Hana Abdulla is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. Her subfields are comparative politics and international relations. Her research focuses on authoritarianism, surveillance, environmental politics, and religion, with particular attention to how these dynamics intersect with gender, race, and ethnicity. She earned her B.A. in political science, graduating cum laude from the University of California, Irvine at the age of 19 as a first-generation college student. Her academic interests were shaped by her upbringing in the Middle East during the Arab Spring, where exposure to political unrest and authoritarian governance sparked her early commitment to the study of politics and inspired her accelerated academic path. Her scholarly goals include contributing to research that deepens understanding of political institutions and state-society relations while engaging with ongoing debates in comparative politics and international relations. She also aims to develop as an educator in areas such as comparative politics, Middle East politics, and global political dynamics.
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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