Humphrey Fellow Class 2026

Meet the Humphrey Fellows

Meet the Humphrey Fellows

 

The Cronkite School's Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows are global media leaders committed to public service. Representing nations and media organizations across the world, fellows embed at the Cronkite School for an academic year to share their experience and perspectives while pursuing studies, leadership training and professional affiliations with journalism and communication organizations in Arizona and beyond.

Current Fellows

Sabika Alshhi

Sabika Alshhi

Bahrain

 


Stephanie Ayieta

Stephanie Ayieta

Kenya

 


Agnes Golya

Anges Golya

Hungary

 


Junbeom Kim

Junbeom Kim

South Korea

 


Nozipho Mamba

Nozipho Mamba

Eswatini

 


Vuk Maras

Vuk Maras

Montenegro

 


Kabo Monare

Kabo Monare

Botswana

 


Mohomed Sakeef

Mohomed Sakeef

Sri Lanka

 


Rosen Tsvetkov

Rosen Tsvetkov

Bulgaria

 


Hamza Zidane

Hamza Zidane

Morocco

 

Past Fellows

Anna Bayasgalan Battulga, Mongolia

Atina Bregvadze, Georgia

Eunjee Wi, South Korea

Eva Frantova, Slovak Republic

Fathia Elsisi, Egypt

Farayi Machamire, Zimbabwe

Jad Shahrour, Lebanon

Olga Usenko, Ukraine

Ramesh Kumar Neupane, Nepal

Suzgo Chitete, Malawi

Vanessa Gómez Totoy, Ecuador

Zineb Haddaji, Djibouti

Vagner de Alencar, Brazil

Lyudmil Karavasilev, Bulgaria

Oumar Zombre, Burkina Faso

Moses Havyarimana, Burundi

Maud Kouadio, Côte d’Ivoire

Emese Dudics, Hungary

Nurit Canetti, Israel

Bojana Dabovic, Montenegro

Jean Paul Ibambe, Rwanda

Jaehee Kim, South Korea

Nkosikhona Dibiti, Zimbabwe

Rocio Baro, Cuba

Tamuna Chkareuli, Georgia

Camille Diola, Philippines

Riazul Haq, Pakistan

Seoka Hwang, South Korea

Mariatu Kabba, Sierra Leone

Elzat Kydyrmysheva, Kyrgyzstan

Golden Matonga, Malawi

Tufan Neupane, Nepal

Seungshin Seo, South Korea

Belén Tavares, Peru

Doreen Ampofo, Ghana

Katerina Barushka, Belarus

Emmanuella Dago-Akribi, Cote d’Ivoire

Meer “Ahsan” Habib, Bangladesh

Blessing Jona, Zimbabwe

Teddy Kafo, Solomon Islands

Hakob Karapetyan, Armenia

Joonggun Lee, S. Korea

Makepeace Sitlhou, India

Nellija Locmele, Latvia

Jihea Yang, S. Korea

Zahidun Nisa, Pakistan

Anastasia Zhukova, Russia

Tasneem Amro, West Bank

Angela J. Aurora, Ph.D., El Salvador

Atok Dan, South Sudan

Mohamed Asmieu Bah, Sierra Leone

Johnson Mayamba, Uganda

Elira Çanga, Albania

Bálint Fabok, Hungary

Anum Hanif, Pakistan

Dilshad Karim Elita, Bangladesh

Gahyeok Lee, South Korea

Hyuntaek Lee, South Korea

Milana Mazaeva, Russia

Andrea Polanco, Belize

Siqi Yao, China

Xaviera L. Arnhem, Suriname

Fakhar Durrani, Pakistan

Farhat Javed, Pakistan

Slađana Lučić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Delia Marinescu, Romania

Yana Pashaeva, Russia

Samantha Refilwe Pilane, Botswana

Teodora Trifonova, Bulgaria

Elma Velić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mona Abdel-Moneim Aly, Egypt

