Cayleb Bryant Stives graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) with a BA in communication studies and an MA in political science. His research interests include political communications, extrajudicial communications, and political psychology. His master’s thesis explored a novel concept he coined “judicial influencers” which characterizes the social media influencer-like behaviors exhibited by some state high court judges finding a positive relationship in the engagement of tweets that embodied the judge’s specific brands of “homestyle”. While at UTEP, he presented at two national conferences and collaborated with faculty in the department of political science and public policy as a research assistant to produce published work in the fields of judicial politics and political psychology/communications. Cayleb is currently applying to PhD programs with the hopes of continuing on to teach and mentor the next generation of marginalized and underrepresented students.
The APSA Diversity Fellowship Program, formerly the Minority Fellowship Program, was established in 1969 as a fellowship competition to diversify the political science profession. The DFP provides support to students applying to, or in the early stages of, a PhD program in political science. The goal of the program is to increase the number of scholars from minoritized backgrounds in the discipline and ultimately the professoriate. APSA has once again awarded a new cycle to provide support for students currently in the process of applying to political science PhD programs for Fall 2024. Please join us in congratulating the 2024-2025 class of fellows.
- Learn more about DFP at https://apsanet.org/dfp