Current Stamps Scholars

Scholars are selected from a highly competitive pool of candidates based on academic engagement, intellectual curiosity, and strong preparation to pursue their academic passions.

YEAR ONE STAMPS SCHOLARS

Leah Cho-Carrier, 2027
Writing on the walls: A cross-temporal analysis of incarcerated migrant poetics
Faculty mentors: Jodi Kim, English and Jennifer Miller, History

Frank Gallo, 2027
Age-restricted communities: A newtopia on the Florida frontier
Faculty mentor: Mona Domosh, Geography

Roy Leibovitz, 2027
Teaching quantum systems to self-correct: Closed loop quantum optimal control using reinforcement learning
Faculty mentors: Matias Fitzpatrick and Peter Chin, Engineering

Emmy Martinez, 2027
Charro Days as border art: Mexican folk traditions and Tejano culture are in costume and dance
Faculty mentor: Mary Coffey, Art History

Mingyue Zha, 2027
Digital empathy: Support for social anxiety with social networks versus AI-powered agents
Faculty mentors: Herbert Chang and Yusaku Horiuchi, Quantitative Social Science 

YEAR TWO STAMPS SCHOLARS

Anika Larson, 2026
Comparing community based addiction care across the rural American West, Midwest, and Northeast
Faculty mentors: Elizabeth Carpenter-Song and Ellen Kozelka, Anthropology

Rhianna Smith, 2026
Racial Bias in Artificial Intelligence models and the new 21st century redlining
Faculty mentor: Peter Mucha, Mathematics