Phi Beta Kappa undergraduate fellows represent the heart of Phi Beta Kappa’s mission to increase understanding of the excellence of a liberal arts and science education on the UW-Madison campus. Fellows have a variety of responsibilities, ranging from organizing campus events to promote liberal arts and science education to providing a student perspective to the faculty officers.
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2025-2026 Fellows
Kayla Chang, 2025-2026 PBK Fellow
Kayla is a senior majoring in Neurobiology with a certificate in Art History. She currently works as an EMT and is planning to attend medical school following graduation and a gap year.
Rayane Prado Nunes, 2025-2026 PBK Fellow
Rayane is a senior majoring in Psychology and Gender & Women studies with certificates in Dance and Leadership. She is a First Wave scholar and has been conducting research on-campus for 4 years. She plans to continue her research in graduate school.
Ronan Piontek, 2025-2026 PBK Fellow
Ronan is a senior majoring in Political Science and Spanish with a certificate in Chicane and Latine Studies. He is currently President of the Political Science Student Association and a longtime team leader with Badger Volunteers.
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2024-2025 Fellows
Amitabha Shatdal
Anna Rifkin
Kristen Jenkins
2023-2024 Fellows
Ria Dhingra
Cayden Kirkpatrick
2022-2023 Fellows
Ava Copple
Kevin Fan
Thekla Ketcher
2021-2022 Fellows
Samantha Sharpe
Xi (Chelsea) Chen
Allison Hesselberg
2020-2021 Fellows
Elizabeth Neary
Jessica Kuzniewski
Jinan Sous
Xiyu Yang
2019-2020 Fellows
Elizabeth Neary
Laura Bunn
Amanda Janquart
Lily Oberstein
2018-2019 Fellows
Jamie Dawson
Laura Bunn
Madeline Koehn
Claire Vanden Heuvel
2017-2018 Fellows
Sam Alhadeff
Jamie Dawson
Michael Hermsen
Luke Valmadrid
2016-2017 Fellows
Allison Hare
Justin Laridaen
Current Fellow Contact
| Fellow | |
|---|---|
| Kayla Chang | krchang3@wisc.edu |
| Rayane Prado Nunes | pradonunes@wisc.edu |
| Ronan Piontek | rpiontek2@wisc.edu |