The 2018 BEST participants are:

• Emily Drennan, doctoral student in Egyptology & Assyriology
• Javier Juarez, master's student in American Studies
• Ashleigh LoVette, doctoral student in Behavioral & Social Health Sciences
• Andrew Lynn, doctoral student in Psychology
• Cole Morgan, doctoral student in English
• Miroslava Nikolova, doctoral student in Slavic Studies
• Jennifer Polexi, master's student in Urban Education Policy
• Karina Santamaria, doctoral student in Behavioral & Social Health Sciences
• Benjamin Wilks, doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering
• Andrea Wright, doctoral student in Anthropology