African and African-American Studies
Choate House, HB 6134
34 North Main Street
Hanover, NH 03755
(603) 646-3397
About the Banner:
The “Life of Malcolm X” murals were painted by Florian Jenkins in 1972. The eight panels depict the life and assassination of the human rights activist. The murals were sponsored by the Afro-American Society and are located in Cutter-Shabazz Hall.
The goal of the Thurgood Marshall Dissertation Fellowship is to promote student and faculty diversity at Dartmouth, and throughout higher education, by supporting completion of the doctorate by underrepresented minority scholars and other graduate scholars with a demonstrated commitment and ability to advance educational diversity.
The Fellowship supports graduate scholars for a year-long residency at Dartmouth that generally runs from September through August. Scholars who plan a career in higher education and have completed all other Ph.D. requirements may finish their dissertations with access to the outstanding libraries, computing facilities and faculty of Dartmouth College. In addition, Fellows may participate in classroom activities with scholars who are dedicated to undergraduate teaching. Fellows can be pursuing the Ph.D. degree in any discipline or area taught in the Dartmouth undergraduate Arts and Sciences curriculum. Each Fellow will be affiliated with a department or program at the College.
The Fellowship provides a stipend of $25,000, office space, library privileges, and a $2,500 research assistance fund. Fellows will be expected to complete the dissertation during the tenure of the Fellowship and may have the opportunity to participate in teaching, either as a primary instructor or as part of a team.
For more information about the Dissertation Fellowships and how to apply, see the Dissertation Fellowships page.
Danielle Terrazas Williams. Ph.D. candidate, History, Duke University
Danielle earned her B.A. in Afro-Mexican Studies through the College Scholar Program at Cornell University and M.A. in History from Duke University. Her research interests include the African Diaspora in colonial Latin America, women's history, social-micro history, and the negotiation of social capital and hierarchy. Her dissertation project focuses on free women of means in Central Veracruz during the long seventeenth century, highlights the significant role this group played in the local economy and social landscape of the region, and contributes to ongoing debates about the complex position of free African-descended people in the Spanish empire.
