Through the Graduate Awards for Research & Training, Duke University Center for International & Global Studies (DUCIGS) provides full-time graduate students working on international research topics with funding for travel to archival and research sites inside and outside the continental United States; for attendance at specialized conferences; and for foreign language and methods training. In the 2022 competition, 25 Duke graduate students were awarded DUCIGS travel grants.
2022 Graduate Grant Awardees
Maryam Al-Mujtaba (PhD, Nursing)
Project: Fto To assess the social influencers of sexual risk behaviors among adolescents living with HIV in South Africa
Julia Bingham (PhD, Marine Science & Conservation)
Project: Knowledge and Power in West Coast Vancouver Island Salmon Fisheries
Hannah Borenstein (PhD, Cultural Anthropology)
Project: Toward a New Running Economy: Ethiopian Women Distance Runners in Networks of Capital
Cristina Carnemolla (PhD, Romance Studies)
Project: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Italian Studies: Now and Then
Camille Chanod (PhD, Romance Studies)
Project: The Sound and the Flurry of 1970s French and Italian Cinema
Ann Chapman Price (PhD, Religious Studies)
Project: Dutch Language Acquisition for Research on Medieval Authors
Devin Creed (PhD, History)
Project: Intensive Summer Course in Bangla
Emma Dries (MPP)
Project: Humanitarian Action: Human Rights, Refugees, and Humanitarian Crises Fellowship
Maroun El Houkayem (PhD, Religious Studies)
Project: Language and Power: The Commentary of Daniel of Salah on Psalm 86
Brianna Elliott (PhD, Marine Science & Conservation)
Project: French language training in support of dissertation research abroad in La Runion: Addressing Cetacean Bycatch in Indian Ocean Drift Gillnet Fisheries
Ankita Gupta (PhD, Environment)
Project: Landscape-Scale Patterns of Avian Diversity in Agricultural Wetlands in Western India
Qirui Ju (MA, Economics)
Project: How do Political Connections affect Teachers Career Opportunities in China?
Nikita Kohli (PhD, Public Policy)
Project: Urban Labour Markets in Developing Countries
Jing Hao Liong (PhD, Cultural Anthropology)
Project: Intensive Malay Language Course
Emily Myers (PhD, Political Science)
Project: Women in the Cadre: How Female Insurgent Governors Influence Rebel Rule
Gabriela Nagle Alverio (PhD, Environmental Policy)
Project: Assessing Policy Priorities for Protecting Human Rights of Climate Migrants in Urban Areas
Trent Ollerenshaw (PhD, Political Science)
Project: American Guilt, Structural Inequality, and U.S. Public Support for Foreign Aid
Elise Paietta (PhD, Biology)
Project: Understanding the Diversity and Drivers of Viral Anthroponoses in Madagascar
SaeHim Park (PhD, Art and Art History)
Project: Politics of Remembering Historical Sexual Violence/ Imaging Rape: Comfort Women, Western Princesses, Miss Gone-Abroad
Minato Sakamoto (PhD, Music)
Project: Feel the Field: Music Composition System for Field Recording Activities in China
Lorenza Starace (PhD, Romance Studies)
Project: The Gender Variable: Female Authorship and the Novel
Laura Stilwell (PhD, Public Policy)
Project: Interactive Mobile Support for Community Health Workers Promoting Breastfeeding: Investigating the Impact on Maternal and Infant Health in a Developing Country Context
Vivien Wambugu (MS, Global Health)
Project: An Educational Module to Improve Knowledge and Understanding of SCD and the Importance of Testing for Family Members of Sickle Cell Disease in Kalangala, Uganda
Maya Wilson (MS, Global Health)
Project: Reducing Sickle Cell Disease Burden in Kalangala, Uganda
Yaming You (PhD, History)
Project: Summer Online Language Training Program
