Office of the President

Margeaux Stapleton ’26, a biology and Spanish double major from Leesville, South Carolina, will use her 2025-26 Presidential International Scholar trip to study birth outcomes, especially preterm and special needs births, across three areas of the world.

Tianna Kidd ’25, a biology and French double major with a minor in physics from Greenwood, South Carolina, was selected as the 2024-25 Presidential International Scholar.

Josh Lipscomb ’24, a philosophy and Spanish double major from Travelers Rest, South Carolina, studied the impacts of tourism in Spain, Mexico and Peru as Wofford’s 2023-24 Presidential International Scholar.

Cruz will begin her year as Presidential International Scholar in Argentina, studying with the School for International Training (SIT) Human Rights and Social Movements cohort.

Researching public health, traditional medicine and community empowerment in Ecuador. He will travel to Kenya in January.

Researched the integration of traditional medicine with the biomedical approach to treating mental health in India.

Western aid in Middle Eastern countries.

Traveled throughout Latin America studying the role of art in women’s rights movements.

Investigation into the role of languages in social movements.

Compared rural women’s access to health care in patriarchal communities with health care access for women in egalitarian societies.

Inter-faith relationships: seeking peace in difference.

Women as agents of change in Latin America.

Models of change in the developing world.

Aspects of renewable energy development in South America.

The role of NGOs and delivering sustainable change, particularly in health care settings.

Beyond the Ibrahim Index: African political agency at the grassroots.

Explored the intersection of art and children’s rights movement.

Explored people’s values based on how they spend their disposable income.

Explored the African diaspora.

The confluence of Western biologic medicine with methods used around the world to alleviate suffering (natural medicine, herbalist medicine, faith healing, acupuncture, etc).

Community-based initiatives linking environmental conservation and management with cultural preservation.

The correlation of community ownership and project sustainability in matters of medicine and social projects.

Opinions of the United States and how our government and our people are perceived and portrayed in other countries, focusing on the media portrayal of Americans.

Islamic roots of democratic pluralism.

Redefining the way we conceive of community.

Conflict and water resource management.

Labor, wages and how the concept of “human development” affects opportunities to rise above poverty in developing countries around the world.

Music around the world.

Water and the spirit.

The role of women in the economy.

“Living Virtue,” an experiential study of individuals who have committed their lives in service to others.

Comparative study of primary and secondary educational systems.

Volunteerism and human services in the developing world.

Christian missions in lesser-developed nations.

Open markets as self-adapted systems.

Historic preservation in the developing world.

Creativity and cultural change.

Urbanization in the developing world.

The effect of religion on development in the developing world.

Entrepreneurship and economic development in the developing world.

Comparative student and higher education systems in the developing world.

Study of wealth distribution in former British colonies.

Immunology programs in the developing world.

Global deforestation.