The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Announces2025 Dissertation Fellows

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, today announced the recipients of a 2025 Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowship. The $10,000 fellowships are designed to support active Society members in the dissertation writing stage of doctoral study.

This year’s class of fellows represents a group of 12 students spanning a number of academic disciplines from science and technology to arts and humanities.

The 2025 Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellows are:

• Ganesh Acharya, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
• Jasmine Chananna, Eastern Michigan University
• Krysten Cruz, Texas State University
• Elizabeth R. Goldberg*, Texas Tech University
• Sandra Richy John, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
• Enya-Kalia Jordan, Texas Woman’s University
• Jiye Kwon, Yale University
• Margarita Torres Nowlin, Lamar University
• Kwaku Duah Oppong, The University of Texas at Austin
• Naresh Sah, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
• Ridwan Islam Sifat, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Sonita Simelus, Mercer University

*Missy Hopper Dissertation Fellow

“Congratulations to the outstanding recipients of the 2025 Dissertation Fellowship. This award recognizes their commitment to the love of learning and their dedication to research and discovery, and we are honored to support their academic journey. I look forward to seeing how their work contributes to the advancement of knowledge and makes a lasting impact in their fields,” said Society Executive Director and CEO Bradley Newcomer.

The recipients were selected based on a number of criteria including how the fellowship will contribute to the completion of the dissertation, the significance of original research, and endorsement by the dissertation chair.

Established in 2014, the dissertation fellowships are part of the Society’s robust award and grants portfolio, which gives more than $1 million each year to outstanding students and members through study abroad grants, graduate fellowships, funding for post-baccalaureate development, member and chapter awards, and grants for local, national and international literacy initiatives.

To learn more about the Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowship Program and this year’s recipients, please visit www.phikappaphi.org/dissertation.

About Phi Kappa Phi
Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Phi Kappa Phi inducts approximately 20,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni annually. The Society has chapters on more than 300 select colleges and universities in the United States, its territories and the Philippines. Membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students and 7.5 percent of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also qualify. The Society’s mission is to “cultivate a community that celebrates and advances the love of learning.”  For more information, visit www.PhiKappaPhi.org.

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