NICHOLAS D. CHABRAJA CENTER FOR HISTORICAL STUDIES

Leopold Fellows

The Center supports an undergraduate program honoring Professor Richard Leopold, a long-time member of the NU Department of History. The Leopold Fellowship program is open to all NU undergraduates, no matter their major or school. It provides a small group of able Northwestern undergraduate students with an opportunity to engage in genuine historical research. The fellowship entails an hourly wage and possible travel expenses, but no academic credit. Leopold Fellows work on current faculty research projects, learning how to interpret complex archival and documentary materials.

2026-2027 LEOPOLD FELLOWS

*Asterisk denotes a returning Leopold Fellow

1. Joyin AKINOLA (senior, WCAS) working with Prof. Leslie HARRIS on “The History of Race and Medicine at Northwestern University” (F/W/S)
2. Gabriel BAYER (senior, WCAS) working with Prof. Scott SOWERBY on “Absolution and Arms: The Waldensians in the Italian Alps, 1650-1730” (W/S)
3. Hannah BECKER (sophomore, WCAS), working with Prof. Sean HANRETTA on “A Global History of Death and Dying” (summer, F/W/S)
4. * Eleanor BERGSTEIN (senior, WCAS), working with Prof. Caitlin FITZ on “Women’s Sports in Early America” (summer, F/W/S)
5. Gabriella BERNSTEIN (junior, WCAS) working with Prof. Michelle MOLINA on “Altar Scenes: Mexican Silver Both Sacred and Profane” (late summer, F/W/S)
6. *Xuhare BEREIKUA (senior, WCAS) working with Prof. Scott SOWERBY on “Seventeenth-century Spanish sources on the expulsion of the Moriscos” (F/W/S)
7. River BRAVERMAN (sophomore, WCAS) working with Prof. Zavier NUNN on “Sex Changes” (F/W/S)
8. *Yuliia CHERNOVA (senior, WCAS) working with Prod. Scott SOWERBY on “Catherine the Great and German Migration to Russia in the 1760s” (summer, F/W/S)
9. Lara CHOY (senior, WCAS) working with Prof. Daniel IMMERWAHR on “This Too Shall Burn: America in the Age of Wood” (F/W)
10. Leah COX (junior, WCAS) working with Kennetta Hammond PERRY on “James Baldwin and the Legacies of British Empire: The Case of Israel and Palestine” (F/W/S)
11. Lori CUI (sophomore, WCAS) working with Prof. Zavier NUNN on “Sex Changes” (F/W/S)
12. *Mariam FOFANA (senior, WCAS) working with Prof. Henry BINFORD on “Early Black Migrants to the Urban Middle West” (F/W/S)
13. Polina GIRSE (sophomore, WCAS) working with Prof. Akin OGUNDIRAN on “Robert Soper in Oyo-Ile, 1973-1979: Archaeological History of an African City (AD 1200-1836” (F/W/S)
14. Diego GUERRERO (junior, WCAS) working with Prof. Lauren STOKES on “The History of Business Aviation” (summer, F/W/S)
15. Luke HAAN (sophomore, WCAS), working with Prof. Leslie HARRIS on “Leaving New Orleans: A Personal Urban History” (summer, F/W/S)
16. Sonali JAIN (sophomore, WCAS) working with Prof. Leslie HARRIS on “The History of Race and Medicine at Northwestern University” (F/W/S)
17. *Abigail JACOB (junior, WCAS) working with Prof. Henry BINFORD on “Early Black Migrants to the Urban Middle West” (F/W/S)
18. *Andrew JOSEPH (junior, WCAS), working with Prof. Emily KADENS on “Exploring Early Modern English Documents with AI” (summer, F/W/S)
19. Angelo KARADIMAS (senior, WCAS) working with Prof. Sean HANRETTA on “A Global History of Death and Dying” (F/S)
20. Abby KELSO (junior, WCAS) working with Prof. Sean HANRETTA on “A Global History of Death and Dying” (summer, W/S)
21. Hannah KIM (senior, WCAS) working with Prof. Leslie HARRIS on “Leaving New Orleans: A Personal Urban History” (summer, F/W/S)
