CIE Endowment Fellows Awards

Lamiaa Eid 

Lamiaa has been selected to receive the following scholarship: Richard J. Clark Memorial Scholarship for Teacher Education. This scholarship is awarded for those who have a GPA of 3.3 or better and have experience with community service, internships or employment that demonstrates a commitment to excellence and equity.

Pempho Chinkondenji

Pempho Chinkondenji (Ph.D. 2023) Wins National Dissertation Award The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) announced the 2023 winner of the society’s Outstanding Dissertation Award.  Pempho Chinkondenji received the award for her dissertation entitled “The Im/possibilities of (Un)making In-school Pregnancy and Student Motherhood [as Praxis]: Schooling Post-Pregnancy Amidst Health and Social C

Pempho Chinkondenji Receives the 2021 Joyce A. Berkman Award Pempho Chinkondenji has been awarded the Joyce A. Berkman Award for Outstanding Graduate Feminist Scholarship.

Pempho Chinkondenji selected as Research Associate for 2020-2021 Pempho Chinkondenji was selected as a Research Associate by the Five College Women's Studies Research Center. Her research focuses on issues related to school-girl pregnancy in Malawi.

Pempho Chinkondenji Awarded AAUW International Fellowship Pempho Chinkondenji, a Ph.D. candidate in Educational Policy and Leadership, has been awarded an American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Fellowship.

Shamo Thar

Shamo Thar receives the Scholarly Excellence Award In May 2023 Shamo Thar was awarded the Scholarly Excellence Award, one of the Leadership of Tomorrow awards of the Student Affairs and Campus Life program at UMass Amherst. The award recognizes a graduate assistant who demonstrates mastery in blending their assistantship responsibilities with their chosen academic discipline.

Nangyalai Attal

Nangyalai Attal Receives Grant from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors In Spring 2022 Nangyalai Attal received a research grant from the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) on behalf of its Sponsored Project Echidna Giving. The grant is intended to allow previous Echidna Global Scholars to continue their research in their home countries.

Nangyalai Attal Selected for the Echidna Global Scholars Program Nangyalai Attal has been awarded a visiting fellowship with the Echidna Global Scholars Program of the Brookings Institute.

Lina Heaster-Ekholm

Lina Heaster-Ekholm awarded a Graduate School Dissertation Grant Lina Heaster-Ekholm received a Graduate School Dissertation Grant for 2020-2021 to support her dissertation research that focuses on designing culturally responsive pedagogy for online learning of international students.

Mariam Rashid

Mariam Rashid receives the Ambassador Cynthia Shepard Perry Award Mariam Rashid was awarded the Ambassador Cynthia Shepard Perry Award for the 2019-2020 academic year.  The award was established to provide support for graduate students in international education or affiliated with the Center for International Education to help them pursue international field work.