Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Campus & Community
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • University Statements
  • Syracuse University Impact
  • |
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
Sections
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • University Statements
  • Syracuse University Impact
  • |
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Campus & Community

Thirty-Four Doctoral Students Awarded Summer Dissertation Fellowships

Sunday, May 30, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid
Share
FellowshipsGraduate SchoolInvest SyracuseResearch and CreativeStudents

The Graduate School has awarded Summer Dissertation Fellowships to 34 doctoral candidates to facilitate progress toward completion of their dissertation. Each $4,000 award provides funding to offset living or research-related expenses, allowing candidates to fully focus on completing their degrees.

The fellowships were initiated to provide funding to help doctoral candidates complete their dissertations in a timely manner and to address the need for more summer funding opportunities. The funding is provided through the Invest Syracuse initiative to strengthen support for graduate education and research.

“The Summer Dissertation Fellowships are one part of a broader set of initiatives to support our doctoral students in completing their degrees in a timely fashion,” says Associate Provost and Graduate School Dean Peter Vanable. “The 2021 recipients represent the broad range of disciplines and scholarship that Syracuse University is known for.”

The following doctoral candidates—listed with their program—were awarded fellowships:

  • Oluseyi Odunyemi Agbelusi, Anthropology
  • Avery Brooke Albert, Clinical Psychology
  • Merrrill Einar Asp, Physics
  • Ruta Basijokaite, Earth Sciences
  • Rose Anita Bell, Philosophy
  • Ana Cortes, Composition and Cultural Rhetoric
  • Sara Jean Dampf, Chemistry
  • Deyasini Dasgupta, English
  • Elizabeth Skye Davis, Political Science
  • Jacob Paul Deblois, Science Education
  • Yousr Dhaouadi, Chemical Engineering
  • Kirsis Allennys Dipre, Counseling and Counselor Education
  • Alexander Richard Ebert, Biology
  • Carrie Elliott, Sociology
  • Weston Henry Fenner IV, Sociology
  • Jennifer Lynn Heckathorn, Teaching and Curriculum
  • Evan Hixon, English
  • Stephanie Veronica-Marie Jones, Composition and Cultural Rhetoric
  • Mattie Theobald Mackenzie-Liu, Public Administration
  • Mariana Mendes Bahia, Speech-Language Pathology
  • Keith Newvine, Literacy Education
  • Buddhini Chathurangi Nugaduwa Vithanage, Chemistry
  • Shreyas Pathreeker, Chemical Engineering
  • Jessica Powers, Clinical Psychology
  • Sean Hamilton Reid, Anthropology
  • Linnea Judith Ritchie, Biology
  • Sarika Kumari Sharma, Information Science and Technology
  • Andrea Marie Smith, Mass Communications
  • Maria Madison Smith, Anthropology
  • Kyungwon Suh, Political Science
  • Shaelise Marie Tor, Marriage and Family Therapy
  • Yiran Yang, Chemistry
  • Anemone Zeneli, Teaching and Curriculum
  • Xiaoyan Zhang, Human Development and Family Science
  • Author

Ellen de Graffenreid

  • Recent
  • Student Veteran Anthony Ruscitto Honored as a Tillman Scholar
    Friday, July 18, 2025, By John Boccacino
  • Bandier Students Explore Latin America’s Music Industry
    Thursday, July 17, 2025, By Keith Kobland
  • Architecture Students’ Project Selected for Royal Academy Exhibition
    Thursday, July 17, 2025, By Julie Sharkey
  • NSF I-Corps Semiconductor and Microelectronics Free Virtual Course Being Offered
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025, By Cristina Hatem
  • Jianshun ‘Jensen’ Zhang Named Interim Department Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Wednesday, July 16, 2025, By Emma Ertinger

More In Campus & Community

Bandier Students Explore Latin America’s Music Industry

Thirteen students from the Bandier Program in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications recently returned from a three-week journey through Latin America, where they explored the region’s dynamic and rapidly evolving music industry. The immersive trip, led by Bandier…

Maxwell’s Robert Rubinstein Honored With 2025 Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching

Robert Rubinstein, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and professor of international relations in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, is the recipient of the 2025 Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching. The prize is awarded annually to a faculty member…

National Ice Cream Day: We Tried Every Special at ’Cuse Scoops So You Don’t Have To

National Ice Cream Day is coming up on Sunday, July 20, and what better way to celebrate than with a brain freeze and a sugar rush? Armed with spoons and an unshakable sense of duty, members of the Syracuse University…

Message From Chief Student Experience Officer Allen W. Groves

Dear Members of the Orange Community: It is with profound sadness that I write to remember two members of our Syracuse University community, whose lives were cut short last Thursday when they were struck by a vehicle at the intersection…

Haowei Wang Named Maxwell School Scholar in U.S.-China/Asia Relations

Haowei Wang, assistant professor of sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has been named the Yang Ni and Xiaoqing Li Scholar in U.S.-China/Asia Relations for the 2025-26 academic year. Wang’s one-year appointment began on July 1….

Subscribe to SU Today

If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.

Connect With Us

  • X
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
Social Media Directory

For the Media

Find an Expert Follow @SyracuseUNews
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
  • @SyracuseU
  • @SyracuseUNews
  • Social Media Directory
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Campus Status
  • Syracuse.edu
© 2025 Syracuse University News. All Rights Reserved.