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 Márquez
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: Proxy Warfare and the Cost of Nuclear Deterrence Strategy
Internship: Initiatives pour le Désarmement Nucléaire
Location: Paris, France

Eli Craddock

Major: Hispanic Studies and International Relations

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: The Collapse of Coffee: How the International Coffee Agreement Affected Global Trade
Internship: Unión Iberoamericana de Municipialistas
Location: Granada, Spain

Dixie Dayton

Majors: East Asian Studies and Slavic Studies

CISLA Language: Mandarin and Russian
SIP: Nonverbal Communication in Language Acquisition: Analyzing Mandarin-Russian Speakers' English Online
Internship: SPICE
Location: Hong Kong, China

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: Third Spaces in the Chinese Context
Internship: Faculty-directed research
Location: China

Tandin Johnson Ward

Majors: German Studies and International Studies

CISLA Language: German
SIP: Protest in Public Spaces: Resistance and Spatial Change in Kreuzberg, Berlin
Internship: Give Something Back to Berlin
Location: Berlin, Germany

Hope Kisakye

Majors: Architectural Studies and Environmental Studies

CISLA Language: Spanish
SIP: Bridging Tradition and Innovation: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Vernacular Architecture
Internship: El Terreno
Location: Guaranda, Ecuador

Sabrina Malec

Majors: Anthropology and East Asian Studies

CISLA Language: Mandarin
SIP: Taiwan as a Queer Utopia: Discussing Queerness Across the Sinophone World
Internship: Taiwan Equality Campaign
Location: Taipei, Taiwan

Leah Mayerhauser

Majors: International Relations and Slavic Studies

CISLA Language: Russian
SIP: Trading Futures: Georgia's Economic Path to the European Union
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: Comparing the Integration of Ukrainian and Other Single Refugee Women in Germany
Internship: Rechtsanwältin Fleischer
Location: Berlin, Germany

Sebastian Parilov

Major: Psychology

CISLA Language: Russian
SIP: Beyond Borders: Comparing Personality, Depression, and Self-Defining Memories Across Russian 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: Más que madres: Maternal Health and the Invisible Struggles of Motherhood
Internship: Asociación Hogar de María
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: Disaster Risk Financing in the Era of Climate Change
Internship: Convex Europe SA
Location: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Caelan Stewart

Major: International Relations

CISLA Language: Arabic
SIP: Morocco’s Three-Pillar Counterterrorism Strategy
Internship: High Atlas Foundation
Location: Marrakech, Morocco