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2025 Summer Fellows

The 2025 cohort of Summer Fellows includes 23 students conducting research in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Colombia, Georgia, Kenya, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Tanzania, and the U.K. Learn more about these outstanding students below.

 

Simone Annan (‘28) is working with the Ignite Lab under the direction of Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Assistant Professor of Kinesiology Dr. Scott Ickes at the Naivasha Sub-County Referral Hospital (NSCRF) in Naivasha, Kenya. She is focusing on the "Mother's social support networks and infant feeding choices" study. She will also work on a facility-based health research project supervised by Dr. Douglas Osoro, Director of Research at NSCRF. .

 

Julia Beverley (‘26) is a Data Science major working with the Digital Inclusion & Governance Lab with Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Professor of Government Dr. Phil Roessler in Tanzania. She is working on "Leveraging Voice-Based Digital Learning and Generative AI to Enhance Financial Literacy and Credit Uptake among MSME Owners: A Pilot Study." .

 

 

Lauren Brennan (‘26) is a Government and Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies working with the lab in Tbilisi, Georgia under the direction of Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Associate Professor of Government, Dr. Dan Maliniak. .

 

 

Lena Bullard (‘26) is a Government and French & Francophone Studies major working with in Washington D.C. under the direction of Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Alumna, Ms. Kate Hixon, the Advocacy Director for Africa.

 

 

Ariel Dodds (‘27) is an Economics and Sociology major working with the in Nepal. . 

 

 

Meredith Endres (‘26) is a Global Health and Politics major working with the Ignite Lab under the direction of Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Assistant Professor of Kinesiology Dr. Scott Ickes at the Naivasha Sub-County Referral Hospital (NSCRF) in Naivasha, Kenya. She is focusing on the "Mother's social support networks and infant feeding choices" study. She will also work on a facility-based health research project supervised by Dr. Douglas Osoro, Director of Research at NSCRF. .

 

 

Ryan Healy (‘26) is a Government and History major working under the direction of the Richard S. Perles Professor of Government, Dr. Paula Pickering, in Bosnia & Herzegovina as part of the American Bosnian Collaboration Project. .

 

 

Abigail Herrada (‘26) is a Psychology and Global Studies major with a concentration in Latin American Studies. She is working in Colombia with GRI Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. Adriana Rudling on a project related to the Colombia Truth Commission. . 

 

 

Nolan Jansorn (‘27) is a Government major working with in Kenya. .

 

 

 

 

Clare Johnson (‘27) is a Public Health major with a Data Science minor working with Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Assistant Professor of Kinesiology Dr. Julius Odhiambo and the Ignite Lab in Narok, Kenya. Clare is working on a qualitative study to better understand barriers and drivers to parents’ childhood vaccination behaviors among the Maasai. .

 

 

Nadia Khan (‘26) is an International Relations & Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies major working under the direction of the Richard S. Perles Professor of Government, Dr. Paula Pickering, in Bosnia & Herzegovina as part of the American Bosnian Collaboration Project.

 

 

Jack Long (‘27) is a Government major with a Data Science minor working with the in Nepal, studying the strategic potential of the nation’s hydro resources and supporting IIDS’ agri-transformation initiative. .

 

 

 

 

Kelson Lowrie (‘27) is an International Relations major working with the lab in Tbilisi, Georgia under the direction of Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Associate Professor of Government, Dr. Dan Maliniak. .

 

 

Patrick McDonald (‘26) is an International Relations major working with in Mongolia. .

 

 

 

Eryn McKendree (‘27) is a Government and Environmental Policy major working with the lab in Tbilisi, Georgia under the direction of Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Associate Professor of Government, Dr. Dan Maliniak. .

 

 

 

Julia Meyer (‘26) is an International Relations & Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies major working with in Washington D.C. under the direction of Dr. Tarah Demant, the National Director of Programs. .

 

 

Caroline Mullen (‘27) is a Biology major with a minor in Computational and Applied Mathematics and Statistics. She is working with Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Assistant Professor of Kinesiology Dr. Julius Odhiambo and the Ignite Lab in Narok, Kenya. Caroline is working on a qualitative study to better understand barriers and drivers to parents’ childhood vaccination behaviors among the Maasai. .

 

Bailey Nicholson (‘26) is a Government and Economics major working with the lab in Tbilisi, Georgia under the direction of Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Associate Professor of Government, Dr. Dan Maliniak. .

 

 

 

Martina Queijo (‘28) is an International Relations and Economics major working with the in Mexico City. .

 

 

 

 

Gabriella See (‘27) is a Kinesiology and Public Health major working with Â鶹Æƽâ°æ Assistant Professor of Kinesiology Dr. Julius Odhiambo and the Ignite Lab in Narok, Kenya. Gabby is working on a qualitative study to better understand barriers and drivers to parents’ childhood vaccination behaviors among the Maasai. .

 

Isabel Spielberger (‘26) is an International Relations major with a minor in Economics. Working with the Africa Research Center under the direction of Dr. Phil Roessler in London, she is conducting archival research on 19th-century UK agricultural policy in Africa with the end of the slave trade and increasing trade in cash crops. .

 

 

Meghan Velotas (‘26) is an International Relations major with a minor in Hispanic Studies. She is working in Colombia with GRI Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. Adriana Rudling on research related to the Colombia Truth Commission.

 

 

 

Max Wang (‘28) is an International Relations and Finance major working with in Kenya. .