Fellowship Programs

Become a CSSR Fellow!

Each year the CSSR selects faculty working on social scientific projects to participate in our Fellowship Programs. These fellowships provide faculty members with the time and resources (either summer stipends or course buyouts) to pursue their research agenda.

Social scientists from any department in the Pamplin College are encouraged to apply. Please contact us for more information.

Contact Us

Center for Social Science Research

Allgood Hall N217

Dr. Dustin Avent-Holt, Director

706-737-1710

cssr@augusta.edu

Fellowship Applications

CSSR Fellowship Program

This fellowship provides one course release for each of two semesters over an academic year. Fellows participate in the Center’s seminar series during the Fellowship year and subsequent year. Fellows are also asked to lend their expertise, for instance via invited talks and serving as a resource to subsequent Fellows, as relevant and appropriate. CSSR Fellowship Program

Grant Mentorship Program

The Center for Social Science Research Grant Mentorship Program provides support, including time and consultation support, for Pamplin faculty working in the social sciences to develop an extramural grant proposal. Mentees in this program receive one course release for each of two semesters over an academic year and will work directly with Center staff to develop a grant proposal from conception to submission, learning basic and advanced skills of writing and submitting grants.

Grant Mentorship Program

2025-2026 Fellows

Dr. Emily Boykin

CSSR  Fellow
Assistant Professor - Public Administration

Dr. Emily Boykin is an Assistant Professor of Public Administration in the Department of Social Sciences at Augusta University. Her research examines public sector budgeting and finance, procurement, and workforce inequality and diversity. During her fellowship she will develop and implement a survey to examine burnout among public procurement professionals.

Emily Boykin

Joseph Bradshaw

Joseph Bradshaw

CSSR Grant Fellow

Assistant Professor - History

Dr. Bradshaw is an Assistant Professor of History in the Department of History, Anthropology, and Philosophy. His research broadly focuses on Africa, Islam, warfare, and identity. During his fellowship he will develop and submit a grant to create publicly available datasets that use local slave registers to examine the movement of enslaved individuals during the Second Middle Passage.

Dr. Thom Loyd

CSSR  Fellow
Assistant Professor - History

Dr. Loyd is an Assistant Professor of History in the Department of History, Anthropology, and Philosophy. His research focuses on the Soviet Union, race, and post-colonialism. During his fellowship he will further develop his book manuscript on the encounters between the Soviet Union and postcolonial Africa, especially the migration of students from Africa to universities in the USSR, and how these shaped race, racism, and anti-racism in the Soviet Union.

Raquel V. Oliveira, PhD

Past Fellows

2024-2025 Fellows

Dr. Carrie Reif-Stice

Dr. Robert Saunders

2023-2024 Fellows

Dr. Raquel V. Oliveira

Dr. Yufan Yang

2022-2023 Fellows

Dr. Ashley Hopkins

Dr. Lance Hunter

Dr. Carrie Reif-Stice

Dr. Melissa DeVelvis

Dr. Mary Kate Lizotte

2021-2022 Fellows

Dr. Rhucha Samudra

Dr. Eunhye Kim

2020-2021 Fellows

Dr. Gregg R. Murray

Dr. Wendy J. Turner

2019-2020 Fellows

Dr. Mary-Kate Lizotte

Dr. Todd Powell-Williams