Provost's Fellowship Program

PROF Program

The Provost's Fellowship (PROF) Program is part of Dartmouth's ongoing efforts to diversify the professoriate. The PROF program aims to prepare early career scholars for long-term success in higher education. Through a partnership among the Frank J. Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, Arts and Sciences, and the Provost's Office, PROF Fellows benefit from Dartmouth's flagship role in cultivating teacher-scholars. We seek future faculty invested in the transformative impact of a liberal arts education who are also producing innovative research at the forefront of their fields.

PROF Fellows are part of a multidisciplinary cohort of approximately ten predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars, all committed to increasing diversity in their disciplines. Fellows teach one course during their residency, participate in mentoring and professional development programming, and receive guidance in preparing for faculty job searches. They also hold research appointments in departments and programs, where they participate fully in campus life.

The PROF program includes two types of fellowships: some are designated as dissertation-completion fellowships that convert to postdoctoral appointments in the second year; some are structured as one- or two-year postdoctoral appointments. Details on each fellowship can be found below.

Please email if you have further questions or would like more information.

Contact: Provost.Fellowship.Program@Dartmouth.edu

History

Most of the fellowships within the PROF program began at Dartmouth in the early 1990s: Marshall (1991), Eastman (1992), and Chávez (1994). Over this nearly thirty-year span, 70% of fellows have gone on to join the professoriate. Most recently, Dartmouth's 2016 Inclusive Excellence initiative has expanded this suite of fellowships by increasing their length, adding Asian American Studies, and establishing additional positions that rotate among departments. As of 2017, the PROF program brings all of these scholars together in a cohort model led by a faculty director.

PRE-TO-POSTDOCTORAL DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS

César Chávez Fellows in Latinx Studies

The César Chavez Predoctoral Fellowship promotes student and faculty diversity at Dartmouth, and throughout higher education, by supporting the career trajectories of underrepresented minority scholars and others with a demonstrated ability to advance educational diversity. Applicants will be selected on the basis of their academic achievement, promise in both research and teaching, and their demonstrated commitment to addressing racial underrepresentation in higher education.

Current Fellows:

Melanie Plasencia, 2021-24

Gabrielle Cabrera, 2023-25

Charles Eastman Fellows in Native American and Indigenous Studies

The Charles Eastman Predoctoral Fellowship aims to promote student and faculty diversity at Dartmouth and throughout higher ed by supporting the completion of the doctorate by selected Native American scholars.

Current Fellows:

Elan Pochedly, 2021-23

Danielle Lucero, 2022-24

Kaylen James, 2023-25

Thurgood Marshall Fellows in African American and African Diasporic Studies

The Thurgood Marshall Dissertation Fellowship supports scholars working in any geographies and disciplines and interdisciplinary spaces across African Diaspora, African American, African, or Africana Studies. Particular attention will be given to candidates whose work augments and complements current faculty in the African and African American Studies Program (AAAS). Applicants will be selected on the basis of their academic achievement, promise in both research and teaching, and their demonstrated commitment to educational diversity. Applications from candidates who are underrepresented in their fields are especially welcome.

Current Fellows:

Shelby Sinclair, 2022-24

Endia Hayes, 2023-25

Guarini Dean's Asian American Studies Dissertation and Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dartmouth College invites applications for the Guarini Dean's Fellowship in Asian American Studies. The fellowship supports scholars whose research addresses any aspect of Asian American experiences and cultures. Particular attention will be given to candidates whose work augments and complements current faculty in Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages (ASCL). The fellow is expected to pursue research activities while participating fully in the intellectual life of ASCL and the college. Applicants will be selected on the basis of their academic achievement, promise in both research and teaching, and their demonstrated commitment to educational diversity. Applications from candidates who are underrepresented in their fields are especially welcome. This is a two-year residential fellowship that promotes student and faculty diversity at Dartmouth, and throughout higher education, by supporting completion of the doctorate by underrepresented scholars and others with a demonstrated ability to advance educational diversity and inclusivity. Fellows are expected to complete the dissertation before the second year and then transition to a postdoctoral appointment. During the second year of residency, fellows teach one course.

Guarini Fellows are part of the Provost's Fellowship Program, a multidisciplinary cohort of approximately ten predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars who share a commitment to increasing diversity in their disciplines. Fellows participate together in mentoring and professional development programming, including guidance in preparing for faculty careers.

Current Fellows:

MT Vallarta, 2021-23

Katherine Achacoso, 2022-24

Josephine Ong, 2023-25

GUARINI DEAN'S POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

The Guarini Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship program solicits applications each year from interested schools, departments, or programs to host a two-year postdoctoral fellow. Proposals to host postdoctoral fellows are due from department or program chairs by October 15, 2022. Contact Provost.Fellowship.Program@dartmouth.edu for details and forms.

Current Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration in the U.S. Context

Cori Tucker-Price, 2021-23

Postdoctoral Fellow in Organizational Behavior at the Tuck School of Business

Karren Knowlton, 2021-23

Postdoctoral Fellow in Afro-Latinx and/or Afro-Latin American Studies:

Vanessa Castañeda, 2021-23

Postdoctoral Fellow in Black Geographies/US Black Studies, Program in African and African American Studies and Department of Geography

Naiima Khahaifa, 2022-24

Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Studies

Gisselle Mejía, 2022-24

Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine