UW–Madison graduate student Khadejah Ray has been awarded a Minority Dissertation Fellowship from the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

Ray is a PhD student in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
The one-year research fellowship includes $25,000 to support Ray’s dissertation research, and she will be required to present her work at the 2023 AERA annual meeting, as well as participate in networking and professional development opportunities.
Ray’s research will explore how Black doctoral students are socialized into the academic, cultural, and social norms within social science disciplines.
Learn more about the AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program.