Graduate Fellowship Recipients

Taylor/Blakeslee Fellowships

*Physical Sciences Fellow

2024

Jenna Ahart*, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Anika Jane Beamer, MIT, Science Writing
Collin Blinder, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Jessica Chomik-Morales, MIT, Science Writing
Anna FitzGerald Guth, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Lina Savage, NYU, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting
Lauren Schneider, NYU, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting

2023

Alastair Bitsóí, Columbia University, Journalism
Sarah Hopkins, MIT, Science Writing
Joseph Howlett*, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Mennatalla Ibrahim, University of Maryland, Investigative Journalism
Alix Soliman, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Andrea Tamayo, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Chiara Villanueva, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication

2022

Shannon Banks, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Anna McLoud Gibbs, NYU, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting
Jiayu Liang, Columbia University, Journalism
Luis Melecio-Zambrano, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Marlowe Starling, NYU, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting
Elissa Welle, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication

2021

Iris M. Crawford,  MIT, Science Writing
James Dinneen, MIT, Science Writing
Lindsey Leake, Johns Hopkins University, Science Writing
Brittney Miller, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Isabel Ruehl, Columbia University, Journalism
Graycen Wheeler, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication

2020

Niko McCarty, NYU, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting
Freda Kreier, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Winston Choi-Schagrin, Columbia University, Journalism
Kelso Harper, MIT, Science Writing
Saima Sidik, MIT, Science Writing

2019

Marcus Banks, NYU, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting
Dani Leviss, NYU, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting
Alexandra Matthews, UC Berkeley, Journalism and Public Health
Jerimiah Oetting, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Brett Simpson, UC Berkeley, Narrative Journalism
Jonathan Wosen, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication

2018

Erika Carlson, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Susan D’Agostino, Johns Hopkins University, Science Writing
Eva Frederick, MIT, Science Writing
Susie Neilson, UC Berkeley, Journalism
Emily Pontecorvo, MIT, Science Writing

2017

Fatima Husain, MIT, Science Writing
Heather Mongilio, MIT, Science Writing
Jeremy Colin Rehm, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Elizabeth Whitman, Columbia University, Journalism
Charles Wood, NYU, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting

2016

Jennifer Lu, University of Missouri, Journalism
Raleigh McElvery, MIT, Science Writing
Pathik “Tik” Root, Columbia University, Journalism
Maria Temming, MIT, Science Writing
Matthew Blois, University of Montana, Environmental and Natural Resource Journalism

2015

Diana Crow, MIT, Science Writing
Hannah Furfaro, Columbia University, Journalism
Laurel Hamers, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Amy McDermott, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Kendra Pierre-Louis, MIT, Science Writing

2014

Denny Densford, Boston University, Science Communication
Jeanette Kazmierczak, University of Southern California, Specialized Journalism
Joshua Sokol, MIT, Science Writing

2013

Michael Casey, Columbia University, Health & Science Journalism
Katie Free, NYU, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting
Michael Lucibella, American University, Interactive Journalism
Bill Retherford, Columbia University, Journalism

2012

Mary Chaffee, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Laura E. Dattaro,
Columbia University, Journalism
Elizabeth Devitt,
University of California, Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Allison McCann,
NYU, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting

2011

Garret Fitzpatrick, MIT, Science Writing
Hannah Krakauer, MIT, Science Writing
Trevor Quirk, Boston University, Science Writing
Ashley P. Taylor, NYU, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting

2010

Joseph Castro, NYU, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting
Donna Hesterman, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Laura Marsan, Columbia University, Journalism
Raphael Philip Rosen, University of Southern California

2009

Ariel Ingram Bleicher, NYU, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting
Camille M. Carlisle, MIT, Science Writing
Peggy Elizabeth Mihelich, Columbia University, Journalism
David Zax, Columbia University, Journalism

2008

Jennifer Lauren Lee, USC, Science Writing
Hadley Erin Leggett, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Deborah G. Schuss, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government Health Policy, Society and Media
Eric Schwartz, Boston University, Science Writing

2007

Allyson T. Collins, MIT, Science Writing
Craig Rothstein, Columbia University, Journalism
Megan R. Rulison, MIT, Science Writing
Katherine Tweed, NYU, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting

2006

Gretchen Cuda, Columbia University, Journalism
Alla Katsnelson, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Benjamin J. Leach, NYU, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting
Julia C. Mead, Columbia University, Journalism

2005

Alicia M. Clarke, Michigan State University
Philip R. McKenna, MIT, Science Writing
Chandra Shekhar UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Elisabeth S. Solchik, Indiana University, Journalism

2004

Susan Brown, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Andreas von Bubnoff, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Elana Hayasaka, Boston University, Science Journalism
Dinesh Ramde, University of Wisconsin, Journalism

