CJLS Welcomes Third Graduate Fellow Cohort

Awards & Honors

The Center for Justice, Law, and Societies (CJLS) at UMass Amherst has announced its third Graduate Fellows Cohort. Fellows will receive mentorship from the CJLS community, help select speakers of the Five College CJLS Speaker Series, and receive up to $1000 to attend an interdisciplinary law related conference. The Fellowship Program is directed by Kelsey Shoub (public policy) and Jamie Rowen (legal studies).

  • Sharonee Dasgupta is a third year PhD student in anthropology and women, gender, and sexuality studies. Their project is an ethnographic study of women’s work on the border of India and Bangladesh.
  • Nefeli Forni is a fifth year PhD student in comparative literature. Their project focuses on utilizing legal frameworks to understand sexual tourism.
  • Raymond Carahar is a fifth year PhD student in economics. Their project seeks to understand the implications of abortion restrictions in the wake of the Dobbs decision.
  • Seth Kershner is a second year PhD student in history. Their project will focus on the politicization of military prisoners during the Vietnam war.
  • Gaye Ozpinar is a third year PhD student in history. Their project will work with immigration and labor law with a focus on undocumented immigrants. 
  • Gorana Gonzalez is a fourth year PhD student in psychology. Their project will focus on how children understand and experience the police and policing.

The Center for Justice, Law, and Societies strives to foster research, teaching, and public engagement related to bias, inequity, and inequality in the law. Learn more on the CJLS website.

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