22. Emily LIU (junior, SESP) working with Prod. Ajay MEHROTRA on “Experts, Politics, and the Making of the New Deal Tax Policy” (summer, F/W/S)
23. *Medina (Dina) MIRANDA (senior, WCAS) working with Prof. Daniel IMMERWAHR on “This Too Shall Burn: America in the Age of Wood” (W/S)
24. Lauren MAUGHON (sophomore, WCAS) working with Prof. Akin OGUNDIRAN on “Robert Soper in Oyo-Ile, 1973-1979: Archaeological History of an African City (AD 1200-1836” (F/W/S)
25. Skye McPHILLIPS (junior, WCAS) working with Prof. Kate MASUR on “Sex, Pregnancy, Law, and Medicine in the Nineteenth-Century United States” (W/S)
26. Sejal MEHTA (senior, WCAS) working with Prof. Lauren STOKES on “The History of Business Aviation” (F/W/S)
27. Emilia MUCHA (senior, WCAS) working with Prof. Scott SOWERBY on “Absolution and Arms: The Lipka Tatar Rebellion of 1672” (summer, F/W/S)
28. Maya MUKHERJEE (senior, Medill School of Journalism) working with Prof. Michael ALLEN on “The Imperial Presidency” (F/W/S)
29. Alexa MURPHY (junior, WCAS), working with Prof. Michelle MOLINA on “Altar Scenes: Mexican Silver Both Sacred and Profane” (W/S)
30. Ayla MUSHTAQ (sophomore, WCAS) working with Prof. Yohanan PETROVSKY-SHTERN on “The History of Laughter” (summer, F/W/S)
31. Ashley PAUL (sophomore, WCAS) working with Prof. Leslie HARRIS on “The History of Race and Medicine at Northwestern University” (F/W/S)
32. Natalie ROOTS-NOWAKOWSKI (senior, WCAS) working with Prof. Akin OGUNDIRAN on “Robert Soper in Oyo-Ile, 1973-1979: Archaeological History of an African City (AD 1200-1836” (F/W/S)
33. Isabella SANCHEZ (junior, WCAS) working with Prof. Michelle MOLINA on “Altar Scenes: Mexican Silver Both Sacred and Profane” (F/W/S)
34. Juan SANCHEZ GUERRA (junior, WCAS) working with Prof. Yohanan PETROVSKY-SHTERN on “The History of Laughter” (summer, F/W/S)
35. Anthony SCARMOZZINO (junior, WCAS) working with Prod. Ajay MEHROTRA on “Experts, Politics, and the Making of the New Deal Tax Policy” (summer/W/S)
36. Brad SONTAY-TZUN (junior, WCAS) working with Kennetta Hammond PERRY on “James Baldwin and the Legacies of British Empire: The Case of Israel and Palestine” (F/W/S)
37. Alexandra STILLMAN (sophomore, WCAS) working with Prof. Henry BINFORD on “Early Black Migrants to the Urban Middle West” (F/W/S)
38. Isabel SU (senior, WCAS) working with Prod. Ajay MEHROTRA on “Experts, Politics, and the Making of the New Deal Tax Policy” (summer, F/W/S)
39. Meiling SUN (sophomore, SESP) working with Prof. Sean HANRETTA on “German Surveillance of Religion in West Africa” (summer, F/W/S)
40. Henry VRTIS (senior, WCAS) working with Prof. Paul GILLINGHAM on “The Prehistory of Money Laundering in Mexico” (summer, F/W/S)
41. Saraphina WAMBI (junior, WCAS) working with Kennetta Hammond PERRY on “James Baldwin and the Legacies of British Empire: The Case of Israel and Palestine” (summer, F/W/S)
42. Joseph WANG (junior Medill) working with Prof. Sean HANRETTA on “German Surveillance of Religion in West Africa” (summer, W/S)
43. *Joyce WANG (senior, WCAS) working with Prof. Daniel IMMERWAHR on “This Too Shall Burn: America in the Age of Wood” (W/S)

LIBRARY FELLOWS: 

• Oral History Curatorial Fellow—Ella SMITH (senior, WCAS) working with Charla WILSON
• Student Life Archives Fellow—Wenqi JIA (senior, WCAS) working with Matthew RICHARDSON

Some of the 2019-20 Leopold Fellows at an archival research session led by Special Collections Librarian Jason Nargis in October 2019.