From left: Stanley Davis CC'26, Fatima AlJarman AlNuaimi CC’26
Fatima AlJarman AlNuaimi CC’26
Congratulations to Fatima AlJarman AlNuaimi CC’26, who has been named a UAE Rhodes Scholar! Fatima is one of two UAE Rhodes Scholars selected each year, and the first Columbian to receive this award for the UAE Rhodes constituency.
The Rhodes Scholarship, which provides funding for two or three years of postgraduate study at Oxford, is a highly selective award that seeks to recognize academic excellence and good character, a commitment to the welfare of others and to contributing to good in the world, and promise of great leadership. “Columbia faculty often speak of their students’ sharp intelligence and intellectual resolve, alongside their devotion to communities within and beyond Columbia’s gates,” said Ariella Lang, associate dean of academic affairs and director of undergraduate research and fellowships. “Fatima exemplifies these qualities and we’re excited to see what she will accomplish as a Rhodes Scholar.”
Fatima AlJarman AlNuaimi is a CC senior majoring in English and Comparative Literature. She is particularly interested in exophonic and experimental literature emerging from the United Arab Emirates, and is equally committed to developing platforms and programs for dialogue, exchange, and collaboration. At Columbia, she has served as editor-in-chief of Quarto Magazine, where she founded the university's inaugural literary festival.
Beyond Columbia, Fatima is the founding editor-in-chief of Unootha, a magazine that publishes the creative work of women across Southwest Asia and North Africa since 2018. Currently, she is developing Arab Lit Review, a platform for literary criticism and experimentation with the region at its anchor. For the past two years, she has worked as a public programs and writing residency co-ordinator at Bayt AlMamzar, an independent arts space in Dubai, and is a founding partner of BAMBAM!: the art space’s publishing house.
At Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar, Fatima plans to pursue an MSt in World Literature. She and fellow Columbian Stanley Davis CC’26, a US Rhodes recipient, are among the approximately 100 students from around the world who make up the 2026 Rhodes class.
Stanley Davis CC'26
Congratulations to Stanley Davis (CC'26) who has been named a 2026 U.S. Rhodes Scholar!
Stanley is one of 32 Americans chosen for the prestigious scholarship, which provides funding for two or three years of postgraduate study at Oxford. U.S. Rhodes candidates must be nominated by their university before submitting their applications to the national competition. Candidates with interests across the academic spectrum are considered. In addition to academic excellence, applicants are considered based on their promise of leadership and a commitment to contributing to good in the world. “Across the Columbia community, those who have worked with Stanley speak of his gift for connection, his substantial research contributions, and the warmth and curiosity he brings to every conversation,” said Ariella Lang, associate dean of academic affairs and director of undergraduate research and fellowships. “We are proud to see his achievements recognized by the Rhodes Scholarship.”
Stanley Davis is a John Jay Scholar in Columbia College studying psychology. Matriculating to Columbia in 2023, he is graduating a year early this Spring. While at Columbia, Stanley has been actively involved in undergraduate research, working as Lab Coordinator for Columbia’s CyberPsych Lab. In this role, he manages over 10 concurrent studies and over 50 researchers. He is specifically interested in questions of trauma and resilience, with a focus on examining how early life experiences shape who we are. Davis has published research in these areas, with current work further exploring artificial intelligence-mediated psychological outcomes, legal rehabilitation beliefs and transdiagnostic approaches to current classifications of disease.
Stanley's work in studying trauma compelled him to work with Columbia’s Listening Tables, where he has been involved in facilitating campus dialogue in the wake of the campus protests. He helped organize a traveling exhibit and has led listening sessions throughout the Columbia community, motivated by the conviction that healing is possible through human empathy. He has also served as a Page and Clerk back in his home state of Tennessee, committed to grass-roots democratic efforts and the importance of local changemaking.
Stanley will read experimental psychology and comparative social policy at Oxford with the goal of further understanding the field of trauma studies and conflict transformation through the prism of policy and psychology. Ultimately, he plans to attend law school in the United States, and to use his interdisciplinary knowledge in these areas to serve and counsel others.