
Kelly J. Rickert ’12, ’13 (T5)
Country: Germany
Area of study: Anthropology (BA) and religion (BA)
Megan L. Roberts ’12
Country: South Africa
Area of study: Health, behavior, and society (BA)
Sara M. Rothenberg ’13
Country: Italy
Area of study: Health, behavior, and society (BA)
William Rus ’13
Country: Spain
Area of study: International relations (BA)
Minor: Spanish
Lili F. Schachter ’13
Country: Australia
Area of study: Environmental science (BS)
Philip B. Sellstrom ’13
Country: Spain
Area of study: Environmental science (BS)
Madeline A. Skellie ’13
Country: South Africa
Area of study: International relations (BA)
Minor: Anthropology
Ziwei Xiao ’13
Country: United Kingdom
Area of study: Brain and cognitive sciences (BA)
Grace E. Cannon ’13
Country: Morocco
Areas of study: Linguistics (BA) and brain and cognitive sciences (BA)
Minor: French
Samantha F. Echaves ’13
Country: Spain
Area of study: Mechanical engineering (BS)
Elaine Hernandez ’12
Country: United Kingdom
Area of study: Math (BS)
Minor: Business
Andrea E. Morrell ’12
Country: Spain
Area of study: Biomedical engineering (BS)
Oladoyin A. Oladeru ’13
Country: South Africa
Area of study: Epidemiology (BA)
William Pellett ’12
Country: Netherlands
Area of study: Political science (BA)
Natalie Peterman ’12
Country: China
Area of study: Spanish (BA)
Minor: Chinese
Cecilia A. Scribner ’12
Country: Australia
Area of study: Geological sciences (BS)
Minor: Political science
Kenisha N. Smith ’12
Country: Spain
Area of study: Economics (BA) and English (BA)
Emilia Sola Gracia ’12
Country: Australia
Area of study: Ecology and evolutionary biology (BS)
Minor: Studio arts
Kelly M. Walsh ’12
Country: United Kingdom
Area of study: Film and media studies (BA)
Sorcha H. Dundas ’12
Country: China
Area of study: Anthropology (BA)
Minor: Biology
Jessica L. Giambra ’11
Country: South Africa
Area of study: Religion (BA) and international relations (BA)
Lucas J. Giannechini ’13
Country: South Africa
Area of study: Mechanical engineering (BS)
Kathryn M. Hartmann-Dow ’12
Country: Germany
Area of study: Studio arts (BA)
Minor: Issues in sustainability
Susana Ho ’12
Country: United Kingdom
Area of study: Brain and cognitive sciences (BA)
Alba Lamaj ’11
Country: Italy
Area of study: International relations (BA)
Minor: Italian
David Chie-Yong Lee ’11
Country: China
Area of study: International relations (BA)
Kathleen R. Lewis ’12
Country: Chile
Area of study: Music (BA)
Cindy M. Paauw ’11
Country: Jordan
Area of study: Psychology (BA)
Minor: International relations
Emily C. Smith ’11
Country: Poland
Area of study: Health, behavior, and society (BA) and French (BA)
Minor: History
Paul Jiang ’11
Country: Hong Kong
Area of study: Financial economics (BA)
Minor: Business