Ashley Torres Carrasquillo will establish a project that seeks to counter the levels of violence and poverty experienced by mainly Black, disabled, and LGBTQ+ youth in public housing in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Dr. Yesika Ordaz has been accepted for a summer fellowship program at Duke University called, Summer Institute on Tenure and Professional Advancement (SITPA). Congrats Dr. Ordaz!
Congratulations to Professor Medak-Saltzman, who won the 2015 Ford Post-Doctoral Fellowship, one of twenty-three postdoctoral fellowships awarded nationally across all disciplines! Faculty at the University of British Columbia in the Department of History and the First Nations and Indigenous Studies Program will host Dr. Medak-Saltzman for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Dr. Kwame Holmes was recently awarded a post-doctoral fellowship from the Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE). Congrats, Professor Holmes!