Roscoe Martin Fund for Dissertation and Thesis Research

Roscoe Martin Fund for Dissertation and Thesis Research

The Roscoe Martin Fund honors the memory of Roscoe C. Martin, Professor of Political Science and founding scholar of the Public Administration discipline. A professor at Syracuse University from 1949 until he died in 1972, Martin served as the eighth president of the American Society for Public Administration from 1949 to 1950. His many popular publications included New Horizons in Public Administration (1945), the first book published by the University of Alabama Press. 

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Closed Funding Opportunities  

AY 2025-2026

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AY 2023-2024 

AY 2022-2023 

AY 2021-2022 

AY 2020-2021 

AY 2019-2020

 

 

Grants 

AY 2025-2026

Rachel Ameen, Geography and the Environment

Forever Wild: A Cultural History of Animals in the Adirondacks

Christopher Arnold, History

To Think as a Dangerous Romantic:    Romantic Sources of Critical and Intellectual Critique in Twentieth Century America.

Lauren Ashby, Sociology

Race, School Choice, and Student Experiences in a County-Wide STEAM School

Jack Baldwin, Public Administration and International Affairs

Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to Mitigate Administrative Burden and Increase Participation in Social Welfare Programs

Nitya Chagti, History

Padua and the Politics of History: Tyranny, Empire, and Neoclassicism, ca. 1270-1318

Tianyu Cheng, History

The Gambler’s Code: Gambling, Law and Violence in Eighteenth-Century China

Richard Courtney, Sociology

Welded Together: Union Conflict and Political-Economic Horizons

Aysenur Deger, Political Science

Grievances under Populism in Power: Experimental Evidence on Cronyism and Supporter Discontent in Turkey

Anna Delapaz, Sociology

Anna Delapaz Dissertation Research

Neiva Fortes, Economics

Sibling Spillover of Chronic Illness: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health

Caleb Fouts, History

Everyday Life in Venezia Giulia under Fascism: Resistance, Assimilation, and Adaptation

Iwona Franczak, Sociology

School Choice within the Borders: Educational Equity and Open Enrollment in an Urban Low-Income School District

Tori-Ann Haywood, Sociology

There should not be one person in America hungry: An Ethnographic Study of Two Food Pantries in a University Town

Jessica Hogbin, History

Innumerable Melancholies: Medicine, Mental Health, and Human Nature in Renaissance Italy, 1450-1650

Allen Huang, Geography and the Environment

Gambling Lives:  Young Migrant Aspirations, Transient Spaces, and the Hidden Lives of Online Gambling Work

Sadam Hussain, Anthropology

In the Wake of Silence: Sound, Ethics, and Everyday Politics in Kashmir

Joanne Kim, Public Administration and International Affairs

Examining Collaborative Economic Development: How Collaborative Processes Translate into Results

Sara Kuepper, Economics

Does AI Screening Affect Firms’ Hiring Behavior? Evidence from Job Vacancy Postings

Elan Kyser, Public Administration and International Affairs

Experiential learning at the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change's COP 30

Dong Hoon Lee, Public Administration and International Affairs

English Learner Reclassification Timing and Student Achievement: Evidence from ACCESS Proficiency Standards Change across Two States

Truong Vinh Tran Luu, Economics

Transshipment and Its Impact on Third Countries: Evidence from Vietnam

Kaythari Maw, Economics

The Educational Experiences and Influences of Burmese Refugee Students

Ruslan Menoyakov, Social Science

Political Leadership and Agricultural Policy Reform A Comparative Study of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Samuel Merrill, History

Anti-abortion Violence and Extremist Networks in Modern North American History

Chelsea Ren Morton, Social Science

The structural violence of welfare reform in the twenty-first century

Melodi Var Ongel, Political Science

Threads of Peace: Unravelling Coordination Among Peacebuilders  in Frozen Conflicts  The Puzzle of Peacebuilding Coordination: Insights from Cyprus, Bosnia and Northern  Ireland

Hannah Radner, Political Science

Regionalism, Cross-Pressures, and Political Parties’ Strategic Flexibility in Multi-level Systems

Vatya Raina, Anthropology

Remapping Home: Kashmiri Pandits and the Politics of Displacement in Srinagar

Peter Roy, History

Polar Exploration without the Explorers, Working Title for Peter Roy's Dissertation

Sergio Saravia, Sociology

Union-led Workers’ Political Education and Labor Movement Revitalization in the US

Jeannette Shawki, History

Strasbourgeois Executioner Clans, 1500 - 1800

Shaneya Simmelkjaer, Sociology

Reentry as a Site of Socio-Political Transformation

Simran Sumbre, Geography and the Environment

An anticaste articulation of water distress in Beed, Maharashtra, India

Ruoyang Wang, Anthropology

The Making of Chinese Immigrant Subjects through Chinese Medicine

Erni Whitaker, Anthropology

Rupture and Reconstruction: Earthquakes, Migration, and Border-Making in South-Central Italy

Chongmin Yang, Sociology

The naming practice of Chinese international students in the US

Tianqi Zhou, Sociology

Dyadic Trajectories of Intergenerational Support and Relationship Quality in Rural China: A 25-Year Longitudinal Study of Parent–Adult Child Exchanges

 

Rachel Ameen, Geography and the Environment

Erika Arias, Political Science

Nola Aycock, History

Almila Basak, Political Science

Madison Burhenn, Anthropology

Sueun Chae, History

Nitya Chagti, History

Nicholas D'Amico, Political Science

Joshua Grove, Sociology

Abdela Hilo, Public Administration and International Affairs

Brianna Hinkley, Anthropology

Michael Kelly, Geography and the Environment

Bramsh Khan, Social Science

Kaia Kirk, Political Science

Gunyeop Lee, Political Science

Melissa Lopoo, Social Science

Brooklyn Montgomery, Geography and the Environment

Katherine Mott, Sociology

Avia Nahreen, Geography & the Environment

Mehdi Nejatbakhsh, Sociology

David Okanlawon, Anthropology

Matthew O'Leary, Anthropology

Sobia Paracha, Political Science

Jenny Paszik, History

Hector Sanchez, History

Alexander Anothony, Anthropology

Siaw Appiah-Adu, Anthropology

Saidakbar Askarov, Social Science

Bruce Baigrie, Geography and the Environment

Nitya Chagti, History

Avital Datskovsky, Anthropology

Ayse Durakoglu, Anthropology

Caleb Fouts, History

Falak Hadi, Political Science

Jessica Hogbin, History

Hakki Ozan Karayigit, Geography and the Environment

Kaia Kirk, Political Science

Brooklyn Montgomery, Geography and the Environment

Avia Nahreen, Geography and the Environment

David Okanlawon, Anthropology

Ilayda Ece Ova, Public Administration and International Affairs

Sobia Paracha, Political Science

Jihyuk Park, Geography and the Environment

Dustin Satterfield, Sociology

Kazi Farzana Shoily, History

Sarah Stegeman, History

 Jun Zhang, Social Science

Bruce Baigrie, Geography and the Environment

Caroline Barraco, History

Roseanna Benser,  Sociology

Brittany Jewell Bohlinger, Geography and the Environment

Julissa Collazo Lopez, Anthropology

Hannah Connolly, Social Science

Weston Fenner IV, Sociology

Caleb Fouts, History

Xiaohan Gang, Sociology

Ian Glazman-Schillinger, History

Xiwei Guo, Geography and the Environment

Odlanyer Hernandez De Lara, Anthropology

Jessica Hogbin, History

Xiaoxia Huang, Political Science 

Hakki Ozan Karayigit, Geography and the Environment

Shanel Khaliq, Sociology

Gunyeop Lee, Political Science

Ainhoa Mingolarra Garaizar, Geography and the Environment

Katherine Mott, Sociology

David Okanlawon, Anthropology

Matthew O'Leary, Anthropology

Dustin Satterfield, Sociology

Kazi Farzana Shoily, History

Zulfiya Torebekova, Social Science

Alexandria Vazquez, History

Catherine Annis, Public Administration

Siaw Appiah-Adu, Anthropology

Poonam Argade,  Social Science

Brittany Jewell Bohlinger, Geography

 Baurzhan Bokayev, Social Science

Collin Chambers, Geography

Melissa Darroch, Anthropology

Aysenur Deger, Political Science 

Claudia Diaz-Combs, Geography

Mohammad E Athar, History

Natalie Gallagher,  Social Science

Mary Helander, Social Science

Akemi Inamoto, Geography

Hakki Ozan Karayigit, Geography

 Shanel Khaliq, Sociology

Jiho Kim, Public Administration

Huseyin Zeyd Koytak, Sociology

