Dissertation Proposal Development Program
The College of Liberal Art’s Dissertation Proposal Development (DPD) program expands and improves formal dissertation prospectus and grant proposal development for humanities and social science doctoral students at the University of Minnesota. It is modeled on the Social Science Research Council's (SSRC) Dissertation Proposal Development program.
In 2023, approximately 24 students will be selected to participate in the program. The program includes an intensive five-day workshop in spring, followed by independent student summer research, and another intensive five-day workshop in the late summer and early fall, prior to fall research grant proposal deadlines. Student participants receive up to $4,000 in summer research funding. Student participants must register for a 3-credit graduate seminar in fall semester as part of the program. Faculty instructors work closely with students on preparing research questions, literature reviews, identifying grant opportunities, work plans, and writing proposals and prospectuses; the students work together in peer groups as well. The goal is to increase student success in grant competitions as well as to refine a dissertation prospectus that may help the students better concentrate their efforts and reduce time to completion. The program targets students at the end of their second or third year (depending on department expectations) in graduate school, around the time when they are articulating their dissertation prospectuses.
This initiative was initially made possible in part by a grant from the Social Science Research Council, with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and with additional support from the University of Minnesota Graduate School and the College of Liberal Arts.
2023 Faculty Facilitators:
- Nina Asher, Curriculum and Instruction
- William Jones, History
- Michelle Phelps, Sociology
- JB Shank, History
Alexandra Chocontá Piraquive, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies
Ali Yildirim, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies
Anna McNulty Taylor, Curriculum and Instruction, Literacy Education
Ayaan Natala, American Studies
Berika Ozcan, Political Science
Chelsea Osademe, American Studies
Clare Harmon, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
Cynthia Pando, Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration
Daniel Cueto-Villalobos, Sociology
Daniela Sepúlveda Soto, Political Science
Eliana Chavkin, History
Greta Gebhard, Theatre Arts and Dance
Isaac Esposto, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies
Joshua Althoff, History
Kristen Einertson, Communication Studies
Kristen Reynolds, American Studies
Mi'Chael Wright, Sociology
Morgan Brokob, Sociology
Morgan Graham, English
Nina Peterson, Art History
Paulomi Sharma, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
Rebecca Kosten, Philosophy
Sean Quartz, Communication Studies
Sutina Chou, Political Science
Valeria Lopez Torres, Graphic Design
Vishal Jamkar, Public Affairs
Alya Ansari, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
Amanda Brown, Curriculum and Instruction
Annika Yates, Anthropology
Baruch Malewich, Political Science
Berkant Caglar, Anthropology
Brian Le Lay, Writing Studies
Corissa Marson, Applied Economics
Courtney Sarkin, Health Policy and Management
Dewitt King, American Studies
Elizabeth Quillen, History
Emily Sumner, Asian Literatures, Cultures, and Media
Jacqueline James, Writing Studies
Jonathan Borja, American Studies
Joshua Morrison, Communication Studies
Kadir Yavuz Emiroglu, Anthropology
Kirstin Kuchler, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
MaryGrace Trifilio, Anthropology
Muhammad Osama Imran, Anthropology
Nathan Buckley, Anthropology
Quentin Dishman, Music
Rania Madani, Anthropology
Shuyi Deng, Social Policy Analysis
Thanzeel Nazer, Anthropology
Tibisay Navarro-Mana, History
Yun Feng, Anthropology
Aleisha Barton, Art History
Alexis Zanghi, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
Anne Briggs, Music
Benjamin Postone, History
Carlie Cervantes De Blois, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Catherine Ulep, History
Consuelo Sanchez-Bautista, OLPD - CIDE
Eesha Kunduri, Geography, Environment and Society
Jaan Sharma Pathak, Geography, Environment and Society
Jayne Kinney, History
John Dieck, History
Kiara Padilla, American Studies
Kyle Baasch, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
Leah Malamut, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Liz Calhoun, Geography, Environment and Society
Magaly Ordonez, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Merle Matthews, Anthropology
Olga Salazar Pozos, Spanish & Portuguese Studies
Ray Balstad, French and Italian
Samhar Khalfani, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Shankar Csr, History
AK Wright, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies
Amber Hamilton, Sociology
Anya Kaplan-Seem, Geography, Environment, and Society
Aras Koksal, Sociology
Brittany Knutson, Communication Studies
Collin Diver, Spanish and Portuguese Studies
Danielle Stambler, Writing Studies
E Ornelas, Feminist Studies
Emily Mitamura, Political Science
Hasan Tankut Atuk, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Hon Ki Cheung, Music
Ian White, Comparative Literature
Isaac Asante-Wusu, Geography, Environment, and Society
Jeffrey Hanson, Musicology
John Kendall, Geography, Environment, and Society
Megan Moore, Sociocultural Anthropology
Michelle Lee, American Studies
Moinak Choudhury, English
Oforiwaa Pee Agyei-Boakye, Geography, Environment, and Society
Sara Seweid-DeAngelis, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Shakita Thomas, Curriculum and Instruction/ Culture and Teaching
Snigdha Kumar, Sociology
SunMin (May) Hwang, Human Factors & Ergonomics
Vanessa Voller, Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development
Arif Hayat Nairang, Anthropology
Colleen Stockmann, Art History
Elizabeth Hazel Rickard, Theatre Arts and Dance
Harsha Anantharaman, Geography
Katherine M. Martin, Nursing
Kriti Budhiraja, Sociology
Lindsay Ilana Turner, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Lisa Santosa, Geography, Environment, and Society
Nicholas Williams, History
Nina Medvedeva, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Sayan Bhattacharya, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Tiffany Lachelle Smith, Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development
Dana DeVlieger, Music
Eric Goldfischer, Geography, Environment, and Society
Ezekiel Joubert, Curriculum and Instruction
Harshit Rathi, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
Kari Campeau, Writing Studies
Matthew Treon, American Studies
Michael Kadow, History
Mikkel Vad, Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature
Nithya Rajan, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Robin Wright, Geography, Environment, and Society
Vanessa Guzman, American Studies
Wei Ye, Anthropology