Each chapter is also supported by chapter fellows — emerging scholars and advocates — who are crucial to the success of our chapters program. We are pleased to announce to following new chapter fellows joining our leadership teams this year:
Bay Area
Katie Sellergren - Katie is a master’s student in Anthropology studying sociocultural anthropology with a focus on the intersection of transgender and autistic identities at San Francisco State University.
Boston
Eric Spencer - Eric is a senior Political Science major at Tufts University interested in voting rights, democracy reform, and labor issues.
Central Pennsylvania
Pete Kurtz-Glovas - Pete is a master's student at the Pennsylvania State Universities where he is pursuing a Masters of Public Policy with a focus in Extremism, Conflict, and Democracy.
Confluence
Jake Shaw - Jake is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, whose work focuses on voter behavior and inequality in participation in American politics.
Sydney Young - Sydney is a PhD student in Political Science at University of Missouri-St. Louis studying American Politics with emphasis in voting rights and criminal justice.
Semih Patan - Semih is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago and his research focuses on institutions, opposition politics, and local politics in competitive authoritarian regimes.
Dallas-Fort Worth
Kayla Parker - Kayla is a PhD Candidate in Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Dallas, whose research focuses on nonprofit management, volunteerism, and the professionalization of the nonprofit sector.
Florida
Kaylee Appleton - Kaylee is a Masters of Medical Anthropology student in the Applied Anthropology program at the University of South Florida studying health disparities in the United States with a focus on autoimmune disease.
Georgia
Alexander Leasure – Alex is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Georgia State University whose research focuses on the U.S. Congress, particularly interest group influence and policy development.
Kentucky
Austin Zinkle - Austin is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Kentucky where he studies twentieth century United States social movements, with an emphasis on youth activism.
Rachel Herrington - Rachel is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of Kentucky whose research focuses on global environmental history, including enclosure of commons systems affecting marginalized and indigenous communities in Scotland and Eastern Maritime Canada.
Maine
Josh Mangin - Josh is a PhD Student in Leadership with a concentration in Professional Leadership Education, at the University of Southern Maine, studying the role nature plays in environmental leadership development.
Nebraska
John Wiemer - John is a Master of Public Administration candidate at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is interested in government budgets and societal inequities.
New Orleans
Lauryn Hudson - Lauryn is a Master of Public Health candidate at Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine studying social determinants of health and methods in monitoring and evaluation.