W&L’s Katherine Dau ’19 Awarded Fulbright Dau will live and work in Vienna for nine months.

By Erica Turman
April 2, 2019

Washington and Lee University senior Katherine Dau ’19 has received a combined Fulbright-Study/Research and English Teaching Assistantship award to Austria for summer 2019. Dau will live and work in Vienna for nine months. At W&L, Dau is an art history and German double major.

“I’ll be working on a project about St. Stephan’s Cathedral in Vienna,” said Dau. “I’ll make models of aspects of the building and write about the space to create a website documenting the history of the church. I’ll also be working as an English teaching assistant at a secondary school in or around Vienna.”

Dau is looking forward to spending the year in “such an amazing city.” She is also excited to immerse herself in a new culture and sharpen her German language skills.

Immediately following graduation from W&L in May, and before she heads to Austria, Dau will travel to New York to work in the Frick Collection’s Digital Art History Department. After her fellowship, she plans to pursue a graduate degree in art history.