Bret Windhauser

I am a third-year PhD student in the History Department, focusing on the British Mandate of Iraq. My current work examines smuggling and illicit movement around the region of the Persian Gulf. More broadly, I am interested in the intersection of criminality, health, and religion during periods of European colonization 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 PhD student in the Political Science program at the CUNY Graduate Center, specializing in international security and foreign policy. His research focuses on alliance politics and the strategic behavior of middle powers in a shifting global order. He holds a B.A. from Hampshire College (2016), an Read more…

Chris Harding

Chris Harding is a PhD student at City University of New York, Graduate Center. His work focusses on themes relating to capitalism, class, labour, and agrarian life in 19th and 20th century Palestine. In 2024 his work featured in the Biennale De Venezia, as part of South West Bank, Landworks, Read more…