Named Fellowships
Up to five fellowships, funded through the Graduate College, are available annually. Each award carries a fellowship in the amount of $2,000 per semester (fall and spring).
Submit nominations by emailing namedfellows@ohio.edu.
Nomination Materials
2024-2025 Named Fellowship Recipients
| Fellowship | Recipient |
|---|---|
| The John Cady Graduate Fellowship | Eva Liu Project Title: Feminist Theory of Our Own: Localized Production of Feminist Knowledge, Discourse and Identities in Digital China |
| The Donald Clippinger Graduate Fellowship | Isaiah Yasko Project Title: Advancing Hydrodynamic Bearings for Renewable Energy Sector Applications |
| The Claude Kantner Graduate Fellowship | Azmat Khan Project Title: The Discursive Construction of Adaptation, Mitigation, Resilience, and Vulnerability in Pakistan’s National Climate Change Policy: A Critical Discourse Perspective |
| The Anthony Trisolini Graduate Fellowship | Madeline Deshazer Project Title: Examining the Impact of Student-Teacher Relationships on Elementary School Teachers' Implementation of a Daily Report Card Intervention |
| Graduate College Fellowship | Nico Sartori Project Title: Investigating A Potential New Sea Antarctic Sea Ice State in the Context of the 20th Century |
2023-2024 Named Fellowship Recipients
| Fellowship | Recipient |
|---|---|
| The John Cady Graduate Fellowship | Scott Brooks Project Title: Utilizing green chemistry and bioderived materials to produce degradable biomaterial thermosets via additive manufacturing |
| The Donald Clippinger Graduate Fellowship | Peifeng Yu Project Title: Biochemical studies of ubiquitin-26S proteasome system (UPS) and autophagy in seed development |
| The Claude Kantner Graduate Fellowship | Chuck Kaminski Project Title: Re-framing Resilience as a Narrative Process: An Interpretive Study of the Mobile Art Project |
| The Anthony Trisolini Graduate Fellowship | Christopher St. John Project Title: How Can We Know Aliens? We Can't Even Know Rabbits? |
| Graduate College Fellowship | Alexandra Sempowski Project Title: Mind the gaps: Uncertainty quantification for models of strongly interacting matter with application to neutron-star properties |
2022-23 Named Fellowship Recipients
| Fellowship | Recipient |
|---|---|
| The John Cady Graduate Fellowship | Tao Lin Ph.D., Clinical Psychology Hometown: Zhejiang, China Project Title: The Effectiveness of Therapist Training in Tele-FIRST: Interpersonal Skills for Interfacing Challenges in Tele-Therapy |
| The Donald Clippinger Graduate Fellowship | Abhijit Sukul Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry Hometown: Patuakhali, Bangladesh Project Title: Identifying small RNAs associated with transition from the Primary to Secondary Cell Wall Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana |
| The Claude Kantner Graduate Fellowship | Grace Sikpokoo Ph.D., Communication Studies Hometown: Adukrom, Eastern Region, Ghana Project Title: Helping African American Breast Cancer Survivors Make Healthy Lifestyle Changes: The Role of Family Communication in Progression through the Stages of Change |
| The Anthony Trisolini Graduate Fellowship | Steven Strafford M.F.A., Playwriting Hometown: Many places including Brooklyn, NY, Old Bridge, NJ, NYC, and Chicago, IL Project Title: The Belle Tolls |
| Graduate College Fellowship | Marissa Dyck Ph.D., Biological Sciences Hometown: McMinnville, Oregon Project Title: When carnivores collide: Assessing resource overlap and co-occurrence of bobcats and coyotes in Ohio |
2021-22 Named Fellowship Recipients
| Fellowship | Recipient |
|---|---|
| The John Cady Graduate Fellowship | Dominic Ysidron Ph.D., Clinical Psychology Hometown: Raleigh, NC Project Title: Effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation on pain and nociception |
| The Donald Clippinger Graduate Fellowship | Kira Slepchenko Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology Hometown: Athens, Ohio Project Title: The role of hepcidin/ferroportin network in metabolism of zinc and iron in pancreatic beta-cells under physiological and inflammatory conditions |
