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Pomona
College Student Wins Prestigious Fellowship
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Pomona College student Jennifer Nado ’04 has won a
prestigious Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in the Humanistic
Studies. The award includes tuition and fees for first year
Ph.D. program studies at a graduate school, and a $17,500
stipend. Nado is one of 85 recipients from a pool of
approximately 800 applicants.
In the fall, Nado will attend Rutgers University, where she
will begin her work towards a Ph.D. in philosophy with a
certificate in cognitive science. Her eventual goal is to
teach philosophy at the university level.
A philosophy major at Pomona College, Nado is most
interested in philosophy of mind. This would include topics
such as how consciousness fits in with a scientific picture
of the world, how we know that other people are conscious,
and how to make sense of the ways in which the brain
extracts and makes use of information from its environment.
Realizing that these are scientific issues in addition to
philosophical problems, “I have a very empirical approach to
philosophy,” Nado says. Because of this, she takes classes
in psychology, cognitive science, and linguistics in
addition to her philosophy courses and is thereby able to
gain a more complete perspective on the questions that
philosophy of mind raises.
During her time at Pomona, Nado has served the Philosophy
Department in a variety of ways including grading for an
introductory logic class and serving as a member of the
department’s hiring committee. She holds a
research-assistant-type position for the department office
and is also a department student liaison.
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