Dissertation Fellows | Jewish Studies

Dissertation Completion Fellows

This non-service fellowship supports a promising Carolina graduate student working in Jewish Studies in the advanced stages of his or her career at Carolina. The Dissertation Fellowship enables a student to focus full time on scholarship, improving quality and shortening the time required to complete a Ph.D. degree. This fellowship is available to all students in doctoral programs at Carolina whose work makes a contribution to the interdisciplinary field of Jewish Studies. Awardees receive a competitive $23,000 stipend, plus payment for the three-credit dissertation tuition, fees, and health insurance for one academic year. NOTE: TEP Fellows are not eligible for the Dissertation Completion Fellowship. Awardees will be scheduled to give an academic talk or seminar regarding their dissertation topic during the year they hold the fellowship.

The Center has offered these fellowships for more than 10 years, funded through various private gifts. Awardees:

2023-2024: Tara Jordan, music, and Morgan Morales, history
2022-2023: Emily Branton, religious studies
2021-2022: Miguel Vargas, religious studies
2020-2021: Max Lazar, history
2019-2020: Daniela R.P. Weiner, history
2018-2019: Brad Erickson, religious studies
2017-2018: Robin Buller, history
2016-2017: Daniel Schindler, religious studies
2015-2016: Sarah Workman, English & comparative literature
2014-2015: Guy Shalev, anthropology
2013-2014: Anna Kushkova, anthropology
2012-2013: Naomi Graber, music

The Center accepts applications for the Dissertation Completion Fellowship from current Carolina graduate students each spring semester. Application details.