
Previous National Humanities Leadership Councils
The National Humanities Leadership Council helps prepare a select group of students with humanities-based leadership skills. Students in the Council participate in a unique series of interactive experiences with leading humanities scholars and leaders from across the country.
2024–25 National Humanities Leadership Council
Shannan Adams, Emory University
Xavier Amaro, Columbia University
Pablo Ávila, University of Memphis
Surya Blasiole, University of Georgia
Hallie Brew, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sarah Bryden, Columbia University
Malia Detar Cheung, Wesleyan University
Saaya Daga, Brandeis University
Nora Paci Furlong, Bard College
Hilary Gallito, Johns Hopkins University
Jack Geld, Princeton University
Meghan Guidici, University of South Carolina
Jordan Ho, Lehigh University
Madalyn Hutchinson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeremiah Joseph, University of Texas at Arlington
Victoria Koretsky, Princeton University
Aditi Kumar, Hamilton College
Jewel Alexandria Loya, University of California Irvine
Rabi Michael-Crushshon, Macalester College
Sophia Nguyen, University of Georgia
Cecilia O’Gorman, Washington University in St. Louis
Jo Papadopoulou, Davidson College
Sydney Pasceri, Wake Forest University
Angel Prabakar, SUNY Stony Brook
Kaylen Pritchard, University of South Carolina
Linda Dongfang Qu, Columbia University
Melissa Reyes, Dartmouth College
Trisha Santanam, Duke University
Sarah Strom, University of Missouri-Columbia
Naomi Turner, Howard University
Jason Vadnos, Vanderbilt University
Cate VanNostrand, University of Memphis
Alexandra Catherine Wells, University of Georgia
Madison Zhao, Rice University
2023–24 National Humanities Leadership Council
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
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
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
2022–23 National Humanities Leadership Council
Emma M. Akuyeva, Bowdoin College
Laci Burton, Stony Brook University
Giovanni Calabrese, Bowdoin College
Hailey Drapcho, Bucknell University
Irma Fowe, Prairie View A&M University
Toshaani Goel, Davidson College
Owen Gramley, Bowdoin College
Stanley Hamilton, Prairie View A&M University
Elise Thayer Hasseltine, Bucknell University
Anwar Ibrahim, North Carolina Central University
Huihui Jiang, Macalester College
Elena Mindell Kendrick, North Carolina Central University
Emi Kuroda, Soka University of America
Morgan Alise Mayo, William Jewell College
Nada Balsam Merghani, North Carolina Central University
Jennifer Mzobe, Stony Brook University
Mikey Tang, Macalester College
Meghna Vasiraju, Stony Brook University
Benjamin Michael Wardlow, William Jewell College
Ever Whitlock, Trinity University
Charlotte York, Stony Brook University
Irina Znamirowski, Brandeis University
2021–22 National Humanities Leadership Council
Azlynn Brandenburg, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Nilukshi Chen, Wesleyan University
Denee Dapremont, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Madison Doser, University of Arizona
Sebastian Evans, Wesleyan University
Kelly Garrett, Davidson College
Kevin Gomez-Gonzalez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Agatha Gutierrez, William Jewell College
Elizabeth Hane, Hamilton College
Lucas Joshi, Dartmouth College
Nyaari Kothiya, Hamilton College
Fowota Mortoo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Darlene Parker, Johnson C. Smith University
Leo Salvatore, Soka University of America
Kyler Schardein, William Jewell College
MacAlasdair Uchimura, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Ana Lucia Verduzco, University of Arizona