The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Announces 2020 Dissertation Fellows
Baton Rouge, LA (03/27/2020) — The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, today announced the recipients of a 2020 Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowship. The $10,000 fellowships are designed to support active Society members in the dissertation writing stage of doctoral study.
This year's class of fellows represents a group of 10 students spanning a number of academic disciplines from science and technology to arts and humanities.
The 2020 Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellows are:
- Sarah Glenski, Yale University
- Tahereh Granpayehvaghei, University of Texas at Arlington
- Nicholas King, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Victoria Koski-Karell, University of Michigan
- Maël Le Noc, Texas State University
- Xiaochen Li, University of Southern California
- Mohd Omar Faruk Sikder, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- Rachel Straub, University of Southern California
- Lucas F. W. Wilson, Florida Atlantic University
- Yichao Zhang, University of Minnesota
"Phi Kappa Phi's dissertation fellowships provide assistance to doctoral students to help them cross that critical line from ABD to degree completion. We are pleased and proud to be able to support members reach that goal," said Executive Director Dr. Mary Todd.
The recipients were selected based on a number of criteria including how the fellowship will contribute to the completion of the dissertation, the significance of original research, and endorsement by the dissertation chair. Each fellow will receive $10,000 to apply toward 12 months of dissertation writing.
Established in 2014, the dissertation fellowships are part of the Society's robust awards program, which gives nearly $1 million each year to outstanding students and members through study abroad grants, graduate fellowships, funding for post-baccalaureate development, member and chapter awards, and grants for local, national and international literacy initiatives.
To learn more about the Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowship Program and this year's recipients, please visit www.phikappaphi.org/dissertation.
About Phi Kappa Phi
Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Phi Kappa Phi inducts approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni annually. The Society has chapters on more than 300 select colleges and universities in the United States and the Philippines. Membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students and 7.5 percent of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also qualify. The Society's mission is "To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others." For more information, visit www.phikappaphi.org.