The American Council on Germany awarded fellowships to the following individuals to complete research on timely topics:
Sewell Chan
Executive Editor
Columbia Journalism Review
Research Topic: “Media Trust, Ethics and Innovation”
2025 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Devin Corrigan
Senior Policy Associate
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce
Research Topic: “Apprenticeships in Transition: U.S.–German Innovations for a Changing Workforce”
2025 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Mion Edwards
Freelance Journalist
Research Topic: “Beyond Borders: Echoes of Audre Lorde in Afro-German Activism and Identity Amid the Rise of the Far Right”
2025 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Anna Neifer
Freelance Journalist
Research Topic: “Democratic Algorithms: The U.S. and Germany Between Freedom and Responsibility”
2025 Kellen Fellow for Berlin-based Journalists
Azadê Peşmen
Freelance Author
DIE ZEIT
Research Topic: Public Attitudes Toward the Military in the United States and Germany: Lessons for a Changing Security Landscape
2026 Kellen Fellow
Dr. John B. D. Potter
Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Languages
Hampden-Sydney College
Research Topic: Forgotten But Not Gone: German Veterans of the War in Afghanistan
2026 Dr. Richard Hunt Fellow
Pia Rauschenberger
Podcast Editorial Team
DIE ZEIT
Research Topic: Brain Drain — Why Some of America’s Brightest Minds Are Leaving the U.S., and What It Means for Society
2026 Kellen Fellow
Anna Seidel
Director
World Minds Foundation
Research Topic: “Transforming Innovation: Building Transatlantic Platforms for Science and Technology through Private Sector Investment”
2025 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends
Friedrich Steffes-Lay
Reporter and Editor
WELT Berlin
Research Topic: Where German-American Relations Show Their Cracks – and Where Not
2026 Kellen Fellow
Dr. Robert Yee
Lecturer and Postdoc
Yale University
Research Topic: “The Origins of Banking Law and Regulation in Germany, 1871–1945”
2025 Dr. Richard Hunt Fellow