Emily Danczyk is in her fourth year at The Pennsylvania State University, majoring in political science and media studies. Emily attributes her love of political science to taking road trips with her family, visiting 49 of the 50 U.S. states as of July 2024. While at Penn State, Emily tailored her coursework to focus on the relationship between domestic policy and the media, more specifically, how modern and traditional media impact regulation, legislative implementation, constituents’ opinions on governmental affairs, and youth civic engagement. She has worked at the Center for Global Studies at Penn State since her first year, where her primary project was collaborating on a collegiate-level textbook about modern global political satire. Upon finishing her undergraduate studies, Emily plans to pursue a PhD to further academic understanding of the impacts of satire, media, and intersectionality on American politics.
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. 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 2026. Please join us in congratulating the 2026-2027 class of fellows.