Grad Students

Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell will join the African Cultural Studies’ graduate program this fall. In the meantime, she has written an essay titled, “Hegematic America, describing her experience as a black foreign national living in the United …

Jibril Gabid, Arabic instructor and PhD student in African Cultural Studies, has been nominated for an Honored Instructor award. These awards provide University Housing residents the opportunity to recognize outstanding classroom instructors who challenge them, help …

Kathryn Mara has been awarded a Mellon-Wisconsin Fellowship for the Summer 2020 semester. Support for this fellowship is provided by the Mellon Foundation, as part of the Mellon-Wisconsin Graduate Fellowship Fund. Mara is working on …

Salah Algabli, Arabic instructor and PhD student in Curriculum and Instruction, has been nominated for an Honored Instructor award. These awards provide University Housing residents the opportunity to recognize outstanding classroom instructors who challenge them, …

Ph D student Kimathi Muthee has been selected to join the UW-Madison Teaching Academy’s Future Faculty Partners. This group is comprised of graduate students and post-docs who have been formally recognized by the Teaching Academy …

  Yesterday, we welcomed students to the 14th floor to explore our languages. The event, Celebrate Languages!, was organized by the Language Institute and intended to help students explore the many opportunities they have for …

The Association for Africanist Anthropology (AfAA) has awarded a Graduate Student Conference Grant to Kathryn Mara. The grant includes reimbursement for American Anthropological Association (AAA) conference registration, one-year membership to AAA, and a one-year membership …

PhD student Kathryn Mara has earned the A.C. Jordan Prize for her paper, “Jenoside, Génocide, Genocide: Socialization into Naming the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi.” The award committee specifically recognized that, “The essay blends ethnographic …