Madeline Kittler is a first-year doctoral student at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Her primary field of study is American politics, and her secondary field is public policy. Madeline’s research interests include conservative religious groups’ influence on American state politics and administrative burden’s effect on democracy. Her current research examines conservative Christian legislators’ agenda setting behavior. Before attending the University of Missouri, Madeline obtained a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Public Administration from the University of Central Arkansas. After graduation, she hopes to pursue a career in academia and advocacy for students with disabilities.
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