| The Claude Kantner Graduate Fellowship | Heather Matthys Ph.D., Communication Studies Hometown: Lyons, NY Project Title: Adult-Children’s Experiences of a Caregiver’s Invisible Chronic Illnesses |
| The Anthony Trisolini Graduate Fellowship | Ivan Mosley M.F.A., Playwriting Hometown: Greensboro, NC Project Title: N/N |
| Graduate College Fellowship | Samuel Gutherz Ph.D., Biological Sciences Hometown: Honesdale, PA Project Title: Skeletal pneumaticity and decoupling mass-volume relationships in bone |
2020-21 Named Fellowship Recipients
| Fellowship | Recipient |
|---|---|
| The John Cady Graduate Fellowship | Samantha Margherio Ph.D., Psychology Hometown: Taos, Missouri Project Title: Long-term Effects of a Training Intervention for Adolescents with ADHD on Alcohol Use |
| The Donald Clippinger Graduate Fellowship | Nicholas Whitticar Ph.D., Translational Biomedical Sciences Hometown: Strongsville, Ohio Project Title: A 3D-printed organ-on-a-chip system to determine the role of pulsatile insulin secretion in liver function |
| The Claude Kantner Graduate Fellowship | Courtney Hooks Ph.D., Communication Studies Hometown: Long Beach, California Project Title: Expanding Understandings of Involuntary Membership and Organizational (Dis)Engagement: A Dialectical Analysis of Prisoners' Constructions of Rehabilitation |
| The Anthony Trisolini Graduate Fellowship | Skye Robinson Hillis M.F.A., Playwriting Hometown: Chicago, Illinois Project Title: The Martha Mitchell Effect |
| Graduate College Fellowship | Raeven Bastock
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2019-20 Named Fellowship Recipients
| Fellowship | Recipient |
|---|---|
| The John Cady Graduate Fellowship | Andrew Manigault Ph.D., Psychology Project Title: A Test of the Interactive Effects of Mindful Awareness and Acceptance Manipulations on Cardiovascular Responses to Acute Stress |
| The Donald Clippinger Graduate Fellowship | Rebecca Keogh Ph.D., Biological Sciences Project Title: Analysis of PPIase enzymes in Staphylococcus aureus |
| The Claude Kantner Graduate Fellowship | Xiaomeng Li Ph.D., Mass Communication Project Title: Surviving in between Neoliberalism and ‘Socialism with Chinese Characteristics’: Chinese Women in Negotiation with the Nation and Public Culture |
| The Anthony Trisolini Graduate Fellowship | Jordan Puckett M.F.A., Playwriting Project Title: En Las Sombras |
| Graduate College Fellowship | Anne Sternberger Ph.D., Environmental & Plant Biology Project Title: An Interdisciplinary Investigation Into the Mixed Breeding System of Viola pubescens |
2018-19 Named Fellowship Recipients
- The John Cady Graduate Fellowship: Alexander Lovelace - Ph.D., History
- The Donald Clippinger Graduate Fellowship: Anthony Gilbert - Ph.D., Biological Sciences
- The Claude Kantner Graduate Fellowship: Nicole Hudak - Ph.D., Communication Studies
- The Anthony Trisolini Graduate Fellowship: Inna Tsyrlin - M.F.A., Playwriting
- Graduate College Fellowship: Xueying Ko - Ph.D., Chemical Engineering
2017-18 Named Fellowship Recipients
- The John Cady Graduate Fellowship: Michelle Pretotius - Ph.D., English
- The Donald Clippinger Graduate Fellowship: Mary Gemmel - Ph.D., Biological Sciences
- The Claude Kantner Graduate Fellowship: Katy A. Ross - Ph.D., Communication Studies
- The Anthony Trisolini Graduate Fellowship: Brian MacNeel - M.F.A., Film
- Graduate College Fellowship: Clarissa Bunch - M.Ed., Early Childhood Intervention Specialist
2016-17 Named Fellowship Recipients
- The John Cady Graduate Fellowship: M. Renee Benham - Ph.D., English Victorian Literature
- The Donald Clippinger Graduate Fellowship: Kiran Prasai - Ph.D., Physics and Astronomy
- The Claude Kantner Graduate Fellowship: Mitchell D. Smith - Ph.D., History
- The Anthony Trisolini Graduate Fellowship: Rachel Bykowski - M.F.A., Playwriting
- Graduate College Fellowship: Nicholas Tomeo - Ph.D., Environmental and Plant Biology