Spring Bome Mi is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies and Middle East Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2018 with a high academic distinction, and received her Master of Arts in International Relations from the University of Chicago in 2021, where she received the Social Sciences Scholarship of full tuition. Her research interests lie at the intersection of racial identities, threat perception, and foreign policy. Spring’s current research project studies the conditioning effects of racial identities on public support for trade. Given that social psychological predispositions such as social dominance orientation, expectation of privilege, racial prejudice, right-wing authoritarianism, and a feeling of national superiority influence voters’ evaluation of fairness in trade deals, Spring examines how voters’ perception of disproportionate domestic distribution of trade benefits shapes public support for trade for both the dominant and subordinate racial groups. By studying the impact of racial hierarchies, sociotropy, and ethnoracial groups’ divergent understanding of social justice, she hopes to contribute to the growing literature on identity politics, international political economy, and public opinion.
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.
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