Diversity Fellowship Program

Fiorela Villegas (she/her) is a first-year political science PhD student at Duke University. Her fields of study include political behavior and identities, as well as race, ethnicity, and politics (REP). Her research interests encompass Latino […]

Erykah Pasha is a first-year PhD student in the government department at Georgetown University. They are in the American government field and is a member of the Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Politics (GREP) Lab. Their […]

Claire Hazbun is a PhD student in comparative government and a Patrick Healy Graduate Fellow at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on political violence, identity politics, democracy and elections, and African politics. Prior to starting […]

Chase Brown (she/her) is a first year PhD student at George Washington University and an alumni of Rice University, where she graduated cum laude with a double major in political science and Spanish, and a […]

Autumn Lott is a first-year PhD student in political science at Duke University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from Brigham Young University, where she also served as a research and teaching assistant. […]

Akayla Henson (she/her/hers) is a second-year PhD student at the University of Illinois’ department of political science. Her research focuses on American politics, with particular interests in gender, representation, and race, ethnicity, and politics (REP). […]

Zerah Lamorena is a first-year PhD student in the department of political science at UCLA, specializing in comparative politics and methodology, with minor interests in international relations. Her research lies at the intersection of political […]

Taylor Carroll is a first-year doctoral student in Cornell’s department of government. Her subfield of study is American politics, and her research investigates the relationships between race, citizenship, and public policy. Before studying at Cornell, […]