
McKnight Doctoral and Dissertation Fellows
The McKnight Fellowship Program is a state-wide program administered through the Florida Education Fund (FEF). The program is designed to address the under-representation of African American and Hispanic faculty at colleges and universities in the state of Florida by increasing the pool of citizens qualified with Ph.D. degrees to teach at the college and university level. As a by-product, it is expected that employment opportunities in industry will also be expanded.
The McKnight Doctoral Fellowship provides up to five years of funding support for newly enrolled African American and Hispanic graduate students who intend to seek a Ph.D. degree. When funding is available, the FEF also offers the McKnight Dissertation Fellowship, which provides up to one year of stipend support to graduate students working to complete dissertations. If you have further questions about the Dissertation Fellowship, contact us.
2022-2023 Doctoral Fellows
Sediqua Bufford
Biomedical Sciences
"Representation and access to healthcare matters"
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Johnnie Allen Jr.
Higher Education
"Builds bridges to help others cross"
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Gabrielle Haggins
Higher Education
"Become the representation in Higher Education!"
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Jhamieka Greenwood
Computational Science
"Acquiring knowledge comes in many forms"
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Emilio Carrero
Creative Writing
"Education demystifies what haunts us"
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Jasmine Smith
Communication Science & Disorders
"Your insight can help improve outcomes"
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Charlisa Whyms
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
"Increase Minority Representation in STEM Careers"
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Rodney Ndum
Finance
"Having a seat at the table"
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Brianna Alston
Statistics
"To access better career opportunities"
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M. Re'Shaun Blake
Curriculum and Instruction
"Knowledge. Impact. Service. Experience. Advocacy. Access"
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2022-2023 Dissertation Fellows
Tiffaney Tomlinson
Criminology
"Educates the minds of future scholars"
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Nikki Chappell
Accounting
"More Black professors needed in classroom"
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Nicole Zampieri
Geography
"Knowledge changes you and the world!"
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