Fellowships

My Gallatin Story: An Interview with 2023 Global Human Rights Fellow Santana Kavanaugh

November 27, 2023Tiffany Golding

By Daniela Aizencang Santana Kavanaugh is a junior at NYU studying for a dual degree: a B. A from Gallatin in Critical Race Theory, Human Rights and Minority Studies, and a Masters in Public Administration from the Wagner School of Public Service. As part of the 2022-2023 cohort of the Gallatin Global Fellowship in Human … Continue reading My Gallatin Story: An Interview with 2023 Global Human Rights Fellow Santana Kavanaugh

Trauma and Imagination – Reflections from a Human Rights Fellow

December 9, 2022Conor Brady

By Karen Santos Karen Santos is a Gallatin senior concentrating in Feminism and Artivism in Latin America and the Caribbean. She was a 2022 Gallatin Global Human Rights Fellow. Santos graduated with honors from BMCC, majoring in Writing and Literature. Born and raised in Cuba, she emigrated to Equatorial Guinea where she fell in love … Continue reading Trauma and Imagination – Reflections from a Human Rights Fellow

Interview with Gallatin Global Human Rights Fellow, Graciela Blandon

December 6, 2021Aricel Brion

Graciela Blandon is a Gallatin student pursuing a concentration entitled “Cultural Development and Class Struggle.” Graciela was one of twelve NYU students awarded the Gallatin Global Fellowship in Human Rights for the 2020-21 academic year. In summer 2021, Graciela interned with the Association for Human Rights of Andalusia (APDHA) in Cadiz, Spain, an organization whose … Continue reading Interview with Gallatin Global Human Rights Fellow, Graciela Blandon

Working for Human Rights During a Pandemic: An Interview with Brian Ruiz

November 2, 2020Kim Foote

Brian Ruiz, a junior at Gallatin concentrating in prison abolition, was one of eleven NYU students awarded the Gallatin Global Fellowship in Human Rights for the 2019-20 academic year. Brian interned remotely in Summer 2020 with Radical Love Consciousness (RLC), a grassroots organization that strives for the liberation of those who have been marginalized and … Continue reading Working for Human Rights During a Pandemic: An Interview with Brian Ruiz

Grace Easterly, Africa House Fellowship, Ethiopia

January 3, 2018bfb4

When you look at a map of the newly inaugurated Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway, it looks relatively straightforward: from Point A to Point B. From Sebeta, a suburb on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, to the Port of Doraleh, a newly built port in Djibouti along the Red Sea’s important maritime shipping route. But the relationships … Continue reading Grace Easterly, Africa House Fellowship, Ethiopia

Grace Easterly, Africa House Fellowship, Ethiopia

January 3, 2018bfb4

The train departs from the station at five in the morning, after the merchandise, suitcases, covert bags of khat, and plastic gas cylinders have been loaded on to fill the overhead compartments, under the seats, and in the spaces between the aisles. More than 100 years old, with graffiti in Amharic, English, French and Somali … Continue reading Grace Easterly, Africa House Fellowship, Ethiopia

Bryant Payne, China Fellowship, Shanghai, China

January 3, 2018bfb4

During my third weekend at NYU Shanghai, my peers and I traveled to Beijing to learn more about China’s political center: Beijing. The city was hot and humid: a strange combination in Beijing’s near-desert climate. My classmates and I were quick to take water breaks and duck into the shade during our busy touring schedule. I’d … Continue reading Bryant Payne, China Fellowship, Shanghai, China

Bryant Payne, China Fellowship, Shanghai, China

January 3, 2018bfb4

While I’ve devoted a large portion of my time here in Shanghai to practicing my Mandarin and doing homework for Intermediate Chinese II, the most interesting and fulfilling bits of knowledge I’ve gained on my trip have come from my other NYU Shanghai course: US-China Relations. My Gallatin Concentration, like any other student’s, is an ever-changing concept. … Continue reading Bryant Payne, China Fellowship, Shanghai, China

Qing Ma-Gallatin China Fellowship: China’s Transformation from Socialism to Capitalism: Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics

August 28, 2017bfb4

My concentration in Gallatin is entrepreneurship and cross cultural communication between China and the U.S. Born in Shanghai and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, my passions lie in building cultural bridges, promoting positive community and driving economic growth between China and the U.S. NYU Shanghai is the place to practice my passion into … Continue reading Qing Ma-Gallatin China Fellowship: China’s Transformation from Socialism to Capitalism: Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics

Qing Ma-Gallatin China Fellowship-2017: China, Its People, and Metro Stations: Order in Disorder

August 28, 2017bfb4

When people heard that I was going to study abroad in China, they joked: “Oh you are going to study at home.” I laughed with them. But I knew in my heart that my experience in China would be more than “living at home” because I have not been living in this country for more … Continue reading Qing Ma-Gallatin China Fellowship-2017: China, Its People, and Metro Stations: Order in Disorder