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GRID Student Spotlight

  • Marina Moscoso Arabia presented at the International Conference of Critical Geographies (ICCG) held in Mexico City from 23rd - 28th October. Her presentation was titled "Neoliberalismo Desde el Medio (y hacia adentro): Pragmatica Vitalista y Fabrica Social."
  • Marwah Maqbool Malik presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) conference held in Chicago from 19th -21st October. Her presentation was titled "Solidarity Not Charity”: Rethinking Flood Relief from a Feminist Planning Perspective." She also presented at the International Conference of Critical Geographies (ICCG) held in Mexico City from the 23rd 28th of October. Her...
  • Cintia Martins Freitas participated in a panel discussion titled "Ask a Grad Student" organized by the Gender and Women Studies Department on October 24. 
  • GRID student Arezoo Ataollahi was awarded for IGI Language Fellowship 2023-24. Arezoo, a graduate student in Linguistics, will develop her Arabic.
  • GRID student Janet Husunukpe was awarded for IGI Language Fellowship 2023-24. Janet, a graduate student in Urban and Regional Planning, will develop her Swahili.
  • GRID student Srinanda Ganguly was awarded for IGI Language Fellowship 2023-24. Srinanda, a graduate student in Art & Design/Art History, will develop her Arabic.
  • Congratulations to Anissa Chitwanga for securing the Jean M. Due and Marianne Ferber International Research Award 2023-24! Anissa is a PhD student in social work and a GRID student. She will be using the travel grant for her dissertation research. Her thesis is titled “Narratives of distress & coping: A qualitative study of the experiences and perspectives of women in Blesser/Slay...
  • GRID student  Marina Moscoso Arabia was awarded  HRI Mellon Interseminars Graduate Fellowship 2023-24! Marina is part of a cohort of seven graduate students who...
  • GRID student Asmaa Elsayed GRID Student, Atyeh Asthari, was awarded the 2023-2024 Evelyne Accad and Paul Vieille International Award.  Asmaa (Global Studies in Education) Asmaa is a PhD student in Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership Department at the College of Education. Asmaa's research is focused on emancipatory transformative lifelong learning for healing, resilience, and...
  • GRID student Marwah Malik was awarded the 2023-2024 Barbara A. Yates Fellowship. Marwah Malik (Urban and Regional Planning) is a PhD student in Urban and Regional Planning. Marwah's research uses a multiple case study design. She explores how women-led grassroots organizations in Pakistan employ the notion of solidarity in their flood relief narratives and practices to carve paths for a...