Each fall, the APSA Diversity Fellowship Program (DFP) awards between 12 and 14 funded fellowships in the amount of $5,000 over two years to students applying to doctoral programs in political science. Each Spring, the DFP program offers fellowships to graduate students in the pre-dissertation stage of their doctoral program. The Spring application is a one time award of $2000, depending on funding availability.
Meet DFP Spring Fellow, Maya Kerr Coste, Penn State University
Maya Kerr Coste is a second-year PhD student in Penn State’s Political Science Department. Her subfield is American politics. Maya’s research examines how the boundaries of “legitimate” political violence shift during periods of racial and political […]