Graduate Fellows

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    Tayeba Batool

    PhD Candidate,Anthropology

    Mitchell Center and PPEH Grad Fellow

    Tayeba Batool is a PhD Candidate in Anthropology who works at the intersection of urban anthropology, political ecology, and STS.

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    Sarah Eskandari

    PhD Candidate in the Department of History

    Mitchell Center and PPEH Grad Fellow

    Sarah Eskandari is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania, where she explores the dynamics of religious mobility, pandemics, and frontier challenges in moder

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    Audrey Jaquiss

    PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science

    Mitchell Center and PPEH Grad Fellow

    Audrey Jaquiss is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science researching environmental political theory, philosophy of science, and democracy.

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    Helene Langlamet

    PhD Candidate Communications

    Mitchell Center and PPEH Grad Fellow

    A PhD Candidate Communications, Helene Langlamet has always had a focus on democratic norms in her research.

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    Rehana Thembeka Odendaal

    PhD Student Education, Culture and Society & Sociology

    Mitchell Center and PPEH Grad Fellow

    Rehana is a joint PhD student in Education and Sociology; she has a Masters in Historical Studies from the University of Cape Town, with an interest in oral histories and  and is broadly interested

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    Vanessa Schipani

    PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy

    Mitchell Center and PPEH Grad Fellow

    Vanessa Schipani is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at UPenn. Her research broadly examines the importance of science communication in maintaining a functioning democracy.

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    Koyna Tomar

    PhD candidate in the History and Sociology of Science

    Mitchell Center and PPEH Grad Fellow

    Koyna Tomar is a doctoral candidate in the History and Sociology of Science department at the University of Pennsylvania.