2024 Traveling Fellows Selected

Traveling Fellowships provide undergraduate and graduate students opportunities to further their global knowledge base. A number of Traveling Fellowships are available for students to receive funding for travel-based research projects. Being selected as a traveling fellow can be a life-changing journey and a truly enriching part of the academic experience at USC Architecture. Travel research is anticipated to occur the summer after the fellowship has been awarded (except where noted otherwise).

Alexander Long, M.Arch ’24-  Urbsteading. Traveling to England and Denmark. Received the Jaime & Susan Gesundheit Graduate Traveling Fellowship. June 1st- 16th, 2024.

Andrea Mauk, MHC ’24- Place Keeping by Example: An Analysis of Four Former Mining Towns in the West. Traveling to Colorado and South Dakota. Received the Gesundheit Family/USC Architecture Guide Traveling Fellowship. August 5th- August 12th, 2024.

Cassius Palacio, B.Arch ’26- Transcontinental Architectural Assimilation: Connecting the US and Belize. Traveling to Belize. Received the Avi Gesundheit Traveling Fellowship. December, 2024.

Christian Calma, B.Arch ’24- How Have People Reappropriated the Apartheid Urban Environment of Cape Town. Traveling to South Africa. Received the Jon Adams Jerde Traveling Fellowship. July 10th- August 4th, 2024.

Claudia Mejia, B.Arch ’24. Journey to Decolonize: Exploring Indigenous Architectures and Water Systems in South America. Traveling to Peru and Ecuador. Received the Chase Leavitt Traveling Fellowship. May 13th- May 30th, 2024.

Daniel Accordino, B.Arch ’24- Lessons from Western Europe on Unconventional Housing and Neighborhood Design. Traveling to Vienna, Zurich and Amsterdam. Received the Chiu Man And Maria Warner Wong Global Traveling Fellowship Fund In Sustainable Architecture. May 16th- June 4th, 2024.

Maria Florencia Rodriquez Winkleman, B.Arch ’26- Walkable Cities. Traveling to Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain. Received The Patrick Martin Memorial Traveling Fellowship. May 12th- June 8th, 2024.

Noelle Osborne, B.Arch ’26- The Pour Out. Traveling to Italy and Spain. Received the The Patrick Martin Memorial Traveling Fellowship. May 15th- May 26th, 2024.

Rachel Wiggins, B’Arch ’26- A World of Play. Traveling to Japan. Received the Avi Gesundheit Traveling Fellowship. May 20th- June 2nd, 2024.

Subrina Kuo, B.Arch ’26. Persevering Tradition in Transition: A Symbiotic Study of Bhutan’s Eco-Tourism and Cultural Perseveration. Traveling to Bhutan. Received the William and Neoma Timme Memorial Traveling Fellowship. May 16th- May 30th, 2024.

Yolanthe van der Most Van Spijk, B.Arch ’25. Studying the Cultural Impact of the Clubhouse in European Communities for Los Angeles. Traveling to Netherlands, Paris and London. Received the Jon Adams Jerde Traveling Fellowship. June 30th- July 16th, 2024.

Keep an eye out for their forthcoming research blog post.