Announcing the 2024 Equity & Inclusion Fellows

We're so excited to introduce the 2024 recipients of the APPAM Equity & Inclusion Fellowship!

These exceptional scholars and young professionals come from every corner of the United States–and even overseas, and represent the full spectrum of research areas and disciplines in the fields of public policy and management.

We can't wait to see you all at #2024APPAM this November!

About the Equity & Inclusion Fellowship:

APPAM proudly offers the Equity & Inclusion Fellowship to students and professionals whose socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds are underrepresented in the field of public policy.

Since 2016, the Fellowship has supported hundreds of people pursuing education and starting their careers by sponsoring their visit to the Annual Fall Research Conference, recognizing their accomplishments, and providing opportunities to engage with a wide network of peers.

Through the Fellowship, we hope to expand opportunity in public policy and spark lifelong interest in the field.

Meet the 2024 cohorts:

2024 Equity & Inclusion Undergraduate Fellows

DeVoni Gale, New York University

Rainu George, Syracuse University

Jerome Hamilton Jr., Michigan State University

Eduardo Linardi, University of Florida

Emmanuella Osei, University of Maryland Baltimore County

2024 Equity & Inclusion Young Professional Fellows

Aisha Balogun, Housing Solutions Lab at NYU Furman Center

Ratna Dougherty, School of Public Affairs at the University of South Florida

Elizabeth (Nikki) Miller, NYU Furman Center

Victor St. John, John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University

Cesar Vargas Nunez, Claremont McKenna College

2024 Equity & Inclusion Student Fellows

Sarah Akyena, Georgia State University

Elizabeth Aritonang, University of Texas at Austin

Blessing Asuquo-Ekpo, Jackson State University

Matthew Blake, Columbia University

Derrick Boakye Boadu, Florida International University

Eunho Cha, Columbia University School of Social Work

Christina Chu, University of California, Riverside

Monique E. Davis, University of Minnesota

Marylis Fantoni, Indiana University

Nicolas Fuertes Segura, University of California, Santa Barbara

Amaya Gaines, Cornell University

Sridipta Ghatak, University of California, Irvine

Esther Gonzalez, University of Southern California

Sylvie Guezeon, University of Minnesota

Sofia Guo, University of California, Berkeley

Amidu Kalokoh, Virginia Commonwealth University

Salpy Kanimian, Rice University

Samuel Kim, Columbia University

Abraham Lugo Bello, City University of New York

Teresita Martinez, University of California, Davis

Bryan Matthew, New York University

Menna Mburi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Lily McFarland, The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers

Laura Morales-Whetstone, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Erica Mtenga, Georgia State University

Karla Palos Castellanos, University of California, Berkeley

Paul Park, Florida State University

Mengying Peng, Hitotsubashi University

Melody Afrane Pinamang, University of Maryland College Park

Katie Pullom, University of Pennsylvania

Kevin Quintero, University of California at Berkeley

Milagros Ramirez, Brandeis University

Nefara Riesch, Harvard University

Farzana Sharmin, Northern Illinois University

Elizabeth Tong, University of Washington

Shakima Tozay, University of Alabama

Katherine (Kat) Wilson McCoy, University of Central Florida

Isaiah Wright, University of Washington

Rebecca Xiè, Ohio State University

Manning Zhang, Brandeis University