CISLA Juniors: Class of 2026

Jenifer Alvarado

Majors: Sociology and English

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Beyond Blind Faith: Understanding Civil and Human Rights Awareness in Latin America through the Lens of Ecuador and El Salvador
Country of Interest: El Salvador or Ecuador

Delaney Brenner

Major: Biochemistry, Cellular Molecular Biology

CISLA Language: French
SIP: The Impact of Healthcare NGOs on Local Communities
Country of Interest: Francophone country in Africa

Caleb Butler

Majors: Classics and Theater

CISLA Language: Latin
SIP: Study of the Aeneid in order to understand how this ancient text reflected ancient ideas regarding national identity and migration while also exploring how those ideas have persisted along centuries into the modern world
Country of Interest: Italy

Catie Clarke

Majors: French and International Relations

CISLA Language: French
SIP: A Critical Analysis of Nuclear Disarmament Research: the Influence of Western Culture and the Viability of a Disarmed World
Country of Interest: Switzerland

Eli Craddock

Major: International Relations

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Negative byproducts of globalization on South American coffee farmers, and solutions to mitigate consumers' contributions to golbalization's consequences
Country of Interest: Peru

Dixie Dayton

Majors: East Asian Studies and Slavic Studies

CISLA Languages: Russian and Mandarin 
SIP: The Power Dynamics of the Latin Alphabet in Communist USSR and China
Country of Interest: China

Kahron Gaul-Blakley

Major: Government

CISLA Language: German
SIP: Why Afro-Germans are not being represented in the media and what can be done to change that so the entire German society can get to know the 'real' them and Afro-Germans won't feel invisible
Country of Interest: Germany

Kai Gee

Major: International Relations

CISLA Language: Japanese
SIP: What is stopping industrialized countries from developing more offshore wind farms, and public sentiment towards offshore wind farms in Japan
Country of Interest: Japan

Eleni Georgalos

Majors: Architectural Studies, Art, and Art History

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Jewish culture and architecture in Medieval Barcelona
Country of Interest: Spain

Eisha Giran

Major: Neuroscience

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Invisible Shipwrecks & Neurological Endangerment: the Trade-Off in Seeking Asylum
Country of Interest: Spain

Clare Hummer

Major: East Asian Studies

CISLA Language: Mandarin
SIP: China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), using both Mandarin and French to gain an understanding of the initiative
Country of Interest: China

Tandin Johnson Ward

Majors: German Studies and International Studies

CISLA Language: German
SIP: Migrant Communities in Berlin
Country of Interest: Germany

Madeline Keithan-Resnick

Majors: Hispanic Studies and Music, Sound, and Technology

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: The current and potential power of music and technology through the lens of the feminist movement in Spain
Country of Interest: Spain 

Hope Kisakye

Majors: Architectural Studies and Environmental Studies

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Vernacular Architecture in Africa and Latin America
Country of Interest: Mexico

Andrew Kupovich

Majors: Government and Slavic Studies

CISLA Language: Ukrainian
SIP: Rusyns at the Ballot Box
Country of Interest: Poland, Lithuania, or Moldova

Sabrina Malec

Majors: Anthropology and East Asian Studies

CISLA Language: Mandarin
SIP: Queer Chinese Migration to Taiwan
Country of Interest: Taiwan

Leah Mayerhauser

Majors: International Relations and Slavic Studies

CISLA Language: Russian
SIP: Negotiating Political Ties through Renewable Energy: A Case Study of Georgia
Country of Interest: Georgia

Eliza McCoole

Major: International Relations

CISLA Language: Mandarin
SIP: The differences between public transit and city zoning, as well as reliance on cars in cities in the U.S. and China, and their effects on the environment and the social and working culture of each given society
Country of Interest: China

Emma Murphy

Major: Neuroscience

CISLA Language: French
SIP: The impact of bias in healthcare treatment of refugees and the psychological and neurological basis of PTSD in refugees
Country of Interest: France

Anna Olivia Nielsen

Majors: German Studies and International Relations

CISLA Language: German
SIP: A Comparative Analysis of Integration Measures for Ukrainian Refugees & Other Refugees in Germany
Country of Interest: Germany

Sebastian Parilov

Major: Psychology

CISLA Language: Russian
SIP: Contrasting Russian Identity: Russian Americans vs. Russian College Students
Country of Interest: Georgia, Latvia, or Lithuania

Roman Perrotto

Majors: East Asian Studies and Psychology

CISLA Language: Japanese
SIP: Transmission of Collective Memories and Trauma Among Residents of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Country of Interest: Japan

Sophie Poissant

Majors: Global Islamic Studies and International Relations

CISLA Language: Arabic
SIP: Religious Discourse in the Israel/Palestine Conflict
Country of Interest: Jordan

Stephanie Reyes Bravo

Major: Biochemistry, Cellular Molecular Biology

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Equitable availability of nutritious foods and resources throughout maternity in relation to the health of a newborn from birth to six months
Country of Interest: Peru

Sylvia Richards

Majors: Art, International Relations, and Italian Studies

CISLA Language: Italian
SIP: Political Street Art and Graffiti in Milan
Country of Interest: Italy

Gray Ruffer

Majors: Psychology and Slavic Studies

CISLA Language: Russian
SIP: Rights and Lives of LGBTQ+ People Around the Globe
Country of Interest: Kyrgyzstan

Matthew Sharretts

Majors: German Studies and Quantitative Economics and Econometrics

CISLA Language: German
SIP: The German Social Insurance System: A Model for Social Welfare and Its Global Implications
Country of Interest: Germany

Zoe Starzenski

Majors: Architectural Studies and Environmental Studies

CISLA Languages: Italian and French
SIP: Sustainable and Affordable Housing in Gabon
Countries of Interest: Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and Ivory Coast

Caelan Stewart

Major: International Relations

CISLA Language: Arabic
SIP: How states monitor terrorist financing with a focus on terrorist groups within the Middle East and Northern Africa that are formed based on Islamic Extremist ideology
Country of Interest: Egypt