Alumni Fellows

January/June 2024 Graduates

• Dedipta Bhattacharjee, MA, Museum Studies, CUNY SPS
• Randy Garcia, MA, Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley

    RECENT ALUMNI (entering PhD programs fall 2024)

• Aisha Butt, PhD, Anthropology, Cornell University

January/June 2023 Graduates

• Brittaney (Bebel) DeMoura, MA, Latin American Studies, Tulane University
• Aleksandr Knyazev, RaMP, Postbaccalaureate Training in Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biodesign
• Elijah Matos, MA, English, New York University
• Kai Mora, PhD, African and African American Studies, Harvard University
• Chranjot Singh, PhD, Physics, Photonics Track, CUNY Graduate Center

    RECENT ALUMNI (entering PhD programs fall 2023)

• Rocio Rayo, PhD, Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center

January/June 2022 Graduates

• Angelina Coronado, PhD, Latin American & Iberian Cultures, Columbia University
• Sajina Shrestha, MA, CUNY Graduate Center, School of Journalism

    RECENT ALUMNI (entering PhD programs fall 2021)

• Jades Heron, PhD, English, Northeastern University

January/June 2021 Graduates

• Lance Parker, PhD, History, UK's University of Hull's
• Sophia Yip, PhD, English, CUNY Graduate Center

    RECENT ALUMNI (entering PhD programs fall 2021)

• Orubba Almansouri, PhD, Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center
• Kiran Baldeo, PhD, History, Rutgers University
• Shirley Chan, PhD, Neuroscience, Stony Brook University 
• Mathiu Perez, MD-PhD MSTP, UCSF - NIH Oxford/Cambridge Scholar
• Michael Vilanova, PhD, Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center

January/June 2020 Graduates

• Vincent Filardi, PhD, Data Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 
• Merna Youssef, PhD, Physics, University of Texas

    RECENT ALUMNI (entering PhD programs fall 2020)

• Ofir Klein, PhD, Geography, University of Kentucky
• Sben Korsch, PhD, Architecture, University of Michigan
• Pavel Javornick, PhD, Math, Northwestern University
• Josias Agustin-Mendez, PhD, History, Columbia University
• Naajidah Correll, MA/PhD, English, Michigan State University

January/June 2019 Graduates

• Naajidah Correll, MA, Performance Studies, NYU Tisch School of the Arts
• Bryan Guichardo, PhD, History, CUNY Graduate Center
• Josias Agustin Mendez, PhD, History, University of California, Davis
• Anton Pavlov, MA, Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center
• Michael Villanova, MA, Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center

    RECENT ALUMNI

• Christopher Colon, PhD, Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center
• Karim Elhaies, PhD, Cinema Studies, NYU, Tisch School of the Arts
• MD Kabir, PhD, Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Timothy McGhee, PhD in Anthropology, Rutgers University
• Sophie Ziner, PhDEnglish, Rutgers University

January/June 2018 Graduates

• Ethan Bendau, PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
• Kazi Hossain, PhD, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, Duke University.
• Brandon LaTorre, PhD, Habitat Conservation, Michigan State
• Roland Maio, PhD, Comp Sci-Artificial Intelligence, Columbia University. Recipient of a NSF Graduate Fellowship
• Karen Navarro, PhD, Psychology, the University of Minnesota
• Sophie Ziner, PhD, English, Johns Hopkins

    RECENT ALUMNI

• Wendyliz Martinez, PhD, English and African American Studies, Penn State 
• Sophia Monegro, PhD, Africana/African Diaspora Studies, UT Texas
• Rachel Ansong, PhD, English, the University of Rhode Island
• Zsofi Torok, PhD, Neuroscience, the California Institute of Technology
• Sasha Whittaker, PhD, Art History, Princeton

