RBS-Mellon SoFCB Junior Fellows for 2025-27


In July 2017, Rare Book School received a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a new RBS program, the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography. Building on the success of the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography, the Society has been formed for the purposes of advancing the study of texts, images, and artifacts as material objects through capacious, interdisciplinary scholarship, and enriching humanistic inquiry and education by identifying, mentoring, and training promising early-career scholars. The Society’s members endeavor to integrate methods of critical bibliography into their teaching and research, to foster collegial conversations about historical and emerging media across disciplines and institutions, and to share their knowledge with broader publics. Each year, ten Junior Fellows are selected to join the Society through an open application process. After two years of membership in the Society, Junior Fellows in good standing become Senior Fellows. See the Society of Fellows page for more information.

Ten RBS-Mellon SoFCB fellowships for 2025–27 were awarded in April 2025.

 

2025–27 Junior Fellows

Taylor Hare – Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of English, Baylor University

Julia Hernandez – Curator, Beinecke Library, Yale University

Jessica Modi – Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English and African American Studies, Yale University

Dotno Pount – Lecturer, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania

Celia Rodriguez Tejuca – Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Art History, Johns Hopkins University

Yeidy Rosa – Lecturer, Department of Art History, Universidad de Puerto Rico Recinto Rio Piedras

Hampton Smith – Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lucien Sun – Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Art History, University of Chicago

Huiqiao Yao* – Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Department of East Asian Religions, Trinity University

Mindi Zhang** – Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles

 

* Recipient of the Nancy Norton Tomasko Fellowship

**Recipient of the inaugural Lindseth Fellowship