Fellowships have helped Oxy students and alumni pursue opportunities around the world. In these blog entries, Oxy fellowships recipients share their stories and advice for future applicants.
Paris Chang ‘24 was awarded an English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) through Fulbright in Taiwan. At Oxy, Paris was an English major, and an Education minor. Paris’ Fulbright experience began in fall of 2025.
Charlie Carver ‘25 was awarded a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) award to Japan. At Oxy, Charlie was a Diplomacy and World Affairs major, and an Asian Studies minor. Charlie’s CLS experience began in summer of 2025 and has recently come to an end.
Aidan Trinity '24 was awarded a Fulbright ETA (English Teaching Assistantship) award to Mexico. His Fulbright experience began in Fall of 2024. At Oxy, Aidan was a double major, DWA and Group Language, with a Linguistics minor.
Sophie Prado-Tucker '25 was awarded an ETA (English Teaching Assistantship) through Fulbright to teach in Taiwan. At Oxy, Sophie was an Arts & Art History major, Asian Studies minor. Sophie’s Fulbright experience began in Fall of 2025 and came to an end on July 1, 2026.
Liisa Halloran '24 was awarded a Fulbright Research grant to Italy to research and produce a feature length documentary on the history of gendered violence in post-war Italy through the lens of first generation Italian-Americans. At Oxy, Liisa was a MAC Major, and a Gender, Womens, Sexuality Studies Minor.
Rachel Aujero '26 was awarded a Judicial Fellowship through the Capital Fellows Program.
Lily Gebhart '25 was awarded both a "Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship" (DOE CSGF) and a "National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship" (NSF GRF), and will be pursuing the DOE CSGF which will fund her PhD research work at Stanford as well as an internship at a national laboratory to further her thesis research.
Aurelia Mendez-Ortega '28 received the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship which will support her internship work on AI training programs in South Korea.
Mary Everett Hancock '23 was awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which will fund 3 years of her PhD and allow her to dive deeper into her research which focuses on the intersection of urban economics and disability.
Leslie Peña '27 received the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to support an important internship opportunity in South Korea this Summer.