Daniel is the only Mellon Fellow from a S.C. institution and the first student from USC since 1990 to receive this competitive award.
The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies are designed to support exceptionally promising students as they pursue advanced study in the disciplines of the humanities. The Mellon Fellowship is a competitive award for first-year doctoral students only and cannot be deferred. The fellowship covers full graduate tuition and required fees for the first year of graduate study and includes a one-year stipend of $17,500.

Warner is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, is the current editor-in-chief of The Lettered Olive Literary Review and was the assistant editor of Three Rivers Review in 2003-04. He plans to complete a Ph.D. in English literature, with an emphasis on Old and Middle English, either at Indiana University or the University of Texas at Austin. Warner is a graduate of Richard Northeast High School in Columbia.

“Four years ago I would never have dreamed of winning a national award for graduate study in the humanities," Mellon said. "It is a testament to the numerous professors who have taught and advised me along the way; their dedication, support, and encouragement enabled my success, and it is as much their award as it is mine.”

For the complete list of Mellon Scholars go to http://www.woodrow.org/mellon/materials.html.

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