Christina Kwauk, Ph.D. student in educational policy and administration-comparative and international development education, from the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, has been awarded a 2011-12 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the Graduate School. Her topic is Navigating Development Futures: Sport and the Production of Healthy Bodies in Samoa and American Samoa.
The purpose of the Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship program is to give outstanding final-year Ph.D. candidates who are making timely progress toward the degree–typically those who will be entering their final one year or two years of graduate study–an opportunity to complete the dissertation within the upcoming academic year by devoting full-time effort to the research and writing of the dissertation.