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PZ Doctoral Fellows

The PZ Doctoral Fellows program, launching in September 2023, is a year-long funded opportunity for three to four advanced doctoral students who are committed to doing research that addresses issues of social justice and equity and involves historically marginalized or underserved communities. Fellows engage in and contribute to PZ’s intellectual community, while advancing their independent doctoral work. They participate in PZ community meetings and discussion groups, present their work, make connections to PZ researchers and projects, and attend at least two conferences or workshops. Fellows receive regular mentorship and feedback through biweekly cohort sessions held at PZ. The program is generously funded by the Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation, with additional support from the Firehouse Fund. The goal is to support talented, emerging scholars, while enriching and adding more critical dimensions to PZ’s ongoing research and professional development agenda.

The application process for the 2024-2025 PZ Doctoral Fellows program is open to Harvard Graduate School of Education and other Harvard University doctoral students. Applications open on February 1, 2024, and are due Friday, March 22, 2024. Decisions will be announced by April 15, 2024. For questions, please contact Liz Dawes Duraisingh, Co-Director, Project Zero.

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Moisés Contreras

PZ WorkMoisés joined Project Zero in 2024 as a PZ Doctoral Fellow. A Harvard Graduate School of Education Ph.D. candidate with a concentration in Culture, Institu...Read more
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Ron Grady

PZ WorkA PZ Doctoral Fellow since 2024, Ron is a third-year doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education whose work strives to center the lives an...Read more
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Woohee Kim

PZ WorkA current PZ Doctoral Fellow, Woohee is studying civic and pedagogical practices of youth who remember and reckon with injustices across borders. Woohee se...Read more
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Emily Meland

PZ WorkEmily joined PZ as a doctoral fellow in 2024, supporting her research as a doctoral candidate in the Human Development, Learning, and Teaching concentratio...Read more
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