Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

People

Our Team

Advisory Board

Advising and mentoring are core components of undergraduate education and the foundation of the MMUF program. The MMUF Advisory Board consists of committed faculty mentors who not only serve as the selection committee, but who also provide general advising and mentoring in formal and informal settings. Advisory Board members often also identify and recruit promising prospective Fellows in their respective disciplines.

Our Mentors

Recent Fellows

2028 Fellows

  • Fatima Avila

    Philosophy
    Faculty Mentor: Mohamed Amer Meziane
  • Joely Castillo

    History, Africana Studies
    Faculty Mentor: Lisa L. Biggs
  • Coral Gimbernard

    Anthropology, Gender and Sexuality Studies
    Faculty Mentor: Katherine Mason
  • Sarah Kim

    Medieval Studies-Late Antiquity, Classics-Greek and Latin
    Faculty Mentor: Joseph Pucci
  • Fabiola Peñafiel

    Latin American & Caribbean Studies, International & Public Affairs
    Faculty Mentor: Daniel A. Rodriguez

2027 Fellows

  • Lusia J. Austen

    Comparative Literature
    Faculty Mentor: Kevin E. Quashie
  • Diego Castillo

    Africana Studies, History
    Faculty Mentor: Daniel A. Rodriguez
  • Carrington Hughes

    Archaeology
    Faculty Mentor: Yannis Hamilakis
  • Sanai Hadiya Rashid

    Economics, English
    Faculty Mentor: Patricia Sobral
  • Rachel Wilson

    Africana Studies, Education Studies
    Faculty Mentor: Noliwe Rooks
  • Zoe J. Yu

    Ethnic Studies, History
    Faculty Mentor: Shelley Lee

2026 Fellows

  • Amira Haileab

    Africana Studies
    Faculty Mentor: Noliwe Rooks
  • Indigo Mudbhary

    Ethnic Studies
    Faculty Mentor: Tiraana Bains
  • Arlyn Patino

    Gender and Sexuality Studies
    Faculty Mentor: Ivan Ramos
  • Mariana Waller

    Africana Studies
    Faculty Mentor: Alexander G. Weheliye

Fellowship alumni can also access and update their information in the Mellon Foundation-supported alumni directory.