Congratulations to the 2021 Equity & Inclusion Fellowship recipients!
In an effort to encourage participation by underrepresented students in APPAM and its activities, the Policy Council and APPAM’s Diversity Committee created the APPAM Equity & Inclusion Fellowship in April 2016. New in 2021, APPAM expanded the fellowship to support young professionals. The fellowships support the participation of 40 students and five young professionals from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds at the 2021 APPAM Fall Research Conference, November 11-13 in Austin, TX.
While at the conference, fellowship recipients will have the opportunity to formally network with each other and with members of the Policy Council and Diversity Committee, recognizing them, their accomplishments, and bright futures. They will also have many opportunities to informally network with other students and professionals during the conference. They will be joined by the 2020 Equity & Inclusion Student Fellowship recipients, who did not get a chance to attend an in person conference in 2020. The goal of this fellowship program is to introduce recipients to the world of public policy, APPAM, and foster a lifelong affiliation and engagement with both.
We look forward to celebrating the 2020 and 2021 Fellows at #2021APPAM in Austin!
2021 Equity and Inclusion Student Fellowship Recipients
Ashlee Abrantes, University of Washington
Alexander Adames, University of Pennsylvania
Umair Ali, Arizona State University
Monica Bustinza, Florida International University
Maria F. Casas Enriquez, University of Central Florida
Nicholas (Nick) Chan, Carnegie Mellon University
Fangda Ding, Rutgers University, Newark
Bassel El Mrawed, University of Minnesota
Wallace Grace, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Vishal Jamkar, University of Minnesota
Adrienne Jones, Duke University
Danyao Li, Indiana University
Sarah Lieff, New York University
Jazmyne McNeese, Rutgers University, Camden
Carmen Mitchell, University of Louisville
David Mitre Becerril, University of Pennsylvania
N'dea Moore-Petinak, University of Michigan
So'Phelia Morrow, University of Michigan
Arzana Myderrizi, State University of New York at Albany
Maria Nagawa, Duke University
Samsun Naher, University of New Mexico
Ann Obadan, University of Missouri, Columbia
Cynthia Pando, University of Minnesota
Urbashee Paul, Northeastern University
Dianna Ruberto, University of Delaware
Becca Scharf, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Saurabh Shah, Saurabh Shah
Briana Starks, University of Michigan
Hourie Tafech, Rutgers University, Newark
Nicole Telfer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Sonia Torres Rodríguez, John Hopkins University
Enrique Valencia, The New School
Melissa Villarreal, University of Colorado, Boulder
Durrell Washington, University of Chicago
Arielle Weaver, University of Washington
Carla Wellborn, Vanderbilt University
W. Jesse Wood, Michigan State University
Xiaoyang Xu, American University
Yiwen Zhang, Stanford University
Iris Zhang, Pennsylvania State University
2021 Equity and Inclusion Young Professional Fellowship Recipients
Clinton Boyd, Jr., Duke University
Jeffrey Chen, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Jetson Leder-Luis, Boston University
Elizabeth Rule, George Washington University
Calvin Tyson, Prince George's County Police Department