Emma Dabelko – Indiana University, major in International Studies, with minors in Environmental and Sustainability Studies and Global Service and Peace Corps Preparation. Workshop language: SWAHILI

A student at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and international Studies, Emma plans to work at an international NGO focusing on climate change, health issues, food security, and/or human rights. She already has extensive experience, having studied abroad in Denmark, volunteered in Honduras, and participated in dual immersion programs. Emma plans to use the cultural and language skills she is developing now to better connect to the communities she will work to serve in the future.

Natasha Dorr-Kapczynski – University of Georgia, with majors in Asian Languages and Literatures and Romance Languages. Workshop language: ADVANCED CHINESE

Planning a career in international non-profits with a focus on the environment and education in China, Taiwan, and Latin America, Natasha has demonstrated her commitment to language education by volunteering as a Spanish teacher and interpreter in her community and her commitment to the environment by working with organizations like Sierra Club Georgia and Georgia Conservation Voters. She also co-founded youth-led climate justice group Georgia for the Planet and organized her city’s first Earth Day celebration. She plans to use her advanced Chinese skills to develop culturally-sensitive communication skills and advanced language proficiency critical to her professional development as an international non-profit leader.

Administered by the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research, the Title VIII program promotes regional expertise at the national level by funding graduate students to study the languages of Eastern Europe and the states of the former Soviet Union.

• Azerbaijani
  • Marissa Buffo, UCLA
  • Laura Leddy, Cornell University
  • Rex Sprouse, Indiana University

• Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
  • Carl Dahlman, Miami University
  • Erin Tupman, Indiana University
  • Brian Yang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• Estonian
  • Joel Evans, University of Kansas

• Hungarian
  • Patrick O'Rourke, Indiana University
  • Quentin Swaryzcewski, Princeton University

• Kyrgyz
  • Jessica Saeli, University of Wisconsin

• Latvian
  • Ramutis Kiparskis, Critical Resource Sciences Company
  • Alina Williams, Marnita's Table

• Lithuanian
  • Michelle Adams, Indiana University
  • David Kurkovskiy, University of California Berkeley

• Polish
  • Ariana Gunderson, Indiana University

• Russian
  • Manuel Berduc, Cornell University
  • Alexandra Blaha, Indiana University
  • Rebecca Chavez, University of Colorado
  • Sarah Dorr, University of Connecticut
  • Erin Dunbar, University of California Berkeley
  • Mattingly Gerasimovich, Northwestern University
  • Noa Gur-Arie, European University at St. Petersburg
  • Deandrea Hawkins, Millsaps College
  • David Kaminsky, State University of New York at Binghamton
  • Katharine Khamhaengwong, Indiana University
  • John Leake, Indiana University
  • Nellie Manis, American Councils for International Education
  • Victor Montgomery, California State University Long Beach
  • Luke Parra, University of Colorado
  • Jillian Porter, Indiana University
  • Alexandra Puccio, Rising MA
  • Heidi Sherman, Indiana University
  • William Smeal, Indiana University
  • Elexis Williams, University of Minnesota
  • Adam Willson, Rising MA
  • Taylor Wilson, University of Washington

• Ukrainian
  • Rebecca Craft, Indiana University
  • Ty Goering, Indiana University
  • Margaret Menge, Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce
  • Yacov Zohn, University of Wisconsin

Project ‘Global Officer” improves the language skills, regional expertise, and intercultural communication skills of future military officers by providing scholarships for summer language training to ROTC students. The 2021 Project GO scholars were:

• Arabic
  • Caleigh Fink, Boston University
  • Karlijozef Piedad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Ben Whatcott, Brigham Young University
  • Morgan Yandow Harding, Hamilton University

• Chinese
  • Hannah Alexander, Spelman College
  • Mary Ellen Ashley, Furman University
  • Grace Chong, Brown University
  • Sammy DeLorenzo, Cornell University
  • Ryan DeVries, Duke University
  • Ryan Eells, The Catholic University of America
  • Eve Harris, University of North Georgia
  • William Jensen, The Citadel
  • Luke Jones, University of Idaho
  • James Lin, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • Peter Nguyen, Norwich University
  • Elissa Whitcomb, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • Kayla Young, Texas Christian University
  • Yongyi (Stephanie) Zhu, University of San Francisco

• Russian
  • Sam Araujo, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Michael Atterbury, Northern Illinois University
  • Anthony Cascello, George Washington University
  • Noah Fox, Cornell University
  • James Gonzales, Georgetown University
  • Long Le, Wilkes University

