The APSA Committee on the Status of First Generation Scholars in the Profession works to bring focused attention to the ways in which class, economic inequality, and mobility can affect political scientists’ ability to thrive educationally and professionally throughout their careers. In December 2025, the Committee matched donations to the APSA Annual Fund to support the professional development of 25 first generation scholars in the political science discipline. The following scholars were awarded for the 2025 travel reimbursement grant:

Juan Acevedo, Graduate Center CUNY

Ashraf Amiri, University of Massachusetts Boston

Furkan Benliogullari, University of California, San Diego

Angela Bohorquez Oviedo, University of Delaware

Sanho Chung, National Taiwan Normal University

Sierra Davis Thomander, Stanford University

Soren Dudley, Harvard University

Ivan Katchanovski, University of Ottawa

Rafael Khachaturian, University of Pennsylvania

Minji Kwak, University of Southern California

William Kwok, Yale University

Songeun Emily Lee, University of Houston

Yen-Chieh Liao, University of Birmingham

Chenchen Lu, Purdue University

Adan Martinez, University of California, Berkeley

Gregory Nelson, University of South Carolina

Rowan Powell, University of California, Santa Cruz

Jesus Rojas Venzor, University of California, San Diego

Jochen Schmon, New School for Social Research

Alberto Stefanelli, Yale University

Hoi Kee Tsang, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus

Roberto Valli, EUI

Anastasiia Vlasenko, Kyiv School of Economics, Columbia University

Shuping Wang, Syracuse University

Hongyu Zhang, University of North Carolina at Wilmington■