Welcome, 2025-26 Academic Fellows!

Your friends at The Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies are excited to welcome nineteen new academic fellows to BBQ+! Our annual fellowship, supported by the Mellon Foundation, works to bring together a diverse group of scholars from undergraduates to postgraduates working across these fields in a collaborative and supportive environment.

Throughout the coming academic year, the fellows will workshop individual writing projects, closely interact with leaders in social justice, education, and activism, and build intergenerational communities of support.

We happily invite you to read the Fellows’ bios and learn more about the Fellowship.

Postdoctoral Cohort (left to right): Tahereh Aghdasifar, Khytie Brown, Samah Choudhury, Sanabel Abdel Rahman, Armanc Yildiz

Advanced Doctoral/ Dissertation-level Cohort (left to right): Robert A. Barry, Jessina Emmert, Verónica Mandujano, Minh Huynh Vu, Jasmine Norma Watson

Master’s/ Early Doctoral Cohort (left to right): Trishala C. Dutta, Sarah Kim-Williams, Tiffany Lee, Roshan Roymon, Mia Sturdivant

Undergraduate Cohort (left to right): Lutfiah Setyo Cahyani, Humberto Hernandez, Olajuwon Oladipo, Christopher Pham