Presidential Fellows

LAUREN HUFFMAN-2013 Scholarmajor & degree: Clinical-Community Psychology, Ph.D.hometown: Mobile, ALcontact: lehuffman1@gmail.comMy interest in childhood obesity treatment and prevention stemsfrom my experience as student-director of a service-learning programat the University of Alabama that educated elementary students onthe importance of healthy eating and physical activity. Currently Iam a member of Dr. Dawn Wilson’s lab, where I study childhood obesityinterventions. My professional goal is to study obesity as a professoror as part of an interdisciplinary research team. I plan to use my training in the Behavior-BiomedicalInterface Program and the Clinical-Community Ph.D. program in pursuit of those goals.LAURA IREI-2015 Scholarmajor & degree: Creative Writing, M.F.A.hometown: Phoenix, AZcontact: ljairei@gmail.comI’m a native of Phoenix, Arizona, where I grew up with my parents,two sisters, and numerous dogs. In 2009 I went to Middlebury Collegeand graduated in 2013 with a major in English Literature and a minorin Arabic. After graduation I moved to Boston with a few friends andworked as a barista and blogger, followed by a brief and interestingstint working at an inn. I absolutely love reading and writing fictionand am so excited to move to South Carolina in August to meet my fellow students and start mygraduate school life.20