SHASS Diversity Predoctoral Fellows
Designed to enhance diversity in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (MIT SHASS) and to provide the Fellow with professional support and mentoring as they enter the field, the SHASS Diversity Predoctoral Fellowships support graduate scholars for a 9-month appointment at MIT. Each Fellow will be affiliated with a department or program in the School.
Fellows are listed by academic year, home university, and affiliated SHASS field.
2022–2023 |
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Safa Al-Saeedi Northwestern University Political Science |
Frank Blibo Harvard STS & History |
Christine Chalifoux University of Michigan Anthropology |
Danielle Dorvil Vanderbilt Literature |
Elam Faghanimehr University of Massachusetts Philosophy |
Tadiwanashe Madenga Harvard Literature |
Ever E. Osorio Ruiz Yale Women's and Gender Studies |
Porntip Israsena Twishime University of Massachusetts Comparative Media Studies/Writing |
2021–2022 |
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Chika Okafor Harvard Economics |
Stephanie Rambo Louisiana State University Literature |
Yourdanis Sedarous University of Michigan Linguistics |
Arthur Wang Yale Women's and Gender Studies |
2019–2020 |
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Hassan Alsharif University of Nebraska, Lincoln Philosophy |
Lucas de Abreu Maia University of California, San Diego Political Science |
Esther Leu-Ann HsuBorger University of Wisconsin, Madison Science, Technology, and Society |
Azenet Lopez University of Miami Philosophy |
Marcus Pyle New York University Music |
Anandi Rao University of California, Irvine Literature |
Andrew Thompson Northwestern University Political Science |
2018–2019 |
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Misty De Berry Northwestern University Women & Gender Studies |
Nicholas Guarriello University of Minnesota Comparative Media Studies / Writing |
Sara Parhizgari University of Minnesota Philosophy |
Patricia Posey University of Pennsylvania Political Science |
Judith Rodriguez University of California, Irvine Literature |
Aalyia Feroz Ali Sadruddin Yale University Anthropology and Global Studies and Languages |
Tack Chan University of Chicago Comparative Media Studies / Writing |
Brianna White Northwestern University Political Science |
2017–2018 |
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Wendell Adjetey Yale University History |
Nneka Dennie University of Massachusetts Amherst Women and Gender Studies |
Alejandro Flores University of Chicago Political Science |
Sonia Gomez University of Chicago Global Studies and Languages and History |
Michelle Ho Stony Brook University Global Studies and Languages |
Kera Street Harvard University Anthropology |
Pierre-Valery Tchetgen University of California, Berkeley Comparative Media Studies / Writing |
Briana Toole University of Texas at Austin Philosophy |
Jennifer Wang Brown University Literature |
2016–2017 |
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Ilyas Abukar University of Maryland Anthropology |
Corey Johnson Stanford University Global Studies and Languages |
Bekalu Kifle Arkansas State University Global Studies and Languages and History |
Katrina Quisumbing King University of Wisconsin-Madison History |
Meica Magnani Stanford University Philosophy |
Lillian Mengesha Brown University Literature |
Channon Miller Boston University Women and Gender Studies |
Elizabeth Rule Brown University Anthropology |
William San Martin University of California, Davis Science, Technology, and Society and History |
Ana Schwartz University of Pennsylvania Literature |
Julian Wamble Universty of Maryland, College Park Political Science |
2015–2016 |
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Martin Abreu Zavaleta New York University Philosophy |
Westenley Alcenat Columbia University History |
Joshua Bennett Princeton University Literature |
Brandyn McKinley Unversity of Connecticut Anthropology |
Cristina Perez University of Maryland Women and Gender Studies |
Jomo Smith University of California, San Diego History |
Amber Spry Columbia University Political Science |
Morgan Williams University of New York Economics |
2014–2015 |
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Shermaine Jones University of Virginia Literature |
Rosa Martinez University of California, Berkeley Literature |
Theresa Rojas Ohio State University Comparative Media Studies / Writing |
2013–2014 |
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Nyron Crawford Ohio State University Political Science |
2012–2013 |
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Lafleur Stephens University of Michigan Political Science |