People Type: SKJ 2022

Biography Saloni Bhogale is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science in Comparative Politics. She received a MA in Computer Science from Ashoka University and a BTech from Mumbai University. Prior to graduate school, she worked at a think tank building open-source datasets and tools for journalists and researchers. With this summer’s Scott …

Biography Kathleen Cawley is a PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies program. Her work looks at the proliferation of content that engages real people, events, and cultural trauma in contemporary Irish theatre. She explores the theatre that features experiences of queer people, women, institutionalized children, and indigenous language speakers, narratives erased by the cultural …

Biography Harry Kiiru is a PhD candidate in the Department of African Cultural Studies with a minor in Afro-American Studies. His dissertation research studies the new African diaspora: that is, Sub-Saharan African immigrants in the United States since the 1960s. More specifically, Harry is interested in the racialization processes involved in the “becoming Black” among …

Biography Prerna Rana is a PhD student in the Department of Civil Society and Community Research in the School of Human Ecology. Her research interests include grassroots community development, food systems, gender empowerment, civic engagement and stakeholder dynamics in the development sector that shape and influence community power. Prior to commencing her PhD at UW–Madison, …

Biography Pamela Reyes Galgani is a PhD student in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at UW–Madison with a concentration in comparative international education and global studies. She is a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship in the United States and holds a Master of Philosophy from the Universidad de Concepción, Chile. Her current research examines …

Biography Sarah Tolbert is a PhD student in the Geography Department where her work focuses on the intersection of community well-being, forest conservation, and land tenure in Central Africa. After completing a joint bachelor’s degree in political science and environmental studies, Sarah joined the Peace Corps and served as an agricultural extension volunteer in Benin …

Biography Meredith Whye is a doctoral student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She has loved East Africa since she was a child and now, in her PhD research, focuses on how Kenya uses education in nation-building, particularly in the use of moral-based education. The Scott Kloeck-Jenson Fellowship will allow her to build connections …