Erykah Pasha is a first-year PhD student in the government department at Georgetown University. They are in the American government field and is a member of the Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Politics (GREP) Lab. Their research interests are in organizing, social movements, and intersectionality. Before attending Georgetown University, Erykah graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University with a BA in political science and sociology. There, Erykah became interested in pursuing a PhD as a Ronald E. McNair Scholar, researching Black queer political thought and behavior in upstate New York. After completing their PhD, Erykah aims to pursue a career in academia while conducting interdisciplinary research useful to organizers confronting questions of collective action and intersectionality.
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 2025. Please join us in congratulating the 2025-2026 class of fellows.
- Learn more about DFP at https://apsanet.org/dfp
- Meet the 2025-2026 class of DFP Fellows