Starr Student Awards
The Starr Foundation-funded Summer Travel Award offers undergraduate or graduate students grants to support an independent study project or to defray the cost of attending a New School program in India or China. The field visit must be taken by the end of summer in the current academic year (before the fall of the following year). The funds can be used towards expenses such as airfare, local transportation, room and board or interpreters. Read more about student publications here.
This opportunity is made possible by a generous gift from The Starr Foundation.
2025 – 2026
Arimbi Alessandra
PhD, Public and Urban Policy
The New School for Social Research
Uttamasha Dutta
PhD, Anthropology
The New School for Social Research
Qiyi Huang
MA, Liberal Studies
The New School for Social Research
Hoyeon Lee
PhD, Public and Urban Policy
The New School for Social Research
Keertana Panyam
BFA, Design History and Practice
Parsons School of Design
Yu Pei
MA, Anthropology
The New School for Social Research
2024 – 2025
Aratrika Debnath
PhD, Public and Urban Policy
The New School for Social Research
Emily Li
BFA, Politics and Communication Design
Parsons School of
Design
Parth Patel
MFA, Design And Technology
Parsons School of Design
Nolan Young
MA, International
Affairs
The New School for Social Research
Florian Chi
Zhang
MA, Anthropology
The New School for Social Research
2023 – 2024
Prajwal Godse
MA, Media Studies
Schools of Public Engagement
Pearl Lu
BFA, Fashion Design Major & Photography Minor
Parsons School of Design
Sawyer Mifsud
MA, Historical Studies
The New School for Social Research
Runjie Ou
PhD, Politics
The New School for Social Research
Siri Manasa Poluru
MA, Philosophy
The New School for Social Research
Polly Ruiying Xu
MFA, Transdisciplinary Design
Parsons School of Design
2022- 2023
Tianran Qian
MFA, Design and Technology
Parsons School of Design
Ruilong Zhang
MA, Politics
The New School for Social Research
Lavannya Suressh
MFA, Design and Technology
Parsons School of Design
Varshini Balaji
MA, Anthropology
The New School for Social Research
Udeepta Chakravarty
PhD, Sociology
The New School for Social Research
Belen Fodde
PhD, Public and Urban Policy
Schools of Public Engagement
2021- 2022
Adhip Amin
MA, Historical Studies
The New School for Social Research
Sebastian Anaya
MS, Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management
Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment
Robert Burns
BA, Anthropology
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
Aditi Dey
PhD, Politics
The New School for Social Research
Leila Lin
PhD, Anthropology
The New School for Social Research
Chang LIU
PhD, Sociology
The New School for Social Research
Liuchang TAN
PhD, Sociology
The New School for Social Research
2020 -2021
ICI Pandemic Worlds Research Seminar Fellows
Yang Allen
PhD Candidate in Politics,
The New School for Social Research
Santiago Ismael Mandirola
PhD Candidate in Sociology and Historical Studies,
The New School for Social Research
2019- 2020
Jerome Allen
BA, Drama
College of Performing Arts
Na FU
PhD, Politics
The New School for Social Research
Xia LI
PhD, Public and Urban Policy
Schools of Public Engagement
Aditi Nair
Second-year MS,
Urban Ecologies
Parsons School of Design
Dante Scaglione
BA, Liberal Arts
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
Yichuan ZHOU
PhD, Politics
The New School for Social Research
2018-2019
Yang Allen
PhD, Politics
The New School for Social Research
Aman Manish Bardia
MA, Economics
The New School for Social Research
Meihan Hu
BA, Fashion Design
Parsons School of Design
Collin McClain
Bachelors Program for Adults and Transfer Students
Schools of Public Engagement
Luke McCusker
MFA, Parsons School of Design
Isobel Jocelyn Chiang Oliver
MA, Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism
The New School for Social Research
2018
Feng CHEN
PhD, Sociology
The New School for Social Research
Jiyoung Cho
PhD, Politics
The New School for Social Research
David Lopez Garcia
PhD, Public and Urban Policy
Schools of Public Engagement
Stephen Graf
PhD, Politics
The New School for Social Research
Utsa Hazarika
MFA, Fine Arts
Parsons School of Design
Delaney Peterson
BA, Politics and Global Studies
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
2017
Amanda Astorga
MFA, Transdisciplinary Design
Parsons School of Design
Kaartikeya Bajpai
MA, Creative Writing
Schools of Public Engagement
Danny Dang
BA, Design and Technology
Parsons School of Design
Maria Radulescu
BA, Drama
College of Performing Arts
Monise Silva
Public, Urban Policy
Schools of Public Engagement
Isabella Kazanecki
BA, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
2016
Bailey Baerwolf
BS, Urban Design
Parsons School of Design
Darcy Bender
MA, Design and Urban Ecologies
Parsons School of Design
Liliana Gil
PhD, Anthropology
The New School for Social Research
Ye LIU
MA, Sociology
The New School for Social Research
Shirin Mazdeyasna
BA, Fine Arts
Parsons School of Design ad Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
Sophie O’Neill-Latulippe
BA, Integrated Design
Parsons School of Design
Douglas Piza
PhD, Sociology
The New School for Social Research
Jordenn Stewart
BFA, Architecture
Parsons School of Design
Jialei TANG
BFA, Architecture
Parsons School of Design
Ker THAO
MFA, Transdisciplinary Design
Parsons School of Design
2015
Janson Cheng
MA, Transdisciplinary Design at Parsons School of Design.
