Scholars Profiles
An amazing full-ride university education—including study abroad—is just the beginning
One of Arizona’s university presidents calls Flinn Scholars “polymaths”—people capable of major contributions in multiple areas. And they’ve done just that, as the profiles below indicate.
Want to meet an expert in law who has become a theater teacher? A chemical engineer taking on climate change? A future doctor working in a U.S. Fish and Wildlife field camp?
Read on.
(And meet all the current Flinn Scholars and alumni using our searchable Scholars Directory.)
Ruben Alonzo
Political Science
Shantanu Bala
Computer Science; Psychology
Jake Beverage
Optical Engineering
Kevin Bonine
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Economics
Sarah Bosch
Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
Lindsey Chew
Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
Sarah Coles
Music (Saxophone Performance); Molecular and Cellular Biology
Dustin Cox
Political Science
Hailey Dickson
Bioanthropology; Global Health
Elizabeth "Liz" Dreeland
History; English; Spanish
Joel Edman
Political Science; History
Elizabeth Edwards
Environmental and Water Resource Economics; Political Science
Esther Ellsworth Bowers
Biology and Society
Daniel Fried
Computer Science; Mathematics; Information Science
Jonathan Gandomi
International Relations
Miquia "Mia" Henderson
Molecular and Cellular Biology; Psychology
Justin Kiggins
Bioengineering
Christina Kwasnica
Political Science
Alexandra Nguyen
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Sarah Parmar
Environmental and Water Resource Economics
Nicole Person-Rennell
Global Studies
Lars-Kristofer Peterson
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Jonathan Pillow
Mathematics; Philosophy
Jennifer Richards
Business Management
Melissa Sevigny
Environmental Science; Creative Writing
Andrew Shemin
Creative Writing; French
Marla Smith-Nilson
Civil Engineering
Ben Strauber
Biochemistry; English
Daniel Sullivan
Psychology; German Studies
Paul Michael Michael Thomson
Africana Studies; Acting
Blake Thomson
Global Health
Mary Tracy
Theater Arts; English
Benjamin Trumpinski
Public Health
Rachel Wellhausen
Economics; English; Interdisciplinary Studies: German, Russian, Political Science
Jeannie Wilkening
Chemical Engineering
