Georgia State University, an enterprising urban public research university, is a national leader in graduating students from widely diverse backgrounds.
The student body of more than 53,000 demonstrates that students from all backgrounds can achieve at high rates with unsurpassed connections to the city’s business, government, nonprofit and cultural organizations.
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Georgia State University, an enterprising urban public research university, is a national leader in graduating students from widely diverse backgrounds.
The student body of more than 53,000 demonstrates that students from all backgrounds can achieve at high rates with unsurpassed connections to the city’s business, government, nonprofit and cultural organizations.
The Andrew Young Fellowship
Established in honor of Ambassador Andrew Young through the generosity of many supporters, this three-year fellowship is awarded annually to outstanding students pursuing Ph.D.s in economics, public policy or criminal justice.

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2022 Jun 20
Ifrah Sheikh Earns Doctoral Fellowship in Trauma Intervention
The Doctoral Fellowship in Trauma Intervention is awarded to students whose program of study prepares them to provide specialized assistance to people who have experienced traumatic events such as physical and/or sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, terrorism, or war.

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2022 Jun 20

Jessica Grom Receives Doctoral Fellowship in Trauma Intervention
Georgia State University student Jessica Grom has received the Doctoral Fellowship in Trauma Intervention. This fellowship is awarded to students whose program of study prepares them to provide specialized assistance to people who have experienced traumatic events such as physical and/or sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence, terrorism, or war.

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2022 Jun 20

Shirong Wong Receives Neurobiology Fellowship
Georgia State University student Shirong Wong has received the Neurobiology Fellowship. The fellowship provides an award for an outstanding graduate student in the neurobiology program.

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2022 Jun 20

Georgia State University Biological Science Ph.D. Student Receives Fellowship
The Ahmed T. Abdelal Fellowship in Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology is given to outstanding Ph.D. students for achievement in the field of molecular genetics or biotechnology. This award is named in honor of former Dean Ahmed T. Abdelal, who established the molecular genetics and biotechnology program at Georgia State University.

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2022 Jun 16
Georgia State University Student Receives Scholarship for Outstanding Work in Philosophy
Georgia State University student Maximiliana Rifkin has received the Friedrich William Ralf Munster Fellowship in Philosophy for excellence in research. The fellowship is given to an outstanding graduate student in Philosophy in honor of Ralf F. Munster, chair of the department from 1955 to 1976.

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2022 Jun 14
Paul Bowles Graduate Fellowship in Fiction Writing
Georgia State University student Carly Marie Alaimo has received the Paul Bowles Graduate Fellowship in Fiction Writing. The fellowship is awarded to exceptional graduate students who have been accepted into a graduate program in creative writing, with a specialization in fiction writing.

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2022 Jun 6

Jacqueline Boles Graduate Teaching Fellowship in Sociology
The Jacqueline Boles Graduate Teaching Fellowship, presented to outstanding graduate instructors in the Department of Sociology, was created to honor Jackie Boles, a cherished sociology faculty member at Georgia State University for more than 30 years.

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2022 Jun 6

Georgia State Student Receives Fellowship for Accomplishments in Neuroscience
The three-year Kenneth W. and Georganne F. Honeycutt Fellowship is awarded to advanced doctoral students in neuroscience in recognition of outstanding accomplishments in their graduate program.

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2022 Jun 1

Georgia State Student Receives Jacqueline Boles Graduate Teaching Fellowship
The competitive Jacqueline Boles Graduate Teaching Fellowship supports a master's student in the Institute for Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies who is conducting research focused on women, with a preference for feminist activism and movements for social change. The award was established by Diane Fowlkes, founding director of the institute, to ensure the perpetual study of the feminist movement.

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2022 Jun 1
Georgia State Student Receives Kenneth W. and Georganne F. Honeycutt Fellowship in Neuroscience
The three-year Kenneth W. and Georganne F. Honeycutt Fellowship is awarded to advanced doctoral students in neuroscience in recognition of outstanding accomplishments in their graduate program.

