We are pleased to announce the Gittell Dissertation Fellows for the 2026-27 academic year:

Idil Onen (Earth and Environmental Sciences), Mechanisms of Securitization: State Violence, Urban Transformation, and Authoritarian Consolidation in Turkey between 2015-2025.

Hugo Genes (Anthropology), Plastic pollution and local resilience along the mangroves and coastlines of the Rio Contas and Peninsula Marau, Brazil.

Yu-Jhen Chen (Sociology), Information Incorporation and Political Alignment among First-Generation Chinese Immigrants in the United States.

Congratulations again!