The College of Letters and Science Dean’s Office is pleased to offer three summer fellowship awards for graduate students. The awards reaffirm the College’s commitment to graduate student scholarship and research, and ensure that students facing financial hardship may continue to excel academically.

Dean's Graduate Summer Fellowships

The Dean's Graduate Summer Fellowship program is supported in part by smaller donations made to the College's Annual Fund. Recipients are selected by the College’s Graduate Studies Support Committee (GSSC) on the basis of their academic achievement (GPA greater than 3.50), having submitted a sound plan for their summer research, and having demonstrated financial need, defined as having limited financial support during the summer. This fellowship program is offered every summer for Ph.D. and M.F.A. students.

Fellowship Support in Action

Read about how three graduate students advanced their research thanks to fellowship support. 

• Dean's Graduate Summer Fellowship Award Recipients

• 2022
  Anthropology: Taylor Bell, Yingru Chen, Luis Angel Flores-Blanco, Patricia McNeill, Jessica Morales
  Applied Mathematics: Xuxing Chen, Margaret Knight
  Art: Jordan Benton, Justine Di Fiore, William Maxen
  Biostatistics: Chenghuiyun Xu
  Communications: Haoning Xue, Qiankun Zhong
  Comparative Literature: Tianyun Hua, Kyle Proehl, Xuesong Shao
  Creative Writing: Nikolas Andrieu, Harrison Dietzman, Claudia Ross
  Cultural Studies: June Chau, Jacob Hagelberg, Wayne Jopanda
  Design: Cristina Gomez, Alejandra Ruiz, Rova Cigdem Yilmaz
  Dramatic Art: Teresa Arenas Salas
  Earth and Planetary Sciences: Luis Erick Aguirre Palafox, Benjamin Faulkner
  Economics: Yumeng Gu, Seojung (Cate) Oh, Tina Danting Zhang
  English: Stacey Baran, Briel Brown, Clara Jimenez, Emily Rich, Natalie Robertson
  French and Francophone Studies: Rob Hether, Zachary Scovel
  German: Adam Davis, Evan Martens
  History: Sadaf Bandeali, Oluwasola Daniels, Manoel Domingos Farias Rendeiro Neto, Nina Gonzalez, Alvaro Grompone, Ali Neyzi
  Linguistics: Zachary Houghton, Ashley Keaton, Jamie Lee
  Mathematics: Nicholas Cazet, James Hughes, Warut Thawinrak, Houbo Wang, William Wesley
  Music: Hsiang-Yu Mark Feng, Anushka Kulkarni
  Native American Studies: Colton Brandau, Vivienne Muller, Shawna Yazzie
  Performance Studies: Jamie Davidson, Isa (Cynthia) Leal, Eric Taggart
  Philosophy: Natasha Haddal, Patrick Skeels, Ramiel Tamras
  Physics: Weixuan Hu
  Political Science: Marika Miner
  Psychology: Ruohan Xia
  Religious Studies: Westin Harris, Aron Tillema
  Sociology: Courtney Caviness, Yao Lu, Cetin Ozdemir
  Spanish: Shelley Dykstra
  Statistics: Yejiong Zhu
  
  2021
  Anthropology: Corey Johnson, Muneeza Rizvi
  Applied Math: Yuan Ni, Qianhui Wan
  Art: Emily Gordon, Kelley O'Leary
  Biostatistics: Xiner Zhou
  Communication: Haoning Xue, Xudong Yu
  Comparative Literature: Jala Alarja, Jihan Shaarawi
  Creative Writing: Diane Nicole Javier, Teagan Steele-Fisher
  Cultural Studies: Joshua Redwine, Scott Tsuchitani
  Design: Sima Pirmoradi, Alireza Vaziri Rahimi
  Dramatic Art: Ann Dragich, Joseph Fletcher
  Economics: Alaa Abdelfattah, Eunju Lee
  English: Ava Bindas, Allison Fulton
  Geology: Dylan Vasey
  German: Jesse Archbold, Aylin Bademsoy
  History: Anna Free, Joel Olea-Calixto
  Linguistics: Zachary Houghton, Skyler Reese
  Mathematics: Stephanie Gaston, Houbo Wang
  Music: Jonathan Minnick, Sun Ny Vang
  Native American Studies: Cinthya Ammerman
  Performance Studies: Jamie Davidson, Isa Leal
  Philosophy: Chanwoo Lee, Selcuk Kaan Tabakci
  Physics: Yi Chung
  Political Science: Ipek Tugce Bahceci, David Bracken
  Religious Studies: Megan Kirchoff, Aron Tillema
  Sociology: Evan Lauteria
  Spanish: Leonardo de Oliveira Silva, Jessica Rodrigues-Poletti
  Statistics: Yuxuan Zhang, Yejiong Zhu

Margrit Mondavi Graduate Fellowships

The Margrit Mondavi Graduate Fellowships are offered through the College and made possible by a bequest from the late Robert and Margrit Mondavi. The awards provide funding to support research, workshops and travel for graduate students in Ph.D. and M.F.A. programs in the humanities, arts and cultural studies. The UC Davis Humanities Institute, housed in the College of Letters and Science, coordinates the announcement and awarding of the Margit Mondavi Graduate Fellowships.

• Margrit Mondavi Graduate Fellowship Award Recipients
• 2022
  Creative Writing: Emily Masuda
  Design: Martha Wacker
  French and Francophone Studies: Lamia Mezzour-Hodson 
  Spanish: Brooke Kipling 
  
  2021
  Music: Elizabeth Campbell
  Native American Studies: Christina Thomas, Katelyn Stiles
  Dramatic Art: Justin Yancher
  Art: Helia Pouyanfar
  Design: Edward Whelan

UC Humanities Consortium Fellowships

The UC Davis Humanities Institute is additionally offering two fellowships supported by a grant from the UC Office of the President to the UC-wide Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes. Each fellow will receive funding for summer research and will participate in meetings as part of a society of fellows in the fall. Please visit the DHI's Articles and Stories column for details on the winners. This fellowship program is offered for Ph.D. students.

• UC Humanities Consortium Fellowship Award Recipients

• 2022
  Cultural Studies: Scott Tsuchitani 
  Music: Leanny Munoz 
  
  2021
  Cultural Studies: Jasmine Wade
  English: Amanda Kong