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. The McKnight Dissertation Fellowship provides up to one year of stipend support to graduate students working to complete dissertations.
This page contains a list of past Fellows. Current fellows can be found here. *McKnight Dissertation Fellows.
2023-2024 Doctoral Fellows
Counseling Psychology and School Psychology
"Representation matters. Knowledge creates understanding"
Ecology and Evolution
"To improve myself professionally and personally"
Dissertation Fellows
Communication Sciences and Disorders
"Graduate degrees give voices to underrepresented populations"
2022-2023
Dissertation Fellows
2021-2022
Dissertation Fellows
Curriculum and Instruction
"All students need windows and mirrors."
Marriage and Family Therapy
"Black and Brown scholars are needed."
Higher Education
"Strengthen your expertise to transform communities."
Music Education
"Gives access to more career opportunities"
2020-2021
2019-2020
Dissertation Fellows
Music Education
"With great power comes great responsibility."
Urban and Regional Planning
"Process, Dedication, Learning, Challenge, Tool Set, & Independence."
2018-2019
2017-2018
Dissertation Fellows
- Genevieve Bell, Neuroscience (Arts and Sciences)
- Pablo Correa , School of Communication (Communication and Information)
- Reginald Harris, Management (Business)
- Joel Mendez, Urban and Regional Planning (Social Sciences and Public Policy)
- Lakeisha Norton, School of Teacher Education (Education)
- Cocoa Williams, English (Arts and Sciences)
2016-2017
Malcolm McCray
Chemistry
"I just want to learn more."
Science Education
"Supporting others supports us in turn."
Dissertation Fellows
- Ashley Carter, Nutrition & Food Science (Human Sciences)
- Yolanda Franklin, English (Arts & Sciences)
- Jordyn Rosario, Criminology (Criminology and Criminal Justice)
- Jenay Sermon, Higher Education (Education)
- Caroline Bailey, Criminology (Criminology and Criminal Justice)
- Danisha Baker*, Statistics (Arts & Sciences)
- Kaleena Burkes*, Criminology (Criminology and Criminal Justice)
- Pierce Dignam, Sociology (Social Sciences & Public Policy)
- Kevin Elliot*, Psychology (Arts & Sciences)
- Vladimir Geneus*, Statistics (Arts & Sciences)
- Diane Lawong, Business Administration (Business)
- Clausell Mathis, School of Teacher Education (Education)
- Dunwoody Mirvil, Music (Music)
- Inger Daniels, Finance (Business)
- Kidane Dashew, Neuroscience (Arts & Sciences)
- Joshua Degraff, Industrial Engineering (Engineering)
- Gary Gramajo, Statistics (Arts & Sciences)
- Felicia Griffin, Statistics (Arts & Sciences)
- Sherelle Harmon, Clinical Psychology (Arts & Sciences)
- Amber Kinsey*, Nutrition, Food & Exercise Sciences (Human Sciences)
- Sherrina Lofton, Sport Management (Education)
- Heather Maranges, Social Psychology (Arts & Sciences)
- Jessica Martinez*, Biological Sciences (Arts & Sciences)
- Alyssa Rose, Chemistry (Arts & Sciences)
- Caroline Silva*, Psychology (Arts & Sciences)
- Connie Tenorio, Biomedical Sciences (College of Medicine)
- Lenzi Williams*, Chemistry (Arts & Sciences)
- Lyonna Alcantara, Neuroscience (Arts & Sciences)
- Jeffrey Anderson, Marketing (Business)
- Miltonette Craig, Criminology (Criminology and Criminal Justice)
- Eve Humphrey, Biology (Arts & Sciences)
- Rasheda Haughbrook, Psychology (Arts & Sciences)
- Joaquin Vaca, Mechanical Engineering (Engineering)
- Sidney Anderson, Marketing (Business)
- Yonatan Binyam, Religion (Arts & Sciences)
- Nefertiti Gaudig-Puplampu, Educational Psychology and Learning Systems (Education)
- Esther Spencer, English (Arts & Sciences)
- Tamara Stephens, Criminology (Criminology and Criminal Justice)
- Nathalia Borden, Political Science (Social Sciences & Public Policy)
- Jesus Chavarria, Psychology (Arts & Sciences)
- Marcus Elam, Nutrition & Food Science (Human Sciences)
- Janelle Jennings-Alexander, English (Arts & Sciences)
- Timothy Jones, Finance (Business)
- Ashley Sanders, Mathematics (Arts & Sciences)
- Sharde Smith, Family & Child Sciences (Human Sciences)
- Maydalis Torres, Mathematics (Arts & Sciences)
- Ira Wheaton, Industrial Engineering (Engineering)
- David Grasso, Askew School of Public Administration (Social Sciences & Public Policy)
- Cresean Hughes, Criminology (Criminology and Criminal Justice)
- Brandon Reese, Mechanical Engineering (Engineering)