Woodbridge Fellowship

Originally from Fairhope, Alabama, Peyton Aiken (she/her) is the Woodbridge Fellow for Yale Education Studies. She graduated from Yale in 2023 with a B.A. in Sociology, an Education Studies capstone, and a love for Davenport College. During her time as an undergraduate, Peyton worked as a Head Advising Fellow for Matriculate, an Education Studies Student Assistant, a Writing Partner in the Poorvu Center, and as co-manager of the Davenport Dive. Additionally, she served as Program Manager for Hope in a Box, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that sends LGBTQ+ inclusive books and curriculum to public schools across the country. Peyton believes that every person deserves to feel safe, seen, and welcome in the classroom, and she is excited to contribute to community building within Yale Education Studies. After finishing her term as a Woodbridge Fellow, she hopes to become a classroom teacher.

Ryan Huynh (he/him) calls Charlotte, North Carolina and Seattle/Tacoma, Washington his two homes. This year, he is so excited to work as the Woodbridge Fellow for Yale’s Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration (RITM). Ryan graduated from Yale in 2023 majoring in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration with a concentration in Critical Refugee Studies, and was also a scholar in the Multidisciplinary Academic Program in Human Rights. Outside of the classroom, he served as the President of the Migration Alliance at Yale and was also a Project Coordinator for Yale’s Communication and Consent Educators (CCE) Program. In his free time, you can find Ryan playing soccer with the School of Earth and Planetary Science’s intramural team, baking pistachio cardamom morning buns, or finding the best bowl of bún bò huế nearby.

Neha Middela is from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and graduated from Yale College in 2023 with a B.A. in Anthropology and a certificate in human rights from the Schell Center for International Human Rights. She currently works as one of two Woodbridge Fellows for the Office of International Affairs, and is primarily working on the Yale Africa Initiative during her fellowship year. As an undergraduate, Neha was involved in several publications on campus and the Yale South Asian Society. She also interned for the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation in Myanmar and a peacebuilding nonprofit in Northern Ireland. She looks forward to learning more about Yale’s Africa programs and exploring more of New Haven.

Ruby Park (she/hers) calls Los Angeles, CA and the city of year round summer her home. As an alum of Branford College 2023, she graduated from Yale College with a B.A. in English and is the current Woodbridge Fellow for Yale Office of Public Affairs and Communications (OPAC). She is excited about the opportunity to advance the university’s media relations and editorial projects that highlight the intricacies of Yale’s expansive campus. As an undergrad, she pursued her passion in marketing and storytelling at PepsiCo and tech-start ups. At Yale, she focused on community empowerment through her work as the Asian American Cultural Center (AACC) Peer Liaison, Yale Branford College Aide, and an officer of Yale STAND with “Comfort Women.” Ruby hopes to explore versatile avenues of communication through her work at OPAC and amplify visibility on untold stories on campus. In her free time, she enjoys identifying the next best Korean TV series on Netflix, reading recommendations from BookTok, and singing opera.