Project Title: The Political Legacy of Indian Residential Schools
Andrew Zhao, University of California, Berkeley
Andrew Zhao is a PhD student in the department of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is also a Hildebrand Fellow at the Canadian Studies Program and a Graduate Fellow at the Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research. He is broadly interested in identity and politics, including the social construction of identities and the historical legacies of institutions that attempted to make race. His project concerns the long-term political consequences of Indian residential school policy in Canada.
About the APSA Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics Recipients
The APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grants provide support for research that examines political science phenomena affecting historically underserved communities and underrepresented groups and communities. In December 2024, APSA awarded 22 projects for the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics for a combined amount of $44,000. Read about the funded projects.