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