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Mellon Mays Program

Cornell University Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences Cornell University

College of Arts and Sciences, Liberal Arts at Cornell University

 

Contact Information

Kelli Bucci
Administrative Assistant
172 Goldwin Smith Hall
607-255-4833
krb34@cornell.edu

Eric Cheyfitz
Ernest I. White Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters
Department of English
157 Goldwin Smith Hall
607-255-3546
etc7@cornell.edu

Maria Davidis
Assistant Dean
Office of Advising and Admissions
172 Goldwin Smith Hall
607-255-4833
mmd42@cornell.edu

Myra Sabir
Assistant Dean
Office of Advising and Admissions
172 Goldwin Smith Hall
607-255-4833
mgs16@cornell.edu

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program

The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program was established in 1988 in response to a nationwide concern with increasing the number of faculty members from historically disadvantaged groups in higher education.

The program aims to encourage historically disadvantaged (for example, Native Americans, Latino/as, and African-Americans) and other U. S. citizens and permanent residents who are committed to eradicating racial disparities to pursue doctoral degrees in the following fields: Anthropology, Area Studies, Art History, Classics, Computer Science, Demography, Earth Science, Ecology, English, Ethnomusicology, Foreign Languages and Linguistics, Geology, History, Literature, Mathematics, Musicology, Philosophy, Physics, Political Theory, Religion, and Sociology.