Ayaat (Yoyo) Ismail

2025-26 CHI Graduate Fellow Hey everyone! I’m Ayaat Ismail, a third-year PhD student in English at Michigan State with a focus on women and gender studies. I’ve also got certificates in film studies and global studies, and I’m working on a digital...

Bryttany Grimes | 2025-2026 CHI Graduate Fellow

Hello everyone! My name is Bryttany Grimes, and I am a second-year PhD student in the history department. I came to MSU after an 11-year career as a Dispatch Coordinator for an expediting firm. Making the decision to further pursue higher education did not come...

Hello There

Hello everyone! My name is Harry Foster, and I’m thrilled to join the Cultural Heritage Informatics Fellowship community. I’m a third-year PhD student in the English Department at Michigan State University, where I study African American literature with a...

ZOU Yun | 2025-2026 CHI Graduate Fellow

Hello everyone! My name is Zou Yun and I am a PhD candidate in the history department. My research interests lie in the gender and environmental history of 20th-century China, and my dissertation explores women’s active participation in transforming nature through...

Rylee LaLonde | 2025-2026 CHI Senior Fellow

Boozhoo kina waya/ Hello everyone! My name is Rylee LaLonde. I am a second-year PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at Michigan State University. My research centers on Indigeneity, traditional knowledge ways, and bioarchaeology– specifically how these...