Our Postdoctoral Fellowships for Academic Diversity are a key element of this commitment to achieve eminence through diversity, as expressed in both the original Action Plan and its recent progress report:
Penn’s Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence
Progress Report on Penn’s Action Plan for Faculty Diversity and Excellence
Education:
2015, PhD, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior,
City University of New York, NY
2013, M. Phil. Biology,
City University of New York
2004, BA, Physics,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Thesis Title:
Predicting the past: modeling the history of a cultural trait
Thesis Research Advisor:
David C. Lahti, PhD, Department of Biology, City University of New York
Penn Department:
Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences
Penn Mentor:
Erol Akcay, PhD
Education:
2017 PhD Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2010 BS Biology, University of Texas Permian Basin
PhD Dissertation Title:
Mechanism of Protein Acetylation in Mitochondria
PhD Thesis Advisor:
John M. Denu
Postdoc Research Topic:
Biochemical mechanisms of protein turnover
Penn Department:
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Benjamin A. Garcia
Education:
PhD, Mechanical Engineering,
MA, Mechanical Engineering,
BA, Mechanical Engineering
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Thesis Title:
Regular and Irregular Wear of Elastomers in Combined Rolling and Sliding
Thesis Research Advisor:
W. Gregory Sawyer
Postdoc Research Topic:
Interfacial Mechanics of Soft Matter
Penn Department:
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Penn Mentor:
Kevin Turner and Rob. Carpick
Education:
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 2018
Ph. D. Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2015
M.S. Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2010
B.S. Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA 2008
Thesis Title:
Scaling of the splash threshold for low-viscosity fluids.
Thesis Research Advisor:
Prof. Sidney Nagel
Penn Department:
Earth and Environmental Science
Penn Mentor:
Prof. Douglas Jerolmack
Education:
Ph.D and M.A. in, Higher Education and Organizational Change
University of California-Los Angeles
B.A. in History, Dartmouth College
Thesis Title:
A Critical Case Study on (Anti) Blackness, Geography, and Education Pathways in Twinsburg, Ohio.
Thesis Research Advisor:
Dr. Walter Allen
Penn Department:
Graduate School of Education – Higher Education
Penn Mentor:
Dr. Laura Perna
Education:
2016, PhD, Education and Psychology,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2016, MA, Psychology,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2010, MS, Education,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2006, BA, English and Social Welfare,
University of California, Berkeley, CA
PhD Dissertation Title:
Beyond Supportive Parenting: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Preschoolers’ Self-Regulatory Competencies in the Relation Between Supportive Parenting and Academic Readiness Outcomes Among Families Participating in Head Start
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Tabbye Chavous and Jacqueline Mattis
Postdoc Research Topic:
Children’s development and positive family processes in the context of poverty
Penn Department:
Graduate School of Education, Education Policy Division
Penn Faculty Mentor:
John Fantuzzo and Vivian Gadsden
Education:
Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Southern California, 2018
M.A. Linguistics, University of Southern California, 2014
B.A. Linguistics, University of Southern California, 2011
Thesis Title:
How to Think Before You Speak: Getting from Abstract Thoughts to Sentences
Thesis Research Advisor:
Dr. Elsi Kaiser
Penn Department:
Psychology
Penn Mentor:
Dr. John Trueswell
Education:
2016, Ph.D. Sociology, Princeton University
2007, B.A. Sociology and English, Duke University
Dissertation Title:
Hidden Inequality in Job Access: The Role of Residential Segregation in Spatial Mismatch
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Douglas Massey, Princeton University
Post Doc Research Topic:
Race, class, and stratification; homeownership; wealth; mobility; urban inequality
Penn Department:
Sociology
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Chenoa Flippen
Education:
2018, PhD Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2013, BS Chemistry, Hope College, Holland, MI
PhD Dissertation Title:
Tailoring Surface Forces to Control the Frictional Properties of Graphene
PhD Thesis Advisor:
James Batteas
Postdoc Research Topic:
Anti-wear (AW) Tribofilm Formation
Penn Department:
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Rob Carpick