Athena Last, Sociology

Seunghui Lee, Social Science

Sujung Lee, Sociology

Nicole Yeannine Moller Gonzalez, Geography

Amber Morris, Political Science

Brian Ohl, Public Administration

 Matthew O'Leary, Anthropology

 Jihyuk Park, Geography

 Gabriel Roth, History

Mahder Serekberhan, Political Science

Zulfiya Torebekova, Social Science

Siaw Appiah-Adu, Anthropology 

Melissa Darroch, Anthropology 

Rachel Brea Deal, Anthropology 

Matthew Greer, Anthropology 

Steven Harris, Anthropology 

Dana Olesch, Anthropology 

Maria Smith, Anthropology 

 Jewell Bohlinger, Geography 

Claudia Diaz-Combs, Geography 

 Jamie Fico, Geography 

Ainhoa Mingolarra Garaizar, Geography 

Madeleine Hamlin, Geography 

Mirella Pretell Gomero,  Geography 

 Jared Whear, Geography 

Dominic Wilkins,  Geography 

Morgan Kolakowski,  History

Farrah Brown, Political Science

Nathan Carrington, Political Science

Emma Dreher, Political Science

Sefa Secen, Political Science

 Kari Waters, Political Science

Baurzhan Bokayev, Social Science

Mariah Brennan Nanni, Social Science

Samanta Lee, Social Science

Melissa Lopoo, Social Science

Krushna Ranaware, Social Science

Zulfiya Torebekova, Social Science

Michael Branch, Sociology

Weston (Trent) Fenner, Sociology

Athena Last, Sociology

 Jinpu Wang, Sociology

Tony Chamoun, Anthropology

Melissa Darroch, Anthropology

Matthew Greer, Anthropology

Ajaya Mali, Anthropology

Maria Smith, Anthropology

Jewell Bohlinger, Geography

Tina Catania, Geography

Claudia Diaz-Combs, Geography

Xiwei Guo, Geography

Madeleine Hamlin, Geography

Akemi Inamoto, Geography

Katie MacDonald, Geography

Ainhoa Mingolarra Garaizar, Geography

Mirella Pretell, Geography

Thomas Bouril, History

Emily Hunter, History

Elizabeth (Bess) Davis, Political Science

Nathan Carrington, Political Science

Tae Hyun Lim, Political Science

Dongshu Liu, Political Science

Aykut Ozturk, Political Science

Kyungwon Suh, Political Science

Maria Laura Veramendi Garcia, Political Science

Kari Waters, Political Science

David Schwegman, Public Administration and International Affairs

Hannah Patnaik, Public Administration and International Affairs 

Saied Toossi, Public Administration and International Affairs

Nicholas Croce, Social Science

Natalie Gallagher, Social Science

Fitore Hyseni, Social Science

Darzhan Kazbekova, Social Science

Melissa Lopoo, Social Science

Jaisang Sun, Social Science

Joonsik Yoon, Social Science

Michael Branch, Sociology

Athena Last, Sociology

Claire Pendergrast, Sociology

Dalton Stevens, Sociology

Ning Zhan, Sociology

Selene Cammer-Bechtold, Sociology

Sujung Crystal Lee, Sociology 

Weston (Trent) Fenner, Sociology

Jinpu Wang, Sociology

Jewell Bohlinger, Geography

Claudia Diaz-Combs, Geography

Jamie Gagliano, Geography

Justin Hartnett, Geography

Brian Hennigan, Geography

Akemi Inamoto, Geography

James Lindberg, Geography

Katherine MacDonald, Geography

Ainhoa Mingolarra Garazier, Geography

Jared Whear, Geography

Kelsey Young, Geography

Thomas Bouril, History

Michael Britton, History

Phillip R. Davis, History

Emily Hunter, History

Morgan Kolakowski, History

Kishauna Soljour, History

Jason Blessing, Political Science

Tae Hyun-Lim, Political Science

Dongshu Liu, Political Science

Angely Martinez, Political Science

Aykut Ozturk, Political Science

Beatriz Rey, Political Science

Elise Roberts, Political Science

Katharine Russell, Political Science

Maria Veramendi, Political Science

Saied Toossi, Public Administration

Nara Yoon, Public Administration

David Schwegman, Public Administration and International Affairs

Krushna Rawaware, Social Science

Samanta Lee Seunghui, Social Science

Taveeshi Singh, Social Science

Athena Last, Sociology