The Watson Institute offers a range of postdoctoral opportunities for outstanding young scholars in the social sciences. The aims of the program are to support participants in their own research, enhance their interdisciplinary literacy and contribute to meaningful and enduring collaborative exchange. Our current fellows are listed below, and a list of former postdoctoral fellows is also available.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Postdoctoral Fellows
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Laura Acosta
Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public AffairsAreas of Expertise Ethnic Conflict & Civil War, Social Movements -
Volha Biziukova
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs -
Foroogh Farhang
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public AffairsAreas of Expertise Ethics, Gender, Human Rights, Immigration, Displacement & Borders, Inequality & Poverty, International Institutions, Political Economy, Social Movements -
GabreƩlla Friday
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Race and EthnicityAreas of Expertise Criminal Justice, Gender, Law Enforcement & Policing, Race, Identity & Ethnicity -
Valerie Michelman
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public AffairsAreas of Expertise Education, Inequality & Poverty, Labor, Technology & Innovation -
Sonia Planson
Postdoctoral Research Associate in International and Public Affairs and SociologyAreas of Expertise Children & Families, Education, Immigration, Displacement & Borders, Race, Identity & Ethnicity -
Blair Sackett
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public AffairsAreas of Expertise Bureaucracy, Immigration, Displacement & Borders, Inequality & Poverty, International Institutions -
Aalyia Sadruddin
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs, 2020-2021, Assistant Professor of Cultural Medical Anthropology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillAreas of Expertise Children & Families, Ethnic Conflict & Civil War, Gender, Global Health, Immigration, Displacement & Borders, Political Economy -
Catherine Sirois
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public AffairsAreas of Expertise Bureaucracy, Children & Families, Criminal Justice, Health & Welfare, Inequality & Poverty -
Latoya M. Teague
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Simmons CenterAreas of Expertise Children & Families, Education, Gender, Human Rights, Race, Identity & Ethnicity -
Yan Xu
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public AffairsAreas of Expertise Entrepreneurship, Political Economy, Science & Technology Policy, Supply Chains, Technology & Innovation