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 November 2022, the Committee matched donations to the APSA Annual Fund to support the professional development of 46 first generation scholars in the political science discipline.

Jeyhun Alizade, Princeton University

Arwa Awan, University of Chicago

Elise Blasingame, University of Georgia

Gözde Böcü, University of Toronto

David Bracken, University of California, Davis

Trevor Brown, Cornell University

Giovanni Castro Irizarry, University of California, Los Angeles

Samantha Chapa, University of Houston

Chao-yo Cheng, Birkbeck, University of London

Heasun Choi, University at Albany, State University of New York

Joseph Clarkson, University of Notre Dame

Kennia Coronado, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Thomas Flaherty, University of California, San Diego

Chi-Shun Fong, Pennsylvania State University

Luzmarina Garcia, Florida Atlantic University

Aura Gonzalez, Cornell University

Sami Gul, University of Rochester

Selin Bengi Gumrukcu, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Aleena Khan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Yuke Li, Yale University

Lewis Luartz, University of California, Riverside

Francy Luna Diaz, University of Michigan

Mary MacDonald, University of Toronto

Ali Masood, Oberlin College

Spencer McKay, Queen’s University

Leann Mclaren, Duke University

Geidy Mendez, University of California, Irvine

Karla Mundim, University of Florida

Martin Naunov, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Monique Newton, Northwestern University

Naomi Nubin, University of Houston

Dilan Okcuoglu, American University

Hyemin Park, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Giovanny Pleites-Hernandez, University of North Carolina, Asheville

Yanira Rivas Pineda, University of California, Santa Barbara

Polly Roark, University of North Texas

Daniel Rojas Lozano, University of British Columbia

Anntiana Sabeti, Arizona State University

Ipek Ece Sener, Washington University in St. Louis

Sarang Shah, University of California, Berkeley

Sally Sharif, University of Notre Dame

James Steur, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Cigdem Unal, University of Pittsburgh

Everett Vieira, California State University, Fresno

Rui Wang, University at Buffalo

Yuan Wang, University of Georgia