Bret Windhauser

I am a second-year PhD student in the History Department focusing on the British Mandate of Iraq. My current work examines how the British Empire racialized and gendered deceased bodies while producing new legal and criminal classifications. More broadly, I am interested in the intersection of criminality, health, and religion Read more…

Carmen Melillo

I am an Adjunct Lecturer in Political Science teaching Intro to American Government. I am also a PhD Student in Political Science at the CUNY Graduate Center. I expect the CACI fellowship will allow me to develop my curriculum in order to give my students a firmer foundation in understanding Read more…

Qiyao Pan

Qiyao Pan is a Ph.D. student in Sociology at the Graduate Center. She is also a CUNY Institute for Demographic Research Fellow and a teaching assistant for the QMSS program and Ph.D. in sociology program. Previously she was a Junior Scholar at the Stone Center for 2023-2024 and a Graduate Read more…

Ryan Hitch

Ryan Hitch is a first-year PhD student in the Political Science program at the CUNY Graduate Center. His research focuses on international security and foreign policy, with an emphasis on alliance politics and the foreign policy strategies of middle powers. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Hampshire College (2016), Read more…

Chris Harding

Chris Harding is a PhD at The CUNY Graduate Center. He works on the themes relating to capitalism, class, labor, and agrarian life in Mandate Palestine (1922-1948). In 2024 his work featured in the Biennale De Venezia, as part of South West Bank, Landworks, Collective Action and Sound exhibition.