Honors College Graduate Mentors

Honors College students have several opportunities to connect with our Honors College Graduate Mentors, a cohort of full-time doctoral students representing a range of academic disciplines. Honors College Graduate Mentors provide mentorship within their academic area of expertise regarding topics such as writing personal statements for graduate school applications, how to get involved in research, coaching on presenting academic research, and more. Graduate Mentors are available through office hours as well as signature events, giving Honors College undergraduates a rich resource and support network within their academic disciplines.

Current Graduate Mentors

Allison Miller

Alison Miller

Graduate Mentor Fellow

am3672@rutgers.edu
Alissa Persad

Alissa Persad

Graduate Mentor Fellow

acp159@rutgers.edu
Amit Sen

Amit Sen

Graduate Mentor Fellow

Ariana Guzman

Ariana Guzman

Graduate Mentor Fellow

Daniel Piacitelli

Daniel Piacitelli

Graduate Mentor Fellow

Eleanor Agosta

Eleanor (Nellie) Agosta

Graduate Mentor Fellow

Liesl Broadbridge

Elizabeth (Liesl) Broadbridge

Graduate Mentor Fellow

Emily Hyde

Emily Hyde

Graduate Mentor Fellow

erh111@rutgers.edu
Emma May

Emma May

Graduate Mentor Fellow

Hannah Bovermann

Hannah Bovermann

Graduate Mentor Fellow

hgb22@rutgers.edu
Jae Kerstetter

Jae Kerstetter

Graduate Mentor Fellow

jk1944@rutgers.edu
Jiaxing Yu

Jiaxing Yu

Graduate Mentor Fellow

jy729@rutgers.edu
Kiarah Leonard

Kiarah Leonard

Graduate Mentor Fellow

kl1152@rutgers.edu
Kyle Flannery

Kyle Flannery

Graduate Mentor Fellow

kpf36@rutgers.edu
Laura Byron

Laura Byron

Graduate Mentor Fellow

leb143@rutgers.edu
Lauren Harnedy

Lauren Harnedy

Graduate Mentor Fellow

Liam Lau

Liam LH Lau

Graduate Mentor Fellow

ll960@rutgers.edu

Liana Katz

Graduate Mentor Fellow

lk448@rutgers.edu

Lucina Schwartz

Graduate Mentor Fellow

lcs166@rutgers.edu
Maddy Terry

Maddy Terry

Graduate Mentor Fellow

mt1204@rutgers.edu
Morgan Mark

Morgan Mark

Graduate Mentor Fellow

Naomi Cruz

Naomi Cruz

Graduate Mentor Fellow

Nicholas Offei

Nicholas Offei

Graduate Mentor Fellow

nao60@rutgers.edu

Noelle Darling

Graduate Mentor Fellow

ned60@rutgers.edu
Reem Alatrash

Reem Alatrash

Graduate Mentor Fellow

Ryan Fink

Ryan Fink

Graduate Mentor Fellow

Salvador Guzman

Salvador Guzman

Graduate Mentor Fellow

sg1826@rutgers.edu
Samar Saleh

Samar Saleh

Graduate Mentor Fellow

shs164@rutgers.edu

Sandra George

Graduate Mentor Fellow

sg2043@rutgers.edu
Sophia Fox-Dichter

Sophia Fox-Dichter

Graduate Mentor Fellow

Sophia Piper

Sophia Piper

Graduate Mentor Fellow

Stephanie Zapata

Stephanie Zapata

Graduate Mentor Fellow

sz666@rutgers.edu
Trishna Das

Trishna Das

Graduate Mentor Fellow

td519@gsbs.rutgers.edu

Xiaohui Sun

Graduate Mentor Fellow

xs181@rutgers.edu


Previous Graduate Mentors 

2023 - 24

Amily Bolano Diaz: Law School - Newark

Amit Sen: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Amy Adair: Graduate School of Education (Ph.D. in Education Program)

Ariana Guzman: Italian

Barbara Gruszka: Neuroscience - RBHS

Batoul Taki: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Bingyan Cui: Civil and Environmental Engineering

Christopher Corbo: English

Clara Scher: Social Work

Courtney McDermott: Neuroscience

Daniel Piacitelli: Physics and Astronomy

Eleanor (Nellie) Agosta: Molecular Biosciences, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology

Elif Poyraz: Psychology

Elizabeth (Liesl) Broadbridge: Communication, Information, and Media, Communication Department (Health Communication)

Emma May: Communication and Information - Library and Information Science

Fabrizio Drago: Public Health (Epidemiology track)

Fan Zhang: Computer Science

Geordan Stukey: Microbial Biology

Huteng Dai: Linguistics

Ivan Linares Garcia: Cell Biology and Neuroscience

Jiawei Shao: Ph.D. in Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Rutgers

