2025 Blakemore Freeman Fellows

Ables, Kelsey - Korean
Sogang University KLEC, Seoul
B.A. 2018: Art History & Psychology, Columbia University
Breaking News Reporter, The Washington Post

Anders, Patrick - Chinese
ICLP at National Taiwan University, Taipei
B.A. Candidate 2025: History & Economics, Brown University

Bargon, Daniel - Japanese
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama
B.A. 2024: Computer Science & Linguistics, East Asian Languages & Cultures,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
M.A. Candidate 2026: East Asian Languages and Culture,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Bryant, Sophie - Chinese
ICLP at National Taiwan University, Taipei
B.A. 2023: East Asian Languages & Cultures, Concentration in Mathematics,
Columbia University
MPhil. Candidate 2025: Global & Area Studies, Rhodes Scholar, University of Oxford

Bush, Ava - Japanese
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama
B.A. 2023: Art History & Asian Studies & Anthropology, Tulane University
M.A. Candidate 2025: Regional Studies - East Asia, Harvard University

Charles, Sophia - Chinese
ICLP at National Taiwan University, Taipei
B.A. 2024: History & Physics, Harvard University
M.A. Candidate 2026: History, Yenching Academy at Peking University

Rost, Ben - Khmer
Royal University of Phnom Penh & tutoring, Cambodia
B.A. 2015: Cognitive Science, Linguistics, University of Virginia
U.S. Peace Corps & USAID, 2016 - 2021, Cambodia
M.A. 2023: Southeast Asian Studies, University of Washington

Walton, Julia - Japanese
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama
B.A. 2021: English, Princeton University
M.A. 2023: English & Comparative Literature, Columbia University
Ph.D. Student: English & Comparative Literature, Columbia University

2025 Blakemore Fellow

McClellan, Miranda - Chinese
IUP Chinese Center at Tsinghua University, Beijing
B.S. 2018: Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, MIT
M.S. 2019: Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, MIT
M.S. Candidate 2025: Global Affairs, Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University

2025 Blakemore Kingfisher Fellow

Mitchell-Gray, Dehlia - Chinese
IUP Chinese Center at Tsinghua University, Beijing
B.A. 2019: Chinese History, Sarah Lawrence
M.A. 2023: Chinese History. Columbia University
Ph.D. Student: Art History, University of Wisconsin

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2024 Grantees
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2020 Grantees
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2018 Grantees
2017 Grantees
2016 Grantees