2023 Selection Results

In 2022-23, the Jefferson Scholars Foundation selected 35 world-class graduate students to receive one of two fellowships–the Jefferson Fellowship and the National Fellowship.

Thirty-two Jefferson Fellows and three National Fellows representing 41 universities will join the Foundation community this fall.

Jefferson Fellowship Recipients

The Jefferson Fellowship is the premier graduate fellowship offered at the Darden School of Business, the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and the Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Science.

• Kathryn Babineau, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (Sociology)
• Diego Briones, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (Economics)
• Frederik Brondsted, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (Chemistry)
• Wesley Brown, Darden School of Business
• Johanna Chajes, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (Psychology)
• Veronica Collins, Darden School of Business
• Emma Cook, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (Chemistry)
• Cam Copeland, Darden School of Business
• Jason Evans, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (Religious Studies)
• Kayleigh Granville, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (Environmental Sciences)
• Elizabeth Harper, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (French)
• Alice King, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (History)
• Ekim Koca, School of Engineering and Applied Science (Systems and Information Engineering)
• Cherrie Kwok, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (English)
• Lauren Mandaville, Darden School of Business
• Ellie Marsh, Darden School of Business
• Matthew Martello, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (English)
• Keegan McBride, Darden School of Business (Darden)
• Lauren Mehfoud, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (Spanish, Italian and Portuguese)
• Jirayu Mongkolkiattichai, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (Physics)
• Meghan O’Donoghue, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (French)
• Hannah Richstein, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (Astronomy)
• Chris Robinson, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (Biology)
• Sean Sawaya, School of Engineering and Applied Science (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
• Yaolong Shen, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (Mathematics)
• Marina Stam, Darden School of Business
• Justin Stec, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (English)
• Drew Thede, School of Engineering and Applied Science (Biomedical Engineering)
• Tracey Wang, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (English)
• Kate Hughes Watkins, Darden School of Business
• Lingyu Yang, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (Physics)
• Eben Yonnetti, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences (Religious Studies)

National Fellowship Recipients

The National Fellowship supports outstanding scholars at leading institutions of higher education, including UVA, who are completing dissertations in U.S. politics.

• William Robert Billups, Emory University
  Dream Mentor: Matt Dallek, George Washington University
• Syrus Solo Jin, University of Chicago
  Dream Mentor: Gregg Brazinsky, George Washington University
• Sam Schirvar, University of Pennsylvania
  Dream Mentor: Andrew Needham, New York University