Our 33 Fulbright recipients—the largest single-year number of Fulbright grants in the University’s history—are teaching, studying and researching around the globe.
Villanova's 2019-2020 Fulbright U.S. Student Grant Recipients
Many of Villanova’s 2019–2020 Fulbright U.S. Student Grant recipients are pictured here. Front row (from left): Emily DiMatteo, Bridget Gile, Sophia Lockwood, Alexander Balawejder, Ellie Cayer, Yvonne Nguyen and Margaret Carter. Middle row (from left): Jubilee Marshall, Angeline Gacad, Sarah Baranik, Jamilah Jones, Kathleen Blehl, Lucy Minicozzi-Wheeland and Carolyn Silipigni. Back row (from left): Claire Carey, Stephen Gironda, Madiah Gant, Elizabeth O’Brien, Devin Creed, Pablo Guzman Ruiz, Mackenzie Bowden, Elizabeth Cullen and Sydney Riley.
Valeria Alvarado ’19 (History)
English Teaching Assistant, Serbia
Dana Avolio ’19 (Communications)
English Teaching Assistant, Malaysia
Alex Balawejder ’19 MA (History)
English Teaching Assistant, Slovak Republic
Sarah Baranik de Alarcón ’19 JD
Research Grant, Brazil
Kathleen Blehl ’18 (Marketing)
English Teaching Assistant, Ukraine
Mackenzie Bowden ’18, ’20 MS (Sustainable Engineering)
Research Grant, Indonesia
Claire Carey ’19 (Political Science)
English Teaching Assistant, Brazil
Margaret Carter ’19 (English and Spanish)
English Teaching Assistant, Spain
Ellie Cayer ’19 (Global Interdisciplinary Studies)
English Teaching Assistant, Colombia
Brianna Conte ’19 (Electrical Engineering)
English Teaching Assistantship, Italy
Declined Fulbright grant; attending medical school at University of Miami, Fla.
Devin Creed ’19 MA (History)
Research Grant, India
Elizabeth Cullen ’19 (Chemical Engineering)
English Teaching Assistant, Malaysia
Emily DiMatteo ’19 (Honors and Economics)
English Teaching Assistant, Czech Republic
Angeline Gacad ’19 (Global Interdisciplinary Studies)
English Teaching Assistant, Malaysia
Madiah Gant ’19 (Global Interdisciplinary Studies)
English Teaching Assistant, Colombia
Bridget Gile ’19 (Civil Engineering)
Study-Research Grant, Netherlands
Declined Fulbright grant; attending Stanford University Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD program as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar
Stephen Gironda ’19 MS (Psychology and Brain Sciences)
Research Grant, Italy
Pablo Guzmán Ruiz ’19 (Philosophy)
English Teaching Assistant, Brazil
Gillian Hixson ’19 (English)
English Teaching Assistant, Laos
Jamilah Jones ’19 (Global Interdisciplinary Studies)
English Teaching Assistant, Brazil
Sophia Lockwood ’19 (History)
English Teaching Assistant, Indonesia
Nawnora Manosca ’19 (English)
English Teaching Assistant, Brazil
Jubilee Marshall ’19 (History)
English Teaching Assistant, Czech Republic
Victoria Martin ’19 (Education and Social Justice)
English Teaching Assistant, Laos
Lucy Minicozzi-Wheeland ’19 (Global Interdisciplinary Studies)
Research Grant, Ukraine
Lars Moeller ’18 (Political Science and Economics)
English Teaching Assistant, Czech Republic
Briggs Mroz ’18 (Environmental Studies and Communication)
English Teaching Assistant, Taiwan
Yvonne Nguyen ’19 (Peace and Justice Studies)
Study Grant, Canada
Elizabeth O’Brien ’19 (Environmental Studies and Philosophy)
Research Grant, Philippines
Sydney Riley ’19 (Political Science and Philosophy)
English Teaching Assistant, Czech Republic
Katherine Sepulveda ’20 PhD (Philosophy)
Research Grant, Belgium
Carolyn Silipigni ’19 (Marketing and Business Analytics)
English Teaching Assistant, Slovak Republic
Mary Spillane ’18 (Mechanical Engineering)
Study-Research Grant, Finland
Declined Fulbright grant; working as mechanical design engineer at L3Harris Technologies
