Four Syracuse Students/Alumni Named as 2021 Fulbright Recipients

Four Syracuse University students/alumni have been named as 2021 recipients of awards through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Five students were also chosen as alternates.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program funds a range of awards that include English teaching assistantships (ETA) and study/research grants in over 140 countries.

The 2021 recipients are:

• Jenna Burgess, a 2021 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and in linguistics (Korean) from A&S—English Teaching Assistantship, South Korea;
• Steven Harris, a 2016 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in earth sciences (College of Arts and Sciences) and anthropology (A&S and the Maxwell School) and a minor in Chinese studies and a current Ph.D. student in anthropology in Maxwell—research grant, Barbados;
• Ashley Hudson, a 2020 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in policy studies from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School—English Teaching Assistantship, South Korea; and
• Vivian Whitney, a 2021 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in magazine, news and digital journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with minors in food studies in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics and French and francophone studies in the College of Arts and Sciences—study grant for a master of gastronomy degree, Italy.

The 2021 alternates are:

• Erin Elliott, a 2020 graduate with bachelor’s degrees in public relations from the Newhouse School and in English and textual studies and fine arts from the College of Arts and Sciences—English Teaching Assistantship, Norway;
• Lara Hicks, a 2020 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in international relations with a minor in global security studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School, currently enrolled in the Maxwell School’s M.P.A./M.A.I.R. program with a C.A.S. in civil society organizations—study grant/master’s degree in public policy, Netherlands;
• Brittnee Johnson, a 2021 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in political science from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School, beginning M.P.A. program at Maxwell in summer 2021—English Teaching Assistantship, Malaysia;
• Hanna Nichols, a 2020 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in policy studies and citizenship and civic engagement from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School and a minor in data analytics from the School of Information Studies—English Teaching Assistantship, Malaysia; and
• Alexa Shephard, a 2020 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School and a minor in Spanish from the College of Arts and Sciences—English Teaching Assistantship, Spain.

Read the full story in SU News to learn more about the recipients of this year’s application cycle and those currently serving as Fulbrighters abroad.