HEAR US 2025
The Tisch Initiative for Creative Research proudly announces the 2025 cohort of HEAR US grantees. HEAR US is a mentorship program dedicated to supporting innovative student projects that bring new perspectives to artistic and scholarly works. In academic year 2024-25 HEAR US continues to strengthen our creative community by investing in unique stories and viewpoints through personalized guidance and funding support.
Selected through a rigorous process by a panel of professional artists and scholars, including esteemed Tisch faculty members, the new cohort represents graduate and undergraduate students from various artistic and scholarly disciplines across Tisch departments. Their work promises to catalyze enduring cultural shifts both at Tisch and within their respective professional fields.
Congratulations to the 2025 HEAR US grantees:
- Dane Lum Hohmeyer (Undergraduate Film & Television '25; Arai Fund Recipient)
- Lacey Hardy (Undergraduate Film & Television '25)
- Maiga Vidal (Graduate Musical Theatre Writing '25)
- Melika Panbehchi (ITP '25)
- Moses Aina (Drama '25)
- Paula Hung (Undergraduate Film & Television '25)
- Raven Cassell (Dramatic Writing '25)
- Susan C. Li (Graduate Musical Theatre Writing '25)
- Alex Sassine (Grad Film '26)
- Ender Minyard (ITP '26)
- Jerry Li (Photography & Imaging '26)
- Matías Guibert Heitner (Undergraduate Film & Television '26)
- Ellie Tripp (Undergraduate Film & Television '27)
- Nyasia Cooper (Undergraduate Film & Television '27)
As members of the HEAR US Cohort, these students will receive professional mentorship, research grants, and a curated cohort experience over the next six months. Their work will be showcased during an informal works-in-progress mini-fest next fall.
We express deep gratitude to all the students who applied for this program and shared their experiences and feedback with us, as well as to the panelists/mentors whose generosity continues to make HEAR US possible.
Please join us in celebrating the 2025 HEAR US cohort!
