Michelle Lee

Michelle Lee is the program assistant for International Dissertation Research Fellowship and the Dissertation Proposal Development Program at the Social Science Research Council. She graduated from Connecticut College in 2018 with a BA in international relations with minors in French and global Islamic studies.

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From Our Fellows

Exploring Black Trauma and Queerness through Poetry: A Conversation with Malcolm Tariq

Michelle Lee·May 19, 2020

Malcolm Tariq, a 2016 Dissertation Proposal Development fellow, talks with program assistant Michelle Lee about his recently published collection of poems, Heed the Hollow and how art can enhance academic research on…

May 19, 2020

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Machu Picchu and the Study of Tourism: A Conversation with Dr. Mark Rice

Michelle Lee·August 13, 2019

Mark Rice, a 2009 Dissertation Proposal Development fellow, talks with program assistant Michelle Lee about his recent book, Making Machu Picchu: The Politics of Tourism in Twentieth-Century Peru, the study of tourism…

August 13, 2019

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Building Access in Public Spaces: A Conversation with Aimi Hamraie

Michelle Lee·January 28, 2019

Aimi Hamraie, an alumnus of the Dissertation Proposal Development Program, is an assistant professor of medicine, health, and society and American studies at Vanderbilt University who focuses on critical disability studies. They…

January 28, 2019

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How to Be Less Stupid About Race: A Conversation with Dr. Crystal Fleming

Michelle Lee·January 14, 2019

Crystal Fleming, an alumnus of the SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Program and the Mellon-Mays Graduate Initiatives Program, published a new book How to Be Less Stupid About Race. Here, Fleming discusses her…

January 14, 2019