Minority Fellowship Program

Michelle Bueno Vásquez is a political science PhD student at Northwestern University. Michelle graduated from the University of Chicago with special honors in political science, with a focus on studying effects of stereotype threat on Black […]

Erika Vallejo is a political science PhD student at Michigan State University. She is a RGV native and obtained her BA in political science and philosophy from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Prior to […]

Angel M. Villegas-Cruz is a first-year PhD student at Pennsylvania State University. He is pursuing a dual-title PhD in political science and Asian studies. His primary subfield of study is international relations, with a minor in […]

Jessica Taghvaiee is a first-year political science PhD student at the University of California, Irvine. Jessica graduated summa cum laude from Westminster College with a triple major in political science with a pre-law emphasis, Spanish-Latin American […]

Olivia Britton is a political science PhD student and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow at Boston University. Her work, at the nexus of political economy and human security, examines how states provide services to […]