Hope Martinez is a second-year Ph.D. student in Georgia State University’s Doctoral Program of Political Science. Her subfields are public law and American politics. Hope’s research focuses on Indigenous law and politics with a broad interest in judicial politics, methods, and the effects of colonialism. She is currently working on projects about state effort to limit Native sovereignty including state use of the U.S. Supreme Court in Indigenous law cases. She hopes to provide knowledge to advocates of Indigenous protection and sovereignty to support their success against colonial efforts. Hope has also begun to investigate the effects of incarceration on the political beliefs of vulnerable communities. Prior to arriving at GSU, she earned her BS from the University of South Florida-Saint Petersburg and her MS degree from the University of Central Florida. She then worked as a teacher in Florida at Title 1 schools and started an adult education company to help parents earn their GED. After graduate school, Hope plans to pursue a career as a researcher and educator to advocate for the liberation of Indigenous and people of color living in colonial structures.
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.
- Learn more about DFP at https://apsanet.org/dfp
Well deserved and well earned! I’ve never met a person more passionate and proactive in her beliefs.