Biennially, the Office of Graduate Education honors a cohort of Graduate Women of Excellence at the Celebration of Graduate Women.
Honorees are nominated and selected in a process based on their leadership and service contributions at the Institute, their dedication to mentoring, and their drive to make changes to improve the student experience. The Graduate Women of Excellence celebration is organized by the Office of Graduate Education and made possible by a team of dedicated individuals, including three Graduate Community Fellows.
The Office of Graduate Education is delighted to announce the 2023 Graduate Women of Excellence:
2023 Honorees
| Taylor Baum Rachel Bielajew Neha Bokil Taylor Cannon Ippolyti Dellatolas Ciara Dooley Jasmine English Charlie Farquhar Nika Fendler Natalie Golota Rachel Holladay Fatima Husain Veda Khadka Laurel Kinman Madeleine Laitz Angela Lee Valerie Lensch Bianca Lepe Caroline McCue Amanuella (Mani) Mengiste Zanele Munyikwa | Chelsea Onyeador Ufuoma Ovienmhada Isabelle Patnode Kelsey Reed Kate Reidy Gabrielle Robbins Belén C Saldías Fuentes Margaret Schroeder Vibhaa Sivaraman Stephanie R. Smelyansky Katherine Stoll Rachel Szabo Zhi Xuan Tan Bertina Telusma Francesca Vaccaro Sheena Vasquez Katherine L. Walker Laura Y. Weiwu Eliza Wells Nina Wexelblatt |
2019 Honorees
| Nicole Aponte Santiago Scarlett Barker Carina Belvin Sarah Bening Jennifer Braly Agnes Cameron Geeticka Chauhan Huili Chen Irene Chen Karen Cruz Paula do Vale Pereira Margaret Dunne Amanda Facklam Allena Goren Huma Gupta Shalini Gupta Christina Hernández Shayna Hilburg Megan Jackson Summer Jackson Grace Johnson Emily Kehne Akshata Krishnamurthy Kristin Kurianski Karen Leopold Cunningham | Devora Najjar Yael Nidam Shalmalee Pandit Cadence Payne Azucena Ramos Kara Rodby Beth Semel Gabriela Serrato Marks Emilia Simison Raspberry Simpson Elena Sobrino Maya Stokes Kavya Vaghul Clara Vandeweerdt Claudia Varela Malvika Verma Lisa Volpatti Joyce Wang Zi Wang Caroline Werlang Elise Wilcox Randi Williams Xijia Zheng Rebecca Zubajlo Emiko Zumbro |
2017 Honorees
| Giulia Agostinelli Sahar Ali Dar Ariel Anders Raichelle Aniceto Marjorie Cantine Jenny Chen Jane Choi Alicia Chong Arolyn Conwill Claire Duvallet Ariel Ekblaw Veronica Foreman Sarah Goodman Tsehai Ariane Grell Lisa Guay Olivia Hentz Julia Hopkins Olivia Huang Fatima Hussain Caroline Jaffe Amanda Kedaigle Rebecca Kleinberger Ina Kundu Erica Lai Emily Lindemer | Michelle Macleod Mariana Matus Garcia Gwen McKinley Carolyn Mills Julie Monda Priya Moni Kelsey Moore Kelly Moynihan Amaka Nneji Kathryn Olesnavage Angela Phillips Novalia (Nova) Pishesha Elizabeth Qian Candace Ross Shreya Saxena Sarah Schwettmann Natasha Seelam Sunanda Sharma Akshita Sivakumar Emily Tow Emily Truelove Jessica Weber Natasha Wright Judy Qingjun Yang Ying Daisy Zhuo |
2015 Honorees
| Nancy Aggarwal Lena Andrews Maria Paula Angarita Fonseca Jessica Asly Artiles Monika Avello Renee Blackburn Jennifer Brophy Stephanie Buscher Rebecca Canter Jane Chui Bianca Datta Melissa Deas Irene Dedoussi Sema Ermez Niaja Farve Xiaojing Fu Mia Goldwasser Alexis Hope Gottlieb Genevieve Gould Alex Guo Maha Haji Sahar Hashmi Laurel Heckman Abby Jaques Mina Kojima Krista Loose | Sarah Luppino Jennifer Ly Katie Maass Emily Mackevicius Katerina Mantzavinou Elena Mendez Escobar Heena Mutha Andriani-Ioanna (Nina) Panagiotidou Marzieh Parandehgheibi Izarys Rivera Mareena Robinson Emma Sedivy Elizabeth Setren Danya Sherman Michelle Sing Laura Stoppel Sarah Tasker Julie van der Hoop Cecilia Viggiano Isabel Vogt Jenny Yi Wang Ling (Kelli) Xu Nataly Youssef Zhao (Amy) Yu Yangying Zhu |
2013 Honorees
| Ingrid Bonde Akerlind Allison Anderson Ambika Goel Bajpayee Pamela Basto Whitney Bernstein Emily Chang Yi (Ellen) Chen Emily Clements Christine Curella Kendra Desrosiers Elizabeth George Marzyeh Ghassemi Lindsey Gilman Qinxian (Chelsea) He Sophie Horowitz Christina Ignarra Wardah Inam Leyla Isik Shelby Kimmel Bonnie Lam Alyssa Larson Alexandria Liang Whitney Lohmeyer Sofia Lopez Jingnan Lu | Sayalee Mahajan Anne Marinan Kara McKinley Sreeja Nag Annalisa Pawlosky Priyanka Ramamurthy Katherine Romer Melissa Rosen Layla Shaikley Naomi Stein Maria Telleria Mitali Thakor Zhiting Tian Alexandra Toumar Allison “Sunny” Vanderboll Theodora Vardouli Ermin Wei Ashley Wessendorf Sunny Wicks Jennifer Wilson Johanna Wolfson Jean Yang |
2013 Women’s Groups
Course 6 Graduate Women (GW6)
Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT)
Graduate Women in Physics
HST Women’s Group
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association of Women (MEGA Women)
Sloan Women in Management (SWIM)
Women in Chemistry (WIC)
Women’s Graduate Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (WGA3)
Women in System Design and Management (WiSDM)
The 2013 celebration was based on an earlier one that took place in May 2010, which also celebrated of 47 graduate women nominated by their peers, faculty, and staff. See the News Office article and photos here.
2010 Honorees
| Amy Banzaert Maria Berezina Megan Brewster Zenzile Brooks Lynette Cheah Alice Chen Kimberlee Collins Hoda Eydgahi Miaoqing Fang Shirin Farrahi Kay Furman Manijeh Goldberg Nancy Guillen Shayna Harris Ingrid Heilke Legena Henry Christina Ignarra Veena Jayadeva Fan Jin Joy Johnson Rhonda Jordan M. Flourish Klink Hillary Kolos Michelle Lustrino | Karen McCafferty Retsina Meyer Emily Miraldi Amara Mulder Carlijn Mulder Sherrica Newsome Sarah Nusser Molly Patrick Yoda Patta Kristal Peters Elizabeth Ramaccia Liz Roaldsen Alisha Schor Sheila Seles Anita Shukla Ellan Spero Carrie Stalder Dawn Wendell Jenna Wiens Danielle Wood Vanessa Wood Clarissa Zimmerman Danielle Zurovcik |
