Preparing our nation’s next generation of leaders to face the challenges of the twenty-first century is an imperative shared by educators at every level.
This is especially true at colleges and universities where students not only look to pursue a liberal education but also to discover their passions and hone skills for future careers.
The National Humanities Center has established a National Humanities Leadership Council to help prepare a select group of students with humanities-based leadership skills. Drawn exclusively from NHC-sponsoring institutions, students accepted to the Council participate in a unique series of interactive experiences with leading humanities scholars and leaders from across the country. In round tables and discussion sessions, they explore the essential importance of humanistic perspectives in addressing the concerns of contemporary society. And, based on the consensus of the Council membership, they may also focus on specific projects and engagement with the communities at their institutions.
National Humanities Leadership Council 2023–24
Nafiza Akbar
The University of Kansas
Aruna Balasubramanian
Yale University
Madison Bigelow
University of Connecticut
Kennedy Neil Brooks
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Madeline Chiang
University of Notre Dame
Weston Blair Curnow
The University of Kansas
Julie Marie Deacon
Virginia Tech University
Malia Detar Cheung
Wesleyan University
Chisom Ezigbo
Duke University
Darya Farah Foroohar
The University of Chicago
Madeline Graf
Macalester College
Peiyao Guo
Stony Brook University
Autumn Hall
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Jonathan David Hazel
Arizona State University
Mia Amor Hernandez
California State University, Fresno
Connor George Kaufmann
University of Notre Dame
Irma Flóra Kiss
University of Pennsylvania
Aditi Kumar
Hamilton College
Karen Lau
University of Connecticut
Dylan Tinashe Manguwa
Hamilton College
Aaron Joseph Minzer
Wesleyan University
Lindsay Elizabeth Moynihan
University of Maryland, College Park
Shirly Keyli Yamali Rodas Figueroa
Macalester College
Brandon Reese Sewell, Jr.
University of Memphis
Ross Shapiro
The University of Chicago
Samantha Simon
Bard College
Michael Terrenzi
Brandeis University
Emma Grace Whitlock
Appalachian State University
Xiyun Wu
University of Notre Dame
Justice Yoo
The University of Chicago
Yuyao Zhang
New York University
Miranda Zhong
Duke University