Bates Fellowship Recipients

2025-2026

Claire Bohmer ’25
Fulbright Study/Research Award
Slovenia
Application Mentor: Michael Sommer

Charles Breyfogle ’25
Fulbright English Teaching Award
Switzerland
Application Mentor: Alexander Dauge-Roth

Maple Buescher ’25
Fulbright English Teaching Award
Spain
Application Mentor: John Baughman

Wes DeOreo ’25
Fulbright English Teaching Award
Germany

Ale’ia Gallego Calle ’25
English Teaching Award
Taiwan

Madeleine Kwei ’25
Fulbright English Teaching Award
Taiwan

Mohammed Mohammed ‘ 26
Barry Goldwater Scholarship

Matthew Peeler ’26
Harry S. Truman Scholarship

Olivia Rabin ’24
English Teaching Award
South Korea

Helena Raddock ’24
Fulbright English Teaching Award
Rwanda

Emma Seitz ’25
Fulbright English Teaching Award
Germany

Aleisha Martinez Sandoval ’26
Barry Goldwater Scholarship

Maya Vernick ’23
Open Study/Research Award
Namibia

Fulbright Alternates

Maggie Amann ’25
English Teaching Award
Peru

2024-2025

Caroline Barnes ’19
Fulbright Research Award (Archeology)
Cyprus

Caroline Cassell ’24
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Bulgaria
Application Mentor: Bridget Fullerton

This Year’s Fulbright Student Award Recipients pose for portraits on the Historic Quad. Caroline Cassell ’24 Caroline Cassell (in striped shirt), a triple major in sociology, theater, and gender and sexuality studies from Woodstock, Vt., earned a Fulbright English teaching assistant grant for Bulgaria Qi Tanneberger-Schmidt ’24 (black jacket), a Chinese major from Brooklyn, N.Y., earned a Fulbright English teaching assistant grant for Taiwan. Jamie Hollander ’24 (black v-neck), a major in earth and climate sciences from Medfield, Mass., earned a Fulbright study/research award for Norway.

Jamie Hollander ’24
Fulbright Research Award (Geology)
Norway
Application Mentor: Bev Johnson

This Year’s Fulbright Student Award Recipients pose for portraits on the Historic Quad. Caroline Cassell ’24 Caroline Cassell (in striped shirt), a triple major in sociology, theater, and gender and sexuality studies from Woodstock, Vt., earned a Fulbright English teaching assistant grant for Bulgaria Qi Tanneberger-Schmidt ’24 (black jacket), a Chinese major from Brooklyn, N.Y., earned a Fulbright English teaching assistant grant for Taiwan. Jamie Hollander ’24 (black v-neck), a major in earth and climate sciences from Medfield, Mass., earned a Fulbright study/research award for Norway.

Emily Scarrow ’25
Barry Goldwater Scholarship

Qi Tannenberger-Schmidt ’24
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Taiwan

This Year’s Fulbright Student Award Recipients pose for portraits on the Historic Quad. Caroline Cassell ’24 Caroline Cassell (in striped shirt), a triple major in sociology, theater, and gender and sexuality studies from Woodstock, Vt., earned a Fulbright English teaching assistant grant for Bulgaria Qi Tanneberger-Schmidt ’24 (black jacket), a Chinese major from Brooklyn, N.Y., earned a Fulbright English teaching assistant grant for Taiwan. Jamie Hollander ’24 (black v-neck), a major in earth and climate sciences from Medfield, Mass., earned a Fulbright study/research award for Norway.

Phoebe Stern ’24
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Thailand

It’s quintessential Bates as the college community shows the power of love in supporting students and their academic achievements at Mount David Summit. Friday, April 5, 2024 in Pettengill Hall. Phoebe Stern '24

Fulbright Alternates


Katherine Cook ’18
Fulbright Research Award (Masters, Urban Planning)
Italy
Application Mentor: Jane Costlow

Levi Mindlin ’24
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Spain
Application Mentor: Brittany Longsdorf

Mia Brumsted ’24
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Luxembourg
Application Mentor: Jim Richter

2023-2024

Max Devon ’23
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Laos
Application Mentor: Wesley Chaney

Adam Gardner ’20
Fulbright Study/Research – Environmental Studies
Canada

Imtithal Hassan ’23
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Taiwan

Amalia Herren-Lage ’22
Fulbright Open Study/Research-Arts
Argentina
Application Mentor: Myron Hardy

Elizabeth Lacroix ’23
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

Elizabeth LaCroix, double major in English and chemistry, of Richmond, R.I., will travel to Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Ecuador, India, and China to “write the stories of researchers, sufferers, and those who treat menstrual pain. The scope of these stories will spread across countries and cultures with the intention of searching for alternative ways of treating this type of pain other than the one-fits-all method of hormonal contraception. ____________________ Photographed in Pettengill Hall's Perry Atrium and History Lounge on March 21, 2023.

Ilana Rosker ’23
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Spain
Application Mentor: Chris Schiff

Adilene Sandoval ’23
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

Adilene Sandoval ’23, a double major in environmental studies and sociology from Mattawa, Wash., recipient of the Watson Fellowship, poses in the Perry Atrium of Pettengill Hall on March 22, 2023. Sandoval will travel to Australia, Ethiopia, Italy,Colombia, El Salvador, and Guatemala “to explore trauma-healing models informed by both activism and holistic healing to create, sustain and protect community-wellbeing from colonial violence. I will learn from communities that are using place-based strategies that facilitate healing through a wide range of frameworks and practices.”

