Isabelle Jensen is a second-year Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland. Her main field is American politics, and her subfield is methods. Isabelle is interested in disabled people as a political group; particularly, how the identity of disabled people affects the way they participate in and experience politics. She also wants to investigate the ways in which nondisabled people view policies about disability. Isabelle identifies as disabled and wants to give disabled perspectives a place in political science. Isabelle believes that disabled people are a diverse and growing group that has frequently been ignored, but, in all their variety, should hold a place in political identity research. Isabelle was a coauthor of a political psychology chapter, “Racial Attitudes, Messaging, and Appeals.” She is currently a graduate assistant for TerpsExceed, a post-secondary education program for students with intellectual disabilities. Isabelle graduated summa cum laude from Hofstra University with a Bachelor’s degree in political science. She wants to use academia to empower disabled people through her research and teaching.
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