FLAS Fellows
Each year, the US Department of Education awards Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) funding to Area Studies Centers at the University of Kansas. FLAS funds are awarded in a competitive process open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students to pursue foreign language and area studies for professional purposes. FLAS funds are intended to support high-level second language acquisition among US professionals.
Academic Year 2023-2024
Graduate Students :
- Cora Caton (Arabic)
- Ousmane Diop (Arabic)
- Mia Hafer (Arabic)
- Alicia Houser (Kiswahili)
- Allison Lewis (Wolof)
- Owen Wegner (Kiswahili)
Undergraduate Students:
- Sumaya Ahmed (Arabic)
- Seville Croker (Kiswahili)
- Kelley Hurst (Kiswahili)
- Manna Simmons (Kiswahili)
- Catherine Timkar (Arabic)
Academic Year 2022-2023
Graduate Students:
- Cora Caton (Arabic)
- Mia Hafer (Arabic)
- Alicia Houser (Kiswahili)
- Alexandra Koran (Kiswahili)
- Allison Lewis (Wolof)
- Brien Stonebreaker (Arabic)
- Owen Wegner (Kiswahili)
Undergraduate Students:
- Miriam Alky (Arabic)
- Jilyssa Coffee-Jackson (Arabic)
- Seville Croker (Kiswahili)
- Abby Hall (Arabic)
- Manna Simmons (Kiswahili)
- Catherine Timkar (Kiswahili)
Summer Semester 2023:
Graduate Students :
- Ousmane Lecoq Diop (Arabic)
- Mia Hafer (Arabic)
- Hazlett Henderson (Arabic)
- Alex Horne (Arabic)
- Syed Muhammad Omar (Kiswahili)
- Owen Wegner (Kiswahili)
Undergraduate Students :
- Sean Carroll (Arabic)
- Said Mohammed (Arabic)
- Essence Stiles (Kiswahili)
- Jenna Ghannam (Arabic)
- Jasmine Richardson (Arabic)
Academic Year 2021-2022
Graduate Students:
- Cora Caton (Arabic)
- Allison Charba (Kiswahili)
- Aron Finholt (Kiswahili)
- Alexandra Sue Koran (Kiswahili)
- Maggie Wilcox (Kiswahili)
- Alicia Houser (Somali)
- Allison Lewis (Wolof)
Summer Semester 2022:
Graduate Students :
- La Ronda Barnes (Kiswahili)
- Joana Ducey (Arabic)
- Mai Hafer (Arabic)
- Ogochukwu Ngwudike (Kiswahili)
- Anik Noudou (Wolof)
- Syed Muhammad Omar (Kiswahili)
- Owen Wegner (Kiswahili)
Undergraduate Students :
- Mujahid Abdus-Sabir (Arabic)
- Charles Johnson (Arabic)
- Elise Schumacher (Arabic)
- Joseph Young (Kiswahili)
Undergraduate Students:
- Radhia Abdirahman (Arabic)
- Abby Hall (Arabic)
- Sura Jaradat (Arabic)
- Mary Morrison (Arabic)
- Rachael Lawler (Arabic)
- Nicholas Simpson (Arabic)
- Katherine Ewing (Arabic)
- Catherine Timkar (Kiswahili)
Academic Year 2020-2021
Graduate Students:
- Eric Splavec (Kiswahili)
- Maggie Wilcox (Kiswahili)
- Eva Fisk (Wolof)
- Heather Snay (Wolof)
Summer Semester 2021
Graduate Students:
- Brien Stonebreaker (Arabic)
- Cora Caton (Arabic)
- Maggie Wilcox (Kiswahili)
- Alicia Houser (Somali)
Undergraduate Students:
- Kalkidan Haboro (Amharic)
- Mercy Haboro (Amharic)
- Catherine Timkar (Kiswahili)
- Lucy Whittington (Kiswahili)
Academic Year 2019-2020
Graduate Students:
- Douglas Eifler (Arabic)
- Raychel Gadson (Kiswahili)
- Ousmane Diop (Wolof)
- Eva Fisk (Wolof)
- Heather Snay (Wolof)
Undergraduate Students:
- Leena Abdelmoity (Arabic)
- Radhia Abdirahman (Arabic)
- Dawson Blackley (Arabic)
- Kat Frenzel (Arabic)
- Abby Hall (Arabic)
- Nicholas Simpson (Arabic)
- Mary Morrison (Kiswahili)
- Atlee Myers (Kiswahili)
Summer Semester 2020
Graduate Students:
- Aaron Finholt (Kiswahili)
- Heather Snay (Wolof)
Undergraduate Students:
- Edan Belihu (Amharic)
- Radhia Abdirahman (Arabic)
- Tarik Aginar (Kiswahili)
- Tyler Cargill (Kiswahili)
- Evalyn Ngugi (Kiswahili)
Academic Year 2018-2019
Graduate Students:
- Jacqueline Fisk (Arabic)
- Mariah Crystal (Kiswahili)
- Symantha Dawson (Kiswahili)
- Julie Morris (Kiswahili)
- Allison Lewis (Wolof)
Undergraduate Students:
- Chally Miller (Arabic)
- Grace Anne Lamar (Arabic)
- Lilah Wilder (Arabic)
- Macie Rouse (Kiswahili)
- Eric Splavec (Kiswahili)
- Rachel Wakefield (Kiswahili)
Summer Semester 2019
- Eva Fisk (Arabic)
- Tyler Cargill (Kiswahili)
- Joe Clark (Kiswahili)
- Raychel Gadson (Kiswahili)
- Evalyn Ngugi (Kiswahili)
- Alex Cateforis (Wolof)
Academic Year 2017-2018
Graduate Students:
- Jenna Swanson (Arabic)
- Mariah Crystal (Kiswahili)
- Julie Morris (Kiswahili)
- Lia Thompson (Kiswahili)
- Delarice Staley (Wolof)
Undergraduate Students:
- Caitlin Smith (Arabic)
- Daniel Lee (Kiswahili)
- Emily Hoy (Wolof)
- Sierra Hurd (Wolof)
Summer Semester 2018
Graduate Students:
- Eva Fisk (Arabic)
- Joseph Clark (Kiswahili)
- Symantha Dawson (Kiswahili)
- Allison Lewis (Wolof)
- Danielle Schablitsky (Wolof)
- Emily Hoy (Wolof)
Undergraduate Students:
- John Cormier (Kiswahili)
- Macie Rouse (Kiswahili)
- Eric Splavec (Kiswahili)
- Shannon Warren (Kiswahili)
- Serigne Seck (Wolof)
Summer Semester 2017
Graduate Students:
- Jenna Swanson (Arabic)
- Mariah Crystal (Kiswahili)
- Lia Thompson (Kiswahili)
- Mfon Udoinyang (Kiswahili)
- Angela Murphy (Wolof)
- Delarice Staley (Wolof)
Undergraduate Students:
- Daniel Lee (Kiswahili)
- Emily Hoy (Wolof)
- Sierra Hurd (Wolof)