Current AIMS Fellows, 2024

Natalie Bernstien, Entangled Histories of Twentieth-Century Tangier: Muslims, Jews, Refugees, Spaniards & Nazis in an International City, UCLA, History, PhD Student, Morocco

Nabil Boudraa, Unveiling Algeria’s past through the poetics of trace, Oregon State University, World Languages and Cultures, PhD, Algeria

Sunny Chen, The Moroccan Phosphate Industry Between Protectorate and Independence (1912-1970): The Politics of Chemical Science, National Development, and Environmental Crisis, University of California, Los Angeles, History, PhD Candidate, Morocco

Shalean Collins, How do households cope with water insecurity in Morocco: Piloting a novel scale to understand adaptive management in the context of climate vulnerability, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, International Health and Sustainable Development, PhD, Morocco

Daniel Coslett, Antiquity as Distinction: Pre-Arab Pasts in Tunisia’s Colonial, Postcolonial, and Contemporary Built Environments, Drexel University, Architecture, Design & Urbanism, PhD, Tunisia

Claire Gilbert, Converting Texts: The Modern Legacies of Renaissance Arabic Linguistics across the Mediterranean, Saint Louis University, History, PhD, Morocco

Erin Kelleher, The Socio-Cultural Continuities of Ottoman Rule in French Protectorate Tunisia, University of Texas at Austin, Middle Eastern Studies , PhD Student, Tunisia

Lisa Meyer, Women’s agricultural and artisanal craft cooperatives in Morocco: Effects on Intra-household Power and Decision-Making, SUNY Geneseo, Sociology, PhD, Morocco

Kelley O’Dell, Transformations in Moroccan Criminal Law: A Genealogy of the Criminal Code of 1962, New York University, Joint Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, History, PhD Candidate, Morocco

Katherine Randazzo, As Moorish as Those in Barbary’: Narratives of Morisco Identity in the Spanish-Maghribi Borderlands, 1609-1631, University of Chicago, History, PhD Candidate, Morocco

Morgan Snoap, The State of Silk: Silk brocade textiles (the hizam and
khrib) in Fes, 19th c to present,
Boston University, History of Art & Architecture, PhD Candidate, Morocco (Declined)

Ian Wallace, Dynamics of welfare policy change and reform in
Morocco,
UNC-CH, Sociology, PhD Candidate, Morocco

William Zimmerle, Investigating Incense Burners and Altars in Carthage for the Study of Tunisian Heritage and Archaeology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Ancient World Program; Heritage Program; Arab Crossroads, PhD, Tunisia