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Committee on the Status of First Generation Scholars in the Profession

About the Committee
On September 2, 2015, the APSA Council approved a new standing Committee on First-Generation Higher Education Scholars in the Profession, parallel to the existing APSA status committees. The goal and mission of this committee is to bring focused attention to the ways that class, economic inequality, and mobility can affect political scientists’ ability to thrive educationally and professionally throughout their careers.

Committee Members

Term expiring September 18, 2022

Davin L. Phoenix, University of California, Irvine, Chair
Jessica Lavariega Monforti, California Lutheran University
Joshua Miller, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Term expiring September 3, 2023

Daniel Mallinson, Penn State Harrisburg
Josue Franco, Cuyamaca College

Term expiring September 8, 2024

Holley Hansen, Oklahoma State University
Carie Steele, Northern Arizona University

Please contact [email protected] for more info.

Now Open! 2022 First Generation Scholar Travel and Accessibility Grant

The Committee is delighted to offer travel and accessibility grants in the amount of $250 to support First Generation Higher Education Scholars in the Profession who attend the APSA Annual Meeting.

Application Deadline: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern.

How to Apply

Create an APSA profile and submit an online application. All application materials must be submitted through the online application.

Eligibility for Travel Reimbursement Grant
This committee adopts a broad, inclusive definition of First Generation Scholar (FGS), including:

scholars who have parents who have attained neither a bachelor’s nor an associate's degree and/or
international scholars who are the first generation to study and/or teach at the college or university level in the United States.
Applicants must also have registered for and attended the 2022 APSA Annual Meeting. Please note: Undergraduate attendees are not eligible for this travel reimbursement grant opportunity.

Please email [email protected] with any questions about the travel and accessibility grant.

Previous Grant Recipients

The following individuals received the 2021 accessibility reimbursement grant.

Muhammad Hassan Afzal, Kent State University
Jihyeon Bae, University of Washington
Gong Chen, Georgia State University
Aminu Dramani, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Syeda ShahBano Ijaz, University of California, San Diego
Jae Eun Kim, University of Rochester
Shirley Le Penne, Cornell University
Chirasree Mukherjee, Arizona State University
Salih Noor, Northwestern University
Orcun Selcuk, Luther College
Qingyan Wang, University of Georgia
Jasmine Yarish, University of the District of Columbia
Irmak Yazici, University of Hawaii at Manoa

The following individuals received the 2020 accessibility reimbursement grant. View select bios by clicking on the scholars' names:

Muhammad Hassan Afzal, Kent State University
Thomas Benson, University of Delaware
Glen Billesbach, University of Florida
Elizabeth Dorssom, University of Missouri
Qingming Huang, University of Florida
Maricruz Osorio, University of California, Riverside
Justin Zimmerman, Northwestern University

The following individuals received the 2019 travel reimbursement grant. View select bios by clicking on the scholars' names:

Cameryn Blackmore, University of Alabama
Tugba Bozcaga, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gustavo Diaz-Romero, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kyle Endres, Duke University
Bailey Fairbanks, Georgia State University
Carlos Galina Perez, The George Washington University
Christina Lai, Georgetown University
Yanira Rivas Pineda, University of California, Santa Barbara
Nahrain Rasho, University of California, Davis
Semra Sevi, Universitè de Montrèal
Peter Onah Thompson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Gerasimos Tsourapas, University of Birmingham

The following individuals received the 2018 travel reimbursement grant. View select bios by clicking on the scholars' names:

Tran Thu Doan, University of Michigan
Stephen Omar El-Khatib, University of California, Riverside
Keith A. Preble, State University of New York at Albany
Dr. Mario Guerrero, Cal Poly Pomona
Alexander Kustov, Princeton University
Vivien Leung, University of California, Los Angeles
Nura Sediqe, Duke University
Christine Marie Slaughter, University of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Bann Seng Tan, Bogazici University
Kristian Warpinski, Georgia State University
Nicole Yadon, University of Michigan

The following individuals received the 2017 travel reimbursement grant:

Margaret Brower, University of Chicago
Jenn Jackson, University of Chicago
Michelangelo Landgrave, University of California, Riverside
Lama Mourad, University of Toronto
Tyler Reny, University of California, Los Angeles
Bertha Vitela, Louisiana State University

Annual Meeting Participation

Previous Panels or Roundtables at the APSA Annual Meeting:

2022 Roundtable: APSA Committee on the Status of First Generation Scholars Roundtable
2021 Roundtable: APSA Committee on the Status of First Generation Scholars Roundtable
2020 Roundtable: Best Practices in Supporting First Generation Faculty and Graduate Students in the Profession
2019 Roundtable: The Status of First Generation Scholars in the Profession
2017 Roundtable: APSA Committee on the Status of First Generation Scholars in the Profession Roundtable
2016 Roundtable: First Generation Scholars in the Profession Roundtable Discussion