The Hertog Foundation Announces Spring 2023 Humanities at Hertog Fellows

January 9, 2023 – The Hertog Foundation announced 60 fellows for its 2023 Humanities at Hertog Fellowships. Our Humanities fellows will spend their January studying great works of literature alongside outstanding peers and a passionate teacher.

Works by Jane Austen, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Edith Wharton, and Aldous Huxley will anchor the four online seminars. Capped at 15 fellows, each course offers lively conversation about the fundamental human questions raised by great novels. The seminars are fully subsidized by the Foundation, including all course materials and a stipend to support fellows’ study.

The Humanities program is open to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as young professionals. Our fellows represent 36 different colleges and universities, with an average GPA of 3.87. They include a Ukrainian international student at Yale, a chemistry Ph.D. student at MIT, an Afghan refugee at Bard College, and an aide to former Senator Ben Sasse.

The Hertog Foundation sponsors several highly competitive and selective educational programs for outstanding individuals who seek to influence the intellectual, civic, and political life of the United States. Learn more about our offerings at HertogFoundation.org. The final application deadline for Summer 2023 fellowships is March 1, 2023.


2023 Humanities at Hertog Fellows

  • Parker Abt, University of Chicago Law School, 2024
  • Raleigh Adams, Clemson University, 2024
  • Brigid Alvis, Clemson University, 2025
  • Oleksii Antoniuk, Yale University, 2023
  • Gabriel Babineaux, University of Texas at Austin, 2026
  • Hannah Barrios, Yale University, 2025
  • Kyle Belanger, Brigham Young University, 2023
  • Becca Bettinger, Brigham Young University, 2022
  • Rachel Bitutsky, Yale University, 2023
  • Emily Bowling, Clemson University, 2022
  • Caroline Campbell, University of Georgia, 2022
  • Juliana Castillo, University of Delaware, 2024
  • Tomer Cherki, Northwestern University, 2023
  • Everett Chew, Patrick Henry College, 2023
  • Raihan Choudhury, George Washington University, 2025
  • Samuel Clark, Brown University, 2023
  • Emily Cope, Clemson University, 2024
  • Zarina Dawlat, Bard College, 2024
  • Guy Denton, American Enterprise Institute
  • Katherine Farmer, Washington University in St. Louis, 2025
  • Ryan Gapski, Yale University, 2024
  • Thomas Gilmore, Ave Maria University, 2023
  • Oscar Gonzales, St. John’s College – Annapolis, 2024
  • Catherine Greer, St. John’s College – Annapolis, 2025
  • Emma Hermanson, Wyoming Catholic College, 2023
  • Joseph Howard, University of Texas at Austin, 2022
  • Calvin Hunt, Princeton University, 2024
  • Emma Janssen, University of Chicago, 2024
  • Joseph Keegin, Tulane University
  • Patrick Kelly, Boston College, 2024
  • Sumner Kirby, University of Tulsa, 2022
  • Anthony Klein, Belmont Abbey College, 2024
  • Ceyda Koksoy, Bryn Mawr College, 2026
  • Connie Lin, University of Pennsylvania, 2025
  • Sam Lucas, University of Notre Dame, 2017
  • Michael Lucchese, Office of U.S. Senator Ben Sasse
  • Tiana Luo, Yale University, 2024
  • Jonathan Meilaender, Georgetown University Law School, 2025
  • Jack McKinnon, Stanford University, 2023
  • Aimee Morrissey, Notre Dame University, 2024
  • Zacarias Negron, Vanderbilt University, 2025
  • Ronan O’Callaghan, University of Chicago, 2023
  • Nate Padley, Baylor University, 2023
  • Emily Polson, Regent University, 2023
  • Margaret Potter, Hillsdale College, 2024
  • Adam Powers, St. John’s College – Annapolis, 2024
  • Rianna Ramsey, Arizona State University, 2025
  • Quinn Rifkin, Middlebury College, 2022
  • George Sarbinowski, Cornell University, 2024
  • Juliette Sellgren, University of Virginia, 2024
  • Jessica Schurz, Baylor University, 2018
  • Liya Shenderovich, St. John’s College – Annapolis, 2026
  • Zachary Springer, University of Texas at Austin, 2024
  • J.W. Strassberg, University of Chicago, 2025
  • Audrey Unverferth, University of Chicago, 2022
  • Alessandra Yang, Friends Select School, 2022
  • Juliann Yoder, St. John’s College – Annapolis, 2025
  • Anji Zhang, University of Toronto, 2022
  • Kevin Zhang, Georgetown University, 2024
  • Irina Znamirovski, Brandeis University, 2024