2016-2020

Madeleine Hart – Fulbright Recipient

Madeleine Hart – Fulbright Recipient

Madeleine graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UC Irvine in 2017 as a Psychology major and German Studies Minor. A recipient of the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant award in Germany, Madeleine, upon returning to the U.S., will attend University of Virginia School of Law...

Leandra Jackson – Gates/Cambridge Recipient

Leandra Jackson – Gates/Cambridge Recipient

Leandra is a graduating senior in Public Health, transfer student, and participant in the Campuswide Honors Program. She has conducted research at Yale University School of Medicine and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. She has also volunteered at the...

Madeleine Collins – Fulbright Recipient

Madeleine Collins – Fulbright Recipient

Madeline Collins is a graduating senior with a major in Korean Literature. She has served as President of the UCI Chapter of Liberty in North Korea, an organization through which she has also tutored North Korean students in South Korea. She is currently a Corps...

Leanne Lupone – Fulbright Recipient

Leanne Lupone – Fulbright Recipient

Leanne is a graduating senior with a major in Chemistry and a concentration in Education. Leanne has served as a Teaching Fellow at Breakthrough Collaborative in San Juan Capistrano and additionally taught through UCI's Early Academic Outreach Program in Compton for...

Sarah Mahoney – Fulbright Alternate

Sarah Mahoney – Fulbright Alternate

Sarah Mahoney is a graduating senior majoring in Anthropology. A 2016 participant in the UC Education Abroad Program, Sarah spent a semester in Kyoto, Japan investigating heritage preservation in her research on kyo-machiya, traditional wooden houses. In 2017, she was...

Angela Romea – Fulbright Alternate

Angela Romea – Fulbright Alternate

Angela Romea is a recent alumna in Anthropology with a minor in Psychology. Angela spent 2016- 2017 as an Honorary UROP Fellow researching how Filipinos living under Rodrigo Duterte formulate political identities and participate in political culture on the Internet....

Shashank Somasundaram – Fulbright Alternate

Shashank Somasundaram – Fulbright Alternate

Shashank is a recent alumni in Biological Sciences. A recipient of multiple UROP and SURP grants during his time at UCI, Shashank received the Excellence in Research award and UC Irvine Chancellor’s Award of Distinction in 2017. He has given talks at several national...

Blaine Valencia – Fulbright Alternate

Blaine Valencia – Fulbright Alternate

Blaine is a recent alumni with a double major in Political Science and Film and Media Studies. A member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society and recipient of a 2016 UCI Distinguished Anteater Award, Blaine was a part of the Campuswide Honors Program and did research...

Aya Labanieh – Fulbright Semi-Finalist

Aya Labanieh – Fulbright Semi-Finalist

Aya is a recent alumni who triple-majored in French, Philosophy, and Comparative Literature. She presented her research on the emotional induction and false memories at the UROP Research Symposium in Spring 2016 and on Jean-Paul Sartre’s philosophy of Self and Other...

Julianna Cressman – Fulbright Semi-Finalist

Julianna Cressman – Fulbright Semi-Finalist

Julianna Cressman is a recent alumna who graduated with a major in Dance and a minor in African Dance Studies. A UCI Regents Scholar, Julianna was also nominated for Academic Honors Phi Beta Kappa and received a 2017 Barnes and Noble College Scholarship for which she...