Anushka Vishahan is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Government Department at Georgetown University. She is in the American government field and is a member of the Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Politics (GREP) Lab. Her research interests are in political behavior, pan-ethnic racial groups, and race-ethnicity politics. Currently, Anushka is researching the nuances in the pan-ethnic Asian American community in terms of sense of ethnic identity and preferences in descriptive representation. Additionally, she is also working on a study examining the differences in patterns of elite behavior as reflected in their responses to anti-Asian discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before attending Georgetown University, Anushka graduated magna cum laude from The College of New Jersey with a BA in psychology and political science. There, she researched White Americans’ feelings of racial status threat and the different ways it impacts their political attitudes towards minority groups. After completing her Ph.D., Anushka aims to continue her research in race-ethnicity politics and political psychology and pursue a career in academia. She is intent on broadening and deepening our understanding of interracial politics in the United States and contributing to the intellectual community in a way that brings us closer to understanding and confronting issues of inequality.
The APSA Diversity Fellowship Program (DFP), 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. Since its inception, the DFP has designated more than 600 fellows and contributed to the successful completion of doctoral political science programs for over 100 individuals. APSA has once again awarded a new cycle to provide support for PhD students currently in their first or second year as of Spring 2024. Please join us in congratulating the 2024-2025 class of fellows.
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