Morgan Chen (A&S ’24), of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, graduated with majors in German and psychology and minors in LGBT and critical sexuality studies. Inspired by her time spent studying abroad in Heidelberg, Chen will serve as an English teaching assistant in Germany before pursuing graduate school for mental health counseling.
Richa Desai (A&S ’23), of Metuchen, New Jersey, graduated with anthropology and computational biology majors and a global health minor. The Frederick Honors College alumnus received the Fulbright Study/Research UK award to attend the University of Leeds and pursue a master’s degree in history with research focusing on data production during smallpox eradication efforts in 1968 in Maharashtra, India.
Kruthika Doreswamy (A&S ’21, SPH ’22G), of East Windsor, New Jersey, will research health-seeking behaviors of stroke patients and explore the unmet rehabilitation needs of survivors in the stroke clinic at Kasturba Medical College of Manipal in India.
Ashley Feiler (A&S ’23), of Reading, Pennsylvania, graduated with majors in linguistics and English writing and minors in secondary education and Swahili. The Frederick Honors College alumna wants to become a secondary education teacher and will spend her Fulbright year as an English teaching assistant in the Czech Republic.
Chinyere Okonkwo (A&S ’24), of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, graduated with political science and sociology majors and French, transatlantic studies and African studies minors. Inspired by the Senegalese community she grew up in and her Nigerian heritage, Okonkwo will spend her Fulbright year as an English teaching assistant in Senegal.
Ebonee Rice-Nguyen, of Pittsburgh, is a senior in the Dietrich School majoring in English writing and minoring in English literature and gender, sexuality and women’s studies. Rice-Nguyen will serve as an English teaching assistant in South Korea before pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in nonfiction English writing with the goal of teaching as a professor.
Michaela Saporito (A&S ’23), of State College, Pennsylvania, graduated with history and linguistics majors and minors in political science, global studies, Latin American studies, Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian culture. The Frederick Honors College alumna will serve as an English teaching assistant in Taiwan. After her Fulbright year, she plans to pursue a master’s degree in elementary education and a certification in teaching English as a second language to become an elementary school teacher.
Zane Troxel (A&S ’23), of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, graduated with a major in English literature and a German minor. Troxel plans to further his understanding of Germany’s “Erinnerunskultur,” or memory culture, and the German language while serving as an English teaching assistant; he hopes to prepare for a future as a secondary education German teacher.
Lily Wilson (A&S ’24), of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, graduated with German and history majors and a political science minor. Wilson plans to deepen her understanding of the language and enrich her enthusiasm for teaching as an English teaching assistant in Germany.
Brandon Yee, (A&S ’19, EDUC ’23G), of Media, Pennsylvania, will serve as an English teaching assistant in Taiwan to further his career as an ESL teacher and contribute to Taiwan’s initiative to reach English-Chinese bilingualism by 2030.
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