January / June 2017 Graduates

• Marisol Cortés, PhD, Biochemistry, John Hopkins University
• Richard Huffman, PhD, Bioengineering, Northeastern University
• MD Kabir, Fellow in Department of Pre-Clinical Innovation at NIH
• Lukas Lindwasser, PhD, Physics, University of California, Los Angeles
• Anika Nabila, PhD, Neuroscience, Cornell University
• Azmain Nisak, PhD, Physics, Georgia State University
• Seyed Noori, PhD, Religion, University of Pennsylvania
• Jose Ramirez, PhD, History, University of Illinois, Chicago
• Ellianna Schwab, PhD, Physics, University of California, Berkeley
• Lediona Shahollari, PhD, History, University of Michigan
• Vannessa Velez, PhD, History, Stanford University
• Alexandra Whittaker, Art History, Fulbright Study and Research Award to Poland

January / June 2016 Graduates

• Alycia Hall, PhD, History and African-American Studies, Yale University
• Zachary Hayworth, PhD, Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
• Joel Sati, PhD, Jurisprudence and Social Policy, University of California, Berkeley, Law School

January / June 2015 Graduates

• Gabriella Clemente, PhD, Mathematics, Notre Dame University
• Tameekia Imani Cooper, PhD, Comparative Literature, University of Michigan
• Tamra Lepro, PhD, English, Rutgers University
• Chun Biao Wang, PhD, Economics, Boston University (deferred to 2016)

January / June 2014 Graduates

• Haiming Deng, PhD, Physics, SUNY Stony Brook
• Emily Graham, PhD, History, New York University (for a joint JD/PhD degree)
• Shanna Jean-Baptiste, PhD, French, Yale University
• Emmanuel Lachaud, PhD, History, Yale University
• Rebecca Panko, PhD, Ecology, Rutgers University
• Mayelin Perez, PhD, English, University of Pennsylvania

January / June 2013 Graduates

• Miguel Briones, PhD, Psychology, CUNY Graduate Center
• Lucas Corcoran, PhD, English, CUNY Graduate Center
• Chathuranga De Silva, PhD, Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
• Hyeondo (Luke) Hwang, PhD, Chemistry, University of Chicago
• Jessica Mendez, PhD, History, Columbia University

January / June 2012 Graduates

• Kaydian Campbell, PhD, English, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Joshua Clough, PhD, History, Duke University
• Ala Fink, PhD, English, Notre Dame University
• Eduardo Lerro, PhD, Comparative Literature, Princeton University
• Zachary Mazur, PhD, History, Yale University
• Cheryl Mazzeo, PhD, Biomedical Science, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Rashun Miles, PhD, History/Anthropology, University of Michigan
• Hoang Nguyen, PharmD, Doctor of Pharmacy, Touro College School of Pharmacy
• Roy Song, PhD, Biomedical Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• Agata Tumilowicz, PhD, Comparative Literature, New York University
• Jung Hua (Elva)Yang, PhD, Biology, Texas Technical University

January / June 2011 Graduates

• Shana Adise, PhD, Nutritional Sciences, Penn State University
• Deborah Ayeni, PhD, Pharmacology, Yale University Medical School
• René Cordero, PhD, History at Brown
• Simon Divilov, PhD, Physics, SUNY Stony Brook
• Reut Gelblum, PhD, Brain Research, Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation, Hebrew University
• Fadila Habchi, PhD, American Studies, Yale University
• William Hickox, PhD, History, University of Kansas
• Rodion Kosovsky, PhD, History, Yale University
• Diana Sierra, PhD, History & Women's Studies, University of Michigan
• Fidel Tavarez, PhD, History, Princeton University

January / June 2010 Graduates

• Lisa Figueroa Jahn, PhD, Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center
• Evangeleen Pattison, PhD, Sociology, University of Texas, Austin;NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
• Erag Ramizi, PhD, Comparative Literature, New York University; Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
• Conor Tomás Reed, PhD, English, CUNY Graduate Center
• Jared Rodriguez, PhD, Black Studies, Northwestern University
• Yarisbel Rodriguez, PhD, History, CUNY Graduate Center