Karolina Kopek
BA, Psychology
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
Andrew Kuech
PhD, Politics and Historical Studies
The New School for Social Research
Atiba Rougier
MA, Cultural Anthropology, The New School for Social Research
Kate Wallace
BFA, Design and Technology
Parsons School of Design
2014
Carolina Coviello
BA, Strategic Design and Management
Parsons School of Design
Marina Kaneti
PhD, Political Theory and Comparative Politics
The New School for Social Research
Mikaela Kvan
BS, Urban Design
Parsons School of Design
Tim Rosenkranz
PhD, Sociology
The New School for Social Research
Tomas Uribe
MA, Media Studies
Schools of Public Engagement
Joseph Wheeler
MFA, Transdisciplinary Design
Parsons School of Design
2013
Brandon Gorman
BA, Psychology and Photography
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
Sophie Lan Hou
MFA, Transdisciplinary Design
Parsons School of Design
Amen Jaffer
PhD, Sociology
The New School for Social Research
Asha Lester
BFA
Parsons School of Design
Devashree Saha
MA, Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management
Schools of Public Engagement
2012
Miranda Ten Brooke
BA, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
Nicholas Krebs
MA, Urban Policy
Schools of Public Engagement
Sofya Omelchenko
BA, Global Studies
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
Alison Schuettinger
MA, Psychology
The New School for Social Research
Chang-Chen Shen
PhD, Anthropology
New School for Social Research
Benedetta Valabrega
BA, Design Management
Parsons School of Design
2011
Jeff Bailey
MS, Nonprofit Management
Schools of Public Engagement
Elana Bulman
BA, Urban Studies
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
Elizabeth Catlin
BA, Global Studies
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
Bahar Tabakoglu
PhD, Sociology
The New School for Social Research
Anamaria Vrabie
MA, International Affairs
Schools of Public Engagement
Carol Wang
PhD, Anthropology
The New School for Social Research
2010
Stephanie Drozer
MS, Urban Policy Analysis and Management
Schools of Public Engagement
Mala Kumar
MA, International Affairs
Schools of Public Engagement
Aysel Zeynep Madra
PhD
The New School for Social Research
Jonathan Stiles
MA, International Affairs
Schools of Public Engagement
Jennifer Thomas
MA, International Affairs
Schools of Public Engagement
2009
Kelly Jo Cigman
MA, Historical Studies
The New School for Social Research
Mitchell Cook
MA, International Affairs
Schools of Public Engagement
Kefu Li
MA, Media Studies
Schools of Public Engagement
Ana Maria Ulloa
MA, Anthropology
The New School for Social Research
Lily Wong
BA/BFA, Philosophy and Architecture
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts and Parsons School of Design
2008
Christopher Eberhardt
PhD, Sociology
The New School for Social Research
Nathan Fisher
MA, Media Studies
Schools of Public Engagement
Cornelia Staritz
PhD, Economics
The New School for Social Research
Adriana Young
Graduate Program in International Affairs
2007 – 2006
Ida Benedetto
BA/BFA graduate
Parsons School of Design Design and Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
Lisa Bjorkman
MA, Political Science
The New School for Social Research
David Bond
PhD, Anthropology
The New School for Social Research
Brian Denton
BA, Film Production
Schools of Public Engagement
Mika Mansukhani
MA, Media Studies
Schools of Public Engagement
Sri Peddu
MA, International Affairs
Schools of Public Engagement
Leilah Vevaina
PhD, Anthropology
The New School for Social Research