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2022 Jun 1
David W. Boykin Graduate Fellowship in Medicinal Chemistry
The David W. Boykin Graduate Fellowship in Medicinal Chemistry was established in 1999 to honor the former chair of the Department of Chemistry. It is awarded to an outstanding Ph.D. student in medicinal chemistry.

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2022 May 4

Ambrose H. Pendergrast Fellowship
Named for a former professor in the Department of Chemistry, the Ambrose H. Pendergrast Fellowship is awarded to an outstanding doctoral student in the area of medicinal chemistry/biochemistry.

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2022 May 4

Lewis College Student Research Conference People's Choice Award
The Lewis College Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides undergraduate and graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First, second and third place in each degree category are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.

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2022 May 3
Lewis College Student Research Conference 3rd Place Ph.D. Category
The Lewis College Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides undergraduate and graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First, second and third place in each degree category are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.

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2022 May 3
Lewis College Student Research Conference 1st Place Ph.D. Category
The Lewis College Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides undergraduate and graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First, second and third place in each degree category are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.

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2022 Apr 29
Lewis College Student Research Conference 3rd Place Master's & Clinical Doctorate Category
The Lewis College Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides undergraduate and graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First, second and third place in each degree category are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.

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2022 Apr 29
Lewis College Student Research Conference 2nd Place Ph.D. Category
The Lewis College Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides undergraduate and graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First, second and third place in each degree category are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.

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2022 Apr 29
Lewis College Student Research Conference 2nd Place Master's & Clinical Doctorate Category
The Lewis College Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides undergraduate and graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First, second and third place in each degree category are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.

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2022 Apr 29
Lewis College Student Research Conference 2nd Place Undergraduate Category
The Lewis College Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides undergraduate and graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First, second and third place in each degree category are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.

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2022 Apr 29
Lewis College Student Research Conference 1st Place
The Lewis College Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides undergraduate and graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First, second and third place in each degree category are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.

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2022 Apr 29
Georgia State University Student Presents Research Poster at Conference
Georgia State University student Spencer Kinsey had his poster "Determination, Potentiation, and Translation: A Critique of Burnston's Solution to the Interface Problem," accepted to the American Philosophical Association Central Division Annual Meeting this February. Kinsey also had his paper "Vehicle Realism and the Hopfieldian Revolution in Neuroscience," accepted for presentation at the Philosophy of Neuroscience Graduate Student Showcase, APA Pacific. Kinsey, a native of Gainesville, is a master's degree student in the Philosophy department in the College of Arts and Sciences. The College of Arts and Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.

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2022 Mar 11
Georgia State University Student Earns Fellowship for Philosophy
Georgia State University student Anastasiia Grigoreva was awarded the Ralf F. Munster Fellowship for Outstanding First-Year Graduate Student. The Munster Fellowship is awarded based on academic excellence, including coursework and participation in other academic activities. Grigoreva has presented her work at multiple conferences, including Catcalling as dispositional misogyny: Locating catcalling within the discourse on patriarchy-enforcing speech, presented online at the Social Ontology 2021 Conference of the International Social Ontology Society (ISOS). Grigoreva is pursuing a master's in Philosophy with the Philosophy Department in the College of Arts and Sciences. The College of Arts and Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.

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2022 Mar 11

Georgia State University Student Presents Philosophy Paper at Conference
Georgia State University student Maximiliana Rifkin presented her paper "What Counts as Ideological Domination?" at the Georgia Philosophical Society's Conference on Rights, Obligations, and Freedom in December. She also had a paper, "On the Construct Stability of Gender Identity in Neuroscience," accepted to the Pacific Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association Session' Philosophy of Neuroscience Graduate Student Showcase' in April. Rifkin, a resident of Fairport, New York, is a master's degree student in the Philosophy Department in the College of Arts and Sciences. The College of Arts and Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.