January / June 2009 Graduates

• Luis Apolo, PhD, Physics, New York University
• Tyleen Kelly, MA, English, Oxford University (England); PhD, English, University of California, Berkeley
• Angela Perez, PhD, History & Women's Studies, University of Michigan; Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
• Zhe (Kitty) Xu, PhD, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
• Kimberley Paige Young, PhD, Comparative Literature, CUNY Graduate Center; Jacob K. Javits Fellowship

January / June 2008 Graduates

• Je Hi An, PhD, Engineering, Duke University
• Antonia Florio, PhD, Biology, American Museum of Natural History Richard Gilder Graduate School
• Narimasa Kumagana, PhD, Music Theory, Florida State University
• Adriana Larriera, PhD, Engineering, CUNY Graduate Center
• Rosa Mino, PhD, Biology, University of North Carolina
• Kenya Mitchell, MA, Education, Harvard University; PhD, Education, University of California, Berkeley
• Christopher Negron, PhD, Bio-physics, MIT; NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
• Justino Rodriguez, PhD, History, New York University
• John Romey, MFA, Music, Ithaca College; DMA, Doctor of Musical Arts, Case Western Reserve
• Rose Sayre, PhD, Sociology, SUNY Stony Brook
• Micah Wittmer, PhD, Musicology, Harvard University

January / June 2007 Graduates

• Efrain Cardenas, PhD, Spanish, CUNY Graduate Center
• Jamila Elguizul, PhD, Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center
• Alejandra Gonzalez, PhD, Anthropology, University of Toronto, Canada
• Eder Izaguirre, PhD, Physics, Stanford University
• Jennifer Lynne, PhD, Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University
• Ujuka Obi-Eyisi, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse
• Roman Palitsky, DD, Harvard University Divinity School
• Katherine Ramos, PhD, Social Psychology, Rice University
• Guillaume Wadia, PhD, History, Harvard University

January / June 2006 Graduates

• Rafael DeJesus, PhD, Psychology, Fordham University
• James Faghmous, PhD, Computational Neuro-Science, Univ. of Minnesota; NIH and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
• Angela Francis, PhD, English, CUNY Graduate Center
• Kasaun Henry, MA, Music Theory, University of Michigan; PhD, History & Culture, Drew University
• Pedro Rivera, PhD, History, Howard University
• Deborah Wolf, PhD, American Studies, Yale University; Jacob K. Javits Fellowship

January / June 2005 Graduates

• Dana Agmon-McCarrick, PhD, Political Science, University of Chicago
• Eileen Chanza, PhD, English, SUNY Stony Brook
• Linelle Fontenelle, PhD, Chemical Engineering, Cornell University
• Shu En (Michael) Huang, MA, Pol Sci, University of Chicago; PhD, Pol Sci, Johns Hopkins University
• Marika Michalos, PhD, History, SUNY Stony Brook
• Edgardo Molina, PhD, Computer Science, CUNY Graduate Center
• Juan Montana, PhD, Philosophy, Cognitive Science/Epistemology, Washington University, St. Louis
• Shams Rashid, PhD, Electrical Engineering, SUNY Stony Brook
• Bryan Rosenblithe, PhD, History, Columbia University
• Papa Tall, PhD, Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center

January / June 2004 Graduates

• Ali Kharrazi, PhD, Economics, Carnegie Mellon University
• Karl Levy, PhD, Math, CUNY Graduate Center
• Alexis Logsdon, PhD, English, University of California, Berkeley
• Zhanna Soushko, PhD, International Studies, University of Denver
• Rose St. Fleur, PhD, Statistics, SUNY Stony Brook
• James Worley, PhD, English, Cornell University

January / June 2003 Graduates

• Anastassiya Andrianova, PhD, Comparative Literature, CUNY Graduate Center
• Eric Claussel, PhD, Clinical Psychology, Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Michel DeMatteis, PhD, Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center
• Catharine Franklin, PhD, American Studies, University of Oklahoma
• Gabriel Hernandez, PhD, History, SUNY Stony Brook
• Assia Nakova, PhD, History, Princeton University
• Jose Vasquez, PhD, Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center; Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship