Past Robinson Honors Fellows
2025 Fellows
Claiborne Beurle, Class of 2027
Pilgrimage Through Time: The Medieval Origins and Contemporary Relevance of the Via Francigena in Jubilees Past and Present
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Majors: European Studies and Geography, Minor: Entrepreneurship
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Yiorgo Diatzikis, Class of 2027
The Poet in Exile: Byron’s Italian Inspirations
Hometown: Concord, NC
Majors: English & Comparative Literature and Political Science
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Madalyn Hutchinson, Class of 2026
Think on Dreadful Doomsday: Late Medieval Representations of the Last Judgment in English Parish Churches
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Majors: Art History and History, Minor: Archaeology
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Sofia Nyiri, Class of 2027
Paris as Concept and Backdrop: Exploring the Origins of French Cinema through the Lens of the Lumière Brothers and Georges Méliès
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Majors: Media & Journalism and Communication, Minor: Global Cinema
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Christopher Stacchini, Class of 2027
Villain or Visionary? Reinterpreting Hannibal’s March and the Development of Mediterranean Identity
Hometown: Long Island, NY
Major: Business Administration, Minor: Entrepreneurship
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2024 Fellows
Katherine Hrazdira, Class of 2026
Beyond Form and Function: Art Nouveau’s Buildings in Photographer’s Frames
Hometown: New York, NY
Majors: Media & Journalism and Art History
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Emerald Izuakor, Class of 2025
The Romance of Andalusia: Exploring the the Historic Arab and Sephardic Influences on Spanish Food through Poetry
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Majors: Nutrition and Hispanic Linguistics
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Georgia Phillips, Class of 2026
Tradición y Vanguardia: Bridging Contemporary and Traditional Catalonian Art in Barcelona
Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC
Majors: History and Studio Art
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Anshu Shah, Class of 2025
Echoes of Empire: A Survey of Looted Colonial Artifacts in European Museums & Advocating for their Restitution
Hometown: Pineville, NC
Majors: Business Administration
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Hunter Teague, Class of 2025
Archeological Study of Rome’s Transition to an Empire
Hometown: Asheville, NC
Majors: Business Administration
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2016-2023 Fellows
2023 Fellows
Jordan Mundy, Class of 2023
Beekeeping in the British Isles: An Examination of Pre-Modern Beekeeping to Aid Modern Bees
Hometown: Asheville, NC
Majors: Political Science and History
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Alyssa Parrnelli, Class of 2024
Studying Roman Italy: Excavating the Ruins and Walking through Remnants
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Majors: Classics, French minor
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Rachel Sarvey, Class of 2025
Ayios Antonios: A Study of An Early Bronze Age Settlement in Eastern Crete
Hometown: Harrisburg, NC
Majors: Classics, Greek minor
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Annie Veum, Class of 2024
The Cultural Context of Mounds in Later Anglo-Saxon England
Hometown: Apex, NC
Majors: History and Archaeology, Italian minor
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2022 Fellows
Graham Hill, Class of 2023
Violence and the Vikings
York, Nottingham, and London, UK (with brief stays in Lindisfarne, Wallingord, Athelny, and Norwich)
Hometown: Tampa, FL
Majors: History
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Julia Holoman, Class of 2023
Investigating in Aspen: Zwichenfachs of the Present, Past, and Future
Aspen, CO
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Majors: Music
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Kamryn McDonald, Class of 2023
Gendered Differences in Mental Health Diagnosis, Treatment, and Patient Outcomes of Hospitalized Individuals in 19th and 20th Century Europe
London, UK; Frankfurt, Germany; and Vienna, Austria
Hometown: Bostic, NC
Majors: Psychology Minor: Social & Economic Justice
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2021 Fellows
Bryanna Ledbetter, Class of 2022
Persecution and Public Memory: Early Modern Witch Trials in the United Kingdom and American Colonies
Salem, MA; London, Lancashire, and Bury St. Edmunds, England; and North Berwick and Edinburgh, Scotland
Hometown: Hudson, NC
Majors: History and Management and Society Minor: Cognitive Science
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Thalia Rivero, Class of 2022
Traveling in the Mind: An Insight into the Development of Psychological Research in England
London, Sussex, and Beckenham, England
Hometown: Miami, FL
Majors: Psychology Minor: Neuroscience
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Keely Parrish, Class of 2021
Iconoclasm Within Museums: The History of National Identity Within Art
Berlin, Germany; Paris, France; and Rome and Florence, Italy
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Majors: Media and Journalism Minor: Art History
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Sarah Frisbie, Class of 2023
Popes, Peasants, and Pilgrims: A Survey of Medieval-Era Graffiti in the Palais des Papes
Avignon, France
Hometown: Davidson, NC
Majors: Studio Art and Global Studies
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Kennedy Miller, Class of 2022
Giving Voice to an Unsung History: The Women Performing Opera and Demanding Unification in 20th Century Italy
Milan, Italy
Hometown: Rocky Mount, NC
Majors: Music and English and Comparative Literature
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2019 Fellows
Anna Grace Freebersyser, Class of 2020
Imagery and the Social Conscience: The Significance of “Am I not a Man and a Brother?” and the Brooks Slave Ship Diagram in the British Abolitionist
London, Wisbech, Liverpool, Stoke-on-Trent and Alton, England
Hometown: Fuquay Varina, NC
Majors: Journalism Minor: Entrepreneurship and Studio Art
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Claire Ruch, Class of 2020
An Exploration and Reclamation of the Reclining Female Nude
New York City, USA; London, England; Paris, France; and Florence, Italy
Hometown: Greensboro
Majors: Art History and Journalism Minor: Social And Economic Justice
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Laura Wilder, Class of 2021
The Art of Venetian Lace
Burano, Venice, and Milan, Italy and Brussels, Belgium
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Majors: Global Studies and Italian Minor: Entrepreneurship
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Turkan Banu Karatas, Class of 2020
Former Lunatic Asylums in Western Europe
London, England; Paris, France; Ghent and Brussels, Belgium; and Vienna, Austria
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Majors: Sociology and Global Studies Minor: Chemistry
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John Collier Cobb, Class of 2020
Repressed and Fractured Communication as Described by Virginia Woolf and Her Peers in the Bloomsbury Group
London, England
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Majors: English and Philosophy Minor: Writing for the Screen and Stage
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Rachel Mauney, Class of 2020
The Context of Death: The Cemetery of Innocents and the Dance of Death
Paris, Dijon, Montivilliers, and La Chaise-Dieu, France; Talinn, Estonia; and Hrastovlje, Slovenia
Hometown: Shelby, NC
Majors: Art History Minor: Neuroscience
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2018 Fellows
John Daniel Bratcher, Class of 2019
The Cathedral Space
England, Scotland, Wales
Hometown: Beulaville, NC
Majors: Journalism & History. Minor: Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Thomas Elliott, Class of 2019
Searching in the Silent Archives: Coloniality in European Memory
England, France, Belgium
Hometown: Carrboro, NC
Majors: Political Science & Contemporary European Studies. Minor: Visual Communications
Nicholas Gigot, Class of 2020
German Cartography from the Age of Discovery to the Information Age
Germany
Hometown: Chevy Chase, MD
Majors: Economics & Environmental Studies. Minor: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Brodie Heginbotham, Class of 2019
The Camino de Santiago: A Pilgrimage
Spain
Hometown: Edenton, NC
Major: Religious Studies. Minors: Advertising & Ancient Greek
Megan McCorkle, Class of 2019
Living the History of the Paris Commune of 1871
France
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Majors: History & Political Science
Kate Warren, Class of 2019
Arms and Armor of Medieval England: Representations of Wealth, Status, Military Masculinity
England, France, Italy
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Major: History
2017 Fellows
Grace Han, Class of 2018
9 Weeks, 9 Cities: Travels Through Northern Italy
Italy
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Majors: Art history and Political science. Minor: Global cinema
Michael Hensley, Class of 2017
Sailing to Byzantium: A Modern Odyssey
Greece, Italy
Hometown: Rutherfordton, NC
Major: History. Minor: Medieval and early modern studies
Jimmy Messmer, Class of 2018
Apocalyptic Thought in Early Modern England
England
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Majors: History and Computer science
Noah Rawlings, Class of 2018
Botanical Influence in Proust’s, In Search of Lost Time
France
Hometown: Cary, NC
Major: Comparative literature. Minor: Environmental studies
Anne Sutton, Class of 2018
The Impacts of Italian Singer, Faustina Bordoni
England, Italy
Hometown: Burlington, VT
Majors: Voice performance and Geography
2016 Fellows
Abigail Gancz, Class of 2019
Past and Present in Historic Israel
Israel
Hometown: Rockville, MD
Majors: Biostatistics and Anthropology
Ori Hashmonay, Class of 2018
A Study of Jewish Marriage Practice in Europe
France, Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Germany
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Majors: Art history and German studies. Minor: French
Alex LaGrand, Class of 2018
Prompting Lear
Washington, DC, Virginia
Hometown: Cary, NC
Majors: English and Dramatic art. Minor: Medieval and early modern studies.
Marcus Valcarce-Aspergren, Class of 2017
Cultural Origins of Medieval Medicine
Spain
Hometown: Oak Ridge, NC
Major: Ethnobotany. Minors: Chemistry and Medicine, Literature, and Culture.
2023 Fellows
Jordan Mundy, Class of 2023
Beekeeping in the British Isles: An Examination of Pre-Modern Beekeeping to Aid Modern Bees
Hometown: Asheville, NC
Majors: Political Science and History
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Alyssa Parrnelli, Class of 2024
Studying Roman Italy: Excavating the Ruins and Walking through Remnants
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Majors: Classics, French minor
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Rachel Sarvey, Class of 2025
Ayios Antonios: A Study of An Early Bronze Age Settlement in Eastern Crete
Hometown: Harrisburg, NC
Majors: Classics, Greek minor
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Annie Veum, Class of 2024
The Cultural Context of Mounds in Later Anglo-Saxon England
Hometown: Apex, NC
Majors: History and Archaeology, Italian minor
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2022 Fellows
Graham Hill, Class of 2023
Violence and the Vikings
York, Nottingham, and London, UK (with brief stays in Lindisfarne, Wallingord, Athelny, and Norwich)
Hometown: Tampa, FL
Majors: History
Click here to learn about Graham’s experience
Julia Holoman, Class of 2023
Investigating in Aspen: Zwichenfachs of the Present, Past, and Future
Aspen, CO
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Majors: Music
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Kamryn McDonald, Class of 2023
Gendered Differences in Mental Health Diagnosis, Treatment, and Patient Outcomes of Hospitalized Individuals in 19th and 20th Century Europe
London, UK; Frankfurt, Germany; and Vienna, Austria
Hometown: Bostic, NC
Majors: Psychology Minor: Social & Economic Justice
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2021 Fellows
Bryanna Ledbetter, Class of 2022
Persecution and Public Memory: Early Modern Witch Trials in the United Kingdom and American Colonies
Salem, MA; London, Lancashire, and Bury St. Edmunds, England; and North Berwick and Edinburgh, Scotland
Hometown: Hudson, NC
Majors: History and Management and Society Minor: Cognitive Science
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Thalia Rivero, Class of 2022
Traveling in the Mind: An Insight into the Development of Psychological Research in England
London, Sussex, and Beckenham, England
Hometown: Miami, FL
Majors: Psychology Minor: Neuroscience
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Keely Parrish, Class of 2021
Iconoclasm Within Museums: The History of National Identity Within Art
Berlin, Germany; Paris, France; and Rome and Florence, Italy
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Majors: Media and Journalism Minor: Art History
Click here to learn about Keely’s experience
Sarah Frisbie, Class of 2023
Popes, Peasants, and Pilgrims: A Survey of Medieval-Era Graffiti in the Palais des Papes
Avignon, France
Hometown: Davidson, NC
Majors: Studio Art and Global Studies
Click here to learn about Sarah’s experience
Kennedy Miller, Class of 2022
Giving Voice to an Unsung History: The Women Performing Opera and Demanding Unification in 20th Century Italy
Milan, Italy
Hometown: Rocky Mount, NC
Majors: Music and English and Comparative Literature
Click here to learn about Kennedy’s experience
2019 Fellows
Anna Grace Freebersyser, Class of 2020
Imagery and the Social Conscience: The Significance of “Am I not a Man and a Brother?” and the Brooks Slave Ship Diagram in the British Abolitionist
London, Wisbech, Liverpool, Stoke-on-Trent and Alton, England
Hometown: Fuquay Varina, NC
Majors: Journalism Minor: Entrepreneurship and Studio Art
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Claire Ruch, Class of 2020
An Exploration and Reclamation of the Reclining Female Nude
New York City, USA; London, England; Paris, France; and Florence, Italy
Hometown: Greensboro
Majors: Art History and Journalism Minor: Social And Economic Justice
