The Catto-LeCount Emerging Scholars Fellowship introduces undergraduate juniors, seniors, and recent graduates from underrepresented backgrounds to doctoral study in history. In a three-day residential program, fellows learn about the graduate admissions process, the academic profession, and the Penn State Department of History’s fields of Asian, African, African American, Latino/a, and Native American studies.
Testimonials
Jane Doe
I’ve participated in several fellowship programs, but the Catto-LeCount Emerging Scholars Fellowship stands apart. In just three days, I gained a clearer picture of doctoral study than I’d managed to piece together on my own in years. The sessions on graduate admissions were candid and practical, the faculty were genuinely invested in our futures, and being in a cohort of scholars from similar backgrounds made the academic profession feel, for the first time, like somewhere I actually belong.
