Meet Our Fellows
San Francisco State University students have won the following fellowships. Recent fellowship winners have kindly shared their experiences in applying for, and embarking on, nationally competitive and CSU system-wide fellowships. Click on the links for web stories or personal narratives by S.F. State fellows. The latter will give you a ‘behind the scenes’ look at fellowships and the process of applying for these opportunities.
Boren Fellowship
- Brandon Thomas, 2012, International Relations graduate student
California Pre-Doctoral Scholars Program
Read these biographies of S. F. State’s Pre-Doctoral Scholars, including those of Jia Wei Zhang, a Pre-Doctoral Scholar who went on to win the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP), and Syl Kocieda, who went on to win a Ford Predoctoral Fellowship.
Centers for Disease Control – Public Health Associate Program (CDC PHAP) Fellowship
- Al F. Aparicio, 2012, Health Education undergraduate
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program
- Jeremy Breningstall, 2013, Philosophy graduate student, Mandarin
- Jennifer White, 2013, Philosophy graduate student, Mandarin
- Nora Elmeligy, 2012, Broadcast Journalism undergraduate, Arabic in Amman, Jordan
- Jennifer Lee, 2011, Linguistics undergraduate, Japanese in Kyoto, Japan
- Brandon Thomas, 2011, International Relations graduate student, Turkish in Izmir, Turkey
- Katerina Yeaw, 2009, History graduate student, Arabic in Alexandria, Egypt
- Denise Long, 2008, Chinese Language graduate student, Mandarin in Suzhou, China
- Amar Puri, 2007, Linguistics undergraduate, Hindi in Jaipur, India
DACOR (Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired) Bacon House Fellowship
- Hannah Baker, 2013, Chinese Language graduate student
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst – German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- Eliot Morrison, 2012, graduate student in biochemistry; graduate scholarship for doctoral studies
- Daniel Craig Strickland, 2011, undergraduate scholarship
- Christine Germain, 2010, Study Scholarship for Artists & Musicians – Dance
- Augustus Simons, 2009, undergraduate scholarship
Education Pioneers
- Esmeralda Xochitl Flores, 2010, Communication Studies graduate student
Environmental Protection Agency – Science to Achieve Results (EPA STAR) Fellowship
- Brittany Huntington, 2005-2006, Biology graduate student
Fulbright
Creative Arts Grants
- Jessica A. Walker, 2008-2009, Filmmaking, Australia; Conceptual and Information Arts graduate student
- Karen D. Davis, 1994-1995, Filmmaking, France
- Denise Nicole Pollentier, 2004-2005, Creative Writing, Iceland; Creative Writing graduate student
- ReLiang Tsang, 1999-2000, Art and Architectural History, Taiwan
Research Grants
- Erdem Durgunoglu, Anthropology, Turkey; Anthropology graduate student
- Illan Cerna-Turoff, 2011-2012, Women's Studies, Uruguay; Ethnic Studies graduate student
- Katrina Yeaw, 2009-2010, Islamic Studies, Syria; History graduate student
- Kylene S. Guse, 2008-2009,Sociology, Brazil; Sexuality Studies graduate student
- Caroline E. Dingle, 2001-2002 ,Biology, Ecuador; Ecology and Systematic graduate student
- Benjamin C. Wang, 1998-1999, Biology, Cameroon; Ecology and Systematic graduate student
English Teaching Assistantships
- Phung Nguyen, 2013-14, South Korea; Education, Equity and Social Justice graduate student
- Meredith Simpson, 2013-14, Mexico; Bilingual Education graduate student
- Soraya Okuda, 2013-14, Taiwan; International Relations and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies undergraduate alumna
- Christina Lorimer, 2011-2012, Brazil; English/TESOL graduate student
- Mark West, 2010-2011 Azerbaijan; English/Composition graduate student
- Christopher Graham, 2010-2011, French Government program; French Language Studies undergraduate
- Ebru Akcasu, 2009-2010, French Government program; History graduate student
- Kenny Loui, 2008-2009, Korea; Political Science graduate student
- Ramon A. Mislang, 2007-2008 Hong Kong; Japanese Studies undergraduate
- Christopher K. Tong, 2006-2007, Germany; Creative Writing graduate student
- Pamela L. Hughes, 2005-2006, South Korea; English/TESOL graduate student
- Jun M. Yamada, 2004-2005, South Korea
- Flora L. Ham, 2001-2002, South Korea
Gates-Cambridge
- Caroline E. Dingle, who won a Fulbright in Biology to Ecuador during her master's studies in biology at S.F. State, went on to win a Gates Cambridge Scholarship for PhD research at Cambridge,
Hearst/CSU Trustees Award
- Bryan Rojas-Arauz, 2013, College Counseling and Marriage, Family and Child Therapy graduate student – specially named AT&T Scholar.
