Grants &Fellowships
External Recognitions
U.S. Department of State Education’s Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation ResearchAbroad (DDRA) October 27, 2020.
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I was honored to be chosen from a competitive national pool of 4,000 individuals, where only 1 in 10 were selected. The awarded Fellowship supported my research in Burkina Faso and Senegal​​
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Andrew Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship, 2020
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I am honored to be among 70 awardees selected from over 930 applicants nationwide for the SSRC-IDRF to support my research in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Senegal.
Roland E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, a U.S. Department of Education
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Selected Scholar for Roland E. McNair, University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 2015.
The Great People-International Studies Scholarship at the University of Wisconsin's International Studies Division
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Selected as a Fellow to conduct a research study on Culture and Conflict in Rovinj, Croatia, in 2014.
Internal Institutional Support
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Graduate Research Fund, Political Science Department, Northwestern University, 2019.
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Buffett Institute for Global Studies (War & Society Working Group), Award, Northwestern University, Research Sponsor in Mali, 2018.
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Minar Memorial Summer Award, Political Science Department, Northwestern University, 2018.
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Hans E. Panofsky Pre-dissertation Research Awards 2017 and 2018.
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Selected Fellow, Panofsky Award, Program of African Studies, Northwestern University, Research Sponsor in The Gambia, 2017 and 2018.
Special Expert Recognition
Selected Reviewer of African Studies Association for Cambridge University Press, 2025. Selected Reviewer of Transparency International: Defence and Security,