Fellows – Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Mike Alvarez

PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Mike Alvarez is an immigrant from Philippines. Fellowship awarded in 2014 to support work towards a PhD in Communication at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Leonardo Arriola

Associate Dean, Social Sciences Division at UC Berkeley
Leonardo Arriola is the child of immigrants from Mexico. Fellowship awarded in 2001 to support work towards a PhD in Political Science at Stanford University
Sa’ed Atshan

Department Chair, Peace & Conflict Studies, Swarthmore College
Sa'ed Atshan is the child of immigrants from Palestinian Territories Fellowship awarded in 2009 to support work towards a PhD in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University
Boróka Bó

Assistant Professor of Sociology, University College Dublin
Boróka Bó was born into the persecuted Hungarian minority in Communist Romania and emigrated with her family to the U.S. as political refugees when she was 14.
Valentin Bolotnyy

Kleinheinz Fellow, Hoover Institution
Valentin Bolotnyy is an immigrant from Ukraine. Fellowship awarded in 2013 to support work towards a PhD in Economics at Harvard University
Anthony Chen

Associate Professor of Sociology and Political Science, Northwestern University
Anthony Chen is the child of immigrants from Taiwan. Fellowship awarded in 1998 to support work towards a PhD in Sociology at University of California, Berkeley
Fiona Chen

PhD, Harvard University
Fiona Chen is the child of immigrants from China. Fellowship awarded in 2021 to support work towards a PhD in Economics at Harvard University
Patrick Collard

PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Patrick Collard is the child of immigrants from Mexico. Fellowship awarded in 2022 to support work towards a PhD in Economics at University of California, Berkeley
Jenna Cook

PhD, Harvard University
Jenna Cook is an immigrant from China. Fellowship awarded in 2018 to support work towards a PhD in Sociology at Harvard University
Kaveh Danesh

PhD, University of California, Berkeley, MD, University of California, Berkeley
Kaveh Danesh is the child of immigrants from Iran. Fellowship awarded in 2017 to support work towards a PhD in Economics and an MD at University of California, Berkeley
Wendy De La Rosa

PhD, Stanford University
Wendy De La Rosa is an immigrant from Dominican Republic. Fellowship awarded in 2018 to support work towards a PhD in Consumer Behavior at Stanford University
Deisy Del Real

Assistant Professor of Sociology, USC – Dornsife
Deisy Del Real is an immigrant from Mexico. Fellowship awarded in 2011 to support work towards a PhD in Sociology at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)