Woodbridge Fellowship

Trizah Aduda graduated from Yale College with a degree in Economics and currently serves as a Woodbridge Fellow in the Office of International Affairs. Originally from Nairobi, Kenya, she is deeply committed to Pan-Africanism and passionate about advancing economic development across the continent. At Yale, she pursued these interests through academic research, interdisciplinary coursework, leadership in student organizations, and internships focused on development projects—particularly in East Africa. Her work sits at the intersection of economic development, gender, and youth empowerment. As an undergraduate, Trizah served as Co-Vice President of the Yale African Students Association, where she focused on building community and fostering belonging. Her commitment to youth engagement led her role on the Yale Model African Union Board, through which she helped organize an international conference for African youth in Rwanda. For three years, she also taught and mentored high school students as part of the Yale Young African Scholars Program. In addition, she was a fellow with Yale’s Through the Eyes of She Initiative, a program dedicated to rethinking gender and elevating diverse perspectives. Trizah is passionate about connecting people with resources, fostering inclusive communities, and amplifying meaningful conversations. She looks forward to advancing these values through her work in the Office of International Affairs. 
 

Viola Clune (she/her) is excited to serve as this year’s Woodbridge Fellow for the Yale Institute on Incarceration and Public Safety. After transferring from Montgomery College—a community college in Viola’s native Montgomery County, Maryland—she graduated from Yale in 2025 with a B.A. in History. At Yale, Viola danced with Sabrosura, wrote and edited for The New Journal, and assisted incoming first-years, as a Cultural Connections counselor, as well as her peers, fellow transfer students, in their acclimation to Yale. Academically, Viola has focused on subjects ranging from the public humanities to carceral studies, to salsa dance and performance histories. She looks forward to bringing her academic and personal passions for community, education, and freedom to her work as a fellow. Outside of school and work, Viola is always down for a good matcha, trying a new restaurant, or rewatching one of her favorite musicals for the umpteenth time. 

Jessica Liu is the Woodbridge Fellow for the Office of Public Affairs and Communications. She works on media relations and editorial projects that circulate Yale’s many stories to a broader audience. Born and raised in Madison, WI, Jess graduated from Yale in 2025, earning a B.A. in Psychology and English (Creative Writing – Poetry) with distinction in both majors. Previously, she served as an Undergraduate Fellow for The Yale Review and an Editorial Acquisitions Intern for Yale University Press. She won the John Hubbard Curtis prize for her English senior essay on acousmatic sound and queer disorientation in the poetics of Frank O’Hara, John Ashbery, and Eileen Myles. She was named Beinecke Poet in 2025. Jess is interested in the relationship between poetry and critical theory, as well as waste studies, small presses, and data justice. She loves birds, internet wormholes, secondhand books, and forgotten albums. 

Natalie is a New Havener who graduated from Yale College in 2025 with a B.A. in Film and Media Studies. For her thesis, she wrote a research essay on home movies held in the Yale Film Archive and completed a full-length screenplay. As an undergraduate, Natalie was an editor at the Yale Herald and a founding member of the Asian Jewish Union. She worked as a tour guide and communications intern at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and as a student apprentice at the Yale Film Archive, where her focus was small gauge amateur film. Now, as the Beinecke Woodbridge Fellow, she collaborates with the Community Engagement team to bring the people to the library and the library to the people. Natalie leads Beinecke’s social media, assists in teaching K-12 student groups, and runs the tour guide program at the library. In her free time, she loves watching movies, visiting museums, writing, and going on long walks.