ABOUT THE 2019–2020
JWJI Fellows around the eternal flame at The King Center
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JWJI ANNUAL REPORT 2019–2020
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FELLOWS
he fellowship program is at the heart of JWJI’s mission. With generous financial support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, JWJI is able to welcome visiting scholars from around the United States to Emory to finish major research projects that align with JWJI’s mission. The 2019-2020 cohort was the eleventh group of scholars to spend the year in residence at Emory, and they continued the tradition of producing cutting-edge scholarship that will revolutionize the way we think about race and difference. This year’s cohort included three full-time postdoctoral fellows. Despite the pandemic, the fellows made significant progress on their research projects and taught popular classes to Emory undergraduates. JWJI also welcomed an outstanding group of dissertation fellows in 2019. Since 2017, the dissertation fellows (two external fellows supported by Mellon and one Emory student supported by the Laney Graduate School annually) have concluded their graduate school careers by joining the intellectual community of JWJI. We are proud to report that each of our 2019-2020 dissertation fellows defended their dissertations and secured postdoctoral employment.