Click here to learn about Claire’s experience
Laura Wilder, Class of 2021
The Art of Venetian Lace
Burano, Venice, and Milan, Italy and Brussels, Belgium
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Majors: Global Studies and Italian Minor: Entrepreneurship
Click here to learn about Laura’s experience
Turkan Banu Karatas, Class of 2020
Former Lunatic Asylums in Western Europe
London, England; Paris, France; Ghent and Brussels, Belgium; and Vienna, Austria
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Majors: Sociology and Global Studies Minor: Chemistry
Click here to learn about Turkan’s experience
John Collier Cobb, Class of 2020
Repressed and Fractured Communication as Described by Virginia Woolf and Her Peers in the Bloomsbury Group
London, England
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Majors: English and Philosophy Minor: Writing for the Screen and Stage
Click here to learn about John’s experience
Rachel Mauney, Class of 2020
The Context of Death: The Cemetery of Innocents and the Dance of Death
Paris, Dijon, Montivilliers, and La Chaise-Dieu, France; Talinn, Estonia; and Hrastovlje, Slovenia
Hometown: Shelby, NC
Majors: Art History Minor: Neuroscience
Click here to learn about Rachel’s experience
2018 Fellows
John Daniel Bratcher, Class of 2019
The Cathedral Space
England, Scotland, Wales
Hometown: Beulaville, NC
Majors: Journalism & History. Minor: Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Thomas Elliott, Class of 2019
Searching in the Silent Archives: Coloniality in European Memory
England, France, Belgium
Hometown: Carrboro, NC
Majors: Political Science & Contemporary European Studies. Minor: Visual Communications
Nicholas Gigot, Class of 2020
German Cartography from the Age of Discovery to the Information Age
Germany
Hometown: Chevy Chase, MD
Majors: Economics & Environmental Studies. Minor: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Brodie Heginbotham, Class of 2019
The Camino de Santiago: A Pilgrimage
Spain
Hometown: Edenton, NC
Major: Religious Studies. Minors: Advertising & Ancient Greek
Megan McCorkle, Class of 2019
Living the History of the Paris Commune of 1871
France
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Majors: History & Political Science
Kate Warren, Class of 2019
Arms and Armor of Medieval England: Representations of Wealth, Status, Military Masculinity
England, France, Italy
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Major: History
2017 Fellows
Grace Han, Class of 2018
9 Weeks, 9 Cities: Travels Through Northern Italy
Italy
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Majors: Art history and Political science. Minor: Global cinema
Michael Hensley, Class of 2017
Sailing to Byzantium: A Modern Odyssey
Greece, Italy
Hometown: Rutherfordton, NC
Major: History. Minor: Medieval and early modern studies
Jimmy Messmer, Class of 2018
Apocalyptic Thought in Early Modern England
England
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Majors: History and Computer science
Noah Rawlings, Class of 2018
Botanical Influence in Proust’s, In Search of Lost Time
France
Hometown: Cary, NC
Major: Comparative literature. Minor: Environmental studies
Anne Sutton, Class of 2018
The Impacts of Italian Singer, Faustina Bordoni
England, Italy
Hometown: Burlington, VT
Majors: Voice performance and Geography
2016 Fellows
Abigail Gancz, Class of 2019
Past and Present in Historic Israel
Israel
Hometown: Rockville, MD
Majors: Biostatistics and Anthropology
Ori Hashmonay, Class of 2018
A Study of Jewish Marriage Practice in Europe
France, Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Germany
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Majors: Art history and German studies. Minor: French
Alex LaGrand, Class of 2018
Prompting Lear
Washington, DC, Virginia
Hometown: Cary, NC
Majors: English and Dramatic art. Minor: Medieval and early modern studies.
Marcus Valcarce-Aspergren, Class of 2017
Cultural Origins of Medieval Medicine
Spain
Hometown: Oak Ridge, NC
Major: Ethnobotany. Minors: Chemistry and Medicine, Literature, and Culture.
