Diversity Fellowship Program

Emily R. Martinez is a second-year PhD student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, specializing in comparative politics with a regional focus on Western Europe. Her research sits at the […]

Esam Boraey is a PhD student in the Department of Government at Cornell University, where he is also a 2026 APSA Diversity Fellow. His subfields are comparative political economy and business strategy, with a regional focus […]

Fernanda Gonzalez is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science at Duke University. Her fields of study are political behavior and identity, and race and ethnic politics (REP). Her current research examines how racial […]

Gideon Ondap III is a second-year government and politics PhD student and a recipient of the President’s Fellowship at the University of Maryland, College Park. Gideon studies American politics with a focus on race and ethnic […]

Hana Abdulla is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. Her subfields are comparative politics and international relations. Her research focuses on authoritarianism, surveillance, environmental politics, and […]

Jaime Andres Carbajal is a second-year Ph.D. student studying American politics and political methodology in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Using experimental methods, his research focuses on public opinion and […]

Madia Harris is a second-year PhD student in political science at Northwestern University, where she studies American politics. Madia is a 2024 graduate of the illustrious North Carolina A&T State University, where she graduated summa cum […]

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 […]