PDRFs - Past and Present
Meet fellows from the beginning cohort through to our most recent new students. A group of fellows is selected for spotlighting each year; this does not represent every student in the program, but gives a snapshot of the program over time.
PDRFs and PAFs
Group of people
152
Total Fellowships
Book
39
Current PDRFs
Paint Brush
3
Current PAFs
Earth
12
New Fellows for Fall 2026
Academic Accomplishments
Pen
49
First-author Publications
Books
82
Other Publications
People in front of screen
247
Conference Presentations
Graduation Cap
55
Prior Degrees Earned
Awards Since 2012
Microscope
11
NSF GRFP
Map with location dot
1
Ford Foundation Fellow
Glasses
14
Doctoral ROY
Dollar Bill
21
GRCO Grand Recipients
Alumni
Apple
30
Tenure Track Faculty
School building
13
Current Postdocs
Science Flask
43
Research and Industry
Multiple People
110
Graduates
| Year | Name | Program | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | William Allen | PhD in Audiology & Neuroscience | Dr. Aryn Kamerer |
| 2026 | JonLuc Christensen | PhD in Education | Dr. Alyson Lavigne |
| 2026 | Rebecca Elwood | PhD in Disability Disciplines | Dr. Kimberly Clevenger |
| 2026 | Alex Ford | PhD in Psychology | Dr. Timothy Shahan |
| 2026 | Khadeejah Iqbal | PhD in Human Development and Family Studies | Dr. Diana Meter |
| 2026 | Lan Lei | PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering | Dr. Ran Sun |
| 2026 | Elizabeth Long-Meek | PhD in Sociology | Dr. Stacia Ryder |
| 2026 | Melanie Parry | Art MFA | Professor Joshu Legate |
| 2026 | Shannon Sartain | PhD in Watershed Sciences | Dr. Juli Scamardo |
| 2026 | Kehinde Soetan | PhD in Technical Communication and Rhetoric | Dr. Heidi Willers |
| 2026 | Mengjuan Wang | PhD in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences | Dr. Lu Lawrence |
| 2026 | Hongyu Yan | PhD in Electrical Engineering | Dr. Hang Dai |
| 2025 | Thadeus Allen | PhD in Biology | Dr. Norah Saarman |
| 2025 | Baihong Chen | PhD in Computer Science | Dr. Wen Li |
| 2025 | Seth Dubinski | PhD in Disability Disciplines | Dr. Trenton Joe Landon |
| 2025 | Emily Fitzpatrick | PhD in Engineering Education | Dr. Cassandra McCall |
| 2025 | Madison Fitzpatrick | PhD in Psychology | Dr. Mike Twohig |
| 2025 | Jenny Hawkins | PhD in Career and Technical Education | Dr. Michael Pate |
| 2025 | Logan Lancaster | PhD in Aerospace Engineering | Dr. Matt Harris |
| 2025 | Isabela Pedro | PhD in Ecology | Dr. Peter Adler |
| 2025 | Dallas (Mason) Rapier | PhD in Biochemistry | Dr. Joanie Hevel |
| 2025 | Kelsey Rayment | PhD in Biomedical Sciences | Dr. Jessica Sanchez |
| 2025 | Justice Saxby | PhD in Geology | Dr. Derrick Vaughn |
| 2025 | Timonthy Steinmann | Theatre Arts MFA | Professor Dan Murphy |
| 2025 | Meagan Tsai | PhD in Psychology | Dr. Melissa Tehee |
| 2024 | Ben Blackwood | Art MFA | Professor Dan Murphy |
| 2024 | Ramtin Davoudi | PhD in Computer Science | Dr. Hamid Karimi |
| 2024 | Thamali (Amanda) Gamlath Dissanayakalage | PhD in Statistics and Data Science | Dr. Yan Sun |
| 2024 | Spooner Greenbird | PhD in Psychology | Dr. Renee Galliher |
| 2024 | Md Mirajul Islam | PhD in Biology | Dr. Monica Borghi |
