Charles V. Willie Minority Graduate Student Award

To be eligible, candidates must fulfill all of the following:

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• Be identified as American Indian/Alaska Native, Arab American, Asian American (including South Asian American), Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino(as), or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander;

• Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States;

• Have completed all degree requirements except for the dissertation at a university in the eastern region of the U.S.;

• Submit a completed application form, a dissertation proposal which has been approved by the department/program; curriculum vitae or resume, and a transcript;

• Submit at least two letters of support, including one from the dissertation advisor and one from another professor. (Letters should evaluate the student’s promise and attest to the quality of the dissertation project as well as the student’s progress in the program confirming completion of course work and area examinations and stating expected date of completion of the dissertation. Letters should be submitted electronically.)

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Please begin the application process by visiting the online application below.

Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.  Additional application materials (transcript, dissertation proposal, CV or resume; and two letters of support) should be submitted via email by November 1, 2023 to the Chair. 

(elena.vesselinov@gmail.com)

We appreciate the work of the Committee Chair:

Chair: Elena Vesselinov, Associate Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the Graduate Center, the City University of New York (elena.vesselinov@gmail.com)

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