Program Description

The Department of Anthropology facilitates the LEAD (Learning Environments in Anthropology Disciplines) Scholars Program. With two primary components, Student Mentoring Groups and Critical Skills Clinics and Informational Sessions, the LEAD Scholars Program engages early career undergraduate students but is open to all students in the department. 

Additionally, the LEAD Scholars Program facilitates social interactions with peers with the goal of learning from one another, promotes a sense of belonging and engagement, provides additional opportunities to bolster skill building, and increases institutional knowledge including campus resources available to assist students. 

Program Coordinators 

Past LEAD Scholars Program Participants

AY 2023 - 2024

LEAD Scholars

  • Isobel Lebeau
  • Jessica Pilipchuk
  • Jack Murphy
  • Julia Fasick
  • Xueyi Lu
  • Justine Dioneda
  • Sara Kiel
  • Becky Arden
  • Jules Berglund
  • Layla Eyegabroad
  • Nubia Stevenson
  • Kaelyn Sloan
  • Elaine Oliver
  • Gabrielle Wolf
  • Jackie Trachtenberg
  • Zyara Morton
  • Rusty Hovde
  • Reba Shenkman

LEAD Mentors (graduate students)

  • Em Shirilla
  • Navashni Naidoo
  • Margie Giacolone
  • Lydia Evans
  • Baylee Priest
  • Brian Graves

Directors

  • Petra Jelinek
  • Kate Bishop

AY 2022 - 2023

LEAD Scholars

  • Jack Murphy
  • Julia Fasick
  • Justine Dioneda
  • Dawn Pagel
  • Kelsey Williams
  • Sara Kiel
  • Sophia Ramos
  • Shyann Mack
  • Jackie Trachtenberg
  • Haley Collins
  • Mason Acquaviva
  • Isobel Lebeau
  • Nubia Stevenson
  • Jules Berglund
  • Kate Blankenship
  • Layla Eyegabroad
  • Morgan Lott
  • Lucas Nolte
  • Lily Lisnic
  • Mckenzie Macon
  • Devansh Nandwana
  • Connor Uphues
  • Zyara Morton
  • Gabrielle Wolf

LEAD Mentors

  • Urooba Fatima
  • Em Shirilla
  • Grace Shaw
  • Abigail Houkes
  • Navashni Naidoo
  • Margie Giacolone
  • Rachel Rusen
  • Alana Ackerman
  • Arielle Reich
  • Josh Diaz
  • Nathalie Martinez
  • Jackie Abing
  • Jeongsu Shin
  • Michelle Patino
  • Rita Bouwens
  • Tamara Pavlovic

Directors

  • Petra Jelinek
  • Kate Bishop

With support from the Provost’s Innovative Programs Award to support student learning due to the impact of COVID-19 (AY21-22).

AY 2021 - 2022

Sping 2022  LEAD Scholars

  • Shyann Mack
  • Toby Kutz
  • Anne McKeown
  • Lily Lisnic
  • Peyton Heinze
  • Nico Herrera
  • Brooke Blaszynski
  • Gabrielle Wolf
  • Rachel Burdette
  • Calvin Sato
  • Sophia Sato
  • Jorge Corral
  • Lisa Chasanov
  • Morgan Chan
  • Maddie Woods
  • Connor Uphues
  • Justine Dioneda
  • Claire Von Ebers
  • Julia Fasick
  • Dawn Pagel
  • Sophia Ramos
  • Yohann Torres
  • Jack Murphy
  • Morgan Lott
  • Ian Ward
  • Mearieta Clemente
  • Emma Perry
  • Lex Cruz
  • Haley Collins
  • Sara Kiel

Sping 2022  LEAD Mentors

  • Jeongsu Shin
  • Rachel Rusen
  • Brenda Garcia
  • Alex Orille
  • Sahara Vilchis
  • Jackie Abing
  • Margie Gialocone
  • Arielle Reich
  • Emma Verstraete
  • Grace Shaw

Fall 2021 Lead Scholars

  • Lisa Chasanov
  • Jorge Corral
  • Sophia Sato
  • Calvin Sato
  • Rachel Burdette
  • Gabrielle Wolf
  • Brooke Blaszynski
  • Nico Herrera Gonzalez
  • Peyton Heinze
  • Lily Lisnic
  • Anne McKeown
  • Toby Kutz
  • Shyann Mack

Fall 2021 LEAD Mentors

  • Emma Verstraete
  • Grace Shaw
  • Arielle Reich
  • Jeongsu Shin
  • Margie Gialocone
  • Brenda Garcia

Directors

  • Ripan Malhi
  • Petra Jelinek

With support from the Provost’s Innovative Programs Award to support student learning due to the impact of COVID-19 (AY21-22).