Ph.D. Candidate Emily Bryant Chosen as one of the 2015 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows
Emily Bryant, a second year Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, was chosen as one of the 2015 Pardee Graduate Summer Fellows. Selected by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, nine outstanding BU graduate students representing six departments across the university will spend ten weeks this summer at the Pardee House. They will be developing research paper to be considered for publication as part of the Pardee Center’s publication series and will participate in special programs designed to advance interdisciplinary research and learning. Emily plans to explore the history of U.S. foundations’ engagement with microfinance efforts to identify the characteristics of early and later financial supporters of this economic and social development strategy.
[Updated 11/3/15 to reflect name change from Philipp to Bryant]