FLAS Fellows

Santiago, Chile

Funding to graduate students to encourage the study of critical and less commonly taught foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies.

Current FLAS Fellows

2024-25 Academic Year Fellows  

2024-25 Academic Year Fellows  

Name Program Language
Margot Jean Cohen PhD Environmental Science and Policy Management Spanish
Matthew Grumbach PhD Sociology Spanish
Samuel Klein-Markman
MA Law Portuguese
Emma Rachel Lloyd PhD Comparative Literature Portuguese
Edwina Mariel Malmberg MPH Public Health Guyami/Ngabere
Brook Lyn Mercado MPH Public Health Spanish
Sydney Noel Moss PhD Environmental Science and Policy Management Quechua
Jesús Nazario PhD Ethnic Studies Nahuatl
Maya De La Torre BA Spanish and Portuguese Portuguese

Past FLAS Fellows

2024 Summer Fellows  

2024 Summer Fellows  

Name Program Language
Luis Amaya Madrid PhD Hispanic Languages and Literatures Nahuatl
Aziza Nicole Baker PhD Hispanic Languages and Literatures Portuguese
Avalon Bauman MA Public Policy Zapotec
Molly Georgia Culhane PhD Jurisprudence and Social Policy Spanish
Hannah Francis Astrid Johansson MA Journalism Spanish
Lizzie McCord PhD History Spanish
Ahkeel Andres Mestayer-Velasquez PhD Ethnomusicology Portuguese
Sydney Noel Moss PhD Environmental Science and Policy Management Quechua
Liam Gerard Seeley PhD Spanish & Portuguese Portuguese
Kayla Chelsea Thomas PhD Education - School Psychology Spanish

2023-24 Academic Year Fellows 

2023-24 Academic Year Fellows  

Name Program Language
Eva Luz Cordero  MA/MPH Public Health Portuguese
Kyle Burditt Dickey MBA Business Administration Portuguese
Nathaniel Skylar Dolton-Thornton  PhD Energy & Resources Group Spanish
Cristina Selena Méndez PhD Education Mam
Sydney Noel Moss PhD Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Quechua
Jesse Nazario PhD Ethnic Studies Nahuatl
Oscar Osornio MA Global Studies Spanish
Rebeca Cristina San Martin  MA Journalism Spanish

2023 Summer Fellows  

2023 Summer Fellows  

Name Program Language
Christián González Reyes MA/PhD Comparative Literature Portuguese
Jonathan Jones-Edwards PhD Romance Languages Portuguese
Landon Kramer PhD Comparative Literature Spanish
Cristina Selena Méndez PhD Education Mam
Lydia Pearl Millhon PhD Hispanic Languages and Literatures Portuguese
Zion Rodriguez-Aceves BA Global Studies Nahuatl
Camille Santana Considine PhD English Spanish
Shea Janet Sorrentino BA Global Studies, Spanish & Portuguese Portuguese
Helvia Taina MA Social Work Quechua

2022-23 Academic Year Fellows  

2022-23 Academic Year Fellows  

Name Program Language
Melina Holder MDP Development Practice Nahuatl
Jesse Nazario PhD Ethnic Studies Nahuatl
Megan Noor PhD Law Spanish
Emily Fjaellen Thompson PhD Anthropology Quechua

2022 Summer Fellows  

2022 Summer Fellows  

Name Program Language
Julia Frankenbach PhD History Spanish
Drew Kiser PhD English Spanish
Cristina Mendez PhD Education Mam
Mulika Musyimi MPH Global Health and Environment Portuguese
Johanna Reyes Ortega PhD Political Science Portuguese
Emily Fjaellen Thompson PhD Anthropology Quechua

2021-22 Academic Year Fellows  

2021-22 Academic Year Fellows  

Name Program Language
Melina Marie Holder MDP Development Practice Nahuatl
Beki McElvain PhD City and Regional Planning Spanish
Jesús Nazario PhD Ethnic Studies Nahuatl
Emily Fjaellen Thompson PhD Anthropology Quechua
Jonathan David Turner PhD Music Portuguese
Sam Warren MA/PhD Spanish & Portuguese Portuguese

2021 Summer Fellows  

2021 Summer Fellows

Name Program Language
Marina Blum MPH Public Health Portuguese
Julia Frankenbach PhD History Spanish
Christián González Reyes MA/PhD Comparative Literature Portuguese
Adan Martinez PhD Political Science Portuguese
Beki McElvain PhD City and Regional Planning Spanish
Cristina Mendez PhD Education Mam
Ariel Munoz MPH/PhD Public Health Portuguese
Jesús Nazario PhD Ethnic Studies Nahuatl
Sam Warren MA/PhD Spanish & Portuguese Portuguese

2020-21 Academic Year Fellows  

2020-21 Academic Year Fellows  

Name Program Language
Joseph Horan MA Journalism Portuguese
Emily Fjaellen Thompson PhD Anthropology Quechua

Isabel Silver Nogueira

MDP Development Practice Portuguese
Cezanne Bianco  MPH Public Health Portuguese
Alexandra Lishansky MDP Development Practice Portuguese

