Saliha Coskun is a senior at the University of Pennsylvania majoring in political science with three minors: statistics, survey research & data analytics, and Arabic & Islamic studies. At Penn, she is a fellow for both the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies and the Program for Research on Religion where she is conducting research and authoring academic articles on the relationship between religion and politics in the US through archival data analysis. Her senior thesis comparatively explores the use of religious rhetoric in political discourse of the US and Turkish governments. Additionally, she serves as an editor for the Penn Undergraduate Law Journal and acts as a policy analyst for the Wharton Undergraduates in Public Policy Club. She is also a Pi Sigma Alpha member and Millennium Fellow. Upon finishing her undergraduate studies, Saliha plans to pursue a PhD to professionally continue researching and studying topics in political science.
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