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The 2017-18 Mellon Mays fellows include, from left, Jumoke McDuffie-Thurmond '19; Brianna Thurman '19, Kaiyana Cervera '19; Bisa McDuffie-Thurmond '19, Azher Jaweed'19 and Brenda Quintana'18 (not pictured). Demetrius Eudell, pictured at far right, is the Mellon Mays faculty coordinator.

6 Students Awarded Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowships

2017 May 10

This spring, Wesleyan awarded six students Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowships. The fellowship is the centerpiece of the Andrew Mellon Foundation's initiatives to increase the presence of traditionally underrepresented groups in the faculty ranks of institutions of higher learning in the U.S.

BQ
Brenda
Quintana
  • American Studies
  • Class of 2018
  • Spanish Fork, UT
BM
Bisa
McDuffie-Thurmond
  • African American Studies and American Studies
  • Class of 2019
  • Brooklyn, NY
AJ
Azher
Jaweed
  • Environmental Studies and History
  • Class of 2019
  • Bellwood, IL
JM
Jumoke
McDuffie-Thurmond
  • African American Studies
  • Class of 2019
  • Brooklyn, NY
KC
Kaiyana
Cervera
  • African American Studies and American Studies
  • Class of 2019
  • New York, NY
BT
Brianna
Thurman
  • African American Studies and Government
  • Class of 2019
  • Harvey, LA
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