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University of Massachusetts Amherst Donahue Institute

Friday, December 6, 2024

Last month, a team of six staff from the Civic Initiative (a business group of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Donahue Institute) were in Islamabad. They held a three-day follow-up conference for alumni from recent cohorts of the Study of the U.S. Institutes Comparative Public Policymaking program that has been held annually by the Civic Initiative since 2010. The SUSI program is funded by the US Department of State Education and Cultural Affairs Office.

Sadaf Sajjad | Austin Community College

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

A new honors course titled "Psychology and AI: Where AI dances with Psychology" has been proposed by Dr. Sadaf Sajjad at Austin Community College. This groundbreaking course in psychological studies provides a foundational understanding of human behavior and mental processes, integrating the study of psychology and its influence on AI. Set to be taught for the first time starting in Spring 2025, this innovative course has been reviewed and accepted by the Honors Committee at Austin Community College.

Mehtabidah Ali | University of Houston

Monday, September 30, 2024

Mehtabidah Ali's research paper was published in the International Journal of Heliyon. In the study, Ali utilized NASA Satellite Data to predict the behavior of surging glaciers in the HKH ranges of Northern Pakistan and analyzed the risks with glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs).

Rizwan Ali Shinwari | Bradford University, UK/Riphah University, Pakistan

Monday, September 30, 2024

Rizwan Ali Shinwari has joined a postdoctoral position in a joint project by the University of Bradfor, UK and Riphah University, Pakistan. The two-year long project will focus on the protection of children in the Pakistani community and will particularly focus on the rising trend in child sexual abuse cases. The project aims to conduct evidence-based research to reach at the core of the social issue.

Christopher Candland | Wellesley College

Monday, September 30, 2024

Prof. Christopher Candland's book, The Islamic Welfare State: Muslim Charity, Human Security, and Government Legitimacy in Pakistan, has been published by Cambridge University Press. Hardcopies and electronic copies are available through the Cambridge University Press website.

Fellows 2013-14

Short-Term Fellowships: Funded by Public Affairs Section, American Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan

Syed Akbar Hyder
Field: Literature
Project Title: Lives of Passion and Paradox: Josh and His Peers
Affiliated Institution: University of Texas, Austin
Fellowship Type: Post-Doctoral, 2 months in Lahore
Abstract Final Report

Cabeiri deBergh Robinson
Field: Anthropology
Project Title: Islamic Charities, Voluntary Organizations, and the Post-Disaster Reconstruction of Pakistani Kashmir
Affiliated Institution: University of Washington
Fellowship Type: Post-Doctoral, 4 months in Islamabad
Abstract Final Report

Muntasir Sattar
Field: Anthropology
Project Title: Finding a Job in the Megacity: the Relationships between Education, Work, and the Urban Setting
Affiliated Institution: Columbia University
Fellowship Type: Pre-Doctoral, 3 months in Lahore
Abstract Final Report

Regular Fellowships: Funded by Council of American Overseas Research Centers
*Funding provided by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State through a grant from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).

Sameer Lalwani
Field: Comparative Politics and International Relations
Project Title: Selective Leviathans: Explaining State Strategies of Counterinsurgency and Consolidation
Affiliated Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fellowship Type: Junior, 2 months in London
Abstract Final Report

Sean Killen
Field: History
Project Title: South Asian Legal Professionals and International Legal Order, c. 1860-c. 1970
Affiliated Institution: University of Texas, Austin
Fellowship Type: Junior, 5 months in the UK, India, Switzerland, and the Netherlands
Abstract Final Report

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Fellows 2013-14

Short-Term Fellowships: Funded by Public Affairs Section, American Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan

Regular Fellowships: Funded by Council of American Overseas Research Centers*Funding provided by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State through a grant from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).

Regular Fellowships: Funded by Council of American Overseas Research Centers
*Funding provided by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State through a grant from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC).