Critical Language Scholarship

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, this award offers intensive summer language institutes overseas in eleven critical need foreign languages. The Critical Language Scholarship Program is part of the National Security Language Initiative, a U.S. government interagency effort to expand dramatically the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages.

2022 Honorees

Abigail Bykowski

Linguistics

Award Status: Alternate

Emma Gandolfi

Psychology; Sociology

Award Status: Nominee

Julia Jeon

Public Health

Award Status: Recipient

Hannah Jones

Business Administration

Award Status: Nominee

Sebastian Keight

Health and Human Services

Award Status: Nominee

Jack Killorin

History; Legal Studies

Award Status: Nominee

Jacob Landerer

Mechanical Engineering

Award Status: Nominee

Luna Liu

Bioinformatics-Computer Science

Award Status: Nominee

Austin Marga

Mathematics; Physics

Award Status: Nominee

Sophie May

French; Political Science

Award Status: Alternate

Laibah Mir

Political Science

Award Status: Nominee

Faith Moka

Neuroscience

Award Status: Nominee

Joanna O'Brien

Linguistics

Award Status: Nominee

Annalyse Paulsen

Urban Planning

Award Status: Finalist

Porphyria Pierre

Asian Studies (Alum)

Award Status: Nominee

Anastasiya Rudenko

Political Science; Social Science Interdisciplinary

Award Status: Nominee

Taylor Smith

Award Status: Nominee

Joyce Yan

Biomedical Science

Award Status: Nominee

Winni Zhu

Anthropology; Asian Studies (Alum)

Award Status: Nominee