Editor's note: One of the students originally listed as accepting a Fulbright has since declined the award. This story has been updated.
UVA is a top Fulbright producer with 20 awards
University of Virginia students and alumni are working and learning around the globe as Fulbright scholarship recipients. (Illustration contributed by UVA Office of Citizen Scholar Development)
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The University of Virginia is again among the top producers for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, with 20 students and recent alumni receiving scholarships to teach, study or research abroad in 2025-26.
“With the number of foreign languages we teach, our commitment to mutual understanding through cross-cultural engagement and the willingness of our students and alumni to take risks and explore, it is no surprise that the University of Virginia has become a regular member of this list over the last decade,” Andrus Ashoo, director of the Office of Citizen Scholar Development, said. “This is a great group of undergraduates, graduates and alumni who will be excellent cultural ambassadors while abroad.”
The Fulbright Program, established in 1946, is a U.S. government-led international academic exchange program. It provides opportunities for Americans and participants from 160 countries and locations to study, teach and conduct research abroad. Fulbright alumni are recognized as leaders in government, business, science, technology, research, education and the arts.
Fulbright is a program of the U.S. Department of State. Governments and partner institutions, corporations and foundations around the world also provide direct and indirect support to the program.
The latest UVA Fulbrighters are:
- Stella Alexiou, a 2025 College of Arts & Sciences graduate, an English teaching assistant in Colombia.
- Caroline Carter, a 2026 doctoral student, researching “Greece from Darkness into Light: Caves and religious practices in and around ancient Athens.”
- Vivian Chen, a 2023 McIntire School of Commerce graduate, an English teaching assistant in the Czech Republic.
- Ella Dailey, a 2023 College graduate, an English teaching assistant in Belgium.
- Julia DaSilva, a 2025 College graduate, an English teaching assistant in Taiwan.
- Caroline Dibble, a 2020 College graduate, pursuing a master’s degree in security and diplomacy studies at Tel Aviv University in Israel.
- Aliza Diop, a 2025 College graduate, an English teaching assistant in Benin.
- Victoria Djou, a 2024 College graduate, an English teaching assistant in Indonesia.
- Holly Doustout, a 2025 College graduate, an English teaching assistant in Colombia.
- Charles Hess, a 2020 School of Engineering and Applied Science graduate and a current engineering doctoral student, researching “Developing Breakage-Robust Sensor Networks for In-Textile Systems” in Austria.
- Olivia Mostow, a 2025 College graduate, researching “Testing Cosmological Tensions with Local Galaxy Cluster Simulations” in Sweden.
- Rachel Quinn, a 2025 College graduate, working as an English teaching assistant in South Korea.
- Caroline Silvera, a 2025 School of Education and Human Development graduate, an English teaching assistant in Spain.
- Aria Willis, a doctoral student in the Education School, researching “Malawi Literacy Instruction in Rural Malawi: A Case Study of Early Childhood Educators.”
- Stasia Winslow, a 2025 Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy graduate, English teaching assistant in Spain.
- Olivia Yang, a 2024 College graduate, an English teaching assistant in Taiwan.
Four other students who received Fulbright Scholarships declined the awards.
The Office of Citizen Scholar Development will host its annual Fulbright Forum Feb. 18 at 4:30 p.m. in the Special Collections Library Auditorium, marking the start of the Fulbright cycle for the upcoming year.
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