2020 Summer Fellows  

2020 Summer Fellows  

Name Program Language
Alejandra Sanchez Decker PhD Spanish and Portuguese Nahuatl
Justin Greene PhD Anthropology Portuguese

Christian Robert Monteiro Ribeiro

MSW Social Welfare Spanish
Emily Fjaellen Thompson PhD Anthropology Quechua

2019-20 Academic Year Fellows  

2019-20 Academic Year Fellows  

Name Program Language
Zachary Butzin-Dozier PhD Epidemiology and Biostatistics Portuguese
Lily MacIver MCP City and Regional Planning Portuguese
Nicole Ramsey PhD African American and African Diaspora Studies Garifuna (Dissertation Research)

Emily Thompson

PhD Anthropology Quechua
Jonathan Turner PhD Ethnomusicology Portuguese

2019 Summer Fellows  

2019 Summer Fellows  

Name Program Language
Ailén Vega PhD Geography Portuguese/Munduruku
Ángel Ross PhD Sociology Spanish
Anna Leversee MSW Social Welfare Haitian Creole
Cezanne Bianco MPH Public Health Portuguese
Darius Gordon PhD Education Portuguese
Jonathan Turner PhD Ethnomusicology Portuguese

Ramón de Santiago

PhD History of Art Nahuatl
Yessica Porras PhD History of Art Quichua

2018-19 Academic Year Fellows  

2018-19 Academic Year Fellows  

Name Program Language
Erin Banks Rusby MA Journalism Spanish
Isa Ammar Krsna Gaillard MCP City and Regional Planning Spanish

Leslie Aguayo

MCP City and Regional Planning Portuguese

Heather Regen

MPP Public Policy Portuguese
Taryn Ness MPH Public Health Spanish

2018 Summer Fellows  

2018 Summer Fellows  

Name Program Language
Celene Bolanos Literature Portuguese
Sarah Brown MSW Social Work Spanish
Ramon de Santiago PhD History of Art Nahuatl
Alexandra Jones MA Portuguese
Elizabeth Miller MBA Business Administration Spanish

Alexandra Springer

MSW Social Work Spanish
Naomi Wilcox MPH Public Health Portuguese

2017-18 Academic Year Fellows  

2017-18 Academic Year Fellows  

Name Program Language
Nicolas Arms PhD Anthropology Portuguese
Anna Cash MCP City and Regional Planning Portuguese
Bo Chung MCP City and Regional Planning Portuguese
Tara Phillips PhD Literature Portuguese

Ruth Rouvier

PhD Linguistics Miskito (Dissertation Research)
Arianna Wassmann MPH Public Health Portuguese

2017 Summer Fellows  

2017 Summer Fellows  

Name Program Language
Maglyn Bertrand MA Ethnomusicology Quechua
Celene Bolaños BA Literature Spanish
Vera Chang PhD Environmental Science, Policy & Management Spanish
Giueseppina Forte PhD Architecture Portuguese
Livia Houston MSW Social Work Spanish

Maria Ochoa Villicana

PhD Spanish and Portuguese Portuguese
Robert Uvanovic MBA Business Administration Spanish

2016-17 Academic Year Fellows  

2016-17 Academic Year Fellows  

Name Program Language
Jack Chung MA City Planning and Public Health Portuguese
Rachel Lim PhD Ethnic Stuides Spanish

Juliet Nussbaum

MPH Public Health Spanish
Mathias Poertner PhD Political Science Spanish
Naomi Schoenfeld PhD Anthropology Spanish
Andrew Snyder MA Music (Ethnomusicology) Portuguese

2016 Summer Fellows  

2016 Summer Fellows  

Name Program Language
Claire Boone PhD Health Economics  Portuguese
Alexandra Brostoff PhD Comparative Literature Portuguese
Christopher Carter PhD Political Science Quechua
Miles Culpepper PhD History Spanish
Giuseppina Forte PhD Architecture Portuguese
Brent Klapthor MS/MD with UCB/UCSF Joint Medical Program Spanish
Silvia Laserna MDP Development Practice Portuguese
Daniel Morberg MS Health and Medical Sciences Portuguese
Christa Morris MS/MD with UCB/UCSF Joint Medical Program Spanish
Maria Ochoa-Villacana PhD Spanish and Portuguese Portuguese
Maria Kei Oldiges MDP Development Practice Portuguese

Saharai Ortiz

MPH Public Health Portuguese
Ruth Rovier PhD Linguistics Miskitu

2015-16 Academic Year Fellows  

2015-16 Academic Year Fellows  

Name Program Language
Heather Bromfield MCP Architecture/Urban Planning Portuguese
Sara Green MSW Social Welfare Spanish
Marisa Johnson MBA Business Administration Portuguese

Matthew Pecenco

PhD Economics Spanish
Zoe Roller MCP Architecture/Urban Planning Portuguese

2015 Summer Fellows  

2015 Summer Fellows  

Name Program Language
Rina Breakstone MSW Social Welfare Spanish
Heather Bromfield MCP Architecture/Urban Planning Portuguese

Laura Dev

PhD Environmental Science, Policy & Management

Shipibo

Lauren Withey PhD Environmental Science, Policy & Management Spanish