Alkhamissi works on themes relating to diaspora, exile, migration, revolt and social change. Aside from her dissertation research, she also works in collaboration with computer scientists to detect biases and parse out cultural trends in large language models such as ChatGPT. Her dissertation project examines waves of Egyptians who left Egypt…

Kymberley “Kym” Chu is a PhD student in Anthropology at Princeton University and a social impact fellow at XPRIZE. Her academic research examines how communities perceive the anthropogenic drivers of human-animal conflict in Malaysia. Kym is leveraging her qualitative data analytics and community engagement skills for XPRIZE’s Healthspan…

Ipsita Dey is an Assistant Professor in the Comparative History of Ideas Department, and Faculty Affiliate at the South Asia Center and Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, at the University of Washington Seattle. Her current book project, Home on the Fijian Farmscape: Narrating Attachments to Land and Place Through…

"My UAF with Princeton Writes has been a wonderful venue for examining the issue of efficacy in communication and the role of effective communication in fostering a lively university community."

"My experience of the UAF program has been transformational: it has equipped me with the skillset I need to translate my academic training into proficiencies valued in many different industries. The Fellowship has given me a much wider perspective of my potential as a graduate student and unlocked a whole new dimension to the investment I am making at Princeton."

"Overall, the experience gave me insight into thinking about the university as an institution and the processes involved in creating new resources and programming for students."

Aleksandar Kostić is a graduate student at Anthropology Department. He holds a Bachelor degree in Sociology from University of Belgrade (2012), and Master's degrees in Anthropology from University of Sussex (2014) and Princeton University (2019).

Igor Rubinov is a cofounder of Dovetail Labs, a social science consulting firm, and a Senior Project Manager with Public Equity Group.

Igor was awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship and has received several other grants and awards for his doctoral research, on climate adaptation in Asia. This research has led to a…

"I am working with Princeton University Press staff to craft a strategy for acquiring more diverse and inclusive publications. To develop actionable insights, I interview members of the editorial, marketing and sales teams, observe multi-stakeholder meetings critical to the manuscript acquisition process, and research data on the faculty demographics of various academic disciplines. I have found the experience deeply rewarding because of the invaluable opportunity to leverage my ethnographic research skills while I also learn about the world of academic publishing."

Jamie Sherman is a Cultural Anthropologist (PhD Princeton, 2011) whose post graduate work has focused on media, entertainment, and technology. 

She is a versatile UX research leader with 10 years of industry experience leading multiple high profile, complex research programs end to end from framing the question through to…

"GradFUTURES is an excellent resource for graduate students to deepen their understandings of higher education and their manifold roles in it."