Lauren Woodworth MBA ’15 prepared to become a school leader, and her eyes are still on the prize—but she also “enjoys the journey of teaching,” and when she saw a chance to step back into the classroom to start a new program, she took it. “Our school is located in a small, rural community, and […]
How do activist scholars build bridges between their institutions and communities? “Start small and have some success and build trust,” says Darren J. Ranco, PhD (CEF ’06), a citizen of the Penobscot Nation who is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine. In the following WW […]
For nearly 75 years, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has been developing the best and brightest to help tackle national challenges, focusing specifically in education. Great teaching has long been a central focus of the Fndn’s work, and the Generations of students have learned from Fellows of various WW programs. A couple of issues […]
Tamara Markey, Indiana Teacher of the Year Tamara Markey had always wanted to be a teacher. But as a young Black woman who was good at math and science, she was encouraged to pursue engineering. She went to Purdue University, got a degree in industrial engineering, and spent nearly a decade working in the […]
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 Hannah McElgunn, a doctoral candidate in anthropology and linguistics at the University of Chicago. Hannah shares a lesson […]
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 Craig Johnson, a doctoral candidate in history at the University of California, Berkeley. Craig offers some background for […]
Propelling Society Forward: Q&A with Rajiv Vinnakota, seventh President of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Since joining the Woodrow Wilson Foundation team on July 1, 2019, Raj Vinnakota been getting to know WW’s people and programs. Here, Raj answers a few questions about his perspective on the Foundation thus far. Why WW? What brought […]
Fellows Bring Excellence and Innovation to Postsecondary Teaching Applications for the earliest Woodrow Wilson Fellowships stated, “The Foundation exists to recruit for the teaching profession at the college or university level.” Since 1945, generations of great undergraduate and graduate teachers have started their careers as Fellows. A handful of current WW fellowship programs continue 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 Tom Gilbert, a doctoral candidate in interdisciplinary field studies and rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley. Tom […]
“He is eminently qualified for advanced study and research, and there is a real chance that he might become a physicist of definite distinction.”—from a letter of recommendation for Jim Peebles’ 1958 Woodrow Wilson Fellowship To hear Jim Peebles WF ‘58 talk about his extraordinary career as one of the founders of modern cosmology, you’d […]
