Previous National Humanities Leadership Councils

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