2003

Sarah Goforth, University of Wisconsin, Journalism
Czerne Marvolette Reid, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Jessica Snyder Sachs, Columbia University, Journalism
Kelly Elizabeth Young, Boston University, Science Journalism

2002

Susanne Rust Quick, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Emily Singer, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Nicole Lynn Stricker, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Kathleen Mary O’Neil, University of Colorado, Journalism and Mass Communications

2001

Kristin L. Cobb, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Kendall S. Powell, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication
Cordelia (Corie) Lok, Boston University, Science Journalism
Rachel Rabkin, Columbia University, Journalism

2000

Sarah E. Graham, Columbia University, Journalism
Adam G. Rankin, Columbia University, Journalism,
Melissa Sanford, Columbia University, Journalism
Colleen Rose Kaleda, University of Oregon Graduate School, Environmental Writing

1999

David Amber, Texas A&M, Science Writing
Francesco Fiondella, Columbia University, Journalism
Leena Pendharkar, UC Berkeley, Science Writing
Timothy R. Stoddard, Boston University, Science Writing

1998

Tina L. Hesman,  Boston University, Science Journalism
Jenny M. Liu, Columbia University, Earth & Environmental Sciences Journalism
Naomi Beth Lubick, Columbia University, Earth & Environmental Science Journalism
Bryn David Nelson, UC Santa Cruz, Science Communication

1997

Jeffrey Brainard, Boston University, Science Journalism
Karlyn Heather Duncan, Michigan State University, Journalism
Samuel Kearn Moore,  NYU, Science & Environmental Reporting
Ike F. V. Iyioke, Michigan State University, Journalism

1996

Sarah Ann Gilbert, University of Colorado, Journalism
Arik A. Hesseldahl, Columbia University, Journalism
Altoria Bell Ross, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Anita Srikameswaran, Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism

Nate Haseltine Graduate Fellows

1995

Charles Seife, Columbia University
Neil Savage, Boston University

1994

Kenneth Chang, UC Santa Cruz
Jennifer Goren, Boston University
Alison Mack, Johns Hopkins University
Lisa Richard, Columbia University

1993

Karen de Seve, NYU
Eva Emerson, UC Santa Cruz
Dan Drolette, NYU
Sonja Jones, UC Santa Cruz
Heather Rock Woods, UC Santa Cruz

1992

Ann C. Carns, Columbia University
Patricia Cutillo, Boston University
Richard Gross, Columbia University
Kimberly A. Ridley, Boston University
Alexandra Witze, UC Santa Cruz

1991

Bryan Bleil, Columbia University
Chana Freeman, NYU
Robert Holmes, UC Santa Cruz
Sarah Joy, Columbia University
Fleur R. Templeton, New York University
Sherri Willard, UC Santa Cruz
Nira Worcman, NYU

1990

Tom Abate, Columbia University
Diane Herbst, Columbia University
Gal Mayer, Columbia University
Elizabeth A. Azar, NYU
Rosemary Mestel, UC Santa Cruz
Richard Stone, UC Santa Cruz

1989

David Fishman, NYU
Elly J. Hanson
Susan Basham, University of Missouri
Donald Scott, Columbia University

1988

Robert Coontz, UC Santa Cruz
Joseph Rojas-Burke, UC Santa Cruz
Marguerite Y. Holloway, Columbia University
Jill Waalen, UC Santa Cruz
Beth Ann Waalen, University of Maryland

1987

Elizabeth Moore, Columbia University
Mary Beth Regan, Columbia University
Sharon Voas, Columbia University
Robert Irion, UC Santa Cruz
Stephen Peters, UC Santa Cruz
Ruth Schuller, University of Missouri-Columbia

1986

Leslie Gura, Columbia University
Teresa Nacelewicz, Columbia University
Jessica Seigel, Columbia University
Marcia Barinaga, UC Santa Cruz
Tracy Barnett, University of Missouri-Columbia

1985

James Adamson, Columbia University
Mark Cheater, Columbia University
Linda Hooper, UC Santa Cruz
Trina Kleist-Ozburn, UC Santa Cruz
Robert Stayton, UC Santa Cruz
Robin Oliveri, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

1984

Deborah Edelman, Columbia University
Gabrielle Jonas, Columbia University
Cara Adler, Boston University
Roberta Friedman, UC Santa Cruz
Jillyn Smith, University of Arizona, Tucson
Dawn Bennett, University of Missouri-Columbia

1983

Cathy Lynn Stone, University of Washington, Seattle
Katherine J. Hall, University of Washington
Francesca Y. Aller, Columbia University
Athleen Ellington, Columbia University
Alan C. Bavley, Florida Atlantic University

1981

Andrew Skolnick, Columbia University