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Kenyon College – Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation Completion/Teaching Fellowship

Deadline: 12/20/2018

This award is named in honor of the late Marilyn Yarbrough, Kenyon parent and trustee. A legal scholar and university administrator who was a former editor of the Black Law Journal and a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board, Marilyn Yarbrough often addressed gender and racial discrimination in her scholarship and teaching.  Download a list of previous Marilyn Yarbrough Teaching Fellows.

One of the most significant challenges confronting small liberal arts colleges in the United States today is increasing the members of underrepresented groups teaching at such institutions. A diverse faculty benefits students, faculty, and administrators alike by enriching the nature of the education experience for all. We recognize, though, that young scholars who are members of underrepresented groups frequently choose to pursue their careers as teachers and scholars at research universities rather than at small liberal arts colleges.

Duration

1 year

Funding
  • $36,000 stipend.
  • Health benefits.
  • Housing or equivalent allowance, and a small moving allowance.
  • An allowance to cover travel to conferences and professional expenses.
  • An office, a networked computer, and secretarial support services.
Eligibility

Applicants must:

  • Be citizens or nationals of the United States or otherwise ‘protected individuals’ as defined in 8 USC 1324b(a)(3)(B).
  • Be enrolled in a research-based Ph.D. program.
  • Aspire to a teaching and research career.
  • Have not yet earned a doctoral degree at any time in any field.
  • Be members of under-represented groups (for instance, ethnic minorities; women in fields that are occupied predominantly by men, or men in fields that are occupied predominantly by women; and persons who are first-generation college graduates within their families).
  • Generally be pursuing doctorates in one of the following fields: African Diaspora Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Art, Art History, Asian Studies, Biology, Chemistry, Classics, Dance, Drama, Economics, Ethnic/Indigenous Studies,English, Environmental Studies, History, Humanities, International Studies, Latina/o Studies, Legal Studies, Mathematics, Modern Languages and Literatures, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Public Policy, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, and Women’s and Gender Studies
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    Amy Quinlivan
    Office of the Provost
    Kenyon College
    Tel: 740-427-5117
    Email: [email protected]