- Marilyn Thomas, 2012, Public Health graduate student – Trustee Emeritus Ali C. Razi Scholar for top scoring recipient of the Award
- Betty Abraham, 2011, Cell and Molecular Biology undergraduate
- Adrienne Wilson, 2010, Public Health graduate student - Trustee Emeritus Murray L. Galinson Award for extraordinary public service
- Suzanne Pullen, 2009, Communication Studies graduate student – Trustee Emeritus Murray L. Galinson Award for extraordinary public service
- Laura Millar, 2008, Public Health graduate student
- Kathleen Rives, 2007, Social Psychology graduate student
- Fatima Jinnah, 2006, Counseling graduate student
Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers
- Liza Gesuden, 2010, Interdisciplinary Studies in Education graduate student
Javits Fellowship
- Jonathan King, 2011, in Directing; Cinema and Geography undergraduate
- David Washburn, 2010, in Cinema; Cinema Studies graduate student
- Crescent Diamond, 2009, in Cinema; Cinema Studies graduate student
- Bethynia Cardenas, 2007, in Cinema; Cinema Studies graduate student
- Lizabeth Rossof, 2005, in Studio Art and Photography; New Practices and Conceptual Arts graduate student
- Janet Martinez, 2000, in Cinema; Cinema Studies graduate student
- Victoria Gamburg, 2000, in Cinema; Cinema Studies graduate student
- Erin Ploss-Campoamor, 1999, in Cinema; Cinema Studies graduate student
- Cade Bursell, 1998, in Cinema; Cinema Studies graduate student
Markowski–Leach
- Anne Glaros, 2010, 2011, Art History graduate student
Merage Fellowship for New Americans
- Nandini Chattopadhyay, 2004, Anthropology undergraduate
Mellon Fellowship
- Brian Daniels, 2003-2004, Cultural Anthropology undergraduate
- Darryl Stephens, 1998-1999
National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF – GRFP)
- Steven Collazos, 2013, Mathematics graduate student
- Joachim Pedersen, 2012, Engineering undergraduate
- Forrest Horton, 2010, Geosciences graduate student
- Genevieve Walden, 2009, Biology graduate student
- Nelly Lau, 2003, Engineering undergraduate
- Seth Sullivant, 2001, Mathematics graduate student
National Science Foundation – East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI)
- Tina Cheng, 2010, Biology graduate student
Princess Grace Awards
- Victoria Gamburg, 2004-05, Graduate Award in Film; Cinema Studies graduate student
- John Lightfoot, 2003-04, Graduate Award in Film; Cinema Studies graduate student
- Natalija Vekic, 2003-04, Undergraduate Award in Film; Cinema Studies graduate student
- Angel Vasquez, 2002-03, Graduate Award in Film; Cinema Studies graduate student
Galway Doctoral Research Scholarship, National University of Ireland, Galway
- Chanté Mouton, 2011, doctoral research award in the humanities; English Literature graduate student
Switzer Environmental Fellowship
- Mary Brown, 2005-06, Geography graduate student
Truman
- Rebekah Enoch, 2006, International Relations undergraduate
Udall
- Charlotte Ely, 2005, Environmental Studies/Natural Resource Management and Conservation undergraduate
