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Marcus Smith, PhD candidate, Awarded the Mellon/ALCS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship
We are pleased to share the amazing news that Marcus Smith, a PhD student in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, has been awarded a competitive Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship! We are incredibly proud of Marcus and look forward to the wonderful dissertation that
April 18, 2024
Karl Lyn - 2023 Recipient of the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
Karl Lyn has been named a 2023 recipient of the prestigious Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
November 16, 2023
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