Amalia Torrecillas Fernández is a Ph.D. student in political science at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her research focuses on economic inequality, informal labor, and the design of social welfare policies in Latin America and the United States. She examines how gender, queerness, and informality intersect to shape access to economic opportunity and state protection. Amalia holds a B.A. in political science, summa cum laude, from Baruch College (CUNY), and an M.A. in political science from The Graduate Center. She currently teaches American Government: Practices & Values at Baruch College.
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 their first or second year as of Spring 2026. Please join us in congratulating the 2026-2027 class of fellows.
- Learn more about DFP at https://apsanet.org/dfp
- Meet the 2026-2027 class of DFP Fellows
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