2025 HAL Fellows
Danielle Adair
Danielle Adair is Ph.D. Candidate in Theater and Performance Studies and a 2024-25 Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellow. Her scholarship focuses on the intersections of media and performance, with attention to the environment and feminist sound studies. Her artistic works have premiered in exhibition, screening, theater and concert venues internationally, and she is the author of five artist books. Danielle holds an MFA in Critical Studies and in Studio Arts from California Institute of the Arts and a BA with Honors in Human Development and in Visual Arts from The University of Chicago.
Müge Gedik
Müge Gedik is a third-year Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature, specializing in the intersection of feminist theory, ecocriticism, and the environmental humanities. She holds an M.A. in Comparative Literature from The Pennsylvania State University. Her research delves into the representation of the climate crisis in contemporary literature, with a focus on Turkish, Latin American, and global Anglophone texts. Her work aims to bridge literary analysis with contemporary planetary issues, offering new insights into the role of literature in reflecting and shaping our understanding of environmental and social challenges in comparative contexts. Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, she completed her undergraduate studies in English Language and Literature at Boğaziçi University. Passionate about language learning, Müge has taught English and Turkish to adult learners at universities and NGOs. She is also interested in innovative pedagogical methods, particularly the use of digital tools and gamification to enhance language learning experiences.
Bendix Kemman
Bendix Kemmann is a fourth-year PhD student in Philosophy. His work focuses on numerical notations and how the mind uses them to reason about numbers. Before coming to Stanford, Bendix studied logic in Munich and philosophy in Melbourne. In his free time, Bendix enjoys photography and spending time in the Sierra Nevada.
Shayan Koeksal
Shayan is a sixth year PhD candidate in the philosophy department. His research focuses mainly on the intersection between philosophy and our social lives—specifically concerning how we form our moral beliefs and, more recently, how we appreciate excellence in sports. He was born in the Bay Area and went to San Francisco State University for his undergraduate education. Unsurprisingly, he enjoys watching and playing soccer and basketball in his free time.
Gabriel Marcondes Koraicho
Gabriel Marcondes Koraicho is a fourth-year Ph.D. in the Economics of Education program at Stanford GSE. He holds an MSc in Economics from Fundação Getúlio Vargas - Escola de Economia de São Paulo (FGV-EESP) and a BA in Economics from Universidade de São Paulo (USP). In his Master's thesis, he evaluated the impact of a fee waiver policy for students from public schools in their final year. His interest is in quantitative methods, and mixed-methods to assess public policies, focusing on education, inequality, and higher education.
Sam Page
Sam Page is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Stanford. His research and teaching focuses on Russian literature, Yiddish literature, and ideas about cultural preservation and earnest imitation through writing. He is also a lifelong musician who thinks about what makes for a good audio experience. His translation work has appeared in The Georgia Review.
Sergio Martinez Rey
Sergio Martinez Rey is a fourth-year PhD candidate in Iberian and Latin American Cultures at Stanford. Prior to coming to Stanford, he received a BA in Hispanic Studies at the University of Oviedo (Spain), a MA in Language Pedagogy at the University of Utah, and an MPhil in European and Latin American Cultures at the University of Cambridge (UK). His research focuses on the relationship of canonical and clandestine literatures, medical humanities and the construction of race in postcolonial Spain and Latin America. His dissertation discusses how medicine, printing technologies, and particularly the popularization of pornography in the late nineteenth century changed our perspective and meanings of womanhood, intimacy and the body.
Aaron M. Schimmel
Aaron Schimmel is a sixth-year PhD student in the History Department. He studies Jews in the late nineteenth-century Russian Empire with a special emphasis on Jewish political movements. Before Stanford, Aaron obtained his B.A. in History from Lewis & Clark College and spent a year teaching English in a Jerusalem elementary school. He is currently working on a dissertation that explores relations between Georgian and Russian Jewries in the Russian Empire’s Caucasus region, and the impact of Imperial Russian policies on these Jewish communities.
Myungin Sohn
Myungin Sohn is a fifth-year PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at Stanford. Her research focuses on the philosophy of language in the medieval Arabic linguistic theory. Her daily reflections center on the human voice, the pragmatics of language, and the dynamics of faith. She enjoys exploring the intersections of philosophy, religion, and literature in modern and pre-modern contexts.