Education:
2015, PhD, Immunology and Infectious Disease,
Washington State University, Pullman WA
2011, MS,Forensic Science,
California State University, Fresno, CA
2007, BS, Medical Biology,
California State University, Riverside, CA
Thesis Title:
Identification and Characterization of a Genome-wide Significant Region Associated with Erythrocyte Phenotypes in Domestic Sheep
Thesis Research Advisor:
Stephen White
Postdoc Research Topic:
Genetics of Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain in Pediatric Populations
Penn Department:
Center for Applied Genomics, Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital
Penn Mentor:
Hakon Hakonarson, MD PhD and David Sherry, MD
Education:
PhD, Public Health,
M Phil, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
California State University, Fresno, CA
BS, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Thesis Title:
Environmental Heterogeneity, Rodent Population Dynamics, and Leptospirosis in Urban Slum Environments
Thesis Research Advisor:
Dr. Albert Ko
Postdoc Research Topic:
Dynamic Risk Map Modeling in Changing Urban Environments
Penn Department:
Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics
Penn Mentor:
Dr. Mike Levy
Education:
2016, PhD, Political Science,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2013, M. Political Science,
Brown University, Providence, RI
2006, BA, Government,
Smith College, Northampton, MA
PhD Dissertation Title:
Stereotypes and Stories: The Effect of Storytelling in the Political Arena
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Dr. Larry Bartels and Dr. Marc Hetherington (co-chairs)
Penn Department:
Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Daniel Hopkins (Political Science)
Education:
2016, PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
2010, BS, Chemistry and Animal Science,
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
PhD Dissertation Title:
Mapping Sites of O-Glycosylation on Drosophila Notch and Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of How Drosophila Fringe Modulates Notch-Ligand Binding
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Robert S. Haltiwanger
Postdoc Research Topic:
Optic Nerve Regeneration in Zebrafish
Penn Department:
Cell and Developmental Biology
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Michael Granato
Education:
2015 Ph.D. Sociology and Criminology and Law,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2009, M.A.S.S., History,
Florida A&M University, Tallhassee, FL
2004, BA, History,
North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
PhD Dissertation Title:
The Social Construction of Race in Medicine
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Barbara A. Zsembik, Ph.D.
Postdoc Research Topic:
Hue Process: The Quantitative Measurement of Race and Racism in Medicine
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Ezekiel Dixon-Román, Ph.D.
Education:
2014, PhD, Clinical Psychology
2011, MA, Clinical Psychology
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2008, BA, Psychology
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
PhD Dissertation Title:
The contribution of fear conditioning to pathological anxiety: an investigation of conditioned fear generalization in OCD Traits and PTSD
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Shmuel Lissek, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota
Postdoc Research Topic:
Neurobiological mechanisms that contribute to the etiology of anxiety disorders
Penn Department:
Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Theodore Satterthwaite, MD, Psychiatry Department, Perelman School of Medicine
Education:
2015, PhD, Chinese Studies,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
2012, M.A., Chinese Language and Literature,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2010, M.A. with distinction, Chinese Law,
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London, UK
2005, BA, Economics and Chinese Language and Literature
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
PhD Dissertation Title:
Adapting with the Times: Fajia Law and State Development
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Professor John Lagerwey
Postdoc Research Topic:
Legalism and other Warring States philosophical traditions
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Professor Paul Goldin
Education:
PhD, Philosophy, The Graduate Center, CUNY – 2018
MA, Philosophy, The Graduate Center, CUNY -- 2016
MPhil, Philosophy, The Graduate Center, CUNY -- 2016
BA, Philosophy, The College of Charleston -- 2012
BS, Psychology, The College of Charleston -- 2012
Thesis Title:
The Fragmented Mind: Why working memory cannot implement consciousness.
