Each year, the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity offers fellowships for select graduate students interested in the study of race/ethnicity.

The Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity supports graduate student research through two fellowship programs, for both incoming and advanced PhD students. Our goal is to foster a community of emerging scholars in the field of race and ethnicity studies, broadly defined.

The CRE2 Graduate Fellowship is a legacy program for outstanding doctoral students newly admitted to Washington University in St. Louis who are interested in the study of race and ethnicity. Meet our current fellows below. 

The CRE2 Race & Ethnicity Scholars fellowship is offered annually to three graduate students whose works aligns with race, ethnicity, and equity. Based on a review of good-standing as Fellows and progress towards the degree, the fellowship is renewable for an additional year.

All CRE2 graduate student fellows participate in CRE2 sponsored events and workshops. Fellows are invited to share research or creative work in process with their cohort and Center Affiliates in both the Fall and Spring as well as take advantage of special professional development opportunities, and propose future Center programming. 

Eligibility
  • Only CRE2 Graduate Student Affiliates are eligible to apply for this fellowship. Apply to become an affiliate here.
  • Graduate students at Washington University in any of the seven schools are eligible.
  • Graduate students must be at the end of their first or second year of study (finishing first-year masters, finishing first-year PhD, finishing second-year PhD)  
  • Current CRE2 graduate fellows are not eligible for the Race & Ethnicity Scholars Program
Submission, Notification, and Award period

The submission cycle for the Race & Ethnicity Scholar fellowships for the Spring 2025 semester is now open. Application submissions are due April 1, 2024.


2023- 2024 Graduate Fellows

Naomi Kim

Naomi Kim

Graduate Student, English

Asian American Studies

Critical Race Theory

Ethnicity and Migration

Korean diaspora

Religion and Literature

Anthony Nixon

Anthony Nixon

Phd Student, Brown School / Public Health Sciences

Black Families
Epidemiology
Father involvement
Health Equity
Maternal and Child Health
Reproductive Justice
Social Determinants of Health

Robyn  Yzelman

Robyn Yzelman

PhD Student, Anthropology

Environmental Activism
Indigenous Rights
Latin America
Social Movements


2022-2023 Graduate Fellows

Jeanne Rosine Abomo Edou

Jeanne Rosine Abomo Edou

Graduate Student, Hispanic studies and comparative literature

Afrofuturism
Afrorealism
Afropolitanism
Amefricanity
Critical Race Theory
Cultural Theory
Post-apocalyptic Era
Post-colonial Theory
Post-human Era

Hawa Adaweh

Hawa Adaweh

PhD Student, Psychological & Brain Sciences

Child Psychiatric Disorders
Childhood Adversities
Disparities in Diagnoses
Mental Health
Psychosis

Rajnesh Chakrapani

Rajnesh Chakrapani

PhD Student, Comparative Literature

Immigration and Migration
Social Justice
Translation
Gender
Speculative Archive
Diasporic Writing
Documentary Poetics

Zhongze Wei

Zhongze Wei

PhD Student, Sociology

Globalization
Immigration
Racial Identities
Racialization

Ronelle Williams

Ronelle Williams

Graduate Student, Occupational Therapy

Black/African-American
Disordered Eating
Gender
Health Disparities
Psychosocial Stress
Women’s Health


2021-2022 Graduate Fellows

Dennis Boyd

Dennis Boyd

Brown School

Nayive  Gaytán

Nayive Gaytán

Arts & Sciences, Romance Languages/Hispanic Studies

Paige DeVos

Paige DeVos

Arts & Sciences, Anthropology

Ivy Smith

Ivy Smith

McKelvey, Computational and Data Sciences