Fellows

J. Michael Matkin, Episcopal priest, author, and lifelong explorer of the places where faith and imagination meet

Stasha Cole, PhD student in literature at the University of Tulsa studying 19th century environmentalism

Carter Johansen, junior at the University of Tulsa majoring in English Literature and Philosophy with minors in Psychology and Historical Trauma and Transformation

Meagan Mulgrew, Executive Artistic Director of Riffraff Tulsa

Anjelica Lindsey, classical composer, violinist, and recording artist based in Tulsa and an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation

Robert Sheaff, Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Tulsa

Alyx Slope-Bell, fourth year student at the University of Tulsa pursuing a BA in Classics, with a focus in Latin

Bruce MacQueen, Applied Associate Professor of Languages at the University of Tulsa

Learn more about the MYTH fellowship class here.

2024-25 Space Fellows

Miriam Belmaker, Associate Professor of Anthropology

Alican Çamcı, J. Donald Feagin Assistant Professor of Music and Film Studies

Cyrus Carter, political science and economics undergraduate

Shane Hood, Designer

Marcus Martinez, history undergraduate with a double minor in education and historical trauma.

Jason Rafferty, Applied Assistant Professor of 2D Visual Art

Brad Rose, multidisciplinary artist using sound, listening, visual design, and writing and Tulsa Artist Fellow

Cheyenne Smith, Creative Community Manager at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship and founder of Space For Us

Learn more about the SPACE fellowship class here.
2022-23 Freedom Fellows

Kaveh Bassiri, Iranian-American writer and translator.

Sara Beam, Applied (teaching) Associate Professor of English and Director of the University Writing Program

Josh Corngold, Associate Professor of Education

Jennifer Lynn Jones, Visiting Assistant Professor of Film Studies

Travis Lowe, Associate Professor of Sociology

Emma Palmer, second year English MA student

Robert Spoo, Chapman Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of English

Alex Thomason, third year political science and history undergraduate

Carly Treece, artist, activist, gardener, community volunteer and mother

Crystal J. Zanders, poet, educator, and doctoral candidate in the Joint Program in English and Education at the University of Michigan

Learn more here.
2021-22 Renewal and Recovery Fellows

Kathryn Aung, Political Science, English and Philosophy undergraduate

Elizabeth “Lizy” Bailey, English undergraduate

Nicole Bauer, Assistant Professor of History

Ahimsa Timoteo Bodrán, Tulsa Artist Fellow, multimedia artist, activist/organizer, critic, and educator

Caroline Cox, Studio Art and Art History undergraduate

Don James McLaughlin, Assistant Professor of English

Michael Mosher, Professor of Political Science

Jennifer Ragsdale, Associate Professor of Psychology

Jim Watson, Philosophy and Economics undergraduate

Learn more here.
2020-21 Cou/RAGE Fellows

Dr. Matthew Drever, Associate Professor of Anglican and Ecumenical Studies

Dr. Zenia Kish, Assistant Professor of Media Studies

Learn more here
2019-20 Play Fellows

Bisher Akel, Biology and Psychology undergraduate

Mark Brewin, Associate Professor of Media Studies

David Chandler, Professor of English at Tulsa Community College and published digital game writer

Helen Douglass, Assistant Professor of Education

Lars Engle, Chairperson and Chapman Professor of English Language and Literature

Edgar Fabián Frías, TAF Fellow and artist, curator, educator, and psychotherapist

Katie Moulton, TAF Fellow and writer, editor and music critic.

Piper Prolago, Art History undergraduate

Akram Taghavi-Burris, Instructor in Computer Science.
2018-19 Memory Fellows

Liz Blood, a freelance journalist, editor of Ekphrasis, a poetry and art column at Art Focus Oklahoma, and contributing editor at Awst Press

Lydia Cheshewalla, an Osage artist and founder of Holy Mother art collective

Mark de Silva, author of the novel Square Wave (Two Dollar Radio, 2016) as well as current TAF Fellow

Jeffrey Drouin, Associate Professor of English

Jacob Howland, McFarlin Professor of Philosophy

Destiny Hrncir, English literature master’s student.

Jennie Ikuta, Assistant Professor of Political Science

Layla Mortadha, political science and French language undergraduate

Elana Newman, McFarlin Professor of Psychology
2017-18 Homelands Fellows

Danielle Carlotti-Smith, a writer and scholar who focuses on French and Francophone literature

Bryan Corbaz, political science undergraduate

Kristi Eaton, an independent journalist and author of The Main Streets of Oklahoma (2014)

Lara Foley, Assistant Provost for Global Education and Director of Global Scholars

Seungho Lee, Ph.D. candidate, English

Elizabeth McCormick, Associate Clinical Professor and Associate Dean for Experiential Learning at the TU College of Law

James Brandon McGirk, author of A Grand Theory of Everything (2015) and American Outlaws (2014)

Keija Parssinen, Assistant Professor of English

Justin Owen Rawlins, Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Film Studies

Jeff Van Hanken, an Associate Professor of Film Studies
2016-17 Food Fellows

Lisa Cromer, Associate Professor of Psychology

Michelle Donaldson, Executive Chef at Smoke

Sam Halabi, Associate Professor of Law

Sasha Martin, Tulsa author of Life from Scratch: A Memoir on Food, Family and Forgiveness

Anh-Thuy Nguyen, Assistant Professor of Fine Art at Rogers State University

Molly Noah, museum studies master’s student

Chris Ruane, Professor Emeritus of History

Emma Stewart, English undergraduate student

Bruce Willis, Professor of Languages

Jan Wilson, Associate Professor of History and Women’s and Gender Studies

Learn more here.
2015-16 Humor Fellows

David Blakely, Associate Professor of Communication at Rogers State University

Tracy Kinealy, undergraduate student

Joli Jensen, Professor of Communications

Holly Laird, O’Hornett Professor of English

Maria Mauer, Associate Professor of Art History

Machele Miller Dill, Director of the Musical Theatre Program

Bruce Plante, Tulsa World staff editorial cartoonist

Dayne Riley, a doctoral student in English
2014-15 Privacy Fellows

Hope Forsyth (Communications)

Wayne Greene (Tulsa World)

Aaron Higgins (Art)

Bob Jackson (English)

Ben Peters (Communication)

Tamara Piety (Law)

Karl Pollin-Dubois (Languages)

Preston Smith (HP)

Kathryn Webb-DStefano (English)

Learn more here.