Graduate Fellowship Program
| Graduate Fellowship Program |  |
The Parr Center Graduate Fellowship Program offers an interdisciplinary cohort of Carolina graduate students the opportunity to collaborate with peers, researchers, and faculty across academic departments; engage with visiting speakers; and participate in the Center’s outreach programming.
2024/25 Graduate Fellows
| Ginger E Barnhart | Myraeka Ariele Clare D’leeuwen | Ken Cai Kowalski | Ellen (Ellie) Patronas |
| Jillian Batista | Nicole Dominiak | Jenna Kubiak | Ellen Rachel Perleberg |
| Sneha Bora | Ava Geenen | Sarah Lantsman | Raye Ploeger |
| Gavin Buehring | Samantha (Sam) Hamburger | Melina Flores | Alexandra Robinson |
| Han Chen | Gabriella Hulsey | Genae Elaine Matthews | Ben Schwartz |
| Ian Cho | Micah Hysong | Iman McPherson | Meredith Camille Sheeks |
| Eric Choi | Cecilia Rodriguez Ingold | Don McTaggart | Shilpa Sundar |
| Helena Colbert | Steph Ingram | John Lain Miller | Xinong Wang |
| Reagan Cooper | Will Kanwischer | Logan Scott Mitchell | Aurora Yu |
| Georgia Daniel | Lily Kays | Jacqueline Orza |
Benefits of becoming a Parr Center Graduate Fellow:
- membership in an interdisciplinary community that focuses on a broad range of ethical issues and scholarship
- support from peers and faculty on developing scholarship in group workshop settings
- priority invitation for meals and meetings with the Center’s invited guest speakers
- opportunities to present at conferences and events organized or sponsored by the Center
- multiple opportunities to get involved with the Center’s award winning National High School Ethics Bowl
- opportunities to assist with local and regional ethics outreach initiatives with K-12 students, retirees, and other community members
Requirements (as of the 2024-25 academic year)
- Attend at least two Grad Fellow events from the list below*
- Attend at least three Parr Center public events from the list below*
- Moderate and/or judge at least two rounds at both the January 25, 2025 North Carolina High School Ethics Bowl and the April 11-13, 2025 National High School Ethics Bowl*
- Write at least one High School Ethics Bowl case
* In the case of unmovable schedule conflicts with these events, it is possible to substitute other activities with the consent of the Parr Center.
2024-25 Graduate Fellows Programming
Fall 2024
- October 15, 5:30pm: Grad Fellows Case Writing Happy Hour
Spring 2025
- Works in Progress event – March 27th, 3-5 PM, Graduate Student Center
- Ethics Bowl case-writing happy hour – April 29th, 4-6 PM, TRU
Parr Center public events 2024-25
- September 24, 12:30 pm: Ethics Around the Table with Doug MacKay (UNC)
- October 8, 5 pm: Parr Center Presents Christopher Kutz (UC Berkeley)
- November 12, 5pm: Parr Center Presents Angela Sun (Washington & Lee/National Humanities Center)
- February 4, 12:30 pm: Ethics Around the Table with Rebecca Walker (UNC)
- February 18, 5 pm: Parr Center Presents Linda Radzik (Texas A&M)
- Spring, date TBD: Greek Tragedy in the Community performance
- April 2, 5pm: Parr | Bioethics Joint Lecture: Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby (Baylor)
- April 24, 5pm: Parr Center 20th anniversary celebration! with speaker Tom Dougherty (UNC)