Meet the Graduate Scholars

Scholars 2021

  • Jack Aiello

    Jack Aiello ’21 MPA ’25, of Northport, New York, is concentrating in economics and pursuing certificates in South Asian studies and the history...

  • Bevin Benson

    Bevin Benson ’21 MPA ’25, of Weston, Connecticut, is pursuing a concentration in computer science and a certificate in technology and society.

  • Krystal Cohen

    Krystal Cohen ’21 MPA ’25, from Jersey City, New Jersey, is concentrating in sociology and pursuing certificates in statistics and machine...

  • Christopher Gliwa

    Christopher “Chris” Gliwa ’21 MPA ’25, of East Rutherford, New Jersey, is a senior in the civil and environmental engineering department and is...

Scholars 2020

  • Laura Hausman

    Laura Hausman ’20 MPA ’24, of New York, New York, graduated summa cum laude in 2020 from Princeton’s Politics department with a certificate in...

  • Mikaylah Ladue

    Mikaylah Ladue ’20 MPA '24, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, a 2020 summa cum laude Princeton graduate in anthropology with certificates in Latin...

  • Cassie Rodriguez

    Casimira "Cassie" Rodriguez ’19 MPA ’24, of San Bernardino, California, graduated cum laude in 2019 from Princeton’s Department of Politics with...

  • Alexandra Zalewski

    Alexandra Zalewski ’20 MPA ’24, of Orange County, California, graduated cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School in June 2020.

Scholars 2019

  • Maya Aronoff

    Maya Aronoff ’19 MPA '23 of Mason, Michigan, graduated magna cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School with a certificate in the History and...

  • Julia Herrle

    Julia Herrle ’19 MPA '23, of Wexford, Pennsylvania, graduated magna cum laude in 2019 from the Woodrow Wilson School with certificates in...

  • Jared Lockwood

    Jared Lockwood ’19 MPA '23, of Hallsville, Missouri, graduated cum laude in 2019 from Princeton’s Politics department.

  • Parker Wild

    Parker Wild ’19 MPA '23, of Brunswick, Maine, graduated from Princeton University’s Department of Computer Science in 2019 with a Bachelor of...

Scholars 2018

  • Dina Chotrani

    Dina Chotrani ’18, MPA '22 of Secaucus, New Jersey, graduated cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School with certificates in Global Health and...

  • Caroline Jones

    Caroline Jones ’18, MPA '22 of Princeton, New Jersey, is a 2018 magna cum laude Woodrow Wilson School graduate who received certificates...

  • Newby Parton

    John L. "Newby" Parton ’18 MPA '22, of McMinnville, Tennessee, is a 2018 magna cum laude graduate of the Woodrow Wilson School with certificates...

  • Caitlin Quinn

    Caitlin Quinn '18 *22, of San Antonio, Texas, graduated cum laude from the School of Public and International Affairs in June 2018 with...

Scholars 2017

  • Kishan Bhatt

    Kishan Bhatt ’17 MPA '21, of Edison, New Jersey, graduated summa cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School with certificates in Global Health and...

  • Emily Chen

    Emily Chen ’17 MPA '21, of Denville, New Jersey, graduated cum laude with a degree in civil and environmental engineering and a certificate in...

  • Olivia Hompe

    Olivia Hompe ’17 MPA '21, of New Canaan, Connecticut, graduated summa cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School, with a certificate in Near Eastern...

  • Abby Lissanu

    Abyssinia "Abby" Lissanu '16 MPA '21 of Somerset, Kentucky, a Politics major, graduated in 2016 with a concentration in international relations...

  • Nabil Shaikh

    Nabil Shaikh ’17 MPA '21, of Reading, Pennsylvania, graduated cum laude from Princeton's politics department with certificates in Global...

Scholars 2015

  • Nathan Eckstein

    Nathan Eckstein '16 MPA '20, of Chicago, Illinois, a Woodrow Wilson School major, graduated from Princeton cum laude with certificates in Latin...

