2026 Equity & Inclusion Fellowship Student Recipients

The APPAM Excellence, Equity, and Inclusion (EEI) Fellowship program supports the participation of students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds at the Annual Fall Research Conference.

This fellowship program aims to introduce recipients to the world of public policy and APPAM and foster a lifelong affiliation and engagement with both—special thanks to the Equity & Inclusion Fellowship Selection Committee for reviewing applications and selecting the recipients.

Congratulations to the 2026 APPAM Excellence, Equity, and Inclusion Fellowship recipients!

  • Godwin Aipoh, Georgia State University
  • Samuel Akau, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Mohammed Bah, University of California, Irvine
  • Mehrdad Baratian, Tulane University
  • Molly Basdeo Mountjoy, Rutgers University – New Brunswick
  • Sampurna Basu, University of Massachusetts Boston
  • Saria Bechara, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Issa Belmond Thullah, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Salman Bin Habib, University of Texas, Dallas
  • Raka Datta, Georgia State University
  • Shivani Gupta, The University of Texas at Dallas
  • Ashraf Haque, Syracuse University
  • Ojooluwa Ibiloye, University of Delaware
  • Natalie Jones-Kerwin, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Moomal Khan, University of Connecticut
  • Haofei Li, The Ohio State University
  • Mericel Mirabal, University of Michigan
  • Pooja Paode, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Sidra Riaz, Florida International University
  • Hasti Rostami, St. John’s University