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2022 Mar 11

Georgia State Ph.D. Student Helps Write Online Textbook
Georgia State University student Monisha Jackson recently co-authored the sociology textbook Alternative Urbanisms & Social Deviance. Jackson is a 3rd year Ph.D. student in the Sociology Department in the College of Arts & Sciences at Georgia State. The textbook, a collaboration between former and current M.A. and Ph.D. students from the Sociology Department, serves as a framework to view more clearly the fluidity and intersectionality of socially deviant labels and their consequences. Sociology professor Deirdre A. Oakley is using the textbook in her upper-level course, Deviant Behavior. Jackson is a Ph.D. student whose research was awarded first place by the National Geographical Society. Her current thesis focuses on queer women of color's experiences in LGBTQ+ night-time spaces. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.

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2022 Jan 28

Georgia State Ph.D. Student Helps Write Online Textbook
Georgia State University graduate student Oluyemi Farinu recently co-authored the sociology textbook Alternative Urbanisms & Social Deviance.

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2022 Jan 28
Georgia State Ph.D. Student Helps Write Online Textbook
Georgia State University graduate student Calvin Townsend recently co-authored the sociology textbook Alternative Urbanisms & Social Deviance. Townsend is a Ph.D. student in the Sociology Department in the College of Arts & Sciences. The textbook, a collaboration between former and current M.A. and Ph.D. students from the Sociology Department, serves as a framework to view more clearly the fluidity and intersectionality of socially deviant labels and their consequences. Sociology professor Deirdre A. Oakley is using the textbook in her upper-level course, Deviant Behavior. Townsend's current research focus is on systemic racism and urban inequality. His dissertation will explore white identity, issues of morality and racism, and religious placemaking. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.

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2022 Jan 28
Georgia State M.A./Ph.D. Student Helps Write Online Textbook
Georgia State University graduate student Celessia Cannon recently co-authored the sociology textbook Alternative Urbanisms & Social Deviance. Cannon is a graduate student in the Sociology Department in the College of Arts & Sciences at Georgia State. The textbook, a collaboration between former and current M.A. and Ph.D. students from the Sociology Department, serves as a framework to view more clearly the fluidity and intersectionality of socially deviant labels and their consequences. Sociology professor Deirdre A. Oakley is using the textbook in her upper-level course, Deviant Behavior. Cannon is a joint M.A./Ph.D. student and instructor of Sociology at Georgia State, whose research focus include mass incarceration, race, sexuality, gender, and urban sociology. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.

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2022 Jan 28

Georgia State Ph.D. Student Helps Write Online Textbook
Georgia State University graduate student George Greenidge Jr. recently co-authored the sociology textbook Alternative Urbanisms & Social Deviance. Greenidge is a Ph.D. candidate in the Sociology Department in the College of Arts & Sciences at Georgia State. The textbook, a collaboration between former and current M.A. and Ph.D. students from the Sociology Department, serves as a framework to view more clearly the fluidity and intersectionality of socially deviant labels and their consequences. Sociology professor Deirdre A. Oakley is using the textbook in her upper-level course, Deviant Behavior. Greenidge's research focuses on the economic development of cities and the impact of displacement and gentrification on residents. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.

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2022 Jan 28

Georgia State Ph.D. Student Helps Write Online Textbook
Georgia State University graduate student Jenna-Ashley Lee recently co-authored the sociology textbook Alternative Urbanisms & Social Deviance. Lee is a joint M.A./Ph.D. student in the Sociology Department in the College of Arts & Sciences at Georgia State. The textbook, a collaboration between former and current M.A. and Ph.D. students from the Sociology Department, serves as a framework to view more clearly the fluidity and intersectionality of socially deviant labels and their consequences. Sociology professor Deirdre A. Oakley is using the textbook in her upper-level course, Deviant Behavior. Lee is a 3rd year student whose research focuses on sex work criminalization and the mechanisms by which panic is weaponized to the detriment of marginalized laborers. The College of Arts & Sciences provides a skills-based liberal arts and sciences education for Atlanta's diverse, next-generation workforce.

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2022 Jan 28