The Graduate College is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2018-19 Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Master’s Project Travel Grant, and Dissertation Travel Grant. They are:
2018-19 Dissertation Completion Fellowship Awardees
Niyantri Ravindran (Human Development and Family Studies)
Maria Robinson (Psychology)
Lucy Mailing (Nutritional Science)
Halie Rando (Informatics)
John Trimmer (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Donovan Bisbee (Communications)
Mark Demkovich (Entomology)
Sanorita Dey (Computer Science)
Lauren (Ally) Johnson (Art & Design)
Lingrui Gan (Statistics)
Robert Wallon (Curriculum and Instruction)
Miles Bensky (Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology)
Mohammad Sheikh (Physics)
Frederick Miller (Music)
Benjamin Bamberger (History)
Aditya Shrinivas (Agricultural and Consumer Economics)
Nirupam Roy (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Stephen Sherman (Urban and Regional Planning)
Fan Zhu (Plant Biology)
Carlos Hurtado (Economics)
Kelly Williams (English)
Allison Parker (Entomology)
Spring 2018 Master’s Project Travel Grant Awardees
Jonathan Tetlie (Entomology)
Elizabeth Mostowski (Comparative and World Literature)
Spring 2018 Dissertation Travel Grant Awardees
Kevin Hoff (Psychology)
Karen Blackall (Music)
Alexandra Zachwieja (Anthropology)
Richard Liu (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Amanda Curtis (Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology)
BethAnn Williams (History)
Ophelia Bolmin (Mechanical Science and Engineering)
Amanda Rector (Spanish and Portuguese)
Shelby Lawson (Animal Biology)
Joshua Gibson (Entomology)
Luke Plutowski (Political Science)
Claudia Lagos Lira (Institute for Communications Research)
Stephanie Landblom (Linguistics)
Katie Bruner (Communication)
Samantha Lindgren (Agricultural and Biological Engineering)
Nubras Samayeen (Landscape Architecture)
Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowships help students complete the doctoral degree by providing one year of financial support and allowing these fellows to devote themselves to the completion of the dissertation.
Master’s Travel Grants provide funding for short term projects where travel for research or creative work is required for degree completion. Dissertation Travel Grants support travel and associated costs necessary for doctoral dissertation research, whether for exploring a potential dissertation topic or for conducting dissertation research.
Awardees are selected by the Graduate College’s Fellowship Board, which is comprised of faculty and graduate students from across campus. The competition for each award included a rigorous two-stage review process. Each nomination was first reviewed by one of the Fellowship Board’s four Area Committees, then finalists were reviewed by the Executive Committee.
According to Ken Vickery, director of fellowships in the Graduate College, “These three award programs recognize the truly outstanding research being conducted by Illinois students. Though the caliber of the nominations this year made the selection process particularly difficult for the Fellowship Board, the net result of helping students pursue their fieldwork and complete their dissertations makes the process rewarding. The Fellowship Board and I congratulate all of this year’s awardees.”
For more information about these awards visit the listings in the Graduate College’s Fellowship Finder database.