Accomplishments

Minnesota graduate students are regular winners in national fellowship, grant, and award competitions. Here is a sampling of successes that Minnesota students achieved while they were graduate students in our program in the last few years.

MacArthur Fellowships

Hae-ri Kim, 2006-07
Veronica Michel, 2006-07
Arjun Chowdhury, 2003-04

U.S. Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships

Michael Nordquist, 2006-07, for French
Colleen Miller, 2005-06, for Arabic
Pakou Hang, 2003-04, for Hmong

Ford Foundation/ITAM Fellowship

Sandra Borda, 2006

American Political Science Association, Best Graduate Paper on Political Communication

Michael Parkin, 2006

United States Institute of Peace, Jennings Randolph Program for International
Peace Fellowship

Tuba Inal, 2006.

Soros Fellowships

Pakou Hang, 2004-06

Otto Bremer Foundation Fellowship

Sarah Walker, 2006-07

American Association of University Women's International Fellowship

Wanjiru Kamau, 2005-2006

American Political Science Association, Alice Paul Award

Angela Bos, 2005
Tuba Inal, 2005

American Political Science Association, Helen Dwight Reid Award for the Best Dissertation in International Relations, Law, and Politics

Helen Kinsella, 2004

Upper Midwest Fellowship for Human Rights

Robyn Linde, 2004

Council for Responsible Genetics, Genetics and Law Fellowship

Ashely Biser, 2003-04

Rural Poverty Research Center Dissertation Fellowship

Alina Oxendine, 2003-04

National Science Foundation Dissertation Grant

Tim Hellwig, 2003-04

Social Science Research Council Japan Studies Dissertation Grants

Kristin Willey, 2003