Fulbright Recipients

Fourteen RLL students and alumni have been named Fulbright recipients in recent years. These deserving awardees pursue graduate study, conduct research, or are teaching English abroad in nine different countries across Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. 

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program partners with more than 140 countries worldwide, offering opportunities in all academic disciplines to qualified graduating college seniors, graduate students, and young professionals from all backgrounds.

Fulbright recipients work and live with the residents of their host country, gaining valuable educational and professional skills. However, the cultural immersion provides Fulbrighters with an even more rich experience. They will gain a better understanding of their host country’s way of life, challenges, and perspectives. According to the Fulbright website, “The program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in routine tasks, allowing the grantee to gain an appreciation of others’ viewpoints and beliefs, the way they do things, and the way they think. Through engagement in the community, individuals will interact with their hosts on a one-to-one basis in an atmosphere of openness, academic integrity, and intellectual freedom, thereby promoting mutual understanding.”

Marley Duerst, 2020 Spanish Major
Mexico, English Teaching Assistant Award

Julia Ebben, 2021 Spanish Major
Germany, Open Study/Research Award

Molly Kalb, 2021 French Major
Cyprus, English Teaching Assistant Award

Martina Villalobos, 2021 French Major
Germany, Open Study/Research Award

Claire Weil, 2021 Spanish Major
Spain, English Teaching Assistant Award

Megan Bloem, 2020 Spanish Major
Portugal, English Teaching Assistantship

Annika Topelian, 2020 Spanish Major
Armenia, English Teaching Assistantship

Olivia Vitton, 2020 French major
Germany, English Teaching Assistantship

Courtney Caulkins, 2019 Spanish Major/Portuguese Minor
Brazil, English Teaching Assistantship

Griffin St. Onge, 2019 French Major
France, English Teaching Assistantship

Michael Ward, 2019 RLL Major
Taiwan, English Teaching Assistantship

Neala Berkowski, 2017 Spanish major
Mexico, English Teaching Assistantship

Merin McDivitt, 2018 Spanish major
Mexico, Binational Internship

Sofia Squatriti, 2018 French Major
Mexico, English Teaching Assistantship

For more information about the program or to apply, visit the Fulbright U.S. Student Program website.