Fellows and Interns

Past Fellows and Interns


Since 2001, the Council has welcomed 16 Ron Brown Scholars in the capacity of research associates and/or research fellows. These outstanding scholars worked on and contributed to the Council’s policy research initiatives. Past research fellows and interns are listed below.

Ihotu J. Ali
RBS 2003
Macalester College
Major: International Studies and
Sociology

Thomas Berrings
RBS 2000
Stanford University (graduated 2004)
Major: Human Thought

John A. Burton
RBS 1997
Harvard University (graduated 2001)
Major: History and Literature

William S. Chichester, III
RBS 2001
University of Virginia (graduated 2005)
Major: Foreign Relations and
Middle Eastern Studies

Kelly A. Cross
RBS 1997
Princeton University (graduated 2001)
Major: German
University of Virginia Law School
(graduated 2005)

Shirley J. Delaleu
RBS 1998
Stanford University (graduated 2002)
Major: Human Biology
Mount Sinai Medical School

Immanuel Foster
RBS 2002
Harvard University
Major: Physics and Chemistry

Maleka Donaldson Gramling
RBS 1998
Harvard University (graduated 2002)
Major: Biology

Travis A. Gayles
RBS 1997
Duke University (graduated 2005)
Major: Public Policy;
African American Studies
Certificate in Health Policy
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign Medical School

Kara P. Hamilton
RBS 1999
Harvard University (graduated 2003)
Major: Government
London School of Economics and
Political Science

Karla J. Hardy
RBS 2001
Iowa State University (graduated 2005)
Major: Sociology and History

Alvin E. Hough, Jr.
RBS 2002
Harvard University
Major: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Amanda K. Johnson
RBS 2002
Stanford University
Major: Human Biology and Spanish

Jacquelin S. King
RBS 2002
University of Pennsylvania
Major: Cultural Anthropology
Minors: African Studies, English,
Urban Education

Donielle N. Newell
RBS 2000
Stanford University (graduated 2004)
Major: Biomechanical Engineering
Stanford University Graduate School

M. Michelle Robinson
RBS 1997
Harvard University (graduated 2001)
Major: English and American
Language; Literature
Harvard Divinity School
(graduated 2004)
Boston University Graduate School

Maria I. Velazquez
RBS 2000
Smith College (graduated 2004)
Major: Philosophy
Minor: Art History
Simmons College Graduate School

Ellen T. Yiadom
RBS 2002
Harvard University
Major: Government and French