Ledecky Fellowship

The Berta Greenwald Ledecky Undergraduate Fellowship program, supported by Jonathan J. Ledecky ’79, M.B.A. ’83, and named in honor of his mother,enables the magazine to appoint two undergraduates to the editorial staff each academic year. The fellows write the “Undergraduate” column that appears in each issue, report and file news stories and short features, contribute to harvardmagazine.com, and learn the workings of a magazine through a broad range of other editorial tasks. Although former fellows have pursued a diverse array of careers, many remain professionally engaged in writing and editing at publications such as The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal, in the electronic media, or as authors of books.

Each year, Harvard Magazine offers two Ledecky Fellowships to Harvard undergraduates and one Steiner Fellowship. Use the links below to read brief biographical notes from current and former fellows and to access their articles.

2023-2024
Aden Barton ’24
Isabella Cho ’24
 

2022-2023
Josie Abugov ’23
Sofia Andrade ’24
 

2021-2022
Swathi Kella ’23
Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead ’24
 

2020-2021
Che Applewhaite ’21
Meena Venkataramanan ’21
 

2019-2020
Julie Chung ’20 
Drew Pendergrass ’20
 

2018-2019
Isa Flores-Jones ’19
Catherine Zhang ’19
 

2017-2018
Natasha Lasky ’19
Tawanda Mulalu ’20
 

2016-2017
Matthew Browne ’17
Lily Scherlis ’18
 

2015-2016
Jenny Gathright ’16
Bailey Trela ’16
 

2014-2015
Olivia Munk ’16
Melanie Wang ’15 
 

2013-2014
Noah B. Pisner ’14
Jessica C. Salley ’14
 

2012-2013
Cherone Duggan ’14
Kathryn C. Reed ’13
 

2011-2012
Isabel Ruane ’14
Katherine Xue ’13
 

2010-2011
Madeleine Schwartz ’12
Sarah Zhang ’11
 

2009-2010
Spencer Lee Lenfield ’12
Melanie Long ’10
 

2008-2009
Christian Flow ’10
Brittney Moraski ’09
 

2007-2008
Liz Goodwin ’08
Samuel Bjork ’09 

2006-2007
Emma Lind ’09
Casey N. Cep ’07
 

2005-2006
John A. La Rue ’07
Elizabeth S. Widdicombe ’06
 

2004-2005
Amelia E. Lester ’05
Nathan Heller ’06
 

2003-2004
Rebecca O’Brien ’06
Lee Hudson Teslik ’05
 

2002-2003
Phoebe Kosman ’05
Garrett M. Graff ’03
 

2001-2002
Eugenia V. Levenson ’03
Arianne R. Cohen ’03
 

2000-2001
Kirstin Butler ’01
Elizabeth Gudrais ’01
 

1999-2000
Caille M. Millner ’01
Geoffrey A. Fowler ’00
 

1998-1999
Jennifer 8. Lee ’99
Sara Houghteling ’99
 

1997-1998
Sewell Chan ’98
Tara B. Purohit ’99, M.B.A. ’04
 

1996-1997
Kevin C. Murphy ’97
Miriam Udel ’98, Ph.D. ’08
 

1995-1996
Thinh Nguyen ’96, J.D. ’99
Serena K. Mayeri ’97
 

1994-1995
Jeremy Faro ’96
 

1993-1994
David G. Lefer ’93
 

1992-1993
Amanda Frost ’93
Sean Presant ’93
 

1991-1992
Adam Goodheart ’92
Brian Hecht ’92
 

Jonathan Ledecky also funds the Jaromir Ledecky International Journalism Fellowship, which is named for his father and supports overseas summer internships in journalism for Harvard undergraduates. Read those fellows’ dispatches from China, South Korea, France (Paris and Nice), and Ghana (text and photographs).