Scholarship Awardees and Finalists
We are delighted to announce this year’s national scholarship awards recipients and finalists as they come in. University of Massachusetts Amherst’s undergraduates, graduates, and postgraduate students share how they plan to utilize their awards to fulfill their research, studies, and teaching goals. Congratulations to all recipients and finalists!
Recent Scholarship and Awardee Finalists
June Ahn '25
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Commonwealth Honors College
Kevin Alexander '25
Chemistry (B.S.), Physics (B.S.), Mathematics (B.S.); Commonwealth Honors College
Fiona Almeida '28
Doctoral student; Major and minor: Community Health Education and Anthropology
Ryan Bahous-Boldi '25
Major and Minor: Computer Science, Minor: Psychology and Philosophy; Commonwealth Honors College
Scott Barrow '25
Fulbright Study/Research Award; Country: Denmark; Commonwealth Honors College
Sabrina Chhorn '24
Rangel Graduate Fellowship Finalist
Pickering Fellowship Finalist
Fulbright ETA: South Korea; Commonwealth Honors College
Joshua Correia '23
Psychology and English double major with a German minor; Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship: Germany
Maya Couto '25
Major: Public Policy; Minor: Sustainable Community Development; Commonwealth Honors College
Ella Ford '26
Psychology major; Education minor; Commonwealth Honors College
Loren Isotalo '24
Dual degree in BA Music (History) and BA Classics (Archaeology); Commonwealth Honors College
Kefiana Kabati '25
Critical Language Scholarship Awardee
Graduate student; Bilingual, ESL and Multicultural Education
Skye McMorris '23
Fulbright Research/Study Award; Country: Belgium; Commonwealth Honors College
Lauren Musshorn '21
B.S. in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Conservation; Masters of Science in Geographic Information Science and Technology
Avery Schroder '24
BA in Spanish and a minor in linguistics; certification in TESOL; Commonwealth Honors College
Brandon Silver '24
Triple Major-Dual Degree with a BS in Sport Management & Economics and a BA in Russian, Eurasian & Polish Studies; Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship
Vandrey Sisson '24
Major: Biology; Commonwealth Honors College
Tamar Stollman '22
Dual degree in political science and international social justice (individual concentration) with a minor in Spanish; Commonwealth Honors College
Bridget Twombly '24
Biomedical Engineering; RCSI StAR PhD Programme
Gwen Van Allen '25
Major: Natural Resources Conservation; Minor: Linguistics; Commonwealth Honors College
Brahm VanAntwerp '23
Environmental Science; Natural Resources Conservation; Commonwealth Honors College
Hannah Jury '23
Sustainable Community Development; Economics; Commonwealth Honors College
Renee Owen '23
Fulbright Study/Research Award
Biology; German and Scandinavian Studies; Commonwealth Honors College
Sara MacManus '23
Fulbright Study/Research Award Finalist
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; German and Scandinavian Studies; Commonwealth Honors College
Amrita Adak '23
Individual Concentration; Biology; Commonwealth Honors College
Anna Shahbazyan '23
Anna Shahbazyan: Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship; English; Comparative Literature; Commonwealth Honors College
Emily Nguyen '21
Communication Disorders; Spanish; Linguistics
Jordan Legaspi '25
Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology
Julia Burke '23
Biomedical Engineering; Mathematics; Commonwealth Honors College
Kiara Batista '22
Legal Studies; Portuguese; Commonwealth Honors College
Liam Lustberg '22
Legal Studies; Commonwealth Honors College
Michael Redington '22
Psychology; Neuroscience; Commonwealth Honors College
Rafael de Pillis '22
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Commonwealth Honors College
Tameah B. Chandler '27
Ph.D. Candidate in Education, International Education concentration; Education Policy, Research, and Administration
Tiffany Huynh '23
Tiffany Huynh: Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship; English; Comparative Literature; Commonwealth Honors College
Yoojee Kim '23
Spanish; Linguistics; Commonwealth Honors College
Wes Walsh '24
Biology, Commonwealth Honors College
Soha Habib '23
Political Science; History; Commonwealth Honors College
Emi Aleksanyan '24
Linguistics; Psychology; Commonwealth Honors College
Jeffrey Gomez '25
Computer Science; Mathematics