SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Todd And Dawn Aaron Endowed Presidential Scholarship

Mia Hay and Elijah Kahlenberg were both awarded the Todd and Dawn Aaron Endowed Presidential Scholarship. Mia and Elijah will both be name “Aaron Scholars” at the Schusterman Center during the 2023–24 academic year.

Elijah Kahlenberg is a rising junior, triple majoring in Jewish Studies, Middle East Studies, and Government. His academic and research interests include late Ottoman history, pre-1929 Arab-Jewish relations, Romaniote/ Sephardi/Musta’arabim Jewish history in the Eastern Mediterranean, and contemporary geopolitical analysis of Israel-Palestine. Elijah has undertaken multiple initiatives pertaining to his working as a volunteer and intern for the Roots (Judur/Shorashim) Movement. Furthermore, Elijah has worked as an intern for the Diarna initiative, where he recorded the histories of over 15 Sephardi/Mizrahi cultural heritage sites and conducted field research on histories of the Old Yishuv in Jerusalem and Hebron.

Mia Hay is a rising senior, majoring in Jewish Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies. In their time with SCJS, Mia has participated in interview panels, helped to found the Jewish Studies Undergraduate Students’ Association, interned at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University, and presented at the 2023 Texas Jewish Historical Society convention, all while striving for academic excellence. After UT, Mia hopes to attend graduate school for a Master’s in Religious Studies, then continue on to a Ph.D. They are endlessly grateful to the Schusterman Center for the incredible opportunities and constant support it offers all its students and to the people who keep the center running.

Graduate Fellowships

Israel Studies Fellowship

Atalia Israeli-Nevo

Israel Studies Supplementary Fellowship

Erin Brantmayer, Scott Spicer

Israel Studies Travel Fellowship

Erin Brantmayer, Atalia Israeli-Nevo, Michael Leff, Hannah Salmon

Jewish Studies Supplementary Graduate Fellowship

Isabelle Headrick, Michael Leff

Appleman Graduate Fellowship

Nina O. Gary, Isabelle Headrick, John Mellison, Tyler Moser

Undergraduate Scholarships

Jewish Studies Minor Scholarship from the David M. Rosenberg Scholarship Fund

Lila Katz

Henry Weiss Scholarship for Jewish Studies Majors

Mia Hay