• Turkish
  • Julie Markland, Coastal Carolina University
  • Samuel Raymo, University of South Carolina

Project Go Taiwan

• Chinese
  • Vaughn Allen, Iowa State University
  • Thomas Burnette, Brigham Young University
  • Nina Gettings, Fordham University
  • Gavin Harbo, University of Saint Thomas, Saint Paul
  • Caelin Hoben, Baylor University
  • Anders Johnson, State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • Leo Kahan, College of the Holy Cross
  • Michal Kozlowski, Princeton University
  • Abigail McRea, Princeton University
  • Killian Meade, Bowling Green State University
  • Allen Moy, Marquette University
  • Masahito Nishimura, University of Connecticut
  • Connor Parkinson, Washington State University
  • Milan Ragasa, University of Hawaii, Manoa
  • Noora Rehman, Rutgers University
  • Morgan Sackett, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Sarah Sams, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Brennan Skirzenski, Indiana University
  • Matthew Tsai, Fordham University
  • Jack Warner, Vanderbilt University

Foreign Language and Area Studies Awards are funded by the United States Department of  Education in support of students studying less commonly taught languages, in particular, those considered to be of critical interest to the United States. FLAS Awards promote the training of students who plan to make their careers in fields where knowledge of foreign languages and cultures is a prerequisite to success.

The 2021 Workshop's FLAS Awardees were (by their sponsoring programs):

• African Studies Program
  • Patrick Lee (Arabic), Indiana University
  • Jaycee Chapman (Swahili), Indiana University

• Center for the Study of Global Change
  • Eleni Econopouly (Arabic), University of North Carolina
  • Khadijah Siddeeq (Arabic), IUPUI
  • Cody Billock (Chinese), Ohio University
  • Samuel Attea (Russian), University of Dayton
  • Cyrus Green (Russian), Indiana University
  • Rachel Kelly (Russian), Oklahoma State University
  • Alexander Kukura (Russian), Indiana University
  • Miriam Maddox (Russian), Indiana University
  • Maurice Ruttimann (Turkish), University of California Berkeley

• Center for Study of Middle East (all studying Arabic)
  • Cecilia Ball, Indiana University
  • Elizabeth Dexter, Indiana University
  • Evan Hochstein, Yale University
  • Emma Holdren, Indiana University
  • Madison McEwen, Indiana University
  • Anna O'Meara, University of Victoira
  • Mary Streett, Indiana University

• East Asian Studies Center
  • Wade Bartlett (Chinese), Indiana University
  • Daniel Robinson (Chinese), Indiana University
  • Yanira Rhymer-Stuart (Korean), Rising MA student

• Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center
  • Soyoung Kim (Azerbaijani), Indiana University
  • Claire Jacobson (Kurdish), Indiana University
  • Casey Edgarian (Mongolian), Indiana University
  • Kristie Voss (Turkish), Indiana University

• Islamic Studies Center
  • Jenna Felty (Arabic), Indiana University
  • Hayleigh Keasling (Arabic), Indiana University
  • Samuel Robertson (Russian), Indiana University

• Russian & East European Institute (all studying Russian)
  • Katrina Brazhnikov, Friends School of Baltimore
  • Molly Burhans, Indiana University
  • Andrew Carringer, Indiana University
  • Gabriel Kelly, George Washington University
  • Alex Langstaff, New York University
  • Katherine Leung, San Jose Unified School District
  • Joshua Owen, Purdue University
  • Mallory Pence, Indiana University
  • Amanda Sutton, Baylor University
  • Kyle Tucker, Indiana University
  • Kathleen Warner, Sarah Lawrence College
  • Sydney Zulich, Indiana University

"The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies provides scholarships for students studying Estonian, Latvian, or Lithuanian in BALSSI, the Baltic Studies Summer Institute, which was part of the Language Workshop in 2021.

The AABS Scholarship for was awarded to Kevin Kwong, a linguistics major at Cornell University. Kevin plans to use his Estonian skills in his research and his academic career in Baltic and Fenno-Ugric linguistics."

The HLS Scholarships are funded in part by alumni and supporters of the Workshop. Meet this year's HLS Scholarship recipients.

• Akan
  • Kimberly Shella, Southern Illinois University

• Azerbaijani
  • Nathan Kornfeind, Lafayette College

• Chinese
  • Jordan Ramirez, Indiana University

• Hakha Lai
  • Alexis Meier, Hope for Tomorrow

• Lithuanian
  • Alecsy Christensen-Rusteika, Adobe, Inc.

