Rohatyn Global Scholars 2022-23

Twenty first-year students make up the
 2022-2023 RGS Cohort:

Robert Ambat, Ana Baez, William Beckerman, Isbeth Bustos, Jake Butler-Jancose, Juan Ceron, Charlie Fisch, Bryan Harris, Claire Hatch, Dario Hinojosa, Jannis Kastner, Arjun Kumar, Kayden Lemee, Addie Lentzner, Oliver Loeser, Sophie Maris, Emma Nathanson, Srivats Ramaswamy, Madaket Rzepka, and Benedict Shi.

ROBERT (ROB) AMBAT (Phillippines)
Languages Spoken: English, Tagalog, Japanese
Languages Studied: Spanish, Chinese
Global Issues of Interest:

• Debt-Trap Diplomacy
• MNCs’ Exploitation
• Globalization and Dependency
  

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WILLIAM (WILL) BECKERMAN (United States)
Language Spoken: English
Languages Studied: Spanish, Latin
Global Issues of Interest:

• LGBTQ+ Rights
• Healthcare Access in Developing Countries
• Access to Education
  

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JAKE BUTLER-JANCOSE (United States)
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, Yiddish
Languages Studied: Latin, French, Italian
Global Issues of Interest:

• Decolonization
• Workers’ Rights
• Self-Determination of Oppressed Peoples
  

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CHARLIE FISCH (United States)
Language Spoken: English
Languages Studied: Chinese, Spanish
Global Issues of Interest:

• Capital Punishment
• Trans Rights
• Religious Persecution
  

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CLAIRE HATCH (United States)
Language Spoken: English
Languages Studied: French, Dutch
Global Issues of Interest:

• Poverty and Climate Change
• Poverty and Infectious Diseases
• Global Hunger
  

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JANNIS KASTNER (Germany)
Languages Spoken: English, German
Languages Studied: French
Global Issues of Interest:

• Global Military Complex
• Europe’s Immigration “Crisis”
• Palestinian Genocide
  

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KAYDEN LEMEE (United States)
Languages Spoken: English, French
Languages Studied: Spanish, Tagalog

Global Issues of Interest:

• Food Disparities along Racial Lines
• Environmental Racism
• (Asian) Hate Crimes
  

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OLIVER LOESER (United States)
Language Spoken: English
Language Studied: French
Global Issues of Interest:

• Human Rights Violations
• Global Responses to Conflicts
• Global South Exploitation and First World Impunity

EMMA NATHANSON (United States)
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Language Studied: French
Global Issues of Interest:

• Language Justice
• Healthcare and Education/information Access 
• Infant and Child Nutritution

MADAKET RZEPKA (United States)
Language Spoken: English
Language Studied: French
Global Issues of Interest:

• Climate Change
• Mental Health
• Economic Inequality
  

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