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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shermaine Jones
University of Virginia
Literature
Rosa Martinez
University of California, Berkeley
Literature
Theresa Rojas
Ohio State University
Comparative Media Studies / Writing
 

 

2013–2014

Nyron Crawford
Ohio State University
Political Science
 

 

2012–2013

Lafleur Stephens
University of Michigan
Political Science