Radovan Bogojevic, Montenegro

Chentao Cui, China

Pierre Negaud Dupenor, Haiti

Camille Kristina Elemia, Philippines

Mónica Rivero Cabrera, Cuba

Deusdedit Ruhangariyo, Uganda

Ha Tran Thi Thu, Vietnam

Noreen Shams, Pakistan

Aung Naing Soe, Myanmar

Nera Valentić, Croatia

Phanindra Dahal, Nepal

Alexey Gorbachev, Russia

Jinjin Mo, China

Sebenzile Nkambule, South Africa

Rula Rizk, Lebanon

Benazir Samad, Pakistan

Balint Szalai, Hungary

Adey Tegene, Ethiopia

Lilan Wu, China

Dalia Younis, Egypt

Salisu Ibrahim Yunusa, Nigeria

Martín Aguirre, Uruguay

Ahmed Elashry, Egypt

Daneel Knoetze, South Africa

Kazi Mohua, Bangladesh

Mila Moralic, Croatia

Paul Udoto Nyongesa, Kenya

Szabolcs Panyi, Hungary

Bopha Phorn, Cambodia

Marina Ridjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Holger Roonemaa, Estonia

Kiran Somvanshi, India

Xiaofeng Wang, China

Laurentine Bayala, Burkina Faso

Tynymgul Eshieva, Kyrgyz Republic

Edine Harr’met-Kimbouala, Republic of the Congo

Jean Claude Kabengera, Rwanda

Adetola Kayode, Nigeria

Leanid Pashkouski, Belarus

Kunal Ranjan, India

Narmina Strishenets, Ukraine

Ivaylo Vezenkov, Bulgaria

Dina Zhansagimova, Kazakhstan

Vitalien Adoukonou, Benin

Rajneesh Bhandari, Nepal

Criselda Marie Z. Caringal, Philippines

Marta Cerava, Latvia

Natalia Ghilașcu, Moldova

Darko Ivanovic, Montenegro

Joseph Mayombo, Gabon

Alla Nadezhkina, Russia

Namgay Zam, Bhutan

Tabua Francis Butagira, Uganda

Lila Ojha Dhakal, Nepal

Krista Kull, Estonia

Evaldas Labanauskas, Lithuania

Omar Mohammed, Tanzania

Vlad Odobescu, Romania

Priscilla Janet Nyenator Quiah, Liberia

Armen Sargsyan, Armenia

Sholpan Zhaksybaeva, Kazakhstan

Fernando Aguilar, El Salvador

Hina Ali, Pakistan

Ivana Braga, Brazil

Maja Cakarun, Croatia

Wahida Ifat, Bangladesh

Rhonda Jaipaul-O’Garro, Trinidad and Tobago

Steven James Kapoloma, Malawi

Derya Kaya, Turkey

Issa Koumouréoua Napon, Burkina Faso

Javaria Tareen, Pakistan

Kareem Awadalla, Egypt

Ilona Bičevska, Latvia

Nikiwe Bikitsha, South Africa

Borgia Miguel Samba Bouesso, Republic of the Congo

Kibnesh Chala Fulas, Ethiopia

Gwendolin Mokake née Mojoko Messinge, Cameroon

Fatima Talib, Pakistan

Alma Telibečirević, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Branko Veselinovic, Serbia

Andreza Andrade, Brazil

Mona Abdel Alim, Egypt

Lubna Thomas Benjamin, Pakistan

Hao Chen, China

Antonio Jimenez, Costa Rica

Lejla Kapetanovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Evgeny Kuzmin, Russia

Taati Niilenge, Namibia

Lujain Ismail Shafeeq, Maldives

Elena Strapkova, Slovakia

Javed Afridi, Pakista

Malik Siraj Akbar, Pakistan

Mohammed Alauddin, Bangladesh

Sevgi Serpil Atalay, Turkey

Chevaan Daniel, Sri Lanka

Chinkhand Dorj, Mongolia

Aleksandra Dukovska, Macedonia

Daria Marjanovic, Croatia

Mukesh Ropeta, Pakistan

Xiao Yang, China