| 2024 | Steven Jachym | PhD in Plant Science | Dr. Bruce Bugbee |
| 2024 | Cooper Lott | Art MFA | Professor Fazilat Soukhakian |
| 2024 | Morgan Mosher | PhD in Biological Engineering | Dr. Anhong Zhou |
| 2024 | Michael Procko | PhD in Ecology | Dr. T.J. Clark-Wolf and Dan MacNulty |
| 2024 | Jesiah Salazar | PhD in Human Development and Family Studies | Dr. Diana Meter |
| 2024 | Kate Sorensen | PhD in Nutrition and Food Sciences | Dr. Taylor Oberg |
| 2023 | Jesus Humberto Felix De Los Reyes | PhD in Economics | Dr. Man-Keun Kim |
| 2023 | Esther Odunuga | PhD in Disability Disciplines | Dr. Willa van Dijk |
| 2023 | Anna Shampain | PhD in Ecology | Dr. Janice Brahney and Scott Hotaling |
| 2023 | Mckay Waite | PhD in Electrical Engineering | Dr. Hongjie Wang |
| 2023 | Hilary McDonald | PhD in Anthropology | Dr. Stefani Crabtree |
| 2022 | Farin Khan Raisa | PhD in Mechanical Engineering | Dr. Nadia Kouraytem |
| 2022 | Ravi Sinha | PhD in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences | Dr. Hillary Swanson |
| 2022 | Chinedum Anajemba | PhD in Ecology | Dr. Carl Rothfels |
| 2022 | Matias Avellaneda | PhD in Psychology | Dr. Tim Shahan |
| 2022 | Missy Barker | PhD in Education | Dr. Katherine Vela |
| 2022 | Emily Bowers | PhD in Psychology | Dr. Mike Twohig |
| 2022 | Patrick Ocran | PhD in Education | Dr. Alyson Lavigne |
| 2022 | David Evans | PhD in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning | Dr. Brent Chamberlain |
| 2022 | Dorcas Anabire | PhD in Technical Communication and Rhetoric | Dr. Rebecca Walton |
| 2022 | Anh Phan | PhD in Physics | Dr. Dominique Pautet |
| 2021 | Fariba Soltani Mandolakani | PhD in Civil & Environmental Engineering | Dr. Patrick Singleton |
| 2021 | Dongxiang (Daniel) Zhang | PhD in Biological Engineering | Dr. Yu Huang |
| 2021 | Katherine Adams | PhD in Human Development and Family Studies | Dr. Travis Dorsch |
| 2021 | Elizabeth Bennett | PhD in Sociology | Dr. Jessica Schad |
| 2021 | Samantha Budge | PhD in Neuroscience | Dr. Stephanie Borrie |
| 2021 | Jordan Jensen | PhD in Geology | Dr. Alexis Ault |
| 2021 | Alyssa Lauer | PhD in Neuroscience | Dr. Erin Bobeck |
| 2021 | Miriam Mukasa Kasozi | PhD in Psychology | Dr. Michael Levin |
| 2021 | Antra Sinha | Art MFA | Professor Neely |
| 2021 | Luis Fernando Temoche Hurtado | PhD in Physics | Dr. Maria Rodriguez |
| 2021 | Madeline Walker | Art MFA | Professor Koven |
| 2021 | Emily Yoshikawa-Ruesch | PhD in Career and Technical Education | Dr. Michael Pate |
| 2021 | Daniela Aguirre | PhD in Watershed Sciences | Dr. Janice Brahne |
| 2021 | Prasenjit Dewanjee | PhD in Mechanical Engineering | Dr. Ryan Berke |
| 2016 | Shakil Ahmed | Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
| 2019 | Jamal-Jared Alexander | PhD in English | Dr. Rebecca Walton |
| 2015 | Idowu Atoloye | PhD in Plants, Soils, and Climate | Dr. Jennifer Reeve |
| 2012 | Antra Boča | PhD in Wildland Resoures | Dr. Helga Van Miegroet |
| 2020 | Paige Boyle | PhD in Ecology | Dr. Kelly Kopp |
| 2020 | Michael Briscoe | PhD in Sociology | Dr. Jennifer Givens |
| 2020 | Michelle Burrows | PhD in Agriculture Education | Dr. Tyson Sorensen |