• Persian
  • Aram Ebrahimian, Kenyon College
  • Lillian Kahler, Triangle Math and Science Academy
  • Nathanael Mark, Rockhurst University
  • Dr. Liladhar Ramchandra Pendse, University of California Berkeley
  • Anika Schroeder, De Soto High School

Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 student awards for Outstanding Academic Achievement. (Multiple winners in a language reflect multiple levels and multiple sections in that language.)

• Akan
  
  • Kimberly Shella

• Arabic
  
  • Eleni Econopouly (Arabic 1)
  • Evan Hochstein (Arabic 2)
  • Mary Streett (Arabic 2)
  • Elizabeth Dexter (Arabic 3)
  • Kevin Reidy (Arabic 4)
  • Mohamed Shedeed (Arabic 5)

• Azerbaijani
  • Nathan Kornfeind

• Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
  • Brian Young (BCS 1)
  • Erin Tupman (BCS 2)

• Chinese
  • Mary Ashley (Chinese 1)
  • Julia Conner (Chinese 2)
  • Shreya Mapadath (Chinese 2)
  • Selene Lam (Chinese 2)
  • Samuel DeLorenzo (Chinese 3)
  • Natasha Dorr-Kapczynski (Chinese 4)

• Dutch
  • Luke Freeman (Dutch 1)

• Estonian
  • Kevin Kwong

• Hungarian
  • Quentin Swaryzcewsky

• Indonesian
  • Ailyah Banks

• Japanese
  • Adam Noffsinger

• Korean
  • Gabrielle Gray-Case (Korean 1)

• Kyrgyz
  • Jessica Saeli

• Latvian
  • Morgan Fox

• Lithuanian
  • Michelle Adams

• Mongolian
  • Laurie Day

• Pashto
  • Leah Henveld

• Persian
  • Nathanael Mark

• Polish
  • Ariana Gunderson

• Russian
  • Brittany Ham (Russian 1)
  • Rachel Kelly (Russian 2)
  • Gabrielle Klema (Russian 2)
  • Zachary Soldo (Russian 3)
  • Mallory Pence (Russian 3)
  • Grace Riegel (Russian 4)
  • April Gilbert (Russian 5)
  • Kyle Tucker (Russian 6)
  • Noa Gur-Arie (Russian 7)

• Swahili
  • Jaycee Chapman

• Turkish
  • Alex Jreisat (Turkish 1)
  • Mary Papadopoulos (Turkish 2)

• Ukrainian
  • Becky Craft

Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 student awards for Greatest Improvement in Language Proficiency. (Multiple winners in a language reflect multiple levels and multiple sections in that language.)

• Akan
  • Claudia Ankrah

• Arabic
  • Daniel Allan (Arabic 1)
  • Madison McEwen (Arabic 2)
  • Heidi Livingston (Arabic 2)
  • Ben Tomas Morgan (Arabic 3)
  • Mackenzie Campbell (Arabic 4)

• Azerbaijani
  • Soyoung Kim

• Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian
  • Amarandi Barrett (BCS 1)
  • Max Krajacic (BSC 2)

• Chinese
  • Grace Chong (Chinese 1)
  • Grace Yarger (Chinese 1)
  • Luke Jones (Chinese 2)
  • Nikki Paris (Chinese 2)
  • Bryan Nguyen (Chinese 2)
  • Conor Fogarty (Chinese 3)
  • Connor Ross (Chinese 4)

• Estonian
  • Charles Stucke

• Indonesian
  • Sydney Foreman

• Japanese
  • Ian Jones

• Korean
  • Jemia Walker (Korean 1)

• Kyrgyz
  • Frank Daley-Young

• Latvian
  • Joseph Frimel

• Lithuanian
  • Alecsy Rusteika-Christensen

• Mongolian
  • Casey Edgarian

• Pashto
  • Jason Kane

• Persian
  • Katrina Jordan

• Polish
  • Natasha Gibson

• Russian
  • Cyrus Green (Russian 1)
  • Alex Kukura (Russian 2)
  • Mary Rutemeyer (Russian 2)
  • Amanda Sutton (Russian 3)
  • Laine Boitos (Russian 3)
  • Emily Ziegler (Russian 4)
  • Elexis Williams (Russian 5)
  • Kaitlin Patton (Russian 6)
  • Taylor Wilson (Russian 7)

• Swahili
  • Emma Dabelko

• Turkish
  • Samuel Raymo (Turkish 1)
  • Maurice Ruttimann (Turkish 2)