AAUW has a long and distinguished history of advancing educational and professional opportunities for women in the
United States and around the globe. As one of the world’s largest sources of funding for graduate women, AAUW is providing more than $3.7 million in fellowships and grants in the 2016-17 academic year alone.
Therefore, each year AAUW California is especially delighted to formally present our Fellowship and Grant recipients at the Fall Fund Luncheons. Thanks to the longstanding, generous contributions of AAUW California members, a broader community of women continues gaining access to educational and economic opportunities, breaking through educational and economic barriers so that all women and girls have a fair chance.
2017 Recipients
Further information, including a picture, can be found on the AAUW National website.
American Fellowship
Renee Byrd
Publication Grant, Critical Prison Studies
Humboldt State University, Arcata
Alexandra Havrylyshyn
Legal History
UC, Berkeley, Berkeley
Alani Hicks-Bartlett
Political Science/Romance Language/Gender
UC, Berkeley, Berkeley
Colby Lenz
Criminalization, Gender Violence, and Social Movements
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Krystale Littlejohn
Publication Grant, Sex and Gender, Medical Sociology, Body & Embodiment, Social Inequality
Occidental College, Los Angeles
Kimberly Long
Neuroscience
UC, Berkeley, Berkeley
Irma Ortiz
Plant Molecular Biology
UC, Riverside
Sandra Pacheco
Publication Grant, Chicana, Latina, and Indigena Feminisms and Spirituality
California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco
Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana
Urban sociology, Race/Ethnicity, culture
UC, Berkeley, Oakland
Candice Salyers
Dance, Feminist Philosophy, Religion
Mount Holyoke College, Claremont
Alissa Walter
Middle East and North Africa
Georgetown University, Menlo Park
Selected Professions
Kerstern Malama
BA Manufacturing System Engineering
CSU, Northridge, Glendale
Career Development
Cherone Cabezudo
Teaching
University of San Francisco
Kara Leong
Viticulture and Enology
UC, Davis, Sacramento
Zesemayat Mekonnen
Joint Medical Program
UC San Francisco, Berkeley
Nicole Peacock
Mechanical Engineering
UC, Davis, Fairfield
Elaina Present
Building Science and Sustainability
UC, Berkeley, Oakland
Kristen Strom
Jazz Studies
San Jose State University
Community Action
Gigi Carter, Empowering Young Women
San Mateo County Sheriff’s Activities League, Redwood City
Jessica Kubel, Girls Empowering Program
YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley, Pasadena
Whitney Fuston, Girls Go Tech
Girl Scouts of Northern California, San Jose
Eleanor Porter, Women’s Leadership Forum
Mission Viejo-Saddleback Branch AAUW, Laguna Hills
International Fellowship
Camila Araujo de Resende, Brazil
Urban Planning
University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Marcela Cervini, Mexico
Financial Engineering
UC, Berkeley, Berkeley
Adele Kuzmiakova,Slovakia
Data Science
Stanford
Chndyli Tara Rogel, Philippines
International Policy and Development
Monterey Institute of International Studies Monterey
