Awards Received by English Majors

Fulbright Student Program

2005

Bridget Kustin '05 won a Fulbright full grant which funded her project to conduct research in regarding the role of Islam in the lives of women working in garment factories in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

 

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Recipients

2001-2002

Tara Ebrahimi , an Iranian-American, won the Watson J. Fellowship ($18,000) to study the role of women in Islamic Sufi culture. Ebrahimi visited a number of Sufi communities in Europe and Australia. 

1999-2000

Daniel Myers , an English/Music major at Whitman and a graduate of Gonzaga Preparatory School of Spokane, Washington visited the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to study traditional Irish music and to master the uillean pipes.

1996-1997

Kinoka Onnah Ogsbury won a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship ($18,000) for her project on weaving as a form of cross-cultural communication in Guatemala, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, and Bhutan. She majored in English and minored in Spanish, speaks Arapahoe, and has studied French for nine years and Spanish for three.

Amanda Walker won a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship ($18,000) for her project on theatrical combat. She will study with professional fight directors in London and visit museums and castles in England, Scotland, Germany, and Austria to study Medieval and Renaissance weapons and armor. She is a double-major in English and Theatre.

1995-1996

Chris DeBenedetti won a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship ($16,000) for his study of traditional beer brewing techniques in West Africa and Europe.

 

Beinecke Memorial Scholarship Recipients

1998

Sonya Hess won a Beinecke Memorial Scholarship to pursue graduate study in creative writing.

1996

Jessica Palmer won the Beinecke Memorial Scholarship ($32,000). Jessica, a double major in English and Biology, also won a Goldwater Scholarship ($7,500), an award in science.

 

Additional Recent Awards

Candace Barlow won a Fulbright Fellowship (1994) to study in Germany. Candace was a double major in English and German.

Juniper Ellis won an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities (1992-97), a Fulbright Fellowship (1993) to study in New Zealand, and a Jacob J. Javits Fellowship (1992; declined).

Other Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in the Humanities have been won by Eric Spencer, Nathan (Nate) Johnson, and Karen Kingsbury.