| 2014 | Ryan Cain | PhD in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences | Dr. Victor Lee |
| 2014 | Benjamin Call | PhD in Engineering Education | Dr. Wade Goodridge |
| 2014 | Mike Channer | PhD in Geology | Dr. Alexis Ault |
| 2014 | Ryan Choi | PhD in Wildland Resources | Dr. Karen Beard |
| 2015 | Samantha Corralejo | PhD in Psychology | Dr. Melanie Domenech Rodriquez |
| 2014 | Sadie Crabb | Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology | Dr. Richard Krannich |
| 2015 | Tatiana Drugova | PhD in Applied Economics | Dr. Kynda Curtis |
| 2014 | Leslie Forero | PhD in Wildland Resources | Dr. Andrew Kulmatiski |
| 2012 | Maureen Frank | PhD in Wildland Resources | Dr. Mike Conover |
| 2013 | Shawn Hazboun | Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology | Dr. Richard Krannich |
| 2020 | Coleman Hiett | PhD in Geology | Dr. Dennis Newell |
| 2017 | Ibrahim Abdelmotelb Ibrahim | PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering | Dr. John Rice |
| 2019 | Devon Isaacs | PhD in Psychology | Dr. Melissa Tehee |
| 2013 | Abram Bernard | PhD in Chemistry | Dr. Nick Dickenson |
| 2013 | Tyler King | PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering | Dr. Bethany Nielson |
| 2019 | Paul Kusuma | PhD in Plants, Soils and Climate | Dr. Bruce Bugbee |
| 2014 | Stephanie Kung | PhD in Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences | Dr. Bob Ward |
| 2012 | Troy Munro | PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Dr. Heng Ban |
| 2014 | Brinley Zabriskie | Math and Statistics | Dr. Chris Corcoran |
| 2017 | Elizabeth Simpson | PhD in Ecology | |
| 2016 | Jackson Reid | PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Dr. Doug Hunsaker |
| 2015 | Yajie Li | PhD in Environment and Society | Dr. Peter Howe |
| 2013 | Kaylee Litson | PhD in Psychology | Dr. Christian Geiser |
| 2020 | Beth Ogata | PhD in Ecology | Dr. Michelle Baker |
| 2020 | Allison Roxburg | PhD in Teacher Education and Leadership with an Emphasis in Mathematics | Dr. Patricia Moyer-Packenham |
| 2014 | Robert McDermott | PhD in Geology | Dr. Alexis Ault |
| 2013 | Jarod Raithel | PhD in Wildland Resources | Dr. Lise Aubry |
| 2012 | Brooke Smith | PhD in Psychology | Dr. Michael Twohig |
| 2015 | Carla Orellana | PhD in Special Language and Rehabilitation | Dr. Ron Gillam |
| 2015 | Taylor Sorenson | PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering | Dr. JMarc Maguire |
| 2019 | Tatiana Soboleva | PhD in Organic Chemistry | Dr. Lisa Berreau |
| 2012 | Jeon Sun Young | PhD in Sociology | Dr. Eric Reither |
| 2019 | Kaitlyn Spangler | PhD in Environment and Society | Dr. Jordan Smith |
| 2017 | Mathangi Soundararajan | PhD in Biochemistry | Dr. Lance Seefeldt |
| 2015 | Beth Shirley | PhD in English | Dr. Jared Colton |
| 2013 | Boyang Wang | PhD in Computer Science | Dr. Ming Li |
| 2016 | Emily Virgin | PhD in Biology | Dr. Susannah French |
| 2013 | Beth Ogata | PhD in Biology | Dr. Michelle Baker |
| 2017 | Claudia Wright | PhD in Sociology | Dr. Erin Hofmann |
| 2014 | Talin Louder | Kinesiology & Health Science | Dr. Eadric Bressel |
| 2020 | Emily Wilkins | PhD in Environment and Society | Dr. Jordan Smith |