Mitchem Fellowships
| Dr.
Arnold L. Mitchem, President of the Council for Opportunity
in Education in Washington, D.C. and founder of Marquette’s
Educational Opportunity Program poses with the First
Class of Mitchem Fellows: Shelia Collins, a doctoral
candidate in English at the University of Kentucky,
Amina Lolita Gautier, a doctoral candidate in English
at the University of Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth Arbuckle
Wabindato, a doctoral candidate in political science
at the University of Michigan. |
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In 2002, Marquette established the Arnold L. Mitchem Dissertation
Fellowship Program, intended to increase the presence of underrepresented
ethnic groups in the professoriate by supporting doctoral candidates
in completing the final academic requirement, the dissertation.
"It is essential that the professorial ranks in this country
become more reflective of the demographic variety of the students in
the classroom," President Robert Wild, S.J. said. "The Mitchem
Fellowship Program is a positive step toward that goal and in keeping
with Marquette's firm commitment to diversity."
The fellowships provide two students from other U.S. universities
with one year of financial support, including a stipend, fringe benefits,
and research and travel funds. The fellows will be in residence at
Marquette for an academic year, during which they will teach one course
in their area of specialization while completing their dissertations.
They will also participate in a formal mentoring program.
The fellowships are named in honor of Dr. Arnold L. Mitchem, who earned
his Ph.D. from Marquette in 1981 and is an internationally recognized
champion of educational opportunity. Mitchem founded Marquette's Educational
Opportunity Program and served as its director from 1969-86; currently
he is president of the Council
for Educational Opportunity, Washington,
D.C.
Requirements
Applicants must be U.S. citizens who are well
underway in their dissertation writing and who belong to a racial
or cultural group historically underrepresented in the U.S. professoriate.
African American, Native American and Hispanic American candidates
are especially encouraged to apply.
Application Deadline
Applications for the 2008-2009 fellowships are
due Monday, 14 January 2008, and are sought in: Education; English;
Foreign Languages and Literatures; History; Mathematics, and Mathematics
Education, Statistics, and Computer Science; Philosophy; Political
Science; Psychology; Social and Cultural Sciences; and Theology/Religious
Studies.
For more information, please send an inquiry via
our contact form.
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