People Type: Undergraduate Fellows 2019-20

Kirsch, Ari

Biography My name is Ari and I am a sophomore majoring in Communication Arts. I grew up in South Bend, Indiana with my parents and older brother. Since arriving at UW, I’ve been very active in Hillel and I am currently an intern there for the Jewish Learning Fellowship Social Justice class. While I was …

Ma, Zheng

Biography My name is Zheng Ma, a sophomore who intends to major in Economics and Philosophy. As an international student who comes from China, I have been holding Confucian and Taoist beliefs for a long time. I am currently the president of the Ancient Religion Society and became one of the CRGC fellows at the …

Mohammed, Hassnaa

Biography My name is Hassnaa. I am a third year PhD student at the Design Studies department focusing on sacred and religious spaces in the United States. I grew up in a Muslim religious family in Cairo, Egypt and moved to the United States in 2011. With the Muslim community being extremely diverse in the …

Morris, Sophie

Biography My name is Sophie Morris and I am a sophomore majoring in Community Leadership and Non- Profit Management. I am from New Jersey and was raised in a Jewish household by two Israeli parents. Though I do not consider myself religious, I am very connected to my Israeli roots. Before coming to college, I …

Nandory, Bailey

Biography My name is Bailey Nandory, and I am a junior double majoring in Classical Humanities and English-Creative Writing. I hope that these majors will take me into a career as a translator, scholar, and professor of ancient literature. I was raised in almost entirely Christian rural Wisconsin, by non-religious parents who both came from …

Qureshi, Ali

Biography Hello, my name is Ali, and I am a sophomore majoring in Neurobiology. I grew up in a city called Fort Wayne in northeast Indiana and was exposed to many different cultures and ethnicities at a young age from both my school and my city’s mosque. With my own background being a Muslim American, …

Shamsi, Niha

Biography My name is Niha, and I am a junior majoring in Nursing and getting a certificate in Global Health. I’m from a northwest Chicago suburb, and I come from a family of five. Some of my favorite hobbies include photography, creating art (whether it be paintings, drawings, or DIYs), and cooking. Growing up, even …

Silver, Hannah

Biography My name is Hannah and I am a current sophomore studying Human Development and Family Studies with aspirations of someday becoming an elementary school teacher. I grew up in Chicago and attended a reform Jewish day school for the first 14 years of my life. I quickly became exposed to interfaith discussions and conversations …

Thiel, Jackson

Biography My name is Jackson and I’m a junior majoring in Political Science and Economics. I grew up in Oshkosh Wisconsin in a Catholic home, although I wouldn’t say religion has made a tremendous impact on how I live my life. I’m interested in the CRGC fellowship because I have seen the impact religion has …

Wendricks, Danielle

Biography My name is Danielle, but most people call me Dani, and I use she/her/hers pronouns. I am a junior double majoring in Community and Nonprofit Leadership and History with a certificate in Education Policy Studies. I was born and raised in Madison, and grew up attending an ELCA Lutheran church. Right now, I’d consider myself …