“I’ve Always Been Omnicurious”: Newcombe Fellow Elizabeth Anderson on Public Discourse, Freedom, and Work In a seemingly prescient exchange before the COVID-19 pandemic, a University of Cambridge interviewer asked Elizabeth Anderson CN ’86 about the contemporary role of experts. Her reply: “Experts can no longer rely on their technical knowledge alone… . They need to […]
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship is the nation’s largest and most prestigious award for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences addressing questions of ethical and religious values. The 2019 class of Fellows includes Nimrod Ben Zeev, a doctoral candidate in history at the University of Pennsylvania. Nimrod shares the story behind […]
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship is the nation’s largest and most prestigious award for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences addressing questions of ethical and religious values. The 2019 class of Fellows includes Courtney Buchkoski, a doctoral candidate in history at the University of Oklahoma. Courtney looks at her own experiences […]
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship is the nation’s largest and most prestigious award for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences addressing questions of ethical and religious values. The 2019 class of Fellows includes Dwight Tanner, a doctoral candidate in English and comparative literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel […]
This spring, from an applicant pool of nearly 3,000, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation selected 175 writers, scholars, artists, and scientists as the 2020 Guggenheim Fellows. Nine of this year’s Guggenheim Fellows are also Fellows from various WW programs. Guggenheim Fellows are selected annually “on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise.” The […]
Dear Fellows and Friends— We hope this finds you and your loved ones safe. As is true for many of you, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed a great deal for all of us at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. As a team, we’ve moved our operations online. WW staff members are working from home, […]
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship is the nation’s largest and most prestigious award for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences addressing questions of ethical and religious values. The 2019 class of Fellows includes Keshav Singh, a doctoral candidate in philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Keshav describes […]
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship is the nation’s largest and most prestigious award for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences addressing questions of ethical and religious values. The 2019 class of Fellows includes María José Méndez, a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Minnesota. María José describes the […]
For many years, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has taken pride in telling the stories of its distinguished Fellows. Now, in this new series, WW Perspectives will also spotlight the people who keep the Foundation running behind the scenes. The various members of WW’s small staff brings distinctive experiences and interests to their roles. […]
Cindy Celi 2015 WW New Jersey Teaching Fellow Teaching had always been in the back of Cindy Celi’s mind. As a mother of young children and as trained architect and interior designer, the idea of going back to school and changing careers seemed daunting. Still, Mrs. Celi was committed to marrying her passion for education […]