  • Jamal Johnson

    Jamal Johnson '16 MPA '20, of Tomball, Texas, a Politics major focusing on American Politics and Political Economy, graduated in 2016 with...

  • Michelle Nedashkovskaya

    Michelle Nedashkovskaya '16 MPA '20, of Staten Island, New York, graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton's Politics department...

  • Alex Wheatley

    Alexandra "Alex" Wheatley '16 MPA '20, of Newtown, Pennsylvania, an Ecology and Evolutionary Biology major, graduated from Princeton magna cum...

Scholars 2014

  • Joanna Anyanwu

    Joanna Anyanwu '15, MPA/JD '21, of Dallas, Texas, is a Woodrow Wilson graduate with certificates in Gender and Sexuality Studies as well as...

  • Logan Coleman

    Logan Coleman ‘15 MPA '19, of Charlottesville, VA., is the 2015 Frank C. Carlucci ’52 Scholar. A Politics major, she graduated from Princeton with...

  • Hanna Kim

    Hanna Kim ’15 MPA '19, from Wayne, N.J., graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School with certificates in...

  • Rebecca Kreutter

    Becky Kreutter '15 MPA '19, graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School with a certificate in...

  • Michael Lachanski

    Michael Lachanski ’15 MPA '20 of Linden, N.J., the 2015 Frederick P.

Scholars 2013

  • Sean Chen

    Sean Andrew Chen '14 MPA '18 of Martinsville, N.J., an Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar, began his Princeton University career at the...

  • Alex Kasdin

    Alexandra "Alex" Kasdin '14 MPA '18, of Princeton, New Jersey, graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude with a degree in...

  • Kristen Kruger

    Kristen Kruger '14 *18, of Calabasas, California, graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude with a degree in Politics with a...

  • Elizabeth Martin

    Elizabeth Martin '14 *18 originally from Lewisville, N.C., graduated magna cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School with certificates in South...

  • Alisa Tiwari

    Alisa Tiwari '14, MPA/JD '20 of Chevy Chase, Md., graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School...

Scholars 2012

  • Annie Khoa

    Annie Khoa '13 *17, a Gates Millennium Scholar from Duluth, Georgia, graduated from the Woodrow Wilson School with a certificate in East Asian...

  • Sajda Ouachtouki

    Sajda Ouachtouki '13 MPA '17, of New York City, graduated from Woodrow Wilson School with certificates in Near Eastern Studies, Arabic Language...

  • Hannah Safford

    Hannah Safford '13 MPA '17 (dual degree with Masters in Environmental Engineering), of San Francisco, CA, graduated from Princeton with a BSE in...

  • Mark Stevens Jr.

    Mark Stevens '13 MPA '17 of Forestville, Md., is a Woodrow Wilson School graduate with a certificate in Near Eastern Studies.

  • Thomas Tasche

    Thomas Tasche '13 MPA '17, originally from Elk Grove Village, IL, graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson...

Scholars 2011

  • Muhsin Hassan

    Muhsin Usman Hassan '12 MPA '16, a Gates Millennium Scholar from St. Paul, Minn., is a native speaker of Arabic and Kiswahili and has lived in...

  • Marlise Pierre-Wright

    Marlise Pierre-Wright '12 MPA '16, a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow and a native of Stamford, Conneticut, graduated in English with certificates...

  • Lauren Rhode

    Lauren Rhode '12 MPA '16, of Brookline, Mass., is a Woodrow Wilson School graduate who pursued certificates in Chinese Language and Culture and...

  • Kelly Roache

    Kelly Roache '12 MPA '15, a native of Little Silver, N.J., graduated cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School with certificates in Near Eastern...

Scholars 2010

  • Tavon Cooke

    Tavon Cooke MPA '11, a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, has considerable academic and professional background in Russian...

