2025 Convening of the UC Humanities Graduate Fellows Collaborative

September 17, 2025

Fourteen graduate students from six UC campuses were awarded research fellowships by their home campuses and joined in a convening of Fellows on September 16, 2025. The Fellows participated in a professionalization workshop, led by Bri McWhorter of Activate to Captivate, to develop their ability to speak about their research and work in a range of settings.

The UC Humanities Graduate Fellows Collaborative is a project of the UC Humanities Center Consortium, which comprises the humanities centers and institutes from each of the ten UC campuses, and is funded by the University of California Office of the President.

2025 UC Humanities Graduate Fellows:

James Altman, UC Santa Barbara
Iliana Cuellar, UC Riverside
Lucy Fang, UC Irvine
Margaret Fisher, UC Santa Barbara
Meagan Finlay, UC Santa Barbara
Anthony Kim, UCLA
Zachary Korol Gold, UC Irvine
Tianran Liu, UCLA
Jennifer Meissner, UC Santa Barbara
Othandwayo Mgqoboka, UC Riverside
Lucas Ruppel, UC Davis
Shakir Stephen, UC Santa Barbara
Katelyn Stiles, UC Davis
Mia Tempestt Boykin, UC Santa Cruz