William Symmans ’23
Fulbright Research Award – Neuroscience
Germany
Application Mentor: Jason Castro

Zaynab Tawil ’17
English Teaching Assistant
Palestinian Territory

Elliott Vahey ’23
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Germany

Fulbright Alternates

Eli Boesch Dining ’23
Fulbright/Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Award
Netherlands
Application Mentor: Brett Huggett

Emily DiBartolo ’23
Open Study/Research
Netherlands
Application Mentor: Heidi Taylor

2022-2023

Maya Benziger ’22
Fulbright Open Study/Research in Politics
Mongolia
Application Mentor:  Wesley Chaney

Gabrielle Brewer ’22
Udall Graduate Scholarship

Elene Chamberlin ’22
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Andorra
Application Mentor:  Michael Rocque

Henry Colt ’19
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Argentina

Etti Cooper ’22
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Mexico

Emily Diaz ’23
Gilman Scholarship
Double major in Rhetoric, Film, Screen studies and Theater, concentration in Religious Studies.
Winter 2022, CET Film Production at FAMU, Prague, Czech Republic

Julia Feist ’22
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Germany
Application Mentor:  Jason Castro

Fulbright Scholar Julia Feist ’22 of Burlington, Mass.ETA Germany

Colleen Fitzgerald ’14
Fulbright Study/Research Award in Dance
Germany

Imti Hassan ’23
Gilman Scholarship
Double major in History and Politics, minor in Chinese
Academic Year 22-23, CIEE Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea 

Sam Jean-Francois ’23
Gilman Scholarship
Double major in Africana and Psychology, concentration in Racisms
Winter 2022, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom

Jack Johnson ’22
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Czech Republic
Application Mentor:  Bill Wallace

Fulbright Scholar Jack Johnson ’22 of Brewster, Mass.ETA Czech Republic

Jessica Kissi ’23
Gilman Scholarship
Double major in Biological Chemistry and French and Francophone Studies.
Winter 2022, Language & Culture in Southern France, Montpellier, France

Megan Krieger ‘ 22
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Germany
Application  Mentor:  Sanford Freedman

Fulbright Scholar Megan Krieger ’22 of Jamaica Plain, Mass.ETA Germany

Talia Kurlansky ‘ 22
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Taiwan
Application Mentor:  Carol Dilley

Fulbright Scholar Talia KurlanskyETA Taiwan

Selam Murphy ‘ 22
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Botswana

Fulbright winner Selam Murphy ’22 of New York City

George Schouten ‘ 22
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant 
Uzbekistan
Application Mentor:  Jason Scheideman

Fulbright Scholar George Schouten ’22 of New York CityETA Uzbekistan

Chris Seifert ’22
Critical Language Scholarship for Mandarin Chinese

Alixandra Zabin ’22
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Colombia
Application Mentor:  Christopher Schiff

Hermione Zhou ’22
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

Fulbright Alternates

Candace Johnson ’22
Fulbright open study/research in public health
Ethiopia

Fernando Rojas ’22
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award
Argentina
Application Mentor:  Amy Douglass

2021-2022

Aidan Denahy ’21
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Taiwan

Ariana Fano ’19
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Argentina
Faculty Application Mentor:  John Baughman

Elizabeth Kiley-Bergen ’20
Fulbright Study/Research in Politics/Sociology
France

Julia Maluf ’21
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Spain

Faculty Application Mentor:  Rebecca Frasier-Thill

Sophia Marion ’19
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Nepal
Faculty Application Mentor:  Bill Wallace

Nell Pearson ’20
Fulbright Research Grant in Anthropology/Sociology
Netherlands

Hannah McKenzie ’21
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

Bence Szechenyi ’20
Fulbright Open Study/Research Grant
Hungary

Fulbright Alternates

Kate Abramowitz ’21
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Thailand
Faculty Application Mentor:  Kati Vecsey

Jacob Atwood ’19
English Teaching Assistant
Argentina

Henry Colt ’19
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Argentina
Faculty Application Mentor:  Jess Anthony

Joseph Inger ’21
Fulbright Study/Research Award in Medical Sciences
Denmark

Katrina Johnson ’21
Fulbright Study/Research Award in marine biology/conservation
Spain

Molly Pailet ’15
Fulbright Research/Open Study award 
Czech Republic

2020 – 2021

Jacob Atwood ’18
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Mexico

Caroline Caldwell ’15
Fulbright Study Research Grant, Agribusiness
New Zealand

Madeline Clark ’20
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Spain

Faculty Application Mentor: Mike Rocque

Lexie Jamieson ’20
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Malaysia

Staff Application Mentor: Ellen Acorn

Signe Lynch ’20
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Montenegro

Faculty Application Mentor: Anita Charles

Martha Rabura ’20
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
South Korea

Faculty Application Mentor: Su Langdon

Madison Rozells ’20
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Colombia

Faculty Application Mentor: Stephanie Pridgeon

Hazel Simpson ’20
Critical Language Scholarship
Japan

Faculty Application Mentor: Darren Gallant

Hannah Singer ’18

Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

Spain

Anne Trapp ’20

Austria USTA Fellowship

Faculty Application Mentor: Raluca Cernahoschi

Danielle Ward
Fulbright Research Grant, Tree Ecology
Brunei

Staff Application Mentor: Kim Trauceniek

Fulbright Alternates

Zofia Ahmad ’19
Fulbright Study Research Grant, U
Staff Application Mentor: Eric Dyer

Kati Cabral ’20
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Colombia
Faculty Application Mentor: Stephanie Pridgeon

Nell Pearson ’20
Fulbright Study Research Grant, Netherlands
Faculty Application Mentor: Joe Hall

Alexandria Onuoha ’20
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant
Thailand Faculty Application Mentor: Carol Dilley

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