  • Jared Alwind Crooks

    Jared Aldwin Crooks '11 MPA/M.Eng.

  • Elías Hanno

    Elías Hanno (formerly Elías Sánchez-Eppler) '11 *15, of Amherst, Mass

  • Daniel Joyce

    Daniel Joyce MPA '13 served from July 2006 through July 2009 as the program associate on democratic governance and human rights issues in the...

  • Brieana Marticorena

    Brieana Marticorena MPA '14, a native of Laguna Hills, Calif., graduated from Harvard University with a degree in government and a citation in...

  • Kevin McGinnis

    Kevin McGinnis '11 MPA '15, a Woodrow Wilson School graduate with certificates in Spanish, Latin American Studies and Environmental Studies, is...

  • Megan McPhee

    Megan McPhee '11 MPA '15, a native of Sudbury, Mass., is a summa cum laude Phi Beta Kappa Wilson School graduate with...

  • Marian Messing

    Marian Messing ‘11 MPA '17 (MPA/JD), of St. Paul, Minn., graduated cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School with certificates in Arabic and Near...

  • Caitlin Pierce

    Caitlin Pierce MPA '13 was a double major in environmental studies and economics at Dartmouth College, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and ...

  • Sarah Ray

    Sarah Ray MPA '13 received a Master in Public Affairs with a focus on urban policy and planning.

Scholars 2009

  • Rashad Badr

    Rashad Badr '10 MPA '14, a Woodrow Wilson School graduate from Manassas, VA., seeks to apply his international background to the fields of...

  • Alexander Correa

    Alexander Correa MPA '12 graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Miami in May 2008 with bachelor’s degrees in...

  • Carolyn Edelstein

    Carolyn Edelstein '10 MPA '14, a Woodrow Wilson School graduate magna cum laude with a certificate in Environmental Science, is from...

  • Caroline Gilliam Walsh

    Caroline Gilliam Walsh MPA '12, from Charlottesville, VA., graduated from Columbia University where she majored in East Asian Languages and...

  • Brian Kelly

    Brian Kelly MPA ’12 graduated from the University of Pennsylvania summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in international relations (with honors...

  • Andrew Kim

    Andrew Kim '10 MPA '14, from Roslyn, N.Y., graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the Woodrow Wilson School with a...

  • Simonne Li

    Simonne Li '10 MPA '14 from Alpharetta, Ga., and a graduate in chemistry with certificates in Environmental studies and materials, focused her...

  • Rachel VanJohnson

    Rachel VanJohnson MPA ’12 started her MPA program in the fall of 2011.

  • William Wagner

    William Wagner '10 MPA '14, from Montclair, N.J., is a summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa Woodrow Wilson School graduate with a...

Scholars 2008

  • Cynthia Barmore

    Cynthia Barmore ’09, M.P.A./J.D. ’15, a Woodrow Wilson School graduate from Illinois, speaks Italian, and some French and Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian...

  • Shannon Brink

    Shannon Brink ’09, MPA ’13, a native of Denver, Colo., graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the Woodrow Wilson...

Scholars 2007

  • Kimberly Bonner

    Kimberly Bonner ’08, MPA ’12, is a molecular biology graduate who seeks to apply her scientific background to global health, specifically malaria...

  • Jordan Reimer

    Jordan Reimer ’08, MPA ’12, received his MPA with a concentration in international relations.

  • Ishani Sud

    Ishani Sud ’08, MPA/MEng ’12, graduated with a degree in chemical engineering with certificates in public policy, neuroscience, materials science...

  • Lilian Timmermann

    Lilian Timmermann ’08, MPA/JD ’15, from Puerto Rico and a Woodrow Wilson School graduate with a certificate in East Asian studies, started an...

  • Eugene Yi

    Eugene Yi ’08, MPA ’13, a Woodrow Wilson School graduate who speaks Korean and Chinese, founded a translation effort that drew the attention of...