Jiayi Liu: Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Program

Josh Rochotte: Communication Information and Media

Lauren Harnedy: Clinical Psychology PhD

Margot Shumaker: Microbial Biology

Marissa Caldwell: Communication

Marius Rusu: Italian

Mikayla Voglewede: Neuroscience

Morgan Mark: Ecology and Evolution

Naomi Cruz: Public Health; Health Behavior, Society and Policy Department

Prateeksha Rout: Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Reem Alatrash: Molecular biosciences program

Ryan Fink: Cellular and Molecular Pharmocology

Saai Anugraha Tiruchendurai Suryanarayanan: Cell and developmental Biology/ Department of Genetics

Sergej Grunevski: Cognitive Psychology

Sophia Fox-Dichter: Planning and Public Policy

Sophia Piper: Ecology & Evolution

Thomas Zimmerman: PhD - Higher Education

Weiping Hua: Electrical and computer engineering

2022 - 23

Christopher Corbo: English

Courtney McDermott: Neuroscience

Fernando Antonio Rebolledo Uscanga: Biomedical Engineering

John Aremu: Biostatistics, Epidemiology

Ivan Linares Garcia: Neuroscience

Patrick Brooks: Philosophy

2021 - 22

Adam Gibbons: Philosophy

Anna Sandberg: Education, Culture, & Society

Chris Corbo: English

Courtney McDermott: Neuroscience

Fernando Antonio Rebbolledo Uscanga: Biomedical Engineering

John Aremu: Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Ivan Linares Garcia: Neuroscience 

Stephania Guzman: Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology 

2020 - 21

Adam Gibbons: Philosophy

Alexandra Burr: Biomedical Engineering

Angela Dao: Psychology- Behavioral & Systems Neuroscience

Anna Sandberg: Education, Culture, & Society

Carolina Flores Henrique: Philosophy

Christopher Corbo: English

Courtney McDermott: Neuroscience

Fernando Antonio Rebolledo Uscanga: Biomedical Engineering

John Aremu: Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Rahul Upadhya: Biomedical Engineering

Maria Ibrahim: Molecular Biosciences

2019 - 20

Alexandra Burr: Biomedical Engineering

Lauren Timmins: Biomedical Engineering

Rahul Upadhya: Biomedical Engineering

Angela Dao: Psychology- Behavioral & Systems Neuroscience

Courtney McDermott: Neuroscience

Kailana (Nani) Durnan: English

Anna Sandberg: Education, Culture, & Society

Brian Sengdala: Music: Musicology

Brandon Schweibenz: Biochemistry

Nanxia Zhao: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Rebecca Cipollina: Psychology

Tin Le: Pharmacy

Tiffany Lin, HC '19: Pharmacy

Daniel Rizzolo: Toxicology

Yongjia (Nancy) Gong: Food Science/Microbiology

Tyler John: Philosophy

2018 - 19

Alex Yonk: Cell Biology and Neuroscience

Caterina Agostini: Italian

Emily Kelly-Castro: Neuroscience and Cell Biology

Jiqun Liu: Library and Information Science

Julia O'Connor: Social Work

Kailana (Nani) Durnan: English

Lauren Timmins: Biomedical Engineering

Louis Segura: Comparative Literature

Mary Alcaro: English

Michelle Doose: Epidemiology

Nirmala Thomas: Environmental Science - Exposure Science

Rachel Dickler: Learning Sciences

Rafael Vizcaino: Comparative Literature

Robyn Miranda: Food Science

Rudrani Gangopadhyay: Comparative Literature

Scott Harris: English

Thanawat Rattanawitoon: Public Health

2017 - 18

Cosmas Mwikirize: Biomedical Engineering

Caroline Pantazis: Neuroscience

Nattawan Junboonta: Theory, Organization and Policy

Na'ama Av-Shalom: Learning Sciences

Eve Reilly: Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

Richard Voepel: Mathematics

Caitlin Bronson: Social and Health Psychology 

Shaojun Zhu: Computer Science 

Catie Raney: Physics & Astronomy 

Morgan Moyer: Linguistics

2016 - 17

Tawanda Hubbard: Social Work

Rachel Rubinstein: Psychology

Yilin Wu: Economics

Na'ama Av-Shalom: Learning Sciences

Nattawan Junboonta: Education Theory, Organization and Policy

Sonia Razavi: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Caroline Pantazis: Neuroscience

Cosmas Mwikirize: Biomedical Engineering

Fei Wang: Molecular Biology & Genetics

Maria Qadri: Biomedical Engineering & Quantitative Biomedicine

Urmimala Basu: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology