With the support from the estates of Donald and Barbara Smalley and Edward McBroom, this fellowship supports students in SLCL doctoral programs as they complete their dissertations. Eligible candidates are nominated by their departments; the fellowship provides one year of support.
The School’s Executive Committee is charged with selecting the dissertation completion award recipients. Nominees must be in a position to complete their dissertations within the fellowship period. Requirements, criteria, and application instructions are here.
- Student deadline per department - turn in all application materials to DGS by deadline indicated by department.
- Department deadline March 1, 2021 - send completed student application and departmental nomination to slclgradservices@illinois.edu
Past Winners
2020-21
♦ Diana Sacilowski, Slavic Languages and Literatures
♦ Asiya Ikhnsanova, Comparative and World Literature
♦ Christopher Gipson, Classics
♦ Shaodan Zhang, East Asian Languages and Literatures
♦ Francesco Ferrari, French and Italian
2019-20
♦ Johannes Frohlich, Germanic Languages and Literatures
♦ Adam Kozak, Classics
♦ Amanda Rector, Spanish and Portuguese
♦ Pierpaolo Spagnolo, French and Italian
♦ Wenqi Yang, East Asian Languages and Cultures
2018-19
♦ Marina Filipovic, Slavic Languages and Literatures
♦ Patrick Drackley, Linguistics
♦ Liz Moreno Chuquen, Spanish and Portuguese
♦ Meagan Smith, Comparative and World Literature
♦ Nicholas Strole, French and Italian
2017-18
♦ Lydia Catedral, Linguistics
♦ Emily DiFilippo, Spanish and Portuguese
♦ Mark Frank, East Asian Languages and Cultures
♦ Orestis Karatzoglou, Classics
2016-17
♦ Adrian Anderson, Classics
♦ Jing Chen, East Asian Languages and Cultures
♦ Sharif Karmizad, Linguistics
♦ Kate Lyons, Linguistics
♦ Matthew Nelson, Comparative and World Literature
♦ Jessica Sciubba, French and Italian
2015-16
♦ Priscilla Charrat, French and Italian
♦ Weija Du, East Asian Languages and Cultures
♦ Iftikhar Haider, Linguistics
♦ Lauren Hansen, Germanic Languages and Literatures
♦ Myeong Hyeon Kim, Linguistics
2014-15
♦ Jeffrey Elliott, Comparative and World Literature
♦ Yun Yao, East Asian Languages and Cultures
♦ Brian Hunt, French
♦ Lisa Burner, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese
♦ Irina Avkhimovich, Slavic Languages and Literatures
♦ Rania Al-Sabbagh, Linguistics
♦ Amy Norgard, Classics