CISLA Seniors: Class of 2026

Jenifer N. Alvarado Rivadeneira

Majors: English, Latin American and Latino Studies, and Sociology

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Civil Disillusionment: Citizens' Perceptions of Governance in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Internship: Legal M谩rquez
Location: Guyaquil, Ecuador

Delaney Brenner

Majors: Biochemistry, Cellular Molecular Biology and French

CISLA Language: French
SIP: Decolonizing Health in Madagascar: A Francophone Perspective
Internship: Avotra ONG
Location: Antananarivo, Madagascar

Caleb Butler

Majors: Classics and Theater

CISLA Language: Latin
SIP: A True Story, An Untrue Story: Mythologizing National History in Augustan Rome
Internship: Faculty-directed research
Location: Multiple cities in Italy

Catie Clarke

Majors: French and International Relations

CISLA Language: French
SIP: Deterrence Without Peace: Nuclear Weapons and the Rising Threshold of Warfare
Internship: Initiatives pour le D茅sarmement Nucl茅aire
Location: Paris, France

Eli Craddock

Major: Hispanic Studies and International Relations

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: The Collapse of Coffee: Latin American State Capacities to Respond to Market Liberalization
Internship: Unión Iberoamericana de Municipialistas
Location: Granada, Spain

Dixie Dayton

Majors: East Asian Studies and Slavic Studies

CISLA Language: Mandarin and Russian
SIP: I Ignored Western Media and Went Down the Rabbit-hole No One Warns You About: An Examination of the Exoticization of Russian and Chinese Culture on YouTube
Internship: SPICE
Location: Hong Kong

Kahron Gaul-Blakley

Major: Government

CISLA Language: German
SIP: Identity and Inclusion: Black Experiences in Post-War Germany
Internship: Carl-Schurz-Haus
Location: Freiberg im Breisgau, Germany

Kai Gee

Major: International Relations

CISLA Language: Japanese
SIP: Subsidizing Sustainability: Japan's Gamble on Market Based Energy Reform
Internship: Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies
Location: Tokyo, Japan

Eisha Giran

Majors: Neuroscience

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Invisible Shipwrecks & Neurological Endangerment: The Trade-Off in Seeking Asylum
Internship: FIDMAG Foundation for Research
Location: Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain

Clare Hummer

Major: East Asian Studies

CISLA Language: Mandarin
SIP: An Exploration of Third Spaces in China
Internship: Faculty-directed research
Location: China

Tandin Johnson Ward

Majors: German Studies and International Studies

CISLA Language: German
SIP: Public Spaces as Sites of Protest in Kreuzberg, Berlin
Internship: Give Something Back to Berlin
Location: Berlin, Germany

Hope Kisakye

Majors: Architectural Studies and Environmental Studies

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Revitalizing Tradition: Reimagining Vernacular Architecture in Contemporary Contexts
Internship: El Terreno
Location: Guaranda, Ecuador

Sabrina Malec

Majors: Anthropology and East Asian Studies

CISLA Language: Mandarin
SIP: Attitudes Toward Queerness in the Sinophone World: Comparing Taiwan and China
Internship: Taiwan Equality Campaign
Location: Taipei, Taiwan

Leah Mayerhauser

Majors: International Relations and Slavic Studies

CISLA Language: Russian
SIP: Unconsolidated Democracy and Strategic Drift: Explaining Georgia’s Turn from European Integration to Kremlin Alignment
Internship: European Business Association
Location: Tbilisi, Georgia

Eliza McCoole

Major: International Relations

CISLA Language: Mandarin
SIP: Zoning and Public Transportation in Chinese and Taiwanese Cities
Internship: The Community Services Center
Location: Taipei, Taiwan

Anna Olivia Nielsen

Majors: German Studies and International Relations

CISLA Language: German
SIP: Investigating the representation of Ukrainian refugees in German political discourse and party programs
Internship: Rechtsanwältin Fleischer
Location: Berlin, Germany

Sebastian Parilov

Majors: Psychology and Slavic Studies

CISLA Language: Russian
SIP: Cultural Identity in Transition: A Comparative Study of Self-Defining Memories and Personality American, and Russian-American Students
Internship: University of Belgrade
Location: Belgrade, Serbia

Roman Perrotto

Majors: East Asian Studies and Psychology

CISLA Language: Japanese
SIP: Trauma, Memory, and Narrative Identity: Intergenerational Effects in Atomic Bomb Survivor Families
Internship: ANT-Hiroshima
Location: Hiroshima, Japan

Stephanie Reyes Bravo

Majors: Biochemistry, Cellular Molecular Biology and Latin American and Latino Studies

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: M谩s que madres: Maternal Health and the Invisible Struggles of Motherhood
Internship: Asociaci贸n Hogar de Mar铆a
Location: Barcelona, Spain

Sylvia Richards

Majors: Art, International Relations, and Italian Studies

CISLA Language: Italian
SIP: The Relationship Between Art and Politics through Public Art in Milan
Internship: Viafarini
Location: Milan, Italy

Gray Ruffer

Majors: Psychology and Slavic Studies

CISLA Language: Russian
SIP: Reflections of a Queer Latvia: How the Past has Shaped Contemporary Activism
Location: Riga, Latvia

Matthew Sharretts

Majors: German Studies and Quantitative Economics and Econometrics

CISLA Language: German
SIP: Sovereign CAT Bonds: Evaluating Issuance
Internship: Convex Europe SA
Location: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Caelan Stewart

Major: International Relations

CISLA Language: Arabic
SIP: The Role of Socioeconomic Development in Preventing Violent Extremism
Internship: High Atlas Foundation
Location: Marrakech, Morocco