Thesis Research Advisor:
Jesse Prinz
Penn Department:
Philosophy
Penn Mentor:
Lisa Miracchi
Education:
2009 BS Physics
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
2014 PhD Physics,
University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
Thesis Title:
Optical shaping of structural self-organization and topology in soft matter
Thesis Research Advisor:
Ivan I. Smalyukh, PhD
Department of Physics and Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Penn Department:
Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter
Penn Mentor:
Arjun Yodh, PhD, Professor of Physics and Director of The Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter
Education:
Ph.D in Urban Planning and Development, University of Southern California
Master in City Planning, Environmental Policy and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.A. in Urban Studies with Honors, Minor in African & African-American Studies, Stanford University
Thesis Title:
The Geography of Black Commerce and Culture - Los Angeles, California, and Beyond
Thesis Research Advisor:
Lisa Ann Schweitzer
Penn Department:
City and Regional Planning
Penn Mentor:
Vincent Reina
Education:
2016, PhD, Political Science,
The City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, NY
2004, MA, Africana Studies,
New York University, New York, NY
2000, BA, Political Science,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Thesis Title:
Looking for Leverage: Strategic Resources, Contentious Bargaining, and US-African Security Cooperation
Thesis Research Advisor:
Irving Leonard Markovitz
Postdoc Research Topic:
Postdoc Research Topic: US-Africa relations with an emphasis on the politics of security cooperation
Penn Department:
Political Science
Penn Mentor:
Robert Vitali
Education:
2014, PhD, Public Policty,
Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ
2008, MPA. Public Policy,
University of Pennyslvania, Philadelphia, PA
2004, BS, Economics,
Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
PhD Dissertation Title:
The Politics of Atlanta’s Public Housing: Race, Planning, and Inclusion, 1936-1975
PhD Thesis Advisor:
James DeFilippis
Postdoc Research Topic:
Preserving Black political spaces in the post-public housing city
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Amy Hillier
Education:
2016, PhD, Rutgers University,
Camden, NJ
2009, BA, Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Thesis Title:
An extension of the Bianchi-Egnell stability estimate to Bakry, Gentil, and Ledoux's generalization of the Sobolev inequality to continuous dimensions and applications
Thesis Research Advisor:
Eric Carlen
Postdoc Research Topic:
Functional Analysis and PDEs
Penn Department:
Mathematics
Penn Mentor:
Ryan Hynd
Atiya S. Strothers is a Postdoctoral Fellow for Academic Diversity through the Office of the Vice Provost for Research. As a servant and social justice advocate, Atiya is passionate about education, spirituality, and civic engagement. She uses history and qualitative inquiry to address the social, political, and institutional influences on educational equity and access. Specifically, her research agenda focuses on leadership, faculty diversity, graduate education, and mentorship. She has presented her work relating to this research at national conferences including AERA, ASHE, and AABHE. She has published her work in Divers Issues in Higher Education, Peabody Journal of Education, and various book chapters. She has also been an invited panelist and presenter discussing topics relating to her research.
Atiya has previous experience as an administrator in student affairs at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and the University of Delaware. She received her Ph.D. and Ed.M. in education from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She also obtained a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh. Atiya is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., alumna of Education Pioneers, and actively involved in her church. She enjoys investing in others and being an agent of change.
Education:
2016, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
2010, BS, Biomedical Engineering
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
PhD Dissertation Title:
The Development and Characterization of an Osteoconductive Pre-Vascularized Scaffold for Bone Regeneration
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Joseph Freeman, Ph. D.
Postdoc Research Topic:
Bilayered Delivery System to Mitigate Inflammation During Rotator Cuff Repair
Penn Department:
Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Louis Soslowsky, Ph.D.
Education:
2015, PhD, Immunology and Infectious Disease,
Washington State University, Pullman WA
2011, MS,Forensic Science,
California State University, Fresno, CA
2007, BS, Medical Biology,
California State University, Riverside, CA
Thesis Title:
Identification and Characterization of a Genome-wide Significant Region Associated with Erythrocyte Phenotypes in Domestic Sheep
Thesis Research Advisor:
Stephen White
Postdoc Research Topic:
Genetics of Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain in Pediatric Populations
Penn Department:
Center for Applied Genomics, Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital
Penn Mentor:
Hakon Hakonarson, MD PhD and David Sherry, MD
Education:
2014, PhD, Earth & Environmental Sciences,
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2009, BS Chemistry,
Howard University, Washington DC
PhD Dissertation Title:
Characterizing the stability of coastal wetland and riverine soil and sedimentary organic carbon
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Dr. Brad Rosenheim
Postdoc Research Topic:
The effects of pyrogenic carbon amendment on soil organic matter persistence
Penn Department:
Earth and Environmental Science
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Alain Plante
Education:
2014, PhD, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
2008, BA, Russian Literature and Culture
Columbia University New York, NY
PhD Dissertation Title:
Radical Chastity: The Politics of Abstinence in Nineteenth-century Russian Literature
Penn Mentor:
Professor Ilya Vinitsky
Postdoc Research Topic:
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Education:
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering; Stanford University
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering; Stanford University
B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Duke University
Thesis Title:
Extracellular matrix mechanical plasticity regulates breast cancer invasion through confining microenvironments
Thesis Research Advisor:
Ovijit Chaudhuri
Penn Department:
Bioengineering
Penn Mentor:
Jason Burdick
Education:
December 2014 Ph.D. Genetics
University of California, Davis, Davis CA
May 2004 B.Sc. Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology
Yale University
PhD Dissertation Title:
The structure and function of the human FMR1 gene
PhD Thesis Advisor:
Flora Tassone
Postdoc Research Topic:
Gene-editing of FMR1 using CRISPR/Cas9
Penn Faculty Mentor:
Beverly Davidson
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