Information session about the prestigious Mellon Mays Fellowship Program!
Wednesday during the free hour (12.15-1.30pm)
Rosenthal Library Room 300i
Learn more about the Mellon Mays Fellowship Program at Queens, and hear from Dr. Alyssa Lopez, who was a first-generation student at QC and Mellon Mays Fellow, and is now a professor in American History at Providence College.
Dr. Lopez will be joining us for our MMUF Seminar on Wednesday during the free hour (12.15-1.30pm) at Rosenthal Library Room 300i. The discussion with Professor Lopez on her academic career, research, and the challenges faced by minority students will be led by our great fellows. There will be food available!
In addition, Professor Lopez will be delivering a lecture on her work on Black Female Filmmakers in NYC during the Civil Rights Era at Student Union Building Room 310 at 3.10pm. The event is co-sponsored by the History Department.
Note: Former Media Studies student and Mellon Mays Fellow Daniella Posy (’16) is currently finishing her Ph.D. in American Studies at Yale University!
The Mellon Mays Fellowship Program supports undergraduate students from under-represented populations and others with a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial and ethnic inequalities. Students must be interested in graduate study and attaining a Ph.D., have two years of study remaining at Queens College, and a minimum GPA of 3.3 (which they must raise and maintain at 3.5 or above).
If you are interested in applying, please contact the department so that we can help support your application (mediastudies@qc.cuny.edu). More information about the program is available here: https://www.qc.cuny.edu/academics/mmuf/
