Jair Peltier, Bear clan of the Anishinaabe, is currently enrolled at the Catholic University of America in a Human Rights Master’s program with their Institute of Human Ecology. He is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, where he is an adjunct professor of American government and politics at Turtle Mountain Community College. Jair’s main academic experience is in American politics, international political economy, as well as comparative politics. His research is primarily involved with Indigenous Sovereignty and Tribal Constitutional development and reform. He has most recently presented research at the American Political Science Association conference in Los Angeles, International Political Science Association world congress in Buenos Aires, and the American Indian College Fund faculty convening in Denver.
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.
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