Graduate Summer Support Awards

The College of Letters and Science Dean’s Office is pleased to offer three summer support 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 Support Awards

The Dean's Graduate Summer Support Award 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 award program is offered every summer for Ph.D. and M.F.A. students and is supported in part by the generous contributions made by Alan Templeton and other College donors.

Support Awards in Action

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

• Dean's Graduate Summer Support Award Recipients

• 2023

  Anthropology: Morganne Blais-McPherson, Alaina Brenner, Thiago De Oliveira Braga, Mariel Garcia Llorens, Edgar Huerta
  Art: Elaine Nguyen, Nicole Rico, Seongmin Yoo
  Chemistry: Yun-Pu Chang, Cheng-En Hsieh
  Communication: Zhengyi Liang, Qiankun Zhong
  Comparative Literature: Benjamin Fong, Kyle Proehl, Ruinong Yin
  Creative Writing: Trevor Bashaw, Nadaa Hussein, Hans Wagner
  Cultural Studies: Wayne Jopanda, Beshara Kehdi, Tobias Smith
  Design: Ladan Joharizadeh, Maral Salehian
  Earth and Planetary Science: Joy Foluso
  Economics: Eunju Lee, Xiangtao (Jeremy) Meng, Yuan Tuo, Jaeyoung Yoo
  English: Leslie Dumont, Grace Hayes, Kaceylee Klein, Andrea Yang
  French and Francophone Studies: Zachary Scovel
  German: Adam Davis
  History: Ibrahim Anoba, Huseyin Gocen, Temirlan Tileubek, Patricia Vidal Olivares, Yutong Zhan
  Linguistics: Stephen Eyman, Casey Felton, Zachary Houghton, Riley Stray
  Mathematics: Milo Bechtloff Weising, Nicholas Cazet, Jeffrey Nichols
  Music: Tugrul Orkun Akyol, Ana Diaz, Jennifer Sherrill
  Native American Studies: Vivienne Muller, Christina Thomas
  Performance Studies: Aramo Olaya Alvarez, Jamie Davidson, Erika Tsimbrovsky
  Philosophy: Dylan Goldman, Lel Jones, Jerome Romagosa
  Physics: Taro Brown, Subhobrata Chatterjee
  Political Science: Dylan Forrester, Yu-Shiuan Huang, Jill Laufer, Andrew Roskos-Ewoldsen
  Psychology: Christopher Coleman
  Religious Studies: Aron Tillema
  Sociology: Irina Chukhray, Chendong Pi, Emily Searl
  Spanish: Faith Blackhurst, Arcadio Bolanos Acevedo, Shelley Dykstra, Lillian Jones
  Statistics: Xuezhen Li

  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 Support Awards

The Margrit Mondavi Graduate Support Awards 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. Recipients are selected by the College’s Graduate Studies Support Committee (GSSC).

• Margrit Mondavi Graduate Support Award Recipients
• 2023
  English: Allison Fulton
  Native American Studies: Rye Purvis
  Religious Studies: Benjamin Fisher
  Spanish: Haley Williams
  
  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 Support Awards

The UC Davis Humanities Institute is additionally offering two support awards supported by a grant from the UC Office of the President to the UC-wide Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes. Each awardee will receive funding for summer research and may be invited to participate in meetings as part of a society of awardees in the fall. This award program is offered for Ph.D. students.

• UC Humanities Consortium Support Award Recipients
• 2023
  Comparative Literature: Elmira Louie
  History: Pooja Hazra 
  
  2022
  Cultural Studies: Scott Tsuchitani 
  Music: Leanny Munoz 
  
  2021
  Cultural Studies: Jasmine Wade
  English: Amanda Kong